Chemistry Department Diploma Ceremony 2009

May 17, 2009 • 2:00 PM
May Room, Wilson Commons

Pingwu Du, Ph.D.

Platinum(II) Polypyridyl Complexes for Visible Light-driven Hydrogen Production from Water

Paul Jarosz, Ph.D.

Platinum Terpyridine Acetylide Complexes for Photo-induced Charge Separation and the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Aqueous Media

Kathryn Leach, Ph.D.

Carbon Nanotube Optoelectronics

Ling Li, Ph.D.

Transition Metal Mediated Synthesis of Heterocycles Via Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation

John Malona, Ph.D.

The Catalytic Nazarov Cyclization of Heteroaromatic Systems and its Application Towards Rocaglamide

Jacob Schneider, Ph.D.

I) Structural and Luminescence Properties of Gold(I) Benzimidazolethiolate Complexes. II) Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Coordination Compounds as Potential Chromophores for the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water

Robert Spitale, Ph.D.

Chemical and Structural Analysis of RNA-Based Gene Regulation

Venkatesan Srinivasan, Ph.D.

Studies Directed Toward the Total Synthesis of (-)-Apoptolidin A