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.
Eni Minerali
MS Defense
Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Petersen
Talk Title: Asymmetric Synthesis of Novel Spirocycles via a Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Desymmetrization
Abe Ustoyev
CHE 751 Literature Seminar
Advisor: Dr. Mitch Croatt
Talk Title: Use of the Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (CryoEM) Method for Micro Electron Diffraction (MicroED) for Rapid Structure Determination of Small Molecules
Diane Wallace
MS Defense
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nadja Cech
Talk Title: Identification of Adulteration in Botanical Samples with Untargeted Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics
Chante Muller
CHE 751 Literature Seminar
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Patricia Reggio
Talk Title: Anandamide’s Journey to Fatty Acid Amid Hydrolase
Rhashanda Haywood
CHE 751 Literature Seminar
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Petersen
Talk Title: The Biomimetic Approach to the Synthesis of Flavonoids
David Stubbs
CHE 751 Literature Seminar
Faculty Avisor: Dr. Ethan W. Taylor
Talk Title: Shadow Genes: A Hidden layer of Code Revealed by Frameshifting
Lindsay Caesar
PhD Defense
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nadja Cech
Talk Title: Bioinformatics Strategies to Understand the Complexities of Medicinal Natural Product Mixtures
Chris Collins, PhD
Dr. Chris Collins, Chemistry Account Manager at Waters Corporation
B.S. in Chemistry at East Carolina University
Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at North Carolina State University
Title: Maximize Your Resolution: How to Control Separations with Chemistry
Graduate Student Presentation – Jennifer Simpson
PhD Literature Seminar
Title: “The Homeostatic Effects of N6-methyladenosine on Cancer Progression”
Advisor: Dr. Norman Chiu
Abstract: Forthcoming
Graduate Student Presentation – Heather Winter
PhD Literature Seminar
Title: Exploration of the Human Microbiome with MALDI-TOF MS Fingerprinting
Advisor: Dr. Nadja Cech
Graduate Student Presentation – Zeinab Al Subeh
Ph.D. Literature Seminar
Title: “Multifunctional pH-Sensitive Nanoparticles Loaded into Microbubbles as a Novel Drug Delivery System for Chemotherapeutic Agents”
Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Oberlies
Graduate Student Presentation – Kristof Cank
PhD Literature Seminar
Title: Targeting FREP1: A New Approach for Antimalarial Drug Development
Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Oberlies
Graduate Student Presentation – Gabby Dailey
PhD Literature Seminar
Title: “Viral Submarine Science: How subgenomic RNA helps Flaviviridae propagate”
Advisor: Dr. Ethan W. Taylor
Graduate Seminar Speaker: Nicholas Cochran – This Thursday 9am
MS Thesis Defense – CHE 602
Talk Title: Genetic Switching during Protein Synthesis and the Role of Quadruplexes in HIV-1’s nef Gene
Advisor: Dr. Ethan W. Taylor
Olalekan Oyekunle
MS Thesis Defense – CHE 602
Talk Title: Growth media studies approach to enhanced production of the bioactive fungal metabolite Viridicatumtoxin A
Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Oberlies
Faith Howell
MS Thesis Defense – CHE 602
Talk Title: Mass Spectrometric Detection of Cortisol in Hair Samples
Advisor: Dr. Norman Chiu
Osbin Perdomo
MS Thesis Defense – CHE 602
Title: Measuring Distances Between Nucleotides Using CW-EPR and Dual Site-Directed Spin Labels to Distinquish Parallel Quadruplexes from B-DNA
Advisor: Dr. Ethan W. Taylor
Matt Wright
MS Thesis Defense – CHE 602
Title: Rapid and Improved Assay of Surfactins from Bacillus subtilis, 203R via LC-ESI-MS.
Advisor: Dr. Nadja Cech
Patricia Boyd
MS Thesis Defense – CHE 602
Title: “Computational Modeling of Small Non-Coding RNA Intramolecular Structure and the Determination of Their Collisional Cross Sections”
Advisor: Dr. Norman Chiu
