Fall 2002

Bo Zheng (Ph.D. Defense Examination Seminar), "Synthesis, Chemical Modification and Application of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"
Thursday, December 19, 2002, 2:30pm, Chemistry Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall

Spring 2003

Matthew D. Orr , "Approaches Toward the Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Pretazettine and The Development of [18F]-Fluorocholine as a Radiotracer for the Detection of Human Prostrate Cancer"
Monday, January 20, 2003, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall

Lawrence W. Dick, Jr. (Preliminary Examination), "Protein Separations Using G-Quartet-forming DNA Oligonucleotides as Stationary Phases in Open-Tubular Capillary Electrochromatography"
Monday, February 17, 2003, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Hua Qian (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Mechanism of the Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroalkylation of 7-Octene-2,4-dione"
Thursday, February 20, 2003, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Cong Liu (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Cyclization/Hydrosilylation of Functionalized Diynes and Enynes Catalyzed by Cationic Rhodium(I) Bis(phosphine) Complexes"
Monday, February 24, 2003, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall

Jun Xu (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "DNA-Based Modules for Reversibly Assembled Materials"
Tuesday, February 25, 2003, 3:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Hongyan Liu (CANCELLED) (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Synthesis of Acyclic Nucleoside and Oligonucleotide Boranophosphates"
Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Yan Tong (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Development and Application of MALDI-TOF MS Analysis for Biopolymers"
Friday, February 28, 2003, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Hongyan Liu (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Synthesis of Acyclic Nucleoside and Oligonucleotide Boranophosphates"
Tuesday, March 4, 2003, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Lawrence W. Dick, Jr. (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Protein Separations Using G-Quarter-Forming DNA Oligonucleotides as Stationary Phases in Open-Tubular Capillary Electrochromatography"
Thursday, March 6, 2003, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Tatiana Prytkova (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Ab Initio Description of Electron Transfer in Ru Modified Azurin"
Monday, March 10, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Jieru Zheng (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions Mediated by *-Stacked Units"
Monday, March 17, 2003, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Min Wang (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "The Energetic Contribution of Backbone-Backbone Hydrogen Bonds to the Thermodynamic Stability of CopG"
Monday, March 17, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Xin Huang (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Design of Interfacial Biomaterials for Engineering Human Blood Vessels"
Monday, March 17, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Hang Qi (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Preparation of Tungsten Bronze Nanowires"
Monday, March 17, 2003, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall

Xiaoye Yang (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "total Chemical Synthesis and Biophysical Characterization of Protein L and its Analogue"
Tuesday, March 18, 2003, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 205A

Susie Y. Dai (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "The Application of SUPREX: Multi-component Mixtures and Large Proteins"
Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Lovorka Degoricija (POSTPONED) (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Synthesis of Hybrid Dendritic-Linear Copolymers as Hydrogel Scaffolds"
Thursday, March 20, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Xiaoqing Han (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroalkylation of Alkenyl a-Aryl Ketones"
Friday, March 21, 2003, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Pooja Arora (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Protein Folding Studies of B-domain of Protein A (BdpA) and Regulator of G-protein Signaling (RGS), RGSZ1"
Monday, March 31, 2003, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Jennifer L. Perry (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Transport and Toxicity of Ochratoxin A"
Friday, April 11, 2003, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Chao Gu (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Tube in Tube: Progress Towards Size-Selective Noncovalent Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"
Wednesday, April 16, 2003, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Joanna Kociecki (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Progress Towards Physical Biochemistry of Backbone Boronated Nucleotides: An Analysis of Behavior Towards Phosphatases and Kinases"
Thursday, April 17, 2003, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Jerry M. Parks (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "QM/MM Investigation of the Reaction Mechanism of Cdc25B Phosphatase"
Thursday, April 17, 2003, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Valerie R. Kempf (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Defining the Structure of Melanin: A Multi-Component System"
Tuesday, April 22, 2003, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Xinyu Cai (Master Defense Examination Seminar), "Growth of Ultra-long, Well-aligned Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Fabrication of Nanotube-based Crossed Network"
Wednesday, April 23, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Peter Silinski (Ph.D. Defense Examination Seminar), "Understanding the Role of Backbone-Backbone Hydrogen Bonding in the Folding and Stability of the Hexameric Enzyme 4-Oxalocrotonate Tautomerase (4OT)"
Friday, April 25, 2003, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Adam C. Connor (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Investigation of Affinity Interactions Between Insulin and G-Quartet-Forming Oligonucleotides Using Capillary Electrochromatography"
Monday, April 28, 2003, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Cheng Qian (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Synthesis of Iron Phosphide Nanorods"
Monday, April 28, 2003, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Michelle Viglietta Joyce (Ph.D. Defense Examination Seminar), "Characterization of a G-Quartet-Forming Aptamer Stationary Phase for Enantiomeric Separations in Capillary Electrochromatography"
Tuesday, April 29, 2003, 9:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Melanie A. Rehder Silinski (Ph.D. Defense Examination Seminar), "G-quartet DNA Stationary Phases for Capillary Electrochromatographic Separation of Proteins"
Wednesday, April 30, 2003, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Corey P. Causey (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Expanding the Synthetic Utility of KDPG Aldolase"
Wednesday, April 30, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Zhihong Xu (Preliminary Examination Seminar), "Pro-Nucleotides: Synthetic Approaches to CycloSal-Pronucleotides of (apP-borano)ddNDPs and Steroid Boranophosphodiesters"
Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Summer 2003

Lovorka Degoricija , "Synthesis of Hybrid Dendritic-Linear Copolymers as Hydrogel Scaffolds"
Monday, June 16, 2003, 3:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 205A

Joseph I. Wirgau , "Chemical Models of Siderophore Facilitated Microbial Iron Acquisition"
Tuesday, July 1, 2003, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Joseph A.M. Charles , "Open Tubular Capillary Electrochromatography of Isomeric Dipeptides Using a G-Quartet Forming DNA Aptamer Stationary Phase"
Friday, July 11, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Tara Kathleen Morcone , "On-the-Fly Fluorescence Lifetime Detection in Capillary Electrophoresis for Mutation Detection and Genomic Analysis"
Friday, August 1, 2003, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Zhitao Li , "Total Synthesis of DAQ-B1 and Combinatorial Synthesis of Its Analogues as Potential Anti-diabetic Drugs"
Thursday, August 7, 2003, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall

Lucy Liang Liu , "Synthesis of Non-viral Gene Transfer Vector and Assessment of the Binding with DNA"
Friday, August 8, 2003, 3:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Fall 2003

Michael Carnahan (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Novel Biodendrimers and Biodendritic Polymers for Specific Medical Applications"
Tuesday, September 30, 2003, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall

Michael Z. Wang (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Complex Mixture Analysis by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry"
Tuesday, November 11, 2003, 3:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall

Rebecca L. Owen (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Investigation of Sol-Gel Encapsulated G-Quartet Forming DNA: A Novel Monolithic Stationary Phase for Capillary Electrochromatography AND Spectroscopic Characterization of a Glucose-Binding Protein"
Thursday, November 20, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Jessica A.L. Blomberg (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Characterization of Humic Substances Using High-Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography and On-The-Fly Fluorescence Lifetime Detection in Capillary Gel Electrophoresis"
Tuesday, December 2, 2003, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Beratan Conference Room, Suite 228

Thomas E. Wales (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Total Chemical Synthesis and Biophysical Characterization of Backbone-Modified Protein Analogues"
Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Rachel S.A. Mohammed (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "INVESTIGATION OF THE MICROENVIRONMENTS OF NONIONIC TWEEN 85 REVERSE MICELLE SYSTEMS AND MIXED TWEEN 85 REVERSE MICELLE SYSTEMS AND THEIR UTILIZATION AS REACTION MEDIA FOR ENZYME CATALYSIS"
Thursday, December 4, 2003, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Nicholas S. Perch (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "Mechanistic Investigation of Palladium Catalyzed Cyclization/Hydrosilylation of Dimethyl Diallylmalonate"
Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Beratan Conference Room, Suite 228

Kendall D. Powell (Ph.D. Examination Seminar), "THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN FOLDING REACTIONS BY H/D EXCHANGE AND MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY"
Thursday, December 11, 2003, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Spring 2004

Hemraj Juwarker (Duke University), "Synthesis and Study of Reversible, Aromatic Polyamides"
Wednesday, February 11, 2004, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Robert E. Kinder (Duke University), "Enantioselective Cyclization/Hydrosilylation of 1,6-Enynes Catalyzed by a Cationic Rhodium Bis(phosphine) Complex"
Friday, February 13, 2004, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Katherine D. Weaver (Duke University), "Structural and Spectroelectrochemical Investigations of Ferric Binding Protein and Engineered Hemoglobins"
Thursday, February 19, 2004, 12:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Dan Lim (Duke University), "Synthesis of a CF3 Substituted DAQ-B1, and the Study of its Binding to the Insulin Receptor by Fluorine-NMR"
Thursday, February 19, 2004, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Jianmei Wang (Duke University), "Library-Based Synthesis of Antitumor Drug Nogalamycin Congeners"
Wednesday, March 17, 2004, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Chad Ray (Duke University), "Protein Interaction Energies Studied with Atomic Force Microscopy: Novel Studies of Amyloid Fibrillogenesis"
Thursday, March 18, 2004, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Petra L. Roulhac (Duke University), "Applications of an H/D Exchange and MALDI Mass Spectrometry-Based Technique for the Determination of Protein Stability"
Thursday, March 25, 2004, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Yan Liu (Duke University), "Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Non-covalent Amphiphiles"
Wednesday, April 7, 2004, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Rui Liu (Duke University), "Intermolecular Effect in Molecular Electronics"
Thursday, April 8, 2004, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Benjamin W. Maynor (Duke University), "Rational Fabrication of Nanostructures on Surfaces Using Dip-Pen Nanolithography"
Friday, April 9, 2004, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Farrell R. Kersey (Duke University), "Probing the Structural and Mechanical Properties of Reversible Polymer Systems Using Atomic Force Microscopy"
Monday, April 19, 2004, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Lian Hong (Duke University), "Binding of Metal Ions to Melanin and its Effects on the Aerobic Reactivity of Melanin"
Wednesday, April 21, 2004, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Kassy A. Mies (Duke University), "A Detailed Analysis of the Iron(III) Coordination Properties of the Siderophore Desferrioxamine B"
Wednesday, April 21, 2004, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Michael Woodson (Duke University), "Two New AFM Nanolithographic Techniques"
Monday, April 26, 2004, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

G. Andres Cisneros (Duke University), "QM/MM Computational Studies and Theoretical Development: The Reaction Mechanism of 4-Oxalocrotonate Tautomerase"
Wednesday, April 28, 2004, 9:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Suraj Dhungana (Duke University), "A Physical-Chemical Study of Biological Iron Transport Mediated by Proteins and Low Molecular Weight Chelators"
Wednesday, April 28, 2004, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Liang Du (Duke University), "Hydrolysis of Adenosine 3', 5 '-Cyclic Boranomonophosphate: Basis for Incorporation of Borane into 8-Cl-cAMP as an Antitumor Drug"
Thursday, April 29, 2004, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Laurel A. Goj (Duke University), "QM/MM Computational Studies and Theoretical Development: The Reaction Mechanism of 4-Oxalocrotonate Tautomerase"
Friday, May 28, 2004, 8:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Summer 2004

Qin Wu , "Improvement of the Exchange-Correlation Functional in Density Functional Theory"
Thursday, July 15, 2004, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Laura Elizabeth Lamb McGuckin , "Characterization of Heterogeneous Biological Pigments and the Photodynamics of Selected Components"
Monday, July 26, 2004, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Meredith T. Morgan (Duke University), "DENDRITIC SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES"
Friday, July 30, 2004, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall

Fall 2004

Meghan M. Flaherty (Duke University), "Biologically Relevant Metal Containing Supramolecular Assemblies"   [abstract]
Thursday, September 30, 2004, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Joy Xin Wang (Duke University), "Boranophosphate Oligodeoxyribonucleotides as Antisense Reagents: Synthesis, Physicochemical and Biological Studies, and Efforts to Improve Their Properties"   [abstract]
Monday, November 29, 2004, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Ping Li (Duke University), "Synthesis of Nucleoside Boranophosphate Analogues as Potential Antiviral and Anticancer Drugs or Prodrugs"   [abstract]
Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Trang Uyen Vo (Duke University), "Open Tubular Capillary Electrochromatographic Separations of Peptides Using G-Quadruplex DNA Stationary Phases"   [abstract]
Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Spring 2005

Liyuan Ma (Duke University), "Development and Application of H/D Exchange and Mass Spectrometry to the Thermodynamic Analysis of DNA Binding Proteins and Their Complexes"
Wednesday, January 26, 2005, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Julianne Yost (Duke University), "Studies on the Preparation of ( ) Unsaturated Ketones via Modified Carroll Rearrangements"   [abstract]
Monday, March 21, 2005, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Yunhui (Wendy) Zhang (Duke University), "Synthesis of Adenoisine 3',5'-Cyclic Monophosphate Borane Analogues as Potential Anticancer Agents"   [abstract]
Tuesday, March 22, 2005, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Liangjie Tang (Duke University), "Characterizing the Thermodynamic Stability of Multi-Domain Proteins by Using an H/D Exchange- and Mass Spectrometry-Based Technique"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 24, 2005, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Derek Bush (Duke University), "Binding Interactions of Ca(2+) with Sepia Melanin"   [abstract]
Friday, March 25, 2005, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Jessica Chapman (Duke University), "Evaluation of Infrared Techniques for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Atherosclerosis"   [abstract]
Monday, March 28, 2005, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Mark J. Adler (Duke University), "Efforts Towards Establishing a Versatile Route Accessing the Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids, and Application to the Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+) Pretazettine"   [abstract]
Monday, March 28, 2005, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Charlotta Wennefors (Duke University), "Phosphorylation of a-P-borano Nucleoside Diphosphates by Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase"   [abstract]
Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

