Bottom row: From left to right: Connor Larocca, Cameron Wright, Emmanuel Iamsun Echeverri Jimenez, Iuliia Mandzhieva, Matthew James Pech, Arana Blake, Ian Ireland. Upper row: From left to right: Isaac Hickman, Jeffrey Dylan Denison, Tzu-Yu Chen, Cristina Veronica Archiniega Moscoso, Ying Xi, Emily Piwowarski, Abdul-Rahman Sweilam
Ph.D. in Chemistry – Fall 2023
Formal Name
Degree and Committee Chair
Thesis/Dissertation Title
Nancy Lee McLean Alexander
Erin Baker
Assessment of Environmental Contaminants by Targeted and Nontargeted Analytical Techniques
Austin Browning
Thomas Theis
From SABRE Spin Dynamics to In Vivo Metabolic Mapping: Advancing SABRE Hyperpolarization Towards Biomedical Applications
Miles Alexander Calzini
Gavin Williams
Probing and Engineering of a Tyrosine Prenyltransferase for Biocatalytic Applications
Lide Cha
Wei-chen Chang
Investigation of Aziridination & Cyclopropanation Enabled by Non-Heme Iron Enzymes
Tzu-Yu Chen
Wei-chen Chang
Study of Isonitrile-forming Enzymes and Their Applications
Gregory Curtin
Elena Jakubikova
Photophysical Properties of Fe(II) and Ir(III) Chromophores
Jeffrey Dylan Denison
Leslie Sombers
Untapped Potential: Electroanalytical Investigations into Opioid and Catecholamine Release from Adrenal Cells and Tissue
Emmanuel Iamsun Echeverri Jimenez
Maria Oliver-Hoyo
A Virtual Reality Learning Environment to Support Students’ Abilities to Extract, Represent, and Predict Stereochemical Outcomes for the Diels-Alder Reaction
Alexandra Grace Forderhase
Leslie Sombers
Simultaneous, Real-Time Detection of Non-Electroactive and Electroactive Neurochemicals Using Carbon-Fiber Microbiosensors Coupled With Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry
Eric Austin Gabilondo
Paul Maggard
Synthetic Discovery and Thermodynamic Stability of Multinary Sn (II)-Perovskite Oxides through Flux-Mediated Ion-Exchange Techniques
Yuan Gao
Stefan Franzen
Classical Correlation Model of Surface Enhanced Spectroscopies
Keilian John Macculloch
Thomas Theis
Advancements in Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange Enabling a Broader Range of Applications
Iuliia Mandzhieva
Thomas Theis
Advances in Ultra-Low-Field NMR and MRI: Experiments and Computer Simulations for Enhanced Polarization Transfer and Spectroscopic Resolution
Paul Miller
David Shultz
Synthesis and Characterization of Donor-Bridge-Donor Biradical and Biradicaloid Complexes to Elucidate the Origin of Open-Shell Character
Matthew James Pech
Christopher Gorman
The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Azaacenes Toward Organic Electronics
Kyle R. Penn
Vincent Lindsay
Controlled α-Halogenation of Alkyl Sulfonamides and Development of Highly Active Bifunctional (benz)imidazolyl-Palladium Catalysts for Application in Sustainable Cross-Coupling Reactions
Ying Xi
David Muddiman
Method Innovations to Enhance Mass Spectrometry Imaging Measurements by Infrared Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Electrospray Ionization (IR-MALDESI)
List of Students Graduating with a Ph.D. in Chemistry for the Fall 2023 Semester
M.S. in Chemistry – Fall 2023
Formal Name
Committee Chair
Thesis/Dissertation Title
Cristina Veronica Archiniega Moscoso
David Muddiman
Innovative Platforms and Algorithms to Improve Direct Analysis and Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) with Infrared Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Electrospray Ionization (IR-MALDESI)
Nicholas Koenig Canty
Wei-chen Chang
Deoxypodophyllotoxin Synthase Investigating the Pivotal Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation in Aryltetralin Lignan Biosynthesis
Hunter Paggeot
Joshua Pierce
Progress Towards the Total Syntheses of Bisleuconothine and the Synthesis of Polycyclic Structural Motifs with Potential Antimicrobial Activity
Alisha Marie Weinhofer
Joshua Pierce
Progress Towards the Total Syntheses of Bisleuconothine, Development of an Asymmetric Cyclopropanation, and Synthesis of Dual JAK/TRPV1 Inhibitors
List of Students Graduating with a M.S. in Chemistry for the Fall 2023 Semester
B.S. in Chemistry – Fall 2023
James Zackary Brittain
Newton, NC
Isaac James Hickman
Lewisville, NC
Ian Patrick Ireland
Kinston, NC
Emily Piwowarski
Raleigh, NC
Abdul-Rahman Sweilam
Cary, NC
Cameron Wright
Wilmington, NC
List of Students Graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry for the Fall 2023 Semester
B.A. in Chemistry – Fall 2023
Arana Blake
Raleigh, NC
Sydney Cawthon
Toano, VA
Connor Larocca
Raleigh, NC
Ryan Wands
Raleigh, NC
List of Students Graduating with a B.A. in Chemistry for the Fall 2023 Semester
