Student Seminars
Student Seminars Archive
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.
Heather Winter
Public PhD Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Cech Research Laboratory
Title: New Leads Against Drug-Resistant Organisms: Shifting the Focus in Discovery Towards Rapid Screening and Mechanism of Action
Abraham Ustoyev
Public PhD Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Croatt Research Laboratory
Title: Towards the Total Synthesis of Ambuic Acid for the Production of Analogues as Therapeutic Agents for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Ethan Underwood
Public MS Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Chekan Research Laboratory
Title: Discovery of Conserved Peptide Sequences to Gain Insight into Cyclopeptide Alkaloid Formation in Ceanothus americanus.
Location: Sullivan 349*
Time: 9am*
Victoria Meadows
Public PhD Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Reddick Research Laboratory
Title: Investigating the cytochrome P450 enzyme (PksS) from Bacillus species in the biosynthesis of bacillaene
Joe Wang
Public Ph.D. Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Chiu Research Laboratory
Title: Exploring Alternative Mass Spectrometric Methods For Epitranscriptomic Analysis
Warren Vidar
Public Ph.D. Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Cech Research Laboratory
Title: Interaction Metabolomics to Discover Synergists in Natural Product Mixtures
Zoie Bunch
Ph.D. Thesis Defense – 751
Title: “A Review of Research on Chemistry Textbooks”
Advisor – Dr. Nadja Cech
Keelie Butler
Ph.D. Thesis Defense – 751
Title: “The Biosynthesis of Colibactin”
Advisor – Dr. Jonathan Chekan
Joe Wang
Talk Title: Sequencing small non-coding RNA by using PANDORA-seq
Advisor: Dr. Norman Chiu
Jarrod Stanley
Thesis Title: Palladium Catalyzed Dehydration of Primary Amides: Step Economical Synthesis of Vildagliptin
Advisor: Dr. Mitchell Croatt
Amy Waldbusser
Thesis Title: Electrocatalytic C–H/N–H Functionalization Mediated by Ferrocene Derivatives
Advisor: Dr. Shabnam Hematian
Maria Carrasco
Thesis Title: Protonation State of the Bridging Ligand in the Resting State of Cytochrome c Oxidase: Investigations of Synthetic Heme/Copper Models
Advisor: Dr. Shabnam Hematian
Ali Shahbandi
Thesis Title: Exploration of interactions between commensal Staphylococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Advisor: Dr. Nadja B. Cech
Tyler Greenstein
Thesis Title: Synthesis of Analogs of Polyketide Products and An Enantioenriched, Indole-Containing Compound
Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Petersen
Gabbrielle Dailey
Dissertation Title: Zika mediated knockdown of host selenoprotein expression via antisense interactions between Zika RNA and host cell mRNAs as a compounding factor in the onset of Zika related congenital microcephaly
Advisor: Dr. Will Taylor
Elvis McFee
Thesis Title: Protodecarboxylations and The Flow Synthesis of Isomaleimides
Advisor: Dr. Mitchell Croatt
Saad Sohail
Thesis Title: Design and Development of Novel Reactions Utilizing Dienes and Carbene Intermediates
Advisor: Dr. Mitchell Croatt
Tamera Jones
Title: The Role of Visuo-Spatial Ability for Problem Solving in Chemistry
Symone Alexander
Title: Diastereoselective Cyclization of Lactones via Brønsted Acid Catalysis
Tian Li
Title: The Recent Development of Palladium (I) Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions