Current Graduate Students

PhD Candidates


	Sara Abuhadba Esipova Research Group Research Project: "Development of optical sensors for the detection of neurotransmitters in vivo"
	Mashael Alghamdi Ballicora Research Group Research Project: "The Allosteric Regulation and Molecular Evolution of ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase in Bacteria"
	Aisha Alshahrani Fitch Research Group Research Project: "pH and Electrolight Effect on Microbial Attachment to ITO Electrode"
	Reem Alshehri Fitch Research Group Research Project: "Flavin mononucleotide (FMN) pH Dependence and its Activity as Catalytic Reagent for Shewanella MR-1 in the Microbial Fuel Cell"
	Jaina Bhayani Ballicora Research Group Research Project: "Structure-Function Relationships of Bacterial Enzymes Involved in Carbohydrate Metabolism"
	Arseniy Butrin Liu Research Group Research Project: "Molecular recognition of PLP-dependent MocR transcriptional regulators in bacteria"
	Michael Carr Ciszek Research Group Research Project: "Face Selective Kinetics of Diels-Alder Reactions on Tetracene Crystals"
	Jordan Delev Cho Research Group Research Project: "Metal Catalyzed Amidation of Methyl Esters"
	Thomas DiPuma Becker Research Group Research Project: "Design & synthesis of new tetrazole & pyrazole-based inhibitors of the bacterial enzyme DapE as potential antibiotics"
	Sebastian Flieger Becker Research Group Research Project: "Design, synthesis and characterization of novel drugs for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) in cancer treatment"
	Dariush Forouzesh Moran Research Group Research Project: "Inactivation of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase and the catalytic analysis of GTP-cyclohydrolase II"
	Maxwell Gillum Killelea Research Group Research Project: "Reaction mechanisms for CO oxidation on Rh(111)"
	Norberto Gonzalez Fitch Research Group Research Project: "Determination of Extracellular Flavin Produced by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 via Capillary Electrophoresis"
	Carly Hanson Devery Research Group Research Project: "Mechanistic Investigations of the Iron (III)-Catalyzed Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis Reaction"
	Rania Hussien Ballicora Research Group Research Project: "The Allosteric Regulation and Molecular Evolution of ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase in Bacteria"
	Elizabeth Jamka Killelea Research Group Research Project: "Infrared spectroscopy of reaction intermediates on oxidized transition metal surfaces"
	Winnie Jiang Research Group: TBD Research Project: TBD
	Nicholas Kaley Liu Research Group Research Project: TBD
	Wiktoria Koza Cho Research Group Research Project: "Rhodium Catalyzed C–Cl Bond Formation via Decarbonylation"
	Luke Landry Research Group: TBD Research Project: TBD
	Zachary Liveris Becker Research Group Research Project: "Inhibitors of the sodium-dependent NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Na+NQR) as potential new antibiotics"
	Adriana Lugosan Lee Research Group Research Project: "Metal Complexes with Carbazole-Based Redox Non-Innocent Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization, and Future Applications"
	Michelle Lund Schmeling Research Group Research Project: "Quantification of Heavy Metals in Human Cataract Cell Pellets"
	Xiolmara Martinez Chiarelli Research Group Research Project: "Photolysis of Emerging Contaminants Absorbed on Plastic Debris in an Aqueous Environment"
	Gabriela Martinez-Ramirez Ballicora Research Group Research Project: TBD
	Philip Nahlik Daubenmire Research Group Research Project: TBD
	Yuanpu Niu Ballicora Research Group Research Project: "Structure-function relationship studies of the allosteric regulation in ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase"
	Monica Rasic Esipova Research Group Research Project: "Development of Optical Sensors for the Detection of Small Ions in vivo"
	Kathryn Renyer Chiarelli Research Group Research Project: "Determination of the Uptake of Pollutants as Facilitated by Microplastic Beads in Earthworms and Daphnia"
	Joseph Roman Moran Research Group Research Project: "Elucidating the mechanism of human isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (ICDH1) via transcient state analysis"
	Cory Schneider Devery Research Group Research Project: TBD
	Thahani Shifna Habeeb Mohammad Becker Research Group Research Project: "Development of 2-amino-cyclobutanone based Serine- and Metallo-β-Lactamase Inhibitors"
	Madison Smith Research Group: TBD Research Project: TBD
	Sophi Todtz Devery Research Group Research Project: TBD
	Marie Turano Killelea Research Group Research Project: "Structure and Reactivity of Oxidized Ag Surfaces"
	Erwin Weerawardhana Lee Research Group Research Project: "Asymmetric Iron and Cobalt Complexes for Small molecule Activation and Catalysis"