13 Instructions for Poster presenter Odd numbered posters present on Thursday, even numbered posters present on Saturday Posters should be no larger than 36” x 48”. Poster Boards, stands, and clips will be provided to mount your poster. Posters listed (pages 15 and 31) with BLUE BACKGROUND present on the 1 st hour, those with WHITE BACKGROUND present on the 2 nd hour. Poster set up for SESSION I is Thursday 2:005:00 pm. Each stand will have a number corresponding to your assigned number in the final PROGRAM. Posters from session I must be removed on Friday between 2:00 and 4:00 pm. Poster set up for SESSION II is Friday 4:006:00 pm. Each stand will have a number corresponding to your assigned number in the final PROGRAM. Posters from session II must be removed on Saturday between after 6:30 pm.
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Instructions for Poster presenter Odd numbered posters present on Thursday, even numbered posters present on Saturday Posters should be no larger than 36” x 48”. Poster Boards, stands, and clips will be provided to mount your poster. Posters listed (pages 15 and 31) with BLUE BACKGROUND present on the 1st hour, those with WHITE BACKGROUND present on the 2nd hour. Poster set up for SESSION I is Thursday 2:00-‐5:00 pm. Each stand will have a number corresponding to your assigned number in the final PROGRAM. Posters from session I must be removed on Friday between 2:00 and 4:00 pm. Poster set up for SESSION II is Friday 4:00-‐6:00 pm. Each stand will have a number corresponding to your assigned number in the final PROGRAM. Posters from session II must be removed on Saturday between after 6:30 pm.
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TECHNICAL PROGRAM
THURSDAY MAY 5th – AFTERNOON
THURSDAY PM WORKSHOPS – EDINBURGH II Time Presenter Title 2:00 – 5:00 Rina Dukor & Larrie Nafie Chiral Spectroscopies workshop
THURSDAY PM WORKSHOPS – EDINBURGH III Time Presenter Title 2:00 – 5:00 Pushpalatha Murthy COACh Workshop: Career Launch and
Acceleration
THURSDAY PM WORKSHOPS – EDINBURGH IV Time Presenter Title 1:00 – 5:00 H. Lee Woodcock & Eugene
DePrince An Introduction to QM and QM/MM
methods
THURSDAY PM WORKSHOPS – EDINBURGH IX Time Presenter Title 3:30– 5:00 Ben Smith How to Apply for Grad School
5:30 –7:30 Poster Session I Edinburgh Ballroom E&W
1 Paolo Benigni Structural characterization using high resolution IMS coupled to FT-ICR MS Analy.
3 Xiaojian Wu An alternating current electroosmotic pump based on conical nanopore membranes Analy.
5 Raul Villacob Development of ultra-high resolution surface characterization mass spectrometry instrumentation Analy.
7 Joshua Sessums Alternative solid phase extraction methods for isolation of heterocyclic aromatic amines from cooked meat Analy.
9 Leeds Currie-Hackman
Phytochemical analysis, antioxidant properties and total phenolic contents of NPUK and NPUKO, plants native to West Africa Analy.
11 Tyler Reavis Potentiometric determination of chloride ion concentration in tap and natural water samples with simultaneous GPS data collection Analy.
13 Yousong Ding Beneficial effects of irisin on human health Biochem.
15 Claribel Nunez Identification of the azasugar biosynthetic signature in Chitinophaga pinensis Biochem.
17 Trang Tran Effects of natural polymorphisms of NON-B HIV-1 PR on protein dynamics Biochem.
19 Martin O'Steen In vitro selection of DNA aptamers for binding of bromocresol purple Biochem.
45 Ankita Sarkar pH-Dependent conformational changes of ionizable lys residues in the hydrophobic protein interiors Comp.
47 Brian Doherty Molecular dynamic simulations of ionic liquids using a customized OPLS-AA force field Comp.
49 Shana Bergman Global changes induced by local perturbations to the HIV-1 capsid Comp.
51 Jessica Haney TDDFT computations for singlet fission and photon upconversion in dye-sensitized solar cells Comp.
53 Ping Jiang Isotope tracer studies on re-adsportion of dissolved Hg2+ during cinnabar dissolution Environ.
55 Wenxi Huang Characterizing the photoreactivity of natural organic matter in the Everglades Environ.
57 Chad Spreadbury Comparison between FTIR and boehm titration for activated carbon functional group quantification Environ.
