Departmental News

■ 75 Faculty, staff and families came together on August 24^th 11:00 am-3:00 pm at the Mae Simmons Park to celebrate another great year of academics, research, and outreach success. The event was sponsored by the Mechrefs.

■ Prof. Mechref’s article entitled "Characterization of Isomeric Glycan Structures by LC-MS/MS" published in Electrophoresis (38 (2017) 2100-2114, DOI 10.1002/ELPS.201700042) is the journal most cited paper in 2018.

■ Prof. Mechref’s article entitled "LC-MS/MS Isomeric Profiling of Permethylated N-Glycans Derived from Serum Haptoglobin of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and Cirrhotic Patients" published in Electrophoresis (38 (2017) 2160-2167, DOI 101002/ELPS.201700025) is the journal 7th most cited paper in 2018.

■ Prof. Mechref has been invited to organize the 29^th International Symposium in Electroseparation and Liquid Phase-Separation Techniques (ITP 2022), September 2022.

■ The winners of the department annual poster contest held on Friday, August 23 are:

• Undergraduate: Ashley Smith from Hope-Weeks’ group, poster title "The Synthesis and Characterization of Chromium Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles using the Epoxide-Addition Sol-Gel Method"; and Robert Wood from FIndlater’s group; Poster Title: "Synthesis and applications of metal complexes of novel 1,3-diketones".
• Analytical Chemistry
  Mona Goli, from Mechref’s group; Poster Title: "Using Magnetic Carbon Nanoparticles as a MALDI Matrix for Isomeric Study of Glycans".
• Biochemistry
  Zachary Boswell from Latham’s group; Poster title: "Nature’s happy accident – Pharmacologically mimicking curative response of cancer patient".
  Elahe Masoumzadeh from Latham’s group; Poster Title: "Study of self association of human CstF-64 RNA recognition motif (RRM)".
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Shiva Moaven from Cozzolino’s group; Poster Title: "Pnictogen bonding: From reversed vesicles to molecular recognition".
• Organic Chemistry
  Deepika Bedi from FIndlater’s group; Poster Title: "Chemically enhanced electrodialysis(CEED) for selective removal of problematic ions from waste water."
• Physical Chemistry
  Sophia Sagala from Quitevis’s group; Poster Title: "Do Ion-Pairs Exist in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Their Mixtures with Co-Solvents."

■ Prof. Mechref gave a talk entitled "Understanding the Biological Roles of Glycoproteins through Reliable Quantitation of both Glycans and Glycopeptides" at the 26th International Symposium in Electroseparation and Liquid Phase-Separation Techniques (ITP 2019), September 1-4, 2019, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

■ Prof. Hutchins gave a talk entitled, "Design of materials for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants" at the 8th Annual Texas Soft Matter Meeting, August 16, 2018, Lubbock, TX.

■ Prof. Hutchins Group delivered the following poster presentations at the 8th Annual Texas Soft Matter Meeting, August 16, 2018, Lubbock, TX:

1. Synthesis of Pharmaceutical Co-crystals and Pyridine-functionalized Polymers, Qixuan Zheng, Samantha L. Rood, Daniel K. Unruh, and Kristin M. Hutchins.
2. Co-crystallization of the Anti-Cholesterol Drug Bezafibrate and Synthesis of Functionalized Polystyrene Polymer Beads, Jesus Daniel Loya, Daniel K. Unruh, and Kristin M. Hutchins.

■ Prof. Poirier gave a plenary talk at the Symmetries in Science (SiS) meeting in Bregenz, Austria, on August 6, 2019. The talk was entitled "Hidden symmetries in quantum mechanics— revealed, by the trajectory-based formulation".

■ Prof. Krempner gave an invited lecture at the 13th International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry (Prague, Czech Republic, June 30 – July 5, 2019). Title of his talk was "Inter and Intramolecular Inverse Frustrated Lewis Pairs – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation."

■ Prof. Krempner presented a poster at the annual DOE Catalysis Science meeting (Gaithersburg, Maryland July 24 – July 26, 2019). Title of his talk was "Inverse" Inter and Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation.

