Jeannette Brown Lectureship Student Flash Talks

Graduate students and postdoctoral associates will present 15 minute presentations on an area of their research.

Flash Talk Program with Abstracts

Room 1: 117/119 Smith Hall

Host: Gwen Bailey

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Peter Windsor

Adviser: Bhagi-Damodaran

Tunnel engineering of prolyl hydroxylase reprograms cellular hypoxia signaling
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Hannah Lembke

Adviser: Carlson

Identifying Molecular-Level Motifs that Promote Efflux in P. aeruginosa
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Nabhendu Pal

Adviser: Que

A Highly Reactive Model Complex for the Intermediate of TauD-J: Synthesis and Characterization of Nonheme Bis(benzimidazole) Fe(IV)=O Complexes
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Rupal Baliyan

Adviser: Bailey

Molecular and supramolecular approaches to bioinspired Ni/Fe complexes  with inherent CO2 reactivity 
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break  
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Lauren Feden

Adviser: Bailey

Synthesis of atomically precise Mo/Cu materials and precursors
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Jenna Humke

Adviser: Roberts

Access to "Inaccessible" Heteroarynes Using Nickel Complexes
4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Alexander Umanzor

Adviser: Roberts

Structural and Electronic Studies of Ni(Cy2PHOXMe)
Aryne Complexes: Regioselective Formation and
Difunctionalization

 

Room 2: 121 Smith Hall

Co-Hosts: Varun Gadkari and Sapna Sarupria

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Cecilia Douma

Adviser: Bowser

Development of a micro free flow electrophoresis assay for the continuous quantification of tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα)
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Riley Lewis

Adviser: Haynes

Developing carbon dots for enhanced phytoremediation of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS)
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Eleni Spanolios

Adviser: Haynes

Tracking Dynamic Nanoparticle Transformations with Electrochemistry
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Yevedzo Chipangura

Adviser: Stein

 Towards “Smarter” Pre-hospital Care: Real-time, Continuous Monitoring of Biomarkers with Minimally-invasive Wearable Microneedle Patch Sensors
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break  
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Ariana Campanaro

Adviser: Penn

Characterizing the Sorption Interactions between Microplastic Films and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Ernesto Cortes

SAMPEL Group

Investigating Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation with Molecular Simulations and Machine Learning: A Search for Key Physical Descriptors
4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Alejandro J Castillo

Adviser: Penn

Pb-Adsorption Studies using Cellulose Ceramic Composites

 

Room 3: 221 Smith Hall

Host: Erin Plasek

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Ross Koby

Adviser: Tonks

Ti-Catalyzed Alkyne Carboamination with Imines
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Josh Gavin

Adviser: Roberts

Radical-Polar Crossover Catalysis with a d0 Metal Enabled by a Redox-Active Ligand
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Brylon Denman

Adviser: Roberts

Inducing Regioselectivity in Metal-Bound Aryne Reactions via Catalyst Control 
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Bittu Chandra

Adviser: Que

H + /Sc 3+ Activation of (µ-1,2-Peroxo)diiron(III) Species with an Aim to Access S = 2 [Fe IV2 ( µ-O) 2] Diamond Core Complexes Mimicking Active Site of sMMO
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break  
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Chris Seong

Adviser: Roberts

Redox-Neutral Decarboxylative and Desulfonylative C(sp3) Trifluoromethylation

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Allison Wong

Adviser: Lamb

Improved solubility and characterization of carbon dioxide-based polyoxazolidinones 
4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Kate Rynders

Adviser: Tonks

Interrupted Hydroamination via Titanium-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction

 

Room 4: 231 Smith Hall

Host: Chris Douglas

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Le Dung 'July' Pham

Adviser: Lamb

N-Heterocyclic carbene-carbodiimide (NHC-CDI) adducts for latent organocatalysis
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Andy McCabe

Adviser: Douglas

Carboacylation via Hydroxyl Directed Carbon-Carbon Sigma Bond Activation to form Dihydrobenzofuran Heterocycles
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Alex Guzman

Adviser: Hoye

Trapping of HDDA-Generated Benzynes with Oxadiazoles and Oxazoles
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Niklas Kraemer

Adviser: Hoye

Cycloisomerization of Allenyl Heteroaromatics with a Pendant Nitrile
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break  
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Dorian Sneddon

Adviser: Hoye

Rapid Cycloisomerization Forms Benzynes via Diynoic Acid Condensation at sub-Ambient Temperatures
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Serena DiLiberti

Adviser: Douglas

Total Synthesis of (+)–Eburnamonine via Asymmetric Alkene Cyanoamidation and C–CN Bond Activation
4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Casey Ritts

Adviser: Hoye

Synthesis of the Nominal Biosynthetic Precursor to (+)-Ottelione A

 

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Start date
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 2:45 p.m.
End date
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 4:45 p.m.
Location

Multiple Locations

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