John A. Stanko (Duke University), "New Glycine-Derived Nitrones for the Synthesis of Novel a-Amino Acids: Application towards the Synthesis of (-) Monatin"   [abstract]
Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Dequan Xiao (Duke University), "Search for Molecules with Optimal Nonlinear Optical Response Properties using Huckel Theory"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 31, 2005, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Tim Heaton-Burgess (Duke University), "An Action Potential Functional for Time-Periodic Hamiltonians"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 31, 2005, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Liu Deng (Duke University), "Synthesis of Analogues of DAQ B1 as Potential Anti-diabetic Drugs"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 31, 2005, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Laura Moussa (Duke University), "Enzymatic Synthesis of Boranophosphate si RNA for use Against Human Papillomavirus"   [abstract]
Friday, April 1, 2005, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Louise K. Charkoudian (Duke University), "Iron Binding and Oxidation Studies of Iron Neuromelanin Model Complexes"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Nan Jiang (Duke University), "Design of Chromophoric Materials with Large Nonlinear Optical Properties: A Theoretical Investigation"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 7, 2005, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Zhenyu Lu (Duke University), "Computational Studies on Complex Systems: Theoretical Development and Applications"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

David Loveless (Duke University), "Dynamics are Paramount to Thermodynamics: In Material Properties of Supramolecular Networks"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 14, 2005, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Valerie R. Kempf (Duke University), "Structural and Functional Studies of Sepia and Human Melanins"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Beratan Conference Room, Suite 228

Wayne C. Yount (Duke University), "The Role of Kinetics in Main-Chain Reversible Polymers and Transient Polymer Networks"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 28, 2005, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall (Room 103)

Angela M. Gillikin (Duke University), "A Novel Probe Design for FTIR Spectroscopy: Photothermal Beam Deflection in a Solid Deflection Medium"   [abstract]
Friday, April 29, 2005, 9:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Jing Wan (Duke University), "Enzymatic Synthesis, Properties, and Functions of Boranophosphate RNA"   [abstract]
Friday, April 29, 2005, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Victoria A. Dowling (Ph.D. Defense Examination Seminar), "A Guanosine Biogel: Chiral Separations in Capillary Electrophoresis and Spectroscopic Studies"   [abstract]
Friday, May 27, 2005, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Summer 2005

Jianping Lin (Duke University), "Conformational Dependence of Electron Transfer Through Molecular Media: Hydrocarbons, Proteins, and Interfacial Solvent"   [abstract]
Tuesday, July 19, 2005, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Beratan Conference Room, Suite 228

Qiang Fu (Duke University), "Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Synthesis to Chemical Sensors"   [abstract]
Wednesday, July 20, 2005, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Lawrence W. Dick, Jr. (Duke University), "Aptamers and G-Quartet DNA in Capillary Electrochromatography and Affinity Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry"   [abstract]
Wednesday, August 10, 2005, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Fall 2005

Phillip W. Snyder (Duke University), "Chemical and Biological Approaches to the Construction of Micro- and Nanoscaled Devices and Materials"   [abstract]
Monday, October 31, 2005, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall

Adam Connor (Duke University - Ph.D. Defense Examination Seminar), "DISCOVERY OF INSULIN CAPTURE BY GENOME-INSPIRED DNA IN AFFINITY MALDI AND AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY"   [abstract]
Friday, November 18, 2005, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Lei An (Duke University - Ph.D. Defense Examination Seminar), "Controlling Diameters and Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes by Synthesis and Chemical Modification"   [abstract]
Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Spring 2006

Weslyn Ward (Duke University), "Structural Studies of Melanin and Melanosomes"   [abstract]
Monday, April 3, 2006, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, LSRC, Room A-148

Erin Hopper (Duke University), "High Throughput Screening Applications of SUPREX"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 6, 2006, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Graham M. West (Duke University), "A SUPREX Protocol for Membrane Proteins"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 6, 2006, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Mariam L. Sharaf (Duke University), "In vitro Selection of Enzymatically Synthesized Boranophosphate RNA Aptamers Against the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2"   [abstract]
Monday, April 10, 2006, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Rui Liu (Duke University), "Organometallic Electronics & Spintronics and Time-Dependent Transport"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 18, 2006, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Pooja Arora (Duke University), "Biophysical Characterization of Folding of IgG Binding Domains of Protein A"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 2:15pm, Student Exams Seminar, Fritz London Lecture Hall (Room 103)

Yuan (Susie) Dai (Duke University), "BIOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS OF AMIDE PROTON HYDROGEN EXCHANGE AND MALDI MASS SPECTROMETRY TO PROTEIN FOLDING"   [abstract]
Friday, April 21, 2006, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Xiaoqing Han (Duke University), "Transition Metal-Catalyzed Addition of Carbon and Nitrogen Nucleophiles to Unactivated Olefins"   [abstract]
Friday, April 21, 2006, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Lian Hong (Duke University), "Physical and Chemical Analyses of Ocular Melanosomes and Lipofuscin"   [abstract]
Monday, April 24, 2006, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Yan Tong (Duke University), "Application and Development of Amide Hydrogen Exchange and MALDI Mass Spectrometry to Protein Folding and Stability"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 27, 2006, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Cong Liu (Duke University), "Transition Metal-Catalyzed Arylation of Olefins and Allenes with Indoles"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 27, 2006, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Summer 2006

Min Wang (Duke University), "Understanding the Role of Backbone-Backbone Hydrogen Bonding in Protein Folding and Function"   [abstract]
Friday, June 23, 2006, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Fall 2006

Tatiana Prytkova (Duke University), "THEORETICAL STUDIES OF ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS IN PROTEINS"
Thursday, August 31, 2006, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, 228 (Beratan Group Conference Room)

Jing Song (Duke University), "Enhancement of In Vivo iZQC Signal by Spin Lock Pulse"   [abstract]
Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Yu Du (Duke University), "THE SYNTHESES AND EVALUATIONS ON THE BINDING OF LINKAGE LIGANDS AS INHIBITORS OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE AND MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-3"   [abstract]
Wednesday, November 15, 2006, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Hua Qian (Duke University), "Catalytic Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes"   [abstract]
Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

Jun Xu (Duke University), "DNA-Based Reversible Polymers in Solution and on Gold Nanoparticle Surfaces"   [abstract]
Thursday, November 30, 2006, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room (Room 334)

