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2025 Ph.D. and M.S. Defenses

March 28
Friday
8:00 AM
ASB 108
Ph.D. DEFENSE
Optimization and Application of LC-MS/MS Techniques for Characterizing Glycans, Proteins, and Metabolites in Complex Biological Samples
Md Abdul Hakim, Chemistry and Biochemistry
March 27
Thursday
2:00 PM
CHEM 011B
Ph.D. DEFENSE
Inhibition of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor by Anionic Phospholipids
Ronald Arlet Villaber, Chemistry and Biochemistry
March 26
Wednesday
1:00 PM
Chem 101
Ph.D. DEFENSE
Advancing LC-MS/MS Bioanalytical Techniques to Investigate Glycomic, Glycoproteomic, and Proteomic Alterations in Complex Biological Systems and Diseases"
Andy Bennett, Chemistry and Biochemistry
March 21
Friday
3:00 PM
CHEM 305
M.S. DEFENSE
Study of HCl/DCl Van der Waals complexes and their Isotopologues via Rotational Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry
Muhammad Qasim Ali, Physical
March 14
Friday
1:00 PM
CHEM 305
Ph.D. DEFENSE
Mining Steroidal Withanolides and Nonribosomal Peptides for Anticancer and Antibacterial Activity
NicholasLaRoe
March 14
Friday
11:00 AM
ESB II 102A
Ph.D. DEFENSE
Organic Superbases in Catalytic Antimony-Carbon bond formation and Frustrated Lewis Pair Hydrogenation of Imines.
Jacob Culvyhouse, Inorganic
March 12
Wednesday
2:00 PM
CHEM 305
Ph.D. DEFENSE
Design of Protein-Derived Carbon Dots for Targeted Biomarker Labeling for Diagnostic Bio-Imaging and Targeted Therapeutics
Sara Strickland, Chemistry and Biochemistry
March 4
Tuesday
8:00 AM
CHEM 011B
Ph.D. DEFENSE
Cu(II)-Schiff base complexes for sustainable catalytic applications”
MARIANO GUAGLIARDO, Chemistry and Biochemistry