Departmental News

■ 75 Faculty, staff and families came together on August 24^th 11:00 am-3:00 pm at the Mae Simmons Park to celebrate another great year of academics, research, and outreach success. The event was sponsored by the Mechrefs.

■ Prof. Mechref’s article entitled "Characterization of Isomeric Glycan Structures by LC-MS/MS" published in Electrophoresis (38 (2017) 2100-2114, DOI 10.1002/ELPS.201700042) is the journal most cited paper in 2018.

■ Prof. Mechref’s article entitled "LC-MS/MS Isomeric Profiling of Permethylated N-Glycans Derived from Serum Haptoglobin of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and Cirrhotic Patients" published in Electrophoresis (38 (2017) 2160-2167, DOI 101002/ELPS.201700025) is the journal 7th most cited paper in 2018.

■ Prof. Mechref has been invited to organize the 29^th International Symposium in Electroseparation and Liquid Phase-Separation Techniques (ITP 2022), September 2022.

■ The winners of the department annual poster contest held on Friday, August 23 are:

• Undergraduate: Ashley Smith from Hope-Weeks’ group, poster title "The Synthesis and Characterization of Chromium Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles using the Epoxide-Addition Sol-Gel Method"; and Robert Wood from FIndlater’s group; Poster Title: "Synthesis and applications of metal complexes of novel 1,3-diketones".
• Analytical Chemistry
  Mona Goli, from Mechref’s group; Poster Title: "Using Magnetic Carbon Nanoparticles as a MALDI Matrix for Isomeric Study of Glycans".
• Biochemistry
  Zachary Boswell from Latham’s group; Poster title: "Nature’s happy accident – Pharmacologically mimicking curative response of cancer patient".
  Elahe Masoumzadeh from Latham’s group; Poster Title: "Study of self association of human CstF-64 RNA recognition motif (RRM)".
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Shiva Moaven from Cozzolino’s group; Poster Title: "Pnictogen bonding: From reversed vesicles to molecular recognition".
• Organic Chemistry
  Deepika Bedi from FIndlater’s group; Poster Title: "Chemically enhanced electrodialysis(CEED) for selective removal of problematic ions from waste water."
• Physical Chemistry
  Sophia Sagala from Quitevis’s group; Poster Title: "Do Ion-Pairs Exist in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Their Mixtures with Co-Solvents."

■ Prof. Mechref gave a talk entitled "Understanding the Biological Roles of Glycoproteins through Reliable Quantitation of both Glycans and Glycopeptides" at the 26th International Symposium in Electroseparation and Liquid Phase-Separation Techniques (ITP 2019), September 1-4, 2019, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

■ Prof. Hutchins gave a talk entitled, "Design of materials for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants" at the 8th Annual Texas Soft Matter Meeting, August 16, 2018, Lubbock, TX.

■ Prof. Hutchins Group delivered the following poster presentations at the 8th Annual Texas Soft Matter Meeting, August 16, 2018, Lubbock, TX:

1. Synthesis of Pharmaceutical Co-crystals and Pyridine-functionalized Polymers, Qixuan Zheng, Samantha L. Rood, Daniel K. Unruh, and Kristin M. Hutchins.
2. Co-crystallization of the Anti-Cholesterol Drug Bezafibrate and Synthesis of Functionalized Polystyrene Polymer Beads, Jesus Daniel Loya, Daniel K. Unruh, and Kristin M. Hutchins.

■ Prof. Poirier gave a plenary talk at the Symmetries in Science (SiS) meeting in Bregenz, Austria, on August 6, 2019. The talk was entitled "Hidden symmetries in quantum mechanics— revealed, by the trajectory-based formulation".

■ Prof. Krempner gave an invited lecture at the 13th International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry (Prague, Czech Republic, June 30 – July 5, 2019). Title of his talk was "Inter and Intramolecular Inverse Frustrated Lewis Pairs – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation."

■ Prof. Krempner presented a poster at the annual DOE Catalysis Science meeting (Gaithersburg, Maryland July 24 – July 26, 2019). Title of his talk was "Inverse" Inter and Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation.