John Hatten (Duke University), "THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF RHAMNOSE IN SALMONELLA ENTERICA: KINETICS, MOLECULAR DOCKING AND LEAD OPTIMIZATION"   [abstract]
Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Beratan Conference Room, Suite 228

Spring 2007

Cheng Qian (Duke University), "SYNTHESIS, PURIFICATION AND APPLICATION OF FEW-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND INORGANIC NANOWIRES"   [abstract]
Thursday, February 22, 2007, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Alethea Duncan (Duke University), "Gold(I)-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of 2-Allenyl Indoles"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Claire J. Parker Siburt (Duke University), "Bioinorganic Investigation of Transferrin Mediated Metal Ion Transport"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Elizabeth R. Jenista (Duke University), "Absolute Temperature Imaging using iMQCs"   [abstract]
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Yongcheng Ying (Duke University), "Investigation of Total Synthesis of Brasilibactin A, a Cytotoxic Compound from Actinomycete Nocardia brasiliensis"   [abstract]
Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 4:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Marcus A. Cheek (Duke University), "Synthesis of (α-P-borano)-nucleoside 5’-triphosphate analogues as potential antiviral agents against Hepatitis C Virus"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Marina Dickens (Duke University), "The Synthesis and Characterization of Masked Iron Chelators"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room, Room 334, Gross Chem.

Jeffrey T. Rubino (Duke University), "Determination of the Effective Dissociation Constants of Copper Binding Motifs in the Human and Yeast High Affinity Copper Transport Protein Ctr1"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Tabitha George (Duke University), "Thermodynamic Stability Measurements on Proteins in Complex Mixtures: Fundamental and Practical Applications"   [abstract]
Friday, April 6, 2007, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Ye Hou (Duke University), "Synthesis and Functionalization of Double Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Future Applications"   [abstract]
Friday, April 6, 2007, 1:15pm, Student Exams Seminar, Vosburgh Conference Room

Sarah E. Crider (Duke University), "Reactivity of cisplatin with hCtr1 7-14K and its norleucine derivatives"   [abstract]
Friday, April 6, 2007, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Petra L. Roulhac (Duke University), "Protein-Ligand Binding Analysis in Complex Mixtures using Amide Hydrogen Exchange and MALDI Mass Spectrometry"   [abstract]
Monday, April 9, 2007, 9:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Biological Sciences, Room 107

Xiancheng Zeng (Duke University), "QM/MM Calculations of Electron Transfer Reactions: Fractional Number of Electrons Approach"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

James Harrington (Duke University), "Study of the Binding of Synthetic Hydroxypyridinone-donor Siderophores with Iron (III)"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Saylor Room, Room 334, Gross Chem.

Lynne Hunt (Duke University), "Development of a Fluorescent Iron/H2O2 Sensor"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Yuming Morris Chen (Duke University), "Structural characterization of the hSRI/PCTD complexes"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Esther M. Tristani (Duke University), "Siderophore-Ionophore and Siderophore-Antibiotic Interactions"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Biological Sciences, Room # 140

James A. Parise Jr. (Duke University), "INVESTIGATIONS OF MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS AT THE CHEMISTRY-BIOLOGY INTERFACE: THE DESIGN OF INTERFACIAL BIOMATERIALS AND THE MODULATION OF GALECTIN-3 AGGREGATION WITH MULTIVALENT SACCHARIDE LIGANDS"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 107, Gross Chem. Lab.

Alexander Shestopalov (Duke University), "Inkless Microcontact Printing on Self-Assembled Monolayers of Fmoc-Protected"   [abstract]
Monday, April 23, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Fang Fang (Duke University), "Novel Methods for Alpha-Functionalization of Ketones and Thioesters"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 107, Bio. Sci.

Hongyan Liu (Duke University), "Boranophosphate Nucleotides: Synthesis, Chemical and Substrate Properties"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Kassy A. Mies (Duke University), "BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF IRON SIDEROPHORES AND IRON SIDEROPHORE MIMICS"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center

Matthew G. Poferl (Duke University), "SYNTHESIS OF UNUSUAL OPTICALLY ACTIVE γ-HYDROXY-α-AMINO ACIDS VIA 1,3-DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITIONS OF NITRONES AND ALKENES"   [abstract]
Monday, April 30, 2007, 11:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Chad J. Ray (Duke University), "HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS AT A SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL: FORCE SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ALKANES AND BETWEEN FRAGMENTS OF -SYNUCLEIN"   [abstract]
Monday, April 30, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Summer 2007

Xiaoxiao Li (Duke University), "EFFECT OF INCORPORATION OF DEOXYNUCLEOTIDE BORANOTRIPHOSPHATE ON RNASE H CLEAVAGE BY VIRAL REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES"   [abstract]
Friday, June 29, 2007, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Steven Burger (Duke University), "Minimum Energy and Steepest Descent Path Algorithms for QM/MM Applications"   [abstract]
Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center

Kyle L. Bolduc (Duke University), "EFFORTS TOWARDS THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF THE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS SUBGLUTINOL A AND SUBGLUTINOL B"   [abstract]
Wednesday, July 18, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Christopher F. Bender (Duke University), "Au(I) and Pt(II) Catalyzed Hydroamination of C–C Multiple Bonds"   [abstract]
Thursday, July 26, 2007, 9:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2237, French Family Science Center

Corey P. Causey (Duke University), "EXPANDING THE SYNTHETIC UTILITY OF KDPG ALDOLASE"   [abstract]
Monday, July 30, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2231, French Family Science Center

Jianmei Wang (Duke University), "Kinetic Studies of Organic Reactions in Aqueous Media and the Applications of Multicomponent Reactions in Organic Syntheses"   [abstract]
Thursday, August 2, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Scott Sauer (Duke University), "Part I: An anti-Selective Four-Component Direct Aldol Addition Involving Chemoselective Thioester Enolate Formation & Part II: Reductive Enolization of α-Halo Thioesters for Use in Direct Aldol Addition"   [abstract]
Monday, August 6, 2007, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center

Fall 2007

Emily Tarsis (Duke University), "Part I: Development of a General and Efficient Alternative to the Baylis-Hillman Reaction; Part II: Asymmetric Alkylation via Primary Activated Hydrazones"   [abstract]
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Hang Qi (Duke University), "Synthesis and Mechanistic Study of Carbon Nanotubes by Chemical Vapor Deposition Methods"   [abstract]
Thursday, September 13, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Amanda Kasper (Duke University), "Protein Palmitoylation of Src Oncoproteins"   [abstract]
Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 2:45pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Ceshea Wooten (Duke University), "Part I. Efforts towards the Synthesis of Manassantin A and B
Part II. Synthesis of 2, 5-Diaryl-3, 4-dimethyl Tetrahydrofuran Lignans through Metal Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Un-activated Olefins"   [abstract]
Monday, September 24, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Farrell R. Kersey (Duke University), "Single-Molecule Mechanochemistry of Bimolecular Reactions and Supramolecular Polymers"   [abstract]
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 139, Biological Sciences