59 Peter Hamlet Green catalysts in organic chemistry lab Environ.
61 Matthew Marsh Probing the electrochemical behavior of rare-earth dipicolinic acid complexes Inorg.
63 Ingrid Lehman-Andino
Thioamide ligands derived from 1, 10-phenanthroline-2-carboxylic acid, and 1,3-dipicolinic acid for actinide-lanthanide separations Inorg.
65 Mary Hertz Bismuth flux synthesis of novel intermetallic and subhalide compounds Inorg.
67 Tate Engstrand Complex carbide intermetallics grown from metal flux Inorg.
69 Nathaniel Richey Surface plasmon-mediated chemical solution deposition of Cu nanoparticle films Inorg.
71 Elly Earlywine High nuclearity Pb-Mn cage-like molecular cluster Inorg.
73 Jingwei Zhang Structure and magnetic properties of trinuclear Ln(III) complexes Inorg.
75 Jacob Bryant Pyridine-based schiff ligands in Cd(II) chemistry Inorg.
77 Taylor Jenkins Molecular magnets gone dimensional Inorg.
79 Randy Larsen Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of a novel Ru(II)tris(2,2'-bipyridine) templated metal organic framework derived from ZN(ii) and 1,4-benzene dicarboxylate
Mat.
81 Tyler Maxwell Non-cytotoxic quantum dot-chitosan nanogel biosensing probe for potential cancer targeting agent Mat.
83 Ali Ozcan Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles with different capping agents for enhanced biocidal activity Mat.
85 Austin Jones Length-dependent charge-transfer behavior of oligothiophenes capped with naphthalene diimide units Mat.
87 Steven LoCicero The effects of particle morphology on the ferroelectric phase behavior in [(CH3)2NH2][M(HCOO)3] metal-organic framework
Mat.
89 Omotola Ogunsolu
Energy and electron transfer cascade self-assembled bilayers for application in dye-sensitized solar cells Mat.
91 Amy Brownfield Manipulating nanopore features through varying fabricaton parameters Mat.
93 Alexandra Patron Atomic force microscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry as tools to characterize Cu-ligated mercaptoalkanoic acid multilayers Mat.
95 Samantha Mensah
A calamitic oligomer with alternating electron acceptor and donor units for organic electronic applications Mat.
97 Gregory Dudley Synthesis of isoquinolines and related natural products Org.
99 Tural Akhmedov Design, synthesis, and characterization of novel n-heteroacenes for organic field-effect transistors Org.
101 Yu Zhu Benzodifuran based self-assembly and thermally induced isomerization of a cyclic hemiacetal Org.
103 Chintam Nagendra Reddy
Stereoselective synthesis of 3-(S)-methyl-pentanedioic acid monomethyl ester as a bi-functionalized synthon for the total synthesis of highly potent 5-oxo-ETE receptor Antagonists
Org.
105 Joseph Accardo Kinetic invetigation of deoxo rhodamine spriolactam ring-opening reactions Org.
107 Jose Figueroa Synthesis and functionalization of benzotrifuran (BTFURAN) as a building black for π-conjugated systems Org.
109 Chelsea Massaro gem-Dimethylcyclopentane fused pharmacophores Org.
111 Justin Goodsell Characterization of a Mn(III) signal in catalytically active oxalate ixidase model Phys.
113 Pamela Knoll Biomimetic organization of barium barbonate nanorods and amorphous silica Phys.
115 Yingzhu Chen Steady-state and transient absorption study of prussian blue analoges Phys.
117 Nandita Abhyankar
High resolution 13C CP MAS NMR investigation of the ferroelectric phase transition in the Pb-free dielectric MOF, dimethylammonium zinc formate ([(CH3)2NH2]Zn(HCOO)3)
139 Michael Sims Acid-degradable segmented hyperbranched polymers by RAFT polymerization of imine-containing crosslinkers Poly.