Departmental News

■ 75 Faculty, staff and families came together on August 24^th 11:00 am-3:00 pm at the Mae Simmons Park to celebrate another great year of academics, research, and outreach success. The event was sponsored by the Mechrefs.

■ Prof. Mechref’s article entitled "Characterization of Isomeric Glycan Structures by LC-MS/MS" published in Electrophoresis (38 (2017) 2100-2114, DOI 10.1002/ELPS.201700042) is the journal most cited paper in 2018.

■ Prof. Mechref’s article entitled "LC-MS/MS Isomeric Profiling of Permethylated N-Glycans Derived from Serum Haptoglobin of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and Cirrhotic Patients" published in Electrophoresis (38 (2017) 2160-2167, DOI 101002/ELPS.201700025) is the journal 7th most cited paper in 2018.

■ Prof. Mechref has been invited to organize the 29^th International Symposium in Electroseparation and Liquid Phase-Separation Techniques (ITP 2022), September 2022.

■ The winners of the department annual poster contest held on Friday, August 23 are:

• Undergraduate: Ashley Smith from Hope-Weeks’ group, poster title "The Synthesis and Characterization of Chromium Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles using the Epoxide-Addition Sol-Gel Method"; and Robert Wood from FIndlater’s group; Poster Title: "Synthesis and applications of metal complexes of novel 1,3-diketones".
• Analytical Chemistry
  Mona Goli, from Mechref’s group; Poster Title: "Using Magnetic Carbon Nanoparticles as a MALDI Matrix for Isomeric Study of Glycans".
• Biochemistry
  Zachary Boswell from Latham’s group; Poster title: "Nature’s happy accident – Pharmacologically mimicking curative response of cancer patient".
  Elahe Masoumzadeh from Latham’s group; Poster Title: "Study of self association of human CstF-64 RNA recognition motif (RRM)".
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Shiva Moaven from Cozzolino’s group; Poster Title: "Pnictogen bonding: From reversed vesicles to molecular recognition".
• Organic Chemistry
  Deepika Bedi from FIndlater’s group; Poster Title: "Chemically enhanced electrodialysis(CEED) for selective removal of problematic ions from waste water."
• Physical Chemistry
  Sophia Sagala from Quitevis’s group; Poster Title: "Do Ion-Pairs Exist in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Their Mixtures with Co-Solvents."

■ Prof. Mechref gave a talk entitled "Understanding the Biological Roles of Glycoproteins through Reliable Quantitation of both Glycans and Glycopeptides" at the 26th International Symposium in Electroseparation and Liquid Phase-Separation Techniques (ITP 2019), September 1-4, 2019, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

■ Prof. Hutchins gave a talk entitled, "Design of materials for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants" at the 8th Annual Texas Soft Matter Meeting, August 16, 2018, Lubbock, TX.

■ Prof. Hutchins Group delivered the following poster presentations at the 8th Annual Texas Soft Matter Meeting, August 16, 2018, Lubbock, TX:

1. Synthesis of Pharmaceutical Co-crystals and Pyridine-functionalized Polymers, Qixuan Zheng, Samantha L. Rood, Daniel K. Unruh, and Kristin M. Hutchins.
2. Co-crystallization of the Anti-Cholesterol Drug Bezafibrate and Synthesis of Functionalized Polystyrene Polymer Beads, Jesus Daniel Loya, Daniel K. Unruh, and Kristin M. Hutchins.

■ Prof. Poirier gave a plenary talk at the Symmetries in Science (SiS) meeting in Bregenz, Austria, on August 6, 2019. The talk was entitled "Hidden symmetries in quantum mechanics— revealed, by the trajectory-based formulation".

■ Prof. Krempner gave an invited lecture at the 13th International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry (Prague, Czech Republic, June 30 – July 5, 2019). Title of his talk was "Inter and Intramolecular Inverse Frustrated Lewis Pairs – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation."

■ Prof. Krempner presented a poster at the annual DOE Catalysis Science meeting (Gaithersburg, Maryland July 24 – July 26, 2019). Title of his talk was "Inverse" Inter and Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation.