Liangjie Tang (Duke University), "Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Strategies for Biophysical Analysis of Proteins and Protein-Ligand Complexes"   [abstract]
Friday, November 30, 2007, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Yunhui (Wendy) Zhang (Duke University), "SYNTHESES AND PROPERTIES OF NUCLEOSIDES BORANOPHOSPHATE"   [abstract]
Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center

Tabitha George (Duke University), "Thermodynamic Stability Measurements on Proteins in Complex Mixtures"   [abstract]
Monday, December 10, 2007, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Katherine D. Weaver (Duke University), "THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC INVESTIGATIONS OF STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN FERRIC BINDING PROTEIN, TRANSFERRIN, AND HEMOGLOBIN"   [abstract]
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Spring 2008

David Loveless (Duke University), "Supramolecular Control of Polymer Mechanical Properties"   [abstract]
Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Derek Bush (Duke University), "Biophysical Studies of Melanins and Amyloid-Beta Peptides"   [abstract]
Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Weslyn C. Ward (Duke University), "Molecular Analyses of Melanins and Neuromelanins"   [abstract]
Friday, February 22, 2008, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Julie A. Pollock (Duke University), "Efforts Towards the Total Chemical Synthesis of Antimicrobial Natural Products Pahayokolides A and B and Schizotrin A"   [abstract]
Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Amanda Hoertz (Duke University), "Elucidation of the Ramoplanin Biosynthetic Pathway"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 20, 2008, 11:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Louise K. Charkoudian (Duke University), "EXOGENOUS AND ENDOGENOUS CHELATING AGENTS FOR MITIGATING METAL-PROMOTED OXIDATIVE STRESS"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 20, 2008, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2231 - French Family Science Center

Jennifer Hawk (Duke University), "Metallo-supramolecular hybrid organogels: Towards self-repair in polymeric materials"   [abstract]
Friday, March 21, 2008, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Matt Walters (Duke University), "EXPANDED VERSATILITY AND STEREOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE KDPG AND KDPGAL ALDOLASES"   [abstract]
Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 9:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Dana Peles (Duke University), "Efforts Towards Establishing Long-Range Molecular Alignment on the Surface of Melanosomes"   [abstract]
Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Dan Lim (Duke University), "Direct Synthesis of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds via Soft Enolization and the Asymmetric α-Alkylation of Acyclic Ketones"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 27, 2008, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Jerry M. Parks (Duke University), "Mechanism of Cdc25B with the small-molecule substrate p-nitrophenyl phosphate from Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical Minimum Free Energy Path calculations"   [abstract]
Monday, March 31, 2008, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center

Patrick DeArmond (Duke University), "Thermodynamic Analysis of Membrane Bound Receptor-Ligand Interactions"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

John Hatcher (Duke University), "Ketone α-functionalization via sulfonyl hydrazone and oxime mediated carbon–carbon bond formation"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 3, 2008, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Marc J. Adler (Duke University), "rottlerin, i hate you: a love story (and tales of microwave adventures)"   [abstract]
Monday, April 7, 2008, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center

Bo Zhao (Duke University), "Kinetic-energy functional using the potential as the basic variable"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center

Ying Xu (Duke University), "New Methods for the Thermodynamic Analysis of Protein Folding and Ligand Binding using Phosphorylase b as a Model System"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Yi Li (Duke University), "Modification of Charmm/CSFF"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Catherine Leigh Allen (Duke University), "Isolation, Expression and Partial Purification of Anhydromuramic Acid Kinase (AnmK) and Efforts Toward Carbohydrate Substrate Synthesis"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Hemraj Juwarker (Duke University), "Functional Oligomers from Aryl 1,2,3 Triazoles"   [abstract]
Friday, April 11, 2008, 8:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center

Rachel Alfie (Duke University), "A Direct Wittig Reaction via a-Bromo Thioesters and The Development of A General Approach to Catalytic Asymmetric a-Functionalization of Ketones via Primary Activated Sulfonyl Hydrazones"   [abstract]
Friday, April 11, 2008, 12:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Jared J. Heymann (Duke University), "Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of substrate binding in a bacterial transferrin,"   [abstract]
Friday, April 11, 2008, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Chao Gu (Duke University), "Solid Surface Modification for Force Spectroscopy Measurements of Interactions at Single-Molecule Level"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Joseph Benjamin Baker (Duke University), "The Total Syntheses of Subglutinols A and B: Assignment of Absolute Stereochemistry"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Maria Gilleece (Duke University), "Characterization of Ramo15, a Type II Thioesterase, From the Ramoplanin Biosynthetic Cluster"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Meghan Blackledge (Duke University), "TOWARDS THE SYNTHESIS, ISOLATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL CYCLIC DEPSIPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC, WAP-8294A2"   [abstract]
Friday, April 25, 2008, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center

Sungwoo Yang (Duke University), "Carbon nanotubes; synthesis and control their properties"   [abstract]
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 9:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Summer 2008

Michael Woodson (Duke University), "Tip-Based Creation and Functionalization of Nanoscale Surface Patterns"   [abstract]
Monday, July 14, 2008, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Bo Zhao (Duke University), "Kinetic-energy functional using the potential as the basic variable"   [abstract]
Thursday, August 7, 2008, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Fall 2008

Parag Mukhopadhyay (Duke University), "Theoretical Simulations of Optical Rotation and Raman Optical Activity of Molecules in Solution"   [abstract]
Monday, November 10, 2008, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Erin Wilfong (Duke University), "Thermodynamic Basis of Additivity in Ligand Binding: Matrix Metalloproteinase-3"   [abstract]
Thursday, November 13, 2008, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center

Sungwoo Yang (Duke University), "Carbon nanotubes; synthesis and control their properties"   [abstract]
Monday, November 17, 2008, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center

Jing Song (Duke University), "Enhancing Intermolecular Zero Quantum Magnetic Resonance Signals by Spin Locking"   [abstract]
Monday, November 24, 2008, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Zhibin Zhang (Duke University), "Gold(I) and Platinum(II)-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalization of Allenes and Alkenes with Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen nucleophiles"   [abstract]
Monday, December 1, 2008, 8:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Charlotta K. Wennefors (Duke University), "α-P‒Borano ddNTP Analogs: Substrate/Inhibitory Properties for Kinases and Polymerases and Inhibition of Wild Type and Drug Resistant HIV Replication"   [abstract]
Monday, December 1, 2008, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 139, Biological Sciences

Senli Guo (Duke University), "Force Spectroscopy Measurements of Non-Covalent Interactions on the Supramolecular and Single Molecule Levels"   [abstract]
Friday, December 5, 2008, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Dongning Yuan (Duke University), "Property Control of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Devices"   [abstract]
Monday, December 8, 2008, 12:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center

