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Titles for Recent UST Chemistry Presentations

(Student authors underlined)   

239th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2010

  1.  “Photoinduced electron transfer and reduction of Pyrromethene-567 with TMPD in transient absorption spectroscopy,” Dan Sjolund and Joseph Brom 
  2. “Effects of thiadiazoles on oxazolidinone activity” J. Thomas Ippoliti
  3. “Synthesis of a thiadiazole functionalized oxazolidinone"  Andrew Michel and J. Thomas Ippoliti
  4. “Synthesis of novel luminol derivatives"  Nicholas Serratore and J. Thomas Ippoliti
  5. “Isolation of a novel bis-sulfide en route to the synthesis of 4,4-bipyrazolyl” Vladimir Vinnik and J. Thomas Ippoliti
  6. “Solid-State Hydrogen Bonding and Molecular Packing:  Two ‘Bridge-Flipped’ Isomeric Carboxylic Acids” Sarah Fink and William Ojala
  7. “Antibacterial activity of tetracycline photoproducts under varying pH and water hardness conditions” Amanda Stemig, Matthew Slattery and Kristine Wammer
  8. “Analysis of the antibacterial properties of tetracycline photoproducts using Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence and growth tests"  Matthew Slattery, Amanda Stemig, and Kristine Wammer
  9.  “Antibiotic oxidation and deactivation in water by treatment with KMnO4”  Hu, L., Martin, H., Stemig, A., Wammer, K. and Strathmann, T.J.

22nd Annual Winchell Symposium of the Minnesota Academy of Science, St. Paul, MN, April 2010

  1. “Detection of Gas Phase Extracts Using EESI”  Sara Diener and Tony Borgerding
  2. “Synthesis and Testing of a Novel Antimicrobial"  Carmen Weaver and J. Thomas Ippoliti
  3. “Hydrogen Bonding in Carbohydrate Derivatives:  Crystal Structure of a Glucose Cyanophenylhydrazine” Leah Streitman and William Ojala

University of Minnesota Institute of Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Expo, Minneapolis, August 2009

  1. "Analysis of Algal Toxins in Minnesota Waters Using LC-MS-MS” Logan Bodnia and Tony Borgerding
  2. “Improving the Sensitivity of Measurements Made Using Microdialysis and Gas Chromatography” Megan Brown and Tony Borgerding
  3. “Analysis of Phytoremediation Processes in Poplar Saplings Using Microdialysis Probes and GC” Heather Gagnon and Tony Borgerding
  4. "Analysis of Atrazine Using MS-MS" Mary Hammer and Tony Borgerding
  5. “Gas Phase Microdialysis Extraction:  A Versatile Tool for the Extraction of Volatile Compounds” Matthew Humbert and Tony Borgerding
  6. “Analysis of PFCs in Fish Samples from Lake Johanna as Part of an Aquatic Food Chain Study” Godino Kalungi and Tony Borgerding
  7. “Analysis of PFCs in Water, Plants, and Crayfish in Aquatic Food Chain Study of Lake Johanna” Jaryd Heyer and Tony Borgerding
  8. “A Computational Study of TiH5+” Melissa Joyce and Joseph Brom
  9. “Photoinduced electron transfer and reduction of Pyrromethene-567 with TMPD in transient absorption spectroscopy” Daniel Sjolund and Joseph Brom

Recent Presentations at Other Meetings

  1. “Microdialysis Extraction Interfaced with Various Instruments:  Applications for Process Monitoring”, Humbert, M. T., Brown, M., Diener, S., Borgerding, A. J. Center for Process Analytical Chemistry Sponsor Meeting, Seattle, WA: May, 2010
  2. “Properties of Supramolecular G-DNA Assemblies” Marsh, T. C. COST International G-DNA Conference, Ischia, Italy, October, 2009
  3. . “Nitrogenous Monosaccharide Derivatives:  Isostructuralism in the N-(monofluorophenyl)mannopyranosylamine Series,” William Ojala, Thomas M. Skrypek, Brianna C. MacQueen, and Charles R. Ojala, American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July, 2009
  4. “Selection of resistant bacteria within an environmental community in response to low-level exposure to triclosan.” Wammer, K. Sigtermans, L.H., and LaPara, T.M., Grand Challenges in Environmental Engineering and Science: Research and Education (AEESP 2009), Iowa City, IA: July, 2009
  5. “Oxidation of antibiotics with KMnO4:  drinking water treatment and removal of antibiotic activity.” Hu, L., Martin, H., Stemig, A., and Strathmann, T.J.,  American Water Works Association Water Quality Technology Conference, Seattle, WA: November, 2009