As part of an on-going summer research experience for students, students performed research in the areas of Advanced Materials and Chemical Biology. In addition they were provided opportunities for personal and professional growth and development through numerous workshops, seminars, and panel discussions on topics ranging from the fundamentals of instrumentation techniques, research in the various disciplines of chemistry, career planning and preparation, and the role professionals in sciences. This program was directed by Drs. Bill Pennington, Carlos D. Garcia, and Tania I. Houjeiry (Coordinator) and provided travel expenses, housing, meals, and a scholarship. This program was financed by the NSF – Division of Chemistry, Awards #CHE-1560300 (2018-2021) and is now closed.
Publications by Participants
A Rapid Capillary-Channeled Polymer (C-CP) Fiber Spin-Down Tip Approach for the Isolation of Plant-Derived Extracellular Vesicles (PDEVs) from 20 Common Fruit and Vegetable Sources
Kaylan K.Jackson, Carolina Mata, R. Kenneth Marcus
Talanta 252 (2023) 123779
Heterocyclic 1,3-diazepine-based thiones and selones as versatile halogen bond acceptors
Ragusa, A.C.; Peloquin, A.J.; Shahani, M.M.; Dowling, K.N.; Golen, J.A.; McMillen, C.D.; Rabinovich, D.; Pennington, W.T.
Acta Cryst. B (2022) 78
Synthesis of thiosemicarbazones and their organoiodine cocrystals: cooperative effects of halogen and hydrogen bonding
Peloquin, A.J.; Ragusa, A.C.; Arman, Hadi, D.; McMillen, C.D.; Pennington, W.T.
J. Chem. Cryst. (2022)
2,5-Diiodothiophene: A Versatile Halogen Bonding Synthon for Crystal Engineering
Ragusa, A.C.; Peloquin, A.J. ; McMillen, C.D.; Pennington, W.T.
Crystal Growth & Design 22 (2022) 1906–1913
A New Electrically Conducting Sinusoidal Metal-Organic Framework Featuring U-Shaped cis-Dipyridyl Tetrathiafulvalene Ligands
Monica A. Gordillo, Paola A. Benavides, Kaybriana Spalding, and Sourav Saha
Frontiers in Chemistry 9:726544
Reaction of thiourea and 1, 3-dimethylthiourea towards organoiodines: oxidative bond formation and halogen bonding
AJ Peloquin, AC Ragusa, CD McMillen, WT Pennington
Acta Cryst. C77 (2021) 599–609 – front cover article
13C Saturation-Transfer Difference