Liang Du (Duke University), "From α-P-borano dNTPs to Boranophosphate DNA: Enzymatic synthesis, Biophysical properties, and Efforts to Target 3’ Polypurine Tract of Human Immunodeficiency Virus"   [abstract]
Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 12:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Dequan Xiao (Duke University), "Molecular Design for Nonlinear Optical Materials and Molecular Interferometers Using Quantum Chemical Computations"   [abstract]
Friday, December 12, 2008, 9:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Spring 2009

hley Stokes (Duke University), "Multiple Quantum Imaging of Vesicles for Use as Contrast and Carrier Agents"   [abstract]
Friday, March 6, 2009, 1:30pm
Room 2219 - French Family Science Center

John D. Knight (Duke University)
"The Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of Acyclic Ketones via Chiral N-Amino Cyclic Carbamate (ACC) Hydrazones" [more]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 11:00am
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Jason R. Whitehead (Duke University)
"AFM-based Study of Reversible Polymer Systems, Mechanocatalysis, and Mechanophores" [more]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 1:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Kathleen W. Clancy (Duke University)
"Inhibition and Specificity Studies on Sortase A, a Transpeptidase from Staphylococcus aureus" [more]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 1:30pm
Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Jeremy M. Lenhardt (Duke University)
"Mechanical Activation in Polymeric Materials: Applications Towards Mechanochemistry and Catalysis" [more]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 3:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Michelle R. Garnsey (Duke University)
"A study of Lewis acid and hydrogen bond mediated soft enolization in the context of the Mannich reaction." [more]
Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 1:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Seong Du Lee (Duke University)
"Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Enantioselective Hydroamination of 1-Alkenes with Cyclic Ureas" [more]
Monday, March 23, 2009, 2:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Carleen J. Morris (Duke University)
"Probing Multivalency in Ligand Binding Using Atomic Force Microscopy" [more]
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 10:00am
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Erin D. Hopper (Duke University)
"Development and Application of a Mass Spectrometry-Based Assay for the High Throughput Analysis of Protein-Ligand Binding" [more]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 9:30am
Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Mark C. Kohler (Duke University), "Proximity Accelerated Organocatalytic Soft Enolization of Carboxylate Derivatives: Development of a Biomimetic Asymmetric Addition Reaction"   [abstract]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 2:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Lissette Perez (Duke University), "Synthesis and Characterization of Second- Generation Iron Pro-Chelators"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 10:30am
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Sunhee Hwang (Duke University), "Efforts to Elucidate the Molecular Basis of the Interaction between LSD1 and CoREST: The Expression and Purification of CoREST"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 2:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Guoqiang Zhou (Duke University)
"METHODS FOR DIRECT CARBON–CARBON BOND FORMATION AND THEIR APPLICATION TO NATURAL PRODUCT SYNTHESIS" [more]
Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 10:30am
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Kristina L. Toups (Duke University)
"Au(I)- and Pt(II)-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalization of C-C Multiple Bonds" [more]
Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 1:30pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Sarah E. Wengryniuk (Duke University)
"Asymmetric a,a,a’,a’-Tetra-alkylation of Ketones via an Amino Cyclic Carbamate Chiral Auxiliary" [more]
Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 1:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Allison A. Schmitt (Duke University)
"Thermodynamic Additivity: Part 1: Galectin 3; Part 2: Intramolecular Systems (SH2 Domain)" [more]
Thursday, April 2, 2009, 3:30pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Laura Moussa (Duke University)
"Biophysical Investigations of Boranophosphate siRNA for use in RNA Interference" [more]
Monday, April 6, 2009, 2:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Prathyush Samineni (Duke University)
"Functional neuronal imaging using nonlinear optical contrast" [more]
Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 1:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Timothy J. Brown (Duke University)
"Mechanistic Studies of Pt(II)- and Au(I)-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalization Reactions" [more]
Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 1:30pm
Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Heekwang Park (Duke University)
"Synthetic studies toward biologically active natural products" [more]
Thursday, April 9, 2009, 2:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Kiyoun Lee (Duke University)
"Progress toward the total synthesis of pleurotin and tandem CM / Oxy-SN2Œ for the construction of 2,5-trans-disubstituted tetrahydrofurans and 2,6-cis-disubstituted tetrahydropyransh" [more]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 2:00pm
Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Summer 2009

Timothy Heaton Burgess (Duke University), "Theoretical and Computational Aspects of the Optimized Effective Potential Approach Within Density Functional Theory"   [abstract]
Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5315 - French Family Science Center

Fall 2009

Kai Zhang (Duke University), "Monte Carlo Study of Modulated Phases by Thermodynamic Integration"   [abstract]
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Joshua T. Stecher (Duke University), "Synthesis, Modification, and Characterization of UV Emitting Upconvertion Nanocrystals"   [abstract]
Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Ian Stanton (Duke University), "Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Spectroscopy of Novel Nano-scale Upconversion Nanocrystals"   [abstract]
Friday, October 16, 2009, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 4219, French Family Science Center

Thomas P. McNicholas (Duke University), "Structure and Morphology Control in Carbon Nanomaterials for Nanoelectronics and Hydrogen Storage"   [abstract]
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Paramita Mukherjee (Duke University), "Gold(I)-Catalyzed Allylic Amination"   [abstract]
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Alexander A. Shestopalov (Duke University), "CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND SELF-ASSEMBLY IN NANO-CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CATALYTIC MICROCONTACT PRINTING TECHNIQUES AND MULTICOMPONENT INORGANIC JANUS PARTICLES"   [abstract]
Monday, November 23, 2009, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Graham West (Duke University), "A Covalent Modification Technique for Protein-Ligand Binding Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics Platforms"   [abstract]
Friday, December 4, 2009, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Spring 2010

Kathryn Haas (Duke University), "Copper at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology: New Insights into hCtr1 and the Role of Histidine in Human Cellular Copper Acquisition"   [abstract]
Monday, March 15, 2010, 2:15pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Yingwen Cheng (Duke University), "Effect of Sunlight on the Stability and Toxicity of Polymer Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles"   [abstract]
Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 12:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Ashley Black (Duke University), "Progress Towards Stress-Induced Cross-linking of gem-dihalocyclopropane-polybutadiene Co-polymers"   [abstract]
Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Briana N. Vogen (Duke University), "Inkless Soft Lithography: Utilizing Immobilized Enzymes and Small Molecules to Pattern Self-Assembled Monolayers Via Catalytic Microcontact Printing"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 1, 2010, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Katie L. Ciesienski (Duke University), "Design of Photocage Ligands for Light-Activated Changes in Coordination of d-block Transition Metals"   [abstract]
Friday, April 2, 2010, 9:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room A158, Levine Science Research Center

Yongcheng Ying (Duke University), "I. Total Syntheses and Biological Studies of Largazole and Brasilibactin A
II. Stereoselective Synthesis of 2,6-Cis- and 2,6-Trans-Piperidines through an Organocatalytic Aza-Michael Reaction"   [abstract]
Friday, April 2, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room A158, Levine Science Research Center