Departmental News

■ 75 Faculty, staff and families came together on August 24^th 11:00 am-3:00 pm at the Mae Simmons Park to celebrate another great year of academics, research, and outreach success. The event was sponsored by the Mechrefs.

■ Prof. Mechref’s article entitled "Characterization of Isomeric Glycan Structures by LC-MS/MS" published in Electrophoresis (38 (2017) 2100-2114, DOI 10.1002/ELPS.201700042) is the journal most cited paper in 2018.

■ Prof. Mechref’s article entitled "LC-MS/MS Isomeric Profiling of Permethylated N-Glycans Derived from Serum Haptoglobin of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and Cirrhotic Patients" published in Electrophoresis (38 (2017) 2160-2167, DOI 101002/ELPS.201700025) is the journal 7th most cited paper in 2018.

■ Prof. Mechref has been invited to organize the 29^th International Symposium in Electroseparation and Liquid Phase-Separation Techniques (ITP 2022), September 2022.

■ The winners of the department annual poster contest held on Friday, August 23 are:

• Undergraduate: Ashley Smith from Hope-Weeks’ group, poster title "The Synthesis and Characterization of Chromium Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles using the Epoxide-Addition Sol-Gel Method"; and Robert Wood from FIndlater’s group; Poster Title: "Synthesis and applications of metal complexes of novel 1,3-diketones".
• Analytical Chemistry
  Mona Goli, from Mechref’s group; Poster Title: "Using Magnetic Carbon Nanoparticles as a MALDI Matrix for Isomeric Study of Glycans".
• Biochemistry
  Zachary Boswell from Latham’s group; Poster title: "Nature’s happy accident – Pharmacologically mimicking curative response of cancer patient".
  Elahe Masoumzadeh from Latham’s group; Poster Title: "Study of self association of human CstF-64 RNA recognition motif (RRM)".
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Shiva Moaven from Cozzolino’s group; Poster Title: "Pnictogen bonding: From reversed vesicles to molecular recognition".
• Organic Chemistry
  Deepika Bedi from FIndlater’s group; Poster Title: "Chemically enhanced electrodialysis(CEED) for selective removal of problematic ions from waste water."
• Physical Chemistry
  Sophia Sagala from Quitevis’s group; Poster Title: "Do Ion-Pairs Exist in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Their Mixtures with Co-Solvents."

■ Prof. Mechref gave a talk entitled "Understanding the Biological Roles of Glycoproteins through Reliable Quantitation of both Glycans and Glycopeptides" at the 26th International Symposium in Electroseparation and Liquid Phase-Separation Techniques (ITP 2019), September 1-4, 2019, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

■ Prof. Hutchins gave a talk entitled, "Design of materials for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants" at the 8th Annual Texas Soft Matter Meeting, August 16, 2018, Lubbock, TX.

■ Prof. Hutchins Group delivered the following poster presentations at the 8th Annual Texas Soft Matter Meeting, August 16, 2018, Lubbock, TX:

1. Synthesis of Pharmaceutical Co-crystals and Pyridine-functionalized Polymers, Qixuan Zheng, Samantha L. Rood, Daniel K. Unruh, and Kristin M. Hutchins.
2. Co-crystallization of the Anti-Cholesterol Drug Bezafibrate and Synthesis of Functionalized Polystyrene Polymer Beads, Jesus Daniel Loya, Daniel K. Unruh, and Kristin M. Hutchins.

■ Prof. Poirier gave a plenary talk at the Symmetries in Science (SiS) meeting in Bregenz, Austria, on August 6, 2019. The talk was entitled "Hidden symmetries in quantum mechanics— revealed, by the trajectory-based formulation".

■ Prof. Krempner gave an invited lecture at the 13th International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry (Prague, Czech Republic, June 30 – July 5, 2019). Title of his talk was "Inter and Intramolecular Inverse Frustrated Lewis Pairs – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation."

■ Prof. Krempner presented a poster at the annual DOE Catalysis Science meeting (Gaithersburg, Maryland July 24 – July 26, 2019). Title of his talk was "Inverse" Inter and Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation.

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Wednesday, September 18th, 2019
•  DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR
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