PhD Defenses

Benjamin Adams, "Harnessing Plasmonic Hot-Carriers for Nanomaterials Growth and Photocatalysis," Joseph DuChene

Jessica Allen, "Signaling-Related Changes of Protein Interfaces and Stability in Functional Chemotaxis Receptor Complexes," Lynmarie Thompson

Scott Ambos, "Crystallographic Methods at High Pressure," James Walsh

Mohammad Amin Abek Azerbaijani, “New Insights into Pausing and Termination by T7 RNA Polymerase,” Craig Martin

Ruptanu Banerjee, “Production of high-quality and high-yield mRNA using in vitro transcription: Innovations and high stringency assessments,” Craig Martin

Ranit Dutta, "Designing Synthetic Modalities to Harness Proteolysis for Therapeutic Applications," S. Thayumanavan

Rehab Heikal, "Uncovering the mechanism of CaMKII degradation," Eric Strieter

Cristina-Maria Hirschbiegel, "Tunable Polymeric Nanozyme Platforms for Bioorthogonal Catalysis," Vincent Rotello

Daniil Ivanov, "Multimodal mass spectrometry-based methods for assessment of structure and heterogeneity of biopolymers and their complexes," Igor Kaltashov

Teerapong Jantarat, “Quantitative Multiplexed Imaging of Nanomaterial Biological Distributions using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry,” Richard Vachet

Mingdi Jiang, "Polymer-Based Multichannel Sensor Arrays for Advancing Cell-Based Diagnostics and Drug Discovery," Vincent Rotello

Bhavna Kalyanaraman, "Tracking Core and Cancer-Related Circadian Components via Reporter Platforms," Michelle Farkas

Nathanael Kuzio, "Caspase-6 Structure and Dynamics by NMR: Investigating the On-Off States of a Protease involved in Neurodegeneration," Jeanne Hardy

Hung-Hsun (Ryan) Lu, "Harnessing Macromolecular Engineering to Enable Multivalency-Driven Extracellular Targeted Protein Degradation," S. Thayumanavan

Sparsh Makhaik, "Addressing the biomedical relevance of viral proteases using chemical tools," Jeanne Hardy

Jewel Medeiros, “Modular Polymer-Based Nanoparticles for Intracellular Delivery of Nucleic Acids and Small Molecules,”  S. Thayumanavan

Lan Mi, “Genetically Encoded RNA-based Fluorescent and Bioluminescent Sensors,”  Mingxu You

Harini Nagaraj, "Intracellular siRNA Therapeutics Delivery Using Polymer-Based Nanovectors," Vincent Rotello

Eric Ostrander, "Energetic Materials for Biological and Electronic Applications," D. Venkataraman

Evan Patamia, "Vapor Deposited Textile Treatments for Sensors, Thermal Control, and Carbon Capture," Trisha Andrew

Theeraphop (Theo) Prachyathipsakul, "Protein Detection and Antibody-directed Targeted Therapy Applications of Polymeric Nanoassemblies," S. Thayumanavan

Irina Sagarbarria, “Probing Caspase-6 inhibition towards Neurodegenerative Drug Discovery," Jeanne Hardy

Elizaveta Shestoperova, "Assessing the Ubiquitin Code with Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Tools," Eric Strieter

Andrew Smith, "Molecular Insights into Protease–Substrate Interactions and Functional Dynamics in Neurodegeneration and Viral Infection," Jeanne Hardy

Katherine Wahlbeck Lu-Diaz, "Mechanism of Activation of E. coli Chemotaxis Kinase CheA," Lynmarie Thompson

Kyle Winters, "Synthetic Strategies for Cell-Surface Modification and Proteolysis Targeting Chimera-Based Cryptochrome Degraders," Michelle Farkas

Zhaolin Xue, “Programmable RNA Scaffolds for Synthetic Condensate Engineering in Living Cells,”  Mingxu You

Zhaojie Zhang, "Uncovering the Roles of Charge Extraction and Passivation at Interfaces in Perovskite Solar Cells," D. Venkataraman

Lucyne Grigorian (Vachet)
Guo Ling (Lin)
Jinan Qin (You)
John Smith (Vachet)

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