Esther Marie Tristani (Duke University), "Molecular Recognition in Host-Guest Ionophore-Siderophore Assemblies"   [abstract]
Monday, April 5, 2010, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Claire Jarvis Parker Siburt (Duke University), "Thermodynamic Investigations of Metalloproteins: Metal as Probe and Protein as Probe"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Brad Robertson (Duke University), "Progress Toward the Asymmetric Total Synthesis of the Marine Cyanobacterial Cyclodepsipeptide Apratoxin D"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room A158, Levine Science Research Center

James M. Harrington (Duke University), "Physicochemical Characterization of Chelation and Transport of Iron by Low Molecular Weight Chelators"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 8:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room A158, Levine Science Research Center

Yesu Feng (Duke University), "Characteristics of the Uhrig Dynamic Decoupling Sequence and Applications in Magnetic Resonance Imaging"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2219 - French Family Science Center

Erin Strickland (Duke University), "Development of a Protein-Ligand Binding Assay with Multiplex Capabilities"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 8, 2010, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Rachel Reese (Duke University), "Using 1H NMR Metabonomics to Analyze Interstitial Breast Fluid for Potential Breast Cancer Biomarkers"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 8, 2010, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2219 - French Family Science Center

Gee Simmons (Duke University), "A Study of the Emission from ZnO:S and ZnS:Mn.Te to Create an Efficient White Light Emitting Core/Shell Nanoparticle"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Rachel McKinney (Duke University), "Stereochemistry and Mechanism of the Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydrofunctionalization of Unactivated Alkenes"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 15, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Jeff Rawson (Duke University), "Exploiting Synthetic Multiporphyrin Arrays to Transform Sunlight into Electricity"   [abstract]
Monday, April 19, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Pan Wu (Duke University), "QM/MM Studies of the Proton Transfer Reaction in 4-Oxalocrotonate Tautomerase"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Drew Folk (Duke University), "Beta-Secretase Activated Prochelator"   [abstract]
Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Aaron Rathmell (Duke University), "The Growth Mechanism of Copper Nanowires and their Properties in Flexible, Transparent Conducting Films"   [abstract]
Monday, May 10, 2010, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Jason R. King (Duke University), "Production of linear cellodextrins and a designer minicellulosome scaffoldin in the progress towards a biophysical description of the cellulosome."   [abstract]
Friday, May 14, 2010, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Captain Hope M. Klukovich (Duke University), "Expanding and Improving the Mechanophore Toolkit for Mechanically Active Polymers"   [abstract]
Thursday, June 3, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Jeffrey Rubino (Duke University), "Characterization of Metal Binding Peptides Derived from Copper Trafficking Proteins" [more]
Thursday, June 24, 2010, 9:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room A158, Levine Science Research Center

Fall 2010

Xiancheng Zeng (Duke University), "Multiscale Simulations of Biomolecules in Condensed Phase: from Solutions to Proteins"   [abstract]
Friday, December 10, 2010, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center

Emily Tarsis (Duke University), "New Methods for the alpha-Functionalization of Thioesters and Activated Hydrazones and an Application Toward the Total Synthesis of Apratoxin D"   [abstract]
Monday, December 13, 2010, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center

Amanda Kasper (Duke University), "I. Studies Towards the Synthesis of Manassantins A and B and Analogues II. Efforts Towards a FRET-Based Assay to Characterize Palmitoylation of Src Kinases III. Synthesis of Oxepanes via Organocatalytic Oxa-Michael Reactions"   [abstract]
Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Spring 2011

Kai Zhang (Duke University), "Solving Phase Diagram via free Energy Integration: Monte Carlo Simulation of Modulated Phases and Multiply Occupied Crystals"   [abstract]
Thursday, March 3, 2011, 12:00pm, Student Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Patrick DeArmond (Duke University), "Mass Spectrometry-Based Strategies for Multiplexed Analyses of Protein-Ligand Binding Interactions"   [abstract]
Friday, March 25, 2011, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Mary Jane Simpson (Duke University), "Investigating Melanin Dynamics and Imaging Melanin In Situ Using Pump-Probe Techniques"   [abstract]
Monday, March 28, 2011, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2219 - French Family Science Center

Jeremy Michael Lenhardt (Duke University), "MECHANISMS, DYNAMICS AND APPLICATIONS OF MECHANICALLY-INDUCED REACTIONS"   [abstract]
Friday, April 1, 2011, 12:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Adria Wilson (Duke University), "Investigation of the Effect of Well-Defined Gold-Palladium Bimetallic Nanoparticle Structures on Catalytic Performance"   [abstract]
Monday, April 4, 2011, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center

Scott Sauer (Duke University), "Direct Carbon—Carbon Bond Formation Through Reductive Soft-Enolization of a-Halothioesters and The Total Synthesis of (+)-Mefloquine"   [abstract]
Monday, April 4, 2011, 2:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 139, Biological Sciences

Mariam Sharaf (Duke University), "Exploring the Immunogenicity and Therapeutic Applications of Boranophosphate-modified RNA"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room A158, Levine Science Research Center

Lynne M. Hyman (Duke University), "Development of Fluorescent Iron and Copper Sensors Activated by Hydrogen Peroxide or Ultraviolet Light"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 7, 2011, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Robert Harris (Duke University), "Mechanistic Studies of Gold(I)-catalyzed Hydrofuntionalization"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Degao Peng (Duke University), "Variational Fractional Spin: a Density-Functional Method for Diradicals"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 3:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Andrew Franks (Duke University), "Development of a next-generation photoreactive Cu2+ chemosensor"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 14, 2011, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room A158, Levine Science Research Center

Jonathan M. Burg (Duke University), "Efforts Toward the Characterization o¬¬¬¬f the SWIRM-AOD Cleft and SWIRM Domain of LSD1 and Identification of a Unique Chemical Inhibitor"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 14, 2011, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room A158, Levine Science Research Center

Stacey Turner (Duke University), "Asymmetric a-Alkylation via ACC Chiral Auxiliaries"   [abstract]
Friday, April 15, 2011, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Marian Helsel (Duke University), "Design and Evaluation of Multifunctional Chelators Targeting Oxidative Stress Conditions"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Ronnie Pedersen (Duke University), "DNA-templated bio-molecular patterning"   [abstract]
Friday, April 22, 2011, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Mary Glesner (Duke University), "New Compositions of Polymer-Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Tana Elizabeth Villafaña (Duke University), "Non-Fluorescent Stimulated Emission Depletion Microscopy: A Dye Free Approach to Super Resolution Microscopy"   [abstract]
Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Ying Xu (Duke University), "Development and Applications of Chemical Labeling Protocols for Protein-Ligand Binding Analysis Using Bottom-Up Proteomics"   [abstract]
Thursday, May 5, 2011, 2:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Keely Glass (Duke University), "Chemical approaches to Paleontology: A Study of Melanin in Fossilized Ink Sacs"   [abstract]
Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Summer 2011

