Publications Resulting from
Interns' and Honors Students' Work
Iridium-Catalysed Hydroamination of Internal Homoallylic Amines
Intern: Chelsea San Miguel (2022)
Mentor: Kami Hull
Ho, A. T.; Vanable, E. P.; Miguel, C. S.; Hull, K. L. Iridium-Catalysed Hydroamination of Internal Homoallylic Amines. Chemical Communications 2024, 60 (12), 1615–1618. DOI:10.1039/d3cc05594a.
Intern: Danielle Landry (2018 & 2019)
Mentor: Lauren Webb
Fink, J. C.; Landry, D.; Webb, L. J. Probing the Electrostatic Effects of H-Ras Tyrosine 32 Mutations on Intrinsic GTP Hydrolysis Using Vibrational Stark Effect Spectroscopy of a Thiocyanate Probe. Biochemistry 2024, 63 (14), 1752–1760. DOI:10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00075.
Intern: Dale Harris (2018)
Mentors: Nathaniel Lynd & Adrianne Rosales
Burkey, A. A.; Ghousifam, N.; Hillsley, A. V.; Brotherton, Z. W.; Rezaeeyazdi, M.; Hatridge, T. A.; Harris, D. T.; Sprague, W. W.; Sandoval, B. E.; Rosales, A. M.; Rylander, M. N.; Lynd, N. A. Synthesis of Poly(Allyl Glycidyl Ether)-Derived Polyampholytes and Their Application to the Cryopreservation of Living Cells. Biomacromolecules 2023, 24 (3), 1475–1482. DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01488.
Design of Hydrogel-Based Wearable EEG Electrodes for Medical Applications
Intern: Raymond (Chip) Reyes (2020 & 2021)
Mentor: Huiliang (Evan) Wang
Hsieh, J.-C.; Li, Y.; Wang, H.; Perz, M.; Tang, Q.; Tang, K. W.; Pyatnitskiy, I.; Reyes, R.; Ding, H.; Wang, H. Design of Hydrogel-Based Wearable EEG Electrodes for Medical Applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2022, 10 (37), 7260–7280. DOI:10.1039/d2tb00618a.
Intern: Tawanda Cummings (2021)
Mentor: Emily Que
Price, S.; Mehta, R.; Tan, D.; Hinojosa, A.; Thomas, P. W.; Cummings, T.; Fast, W.; Que, E. L. Structural Insights into the Design of Reversible Fluorescent Probes for Metallo-β-Lactamases NDM-1, Vim-2, and IMP-1. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 2022, 233, 111869. DOI:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111869.
Intern: Jessica Boette (2019 & 2020)
Mentor: Sean Roberts
Cadena, D. M.; Sowa, J. K.; Cotton, D. E.; Wight, C. D.; Hoffman, C. L.; Wagner, H. R.; Boette, J. T.; Raulerson, E. K.; Iverson, B. L.; Rossky, P. J.; Roberts, S. T. Aggregation of Charge Acceptors on Nanocrystal Surfaces Alters Rates of Photoinduced Electron Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144 (49), 22676–22688. DOI:10.1021/jacs.2c09758.
Interns: Jessica Boette (2019 & 2020) & Kira Daniel (2019)
Mentors: Sean Roberts & Shawn Amorde
Honors Course Research
Boette, J. T.; Daniel, K. M.; Lietzke, J. W.; Amorde, S. M.; Roberts, S. T. Research-Focused Approach for Introducing Undergraduate Students to Aromatic Organic Synthesis at a Community College. Journal of Chemical Education 2022, 100 (2), 572–580. DOI:10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00662.
A Stable Lead (II) Oxide-Carbon Composite Anode Candidate for Secondary Lithium Batteries
Intern: Peter Beccar (2019)
Mentor: Charles (Buddie) Mullins
Weeks, J. A.; Zuiker, M. J.; Srinivasan, H. S.; Sun, H.-H.; Burrow, J. N.; Beccar, P.; Heller, A.; Mullins, C. B. A Stable Lead (II) Oxide-Carbon Composite Anode Candidate for Secondary Lithium Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2020, 167 (6), 060509. DOI:10.1149/1945-7111/ab8116.
Mechanism of Polymer-Mediated Cryopreservation Using Poly(methyl glycidyl sulfoxide)
Intern: Dale Harris (2018)
Mentors: Nathaniel Lynd & Adrianne Rosales
Burkey, A. A.; Hillsley, A.; Harris, D. T.; Baltzegar, J. R.; Zhang, D. Y.; Sprague, W. W.; Rosales, A. M.; Lynd, N. A. Mechanism of Polymer-Mediated Cryopreservation Using Poly(Methyl Glycidyl Sulfoxide). Biomacromolecules 2020, 21 (8), 3047–3055. DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00392.
Coordination to Lanthanide Ions Distorts Binding Site Conformation in Calmodulin
Intern: Andrea Gonzalez (2017)
Mentor: Carlos Baiz
Edington, S. C.; Gonzalez, A.; Middendorf, T. R.; Halling, D. B.; Aldrich, R. W.; Baiz, C. R. Coordination to Lanthanide Ions Distorts Binding Site Conformation in Calmodulin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018, 115 (14). DOI:10.1073/pnas.1722042115.