141 Kyle Bentz Solvent effects on modulus of poly(propylene oxide)-based organogels as measured by cavitation rheology. Poly.
143 Alekhya Nimmagadda Synthesis of biodegradable polycarbonate nanostructures with selective lysis against gram positive bacteria Poly.
145 Goutam Palui Synthesis of precision macromolecules via ring-opening metathesis polymerizaton of substituted cyclopentenes Poly.
147 Maxym Tansky` Macrocyclization of block copolymers via click chemistry Poly.
149 Tosin Jonah Dual-host cominations of flueorescent ligands for ammonium nitrate sensing based on anion and cation co-extractions Inorg.
151 Andrew Turner Hyperbranched polypeptides via self-condesing ring-opening polymerizaton of n-carboxyanhydrides Poly.
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EVEN POSTERS NUMBERS PRESENT ON SESSION II: Saturday 4:15-6:15 pm EDINBURGH BALLROOM
# Column1 Abstract Title Topic
2 Alan McKenzie Mapping reaction landscape during explosive analysis using TIMS-MS and theoretical tools Analy.
4 EmilyLennert Metal analysis by ESI-TOF-MS Analy.
6 Zhili Peng Analysis of protein-nanoparticle conjugates composition using circular dichroism spectroscopy Analy.
8 David Hernandez Funes
Quantification analysis of trace evidence using direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS) Analy.
10 Amanda Binnion Copper(I) iodid for the presumtive illicit drugs indentification for law enforcement Analy.
12 Demetra Pantelis Atypical induction of membrane potential in ion selective membranes Analy.
14 Edith Onyeozili Phytochemical composition and antioxidant properties of crude extracts from four African medicinal plants Biochem.
16 Jackie Esquiaqui Conformational flexibility and dynamics of the internal loop and helical regions of the kink-turn motif in the glycine riboswitch by site-directed spin labeling
Biochem.
18 Naga Sandhya Guntaka Examining the role of clbL in the colibactin biosynthetic pathway Biochem.
20 Alexandra Smith Detection of lamp amplified amelogenin gene using a binary dexyribozyme sensor Biochem.
22 Timothy Foo A continuous spectrophotometric assay and non-linear kinetic analysis of methionine γ-lyase (MGL) catalysis Biochem.
24 Carlos Ledezma Synthesis of azido dTTP analogs for biological application Biochem.
26 Jeffrey Arciola A novel branched transamination reaction initiating azasugar biosynthesis in Paenibacillus polymyxa Biochem.
28 Juanita Sanchez Analysis of limonene samples using FT-IR, VCD, and ROA/Raman spectroscopy Biochem.
30 Michaella Durham The multiplicity of thioredoxin and thioredoxin reducatse in Karenia brevis Biochem.
32 Milbrey Parke Role of a tryptophan dimer: Effects on the catalytic mechanism of Bacillus subtilis oxalate decarboxylase Biochem.
34 Randy Larsen Probing the stability and ligand binding of heme proteins 'mineralized' within the ZIF8 metal organic framework Biophys.
36 Nicholas Castaneda
Mechanics of salt-induced actin bundles: Implication for mechanosensing mechanism Biophys.
38 Michelle Ehrenberger
Splinted ligation of Fusobacterium nucleatumglycine riboswitch aptamer II for electron paramagnetic resonance folding studies Biophys.
40 Jared Kinyon Multiferroicity in the gapless quantum antiferromagnet NH4CuCl3 Phys.
42 Farhad Ramezanghorbani
Gel formation of mucus glycoproteins: Insight from ultra-coarse-grained molecular dynamics Comp.
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EVEN POSTERS NUMBERS PRESENT ON SESSION II: Saturday 4:15-6:15 pm EDINBURGH BALLROOM
# Column1 Abstract Title Topic
44 Delaram GhoreishiLangroudi Nudged elastic band method for the study of rare events Comp.
46 Elvis Maradzike Modeling electron dynamics in polyacenes using time-dependent configuration interaction Comp.
48 Thomas Mirchandani Substituent effects in model π+-π stacking interactions Comp.
50 Na Zhang Oxidative folding of reduced bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor with aromatic thiols and the corresponding disulfides Biochem.