Alethea Duncan (Duke University), "Gold(I)-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalizations of Allenes with Nitrogen and Oxygen Nucleophiles"   [abstract]
Friday, June 10, 2011, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Catherine Leigh Allen (Duke University), "Insights into the Structure and Mechanism of Anhydromuramic Acid Kinase (AnmK): A Novel Peptidoglycan Recycling Enzyme with Dual Hydrolase and Kinase Functionality"   [abstract]
Friday, June 24, 2011, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 2237 - French Family Science Center

Dana Peles (Duke University), "Applications of Photoemission Electron Microscopy to Melanin and Melanosomes"   [abstract]
Friday, July 1, 2011, 10:00am, Student Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Marcus Adrian Cheek (Duke University), "Boranophosphate-Modified Nucleic Acids as Biomolecular Probes: Synthesis, Substrate, and Antiviral Properties"   [abstract]
Friday, July 15, 2011, 1:00pm, Student Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Thomas Matthews (Duke University), "Pump-Probe Molecular Imaging"   [abstract]
Friday, July 22, 2011, 9:30am, Student Seminar, Room 2217 - French Family Science Center

Joseph B. Baker (Duke University), "Part 1: Total Synthesis of Clavosolide A Part 2: Total Synthesis of Subglutinols A and B"   [abstract]
Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 1:30pm, Student Seminar, Room 4219, French Family Science Center

 

Fall 2011

Yuming (Morris) Chen (Duke University), "The Search for New/Unknown Signals"   [abstract]
Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 2:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Meghan Blackledge (Duke University), "Insights into the Synthesis, Mechanism of Action, and Biosynthesis of a Novel Lipodepsipeptide Antibiotic, WAP-8294A2"   [abstract]
Monday, October 31, 2011, 1:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Maria Michelle Bednar (Duke University), "Insights into Chlamydial Protease-Like Activity Factor (CPAF)"   [abstract]
Friday, November 11, 2011, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Julie Ann Pollock (Duke University), "Examination of the Role of Lysine Specific Demethylase 1 (LSD1) and Associated Proteins in Breast Cancer Proliferation using 2-Phenylcyclopropylamine Inhibitors"   [abstract]
Thursday, November 17, 2011, 1:30pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Jong Kang Park (Duke University), "Porphyrin-Benzothiadiazole Oligomers in Polymersomes for use as Near-IR Two Photon Imaging Contrast Agents"   [abstract]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

John Hatcher (Duke University), "An Umpolung Approach to the a-Functionalization of Ketones and Aldehydes"   [abstract]
Friday, December 9, 2011, 2:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Spring 2012

Yue Cai (Duke University), "Facile Synthesis of Three-dimensional Metal Oxide/Carbon co-Aerogel Nanostructures and Their Application for Energy Storage"   [abstract]
Monday, April 2, 2012, 10:30am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

M. Ariel Geer (Duke University), "Detection and Quantification of Protein-Protein Interactions by Mass Spectrometry"   [abstract]
Monday, April 2, 2012, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Kristina L. Butler (Duke University), "Gold(I) and Platinum(II)-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Allenes"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 2:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Mark Kohler (Duke University), "Part I: The Development of the Organocatalytic Asymmetric Mannich and Sulfenylation Reactions; Part II: Progress Towards the Synthesis of Lagunamide A"   [abstract]
Thursday, April 5, 2012, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Mark Sleeper (Duke University), "The development of tumor-specific enzyme-activated CuII prochelators for use against tumor angiogenesis"   [abstract]
Monday, April 9, 2012, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225 - French Family Science Center

Heekwang Park (Duke University), "I. Formal Synthesis of SCH 351448. II. Synthesis and Characterization of Largazole Analogues"   [abstract]
Monday, April 9, 2012, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Sarah Wengryniuk (Duke University), "Regioselective, Asymmetric a,a-Bisalkylation of Ketones via N-Amino Cyclic Carbamate Chiral Auxiliaries: Methodology Development and Application to the Total Synthesis of both (+) and (-)-Stigmolone and Apratoxin D"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 10:00am, Departmental Seminar, Room 107, Bio. Sci.

Michelle R. Garnsey (Duke University), "Part I. The Development of a Strategy for the Asymmetric Synthesis of PPAPs: Application to the Total Synthesis of (+)- and (–)-Clusianone 
Part II. Progress Toward the Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Brasilicardin A"   [abstract]
Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 1:00pm, Departmental Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center

Bumki Kim (Duke University), "Synthesis of Largazole Analogues"   [abstract]
Monday, April 16, 2012, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Zachary S. Kean (Duke University), "Rational Design in Mechanochemical Systems: Toward Applications in Stress-Responsive Materials and Catalysis"   [abstract]
Monday, April 16, 2012, 2:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Pamela Mosley (Duke University), "Use of 2D HSQC NMR Spectroscopy to Determine Histidine pKa Values in Bacillus subtilis RNase P Protein"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Megan Lanier (Duke University), "Stereoselective Synthesis of 2,7-trans Oxepanes through an Organocatalytic Oxa-Conjugate Addition Promoted by the gem-Disubstituent Effect"   [abstract]
Monday, April 23, 2012, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Dongyu Wang (Duke University), "Development of Analytical Strategies to Facilitate Protein-Ligand Binding Analysis on the Proteomic Scale"   [abstract]
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Tesia Stephenson (Duke University), "Synthetic Studies toward Analogues of Manassantin A"   [abstract]
Monday, April 30, 2012, 12:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

David Besse (Duke University), "Toward the Development of Water-Soluble, Aroylhydrazone-Based Ratiometric Iron Sensors"   [abstract]
Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 12:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3225, French Family Science Center

Yifei Wang (Duke University), "The Effect of gem-Dichlorocyclopropane Mechanophore on the Macroscopic Mechanical Properties of Polymers"   [abstract]
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 1:30pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Junpeng Wang (Duke University), "A Universal Handle for Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy"   [abstract]
Friday, May 4, 2012, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Do Yeon Kwon (Duke University), "Synthetic Studies toward NF00659 B1, a diterpene a-pyrone with potent anticancer activity"   [abstract]
Monday, May 7, 2012, 1:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232 - French Family Science Center

Ruijuan Zhou (Duke University), "Preliminary Studies on Targeted NIR Emissive Polymersomes"   [abstract]
Monday, May 7, 2012, 2:00pm, Student Exams Seminar, Room 5316 - French Family Science Center

Darya Howell (Duke University), "Unique contributions of iDQC MR contrast to stimuli-sensitive liposomal chemotherapy and imaging"   [abstract]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 2219 - French Family Science Center


Jiaxing Lin (Duke University), "Kinetics and Stochastic Simulation analysis of Energy Transfer in Metal Organic Frameworks"   [abstract]
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 10:00am, Student Exams Seminar, Room 3232, French Family Science Center