Chemistry Department Diploma Ceremony 2008
May Room, Wilson Commons
Abdurrahman Atesin, Ph.D.
Synthesis and Chemistry of Iridium Complexes Containing Chiral Diphosphine Ligands: Oxidative Addition to Iridium(I) Systems and Catalytic Activity of the Electrophilic Iridium(III) Complexes
Tulay Atesin, Ph.D.
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Aspects of the C-S Bond Activation Reactions of Asymmetrically Substituted Thiophenes with Rhodium and Platinum Metal Complexes
Daniel Canterbury, Ph.D.
I) Dipolar Cycloaddition/Chelotropic Extrusion Sequence to Prepare a Variety of β-Dicarbonyl Compounds. II) Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Phomactin A
Tingjuan Gao, Ph.D.
Label-free Biomolecular Sensing using Single Color Near-Null Reflective Interferometry and Brewster Angle Straddle Interferometry
Ahmet Gunay, Ph.D.
Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation of Acetylene Derivatives via Photolysis of Platinum Complexes
Li Guo, Ph.D.
Synthesis and Characterization of II-VI and IV-VI Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Susan Hanson, Ph.D.
Studies Directed Toward the Total Synthesis of the Immunosuppressant FK-506
Ildiko Meracz, Ph.D.
I. Sequential C- And S- Coupling to Dibromoalkenes II. Effects of Electron-Withdrawing Groups in the Polarized Nazarov Reaction III. Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Tetrapetalone A
Hermenegildo Pedrosa, Ph.D.
The Optical Properties of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes
Jeffrey Peterson, Ph.D.
Optical Spectroscopy of Lead Selenide and Lead Sulfide Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Ryan Rieth, Ph.D.
Strong Bond Activation of Organic Substrates Using Metal Complexes Containing Hafnium and Rhodium
Ying Yu, Ph.D.
Synthesis and Reactivity of Low-Coordinate Iron (I) and Iron (II) Complexes Supported by Beta-Diketiminates