2008 Summer Research in Chemistry

39 students worked with 7 faculty members this summer on research projects in all areas of chemistry.  The summer concluded with our annual poster session (see titles below), and many students will be presenting their work at other conferences and in submitted manuscripts later this year.

2008 Chemistry Department Summer Research Students

2008 Summer Research Poster Session Authors and Titles. Student names underlined           

Logan W. Bodnia and Tony Borgerding  “Analysis of Atrazine in Shallow Lakes Using LC-MS-MS,”

Mary E. Hammer and Tony Borgerding  "ESI High Resolution MS Analysis of Common Commercial Products,"

Jaryd J. Heyer, Godino Kalungi, Albert O. Kertho, and Tony Borgerding “Extraction and Analysis of Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in an Aqueous Environment,”
 
Saiid Lewis and Tony Borgerding “In-vivo Analysis of NO Using Microdialysis Extraction and a Chemiluminescence Detector”

Andrew A. Rischall and Tony Borgerding  “Increasing Sensitivity of Gas Phase Microdialysis Probes Using a Carbon Nanotube Coated Trap,”

Jillian R. Beaufeaux, Joseph M. Brom, and Kristine H. Wammer  “A Computational Study of Continuum and Discrete Solvation Models of Fluoroquinolones,”

Melissa A. Joyce and Joseph M. Brom “A Computational Study of TiH5+ and CH5+,”

Daniel L. Sjolund and Joseph M. Brom “The Effects of Various Quencher Molecules in Photo-Induced Electron Transfer and Transient Absorption with Pyrromethene Dyes,"
 
Jordan T. Crow and J. Thomas Ippoliti  “The Synthesis of Novel Heterocyclic Compounds,”

Raynee L. DeGrio and J. Thomas Ippoliti “The Study of Reductive Amination Chemistry for the Synthesis of Structure Direction Agents for Use in Zeolites,”

William M. Huepfel and J. Thomas Ippoliti  “Rapid Photometric Test for Free Amino Nitrogren in Fermenting Worts,”

Nicholas A. Lesmeister and J. Thomas Ippoliti  “Novel Biocompatible Phosphorylcholine Polymers from Norbornene Derivatives,”

Amanda E. Louiselle and J. Thomas Ippoliti  “An Improved Method for the Detection of 17B- Estradiol in an ELISA,”

Lucy E. Gansebom, Jayna L. Ditty, and J. Thomas Ippoliti “Synthesis of a Novel Antimicrobial,”

Dawn M. Leadens and J. Thomas Ippoliti "The Synthesis of Highly Fatty Ester-Soluble Leuco Dyes,”
 
Luyen T. Nguyen and J. Thomas Ippoliti  “Synthesis of an Oxazolidinone Antimicrobial,”

Ashley L. Patraw and J. Thomas Ippoliti  “Optimization of the Synthetic Methodology Toward the Formation of a Novel Antibiotic,”

James J. Stokman and J. Thomas Ippoliti  “Synthesis and Testing of Novel Antimicrobial Compounds,”

Patrick E. Tierney and Gary A. Mabbott "Progress Toward Creating a Size-Selectable Nanopore,"

Jeffrey M. Wiisanen and Gary A. Mabbott   “Development of a Microfluidic Device to Quantify Small Amounts of a Substance by Way of Titration,"

Patrick S. Hawk and Thomas C. Marsh  “Thiol Place Exchange of Fluorescently Labeled Thiol-Decorated Au Nanoparticles and Disulfides in a Heterogeneous Environment Composed of Aqueous and Organic Layers,”

William D. Montes and Thomas C. Marsh  “Printing Non-Polar Polymers Using the Bioforce Nano eNabler  Open Channel Micro-Patterning Tool,”

Petros Paulos and   Thomas C. Marsh “Self-Assembly of a G-DNA Network,”

Jaclyn M. Fermanich, Tyler J. Smith, and William H. Ojala “Intermolecular Interactions in Crystalline Benzylideneanilines:  Packing Motifs Differentiating Some Bromo/Cyano and Fluoro/Cyano Derivatives,”

Anthony L. Gerten and William H. Ojala “Toward Isostructural Isomeric Benzylideneanilines:  A Severely Nonplanar Conformation Forced by 2,6-Disubstitution,”

Jeremy D. Leavell and William H. Ojala “Structure-Defining Interactions Involving the Nitro Group in Crystalline ‘Bridge-Flipped’ Isomeric Phenylhydrazones,”

Andrew R. Korte and Kristine H. Wammer “Environmental Photochemistry and Photoproducts of Three Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics,”

Louis H. Sigtermans and Kristine H. Wammer  “Selection of Resistant Bacteria within an Environmental Community in Response to Low-Level Exposure to an Antibacterial Agent,”
 
Matthew T. Slattery and Kristine H. Wammer “Analysis of the Antibacterial Activity of Tetracycline and its Photoproducts,”

Amanda M. Stemig and Kristine H. Wammer “Antibacterial Activity of Oxytetracyline and its Photoproducts,”