52 Wenbin Cui Occurrence of methylmercury in rice-base infant cereals and estimation of daily dietary intake of methylmercury for infants Environ.
54 Marcela Jaramillo Fundamental mechanistic studies of the reactions singlet oxygen with toxic domoic acid and related model compounds Environ.
56 Freddy Rodriguez del Rey
Characterizing the redox status of high and low toxin producing Karenia brevisstrain Environ.
58 Ricardo Colon Comparison of the carotenoid distribution of high and low toxic K. brevis cultures Environ.
60 Rebecca Kamerman
Optimization of solid phase extraction of petroleum residues implementing green chemistry principles Environ.
62 Stella Gonsales Highly tactic cyclic polynorbornene: Stereoselective ring expansion metathesis polymerization (REMP) of norbornene catalyzed by a new thethered tungsten-alkylidene
Inorg.
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66 Okten Ungor Conducting charge-transfer salts of Fe(II) complexes with organic TCNQ radicals Inorg.
68 Alexander Chemey Explorations of low-temperature lanthanide and actinide borates Inorg.
70 Jessica Waters Giant magnetic molecules from alcoholysis: Mn84 and Mn70 Inorg.
72 Sayak Das Gupta Structural and magnetic properties of two new Mn5Ce3 clusters Inorg.
74 Daisuke Takahashi Crystal structure and magnetic properties of a family of cage-like manganese/lanthanide heterometallic compounds Inorg.
76 Katerina Chagoya The synthesis of delta phase molybdenum nitride (δ-MoN) for use as a catalyst in ammonia production via mechanochemical methods Inorg.
78 Caroline Arteaga The mechanochemical synthesis of alkaline earth metal tantalates as a catalyst support for green and renewable hydrogen production Inorg.
80 Lei Li Design, synthesis and characterization of donar-acceptor-donar thienyl-pyridyl oligomers Mat.
82 Dilyara Igimbayeva Predicting spin state in tris-homoleptic Fe(II) complexes Mat.
84 Jasleen Bindra Spectroscopic probes for Fe doped ZnS quantum dots Mat.
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EVEN POSTERS NUMBERS PRESENT ON SESSION II: Saturday 4:15-6:15 pm EDINBURGH BALLROOM
# Column1 Abstract Title Topic
86 Tristan Dilbeck Dual-sensitized self-assembled Bi- &; tri-layer films for application in molecular photon upconversion Mat.
88 Zachary Tener Investigation of magnetic properties in CuFe2Ge2 and related materials Mat.
90 Giobensky Vildor Camparing the synergistic enhancement of antibiotic activity between biologically and chemically synthesized silver nanoparticles Mat.
92 Anne-lise Emig Tuning the fluorescent properties of lanthanide-doped nanoparticles Mat.
94 Kyle Violette Elucidating the role of metal linking ions in slef-assembled bilayers Mat.
96 Aleksandr Mikhonin
Characterization of carbon nanotubes structural parameters using 532 NM partable raman analyzer Mat.
98 Asmerom Weldeab
Design and synthesis of self-assembling p-conjugated oligomers for improved organix photovoltaic (OPV) device performance Org.
100 Kirsten Daykin Synthesis and characterization of bodipy dyes for use in biological zinc ion imaging Org.
102 Anthony Cauley Alkylated lignin nanocontainers Org.
104 Edesthele Decius Natural products in drug discovery: Phytochemical analysis and antioxidant properties of NPUG and NPOKAG, plants native to Nigeria, West Africa
Org.
106 Stephen George II Improving heterogeneous catalysis;; unique properties of long-tethers to solid support Org.
108 Emily Barth Novel resveratrol analog synthesis: Using stilbenes to treat osteoporosis Org.
110 Nicole Mrvos Mechanosynthesis of propane using recylced biomass for renewable bioenergy Org.
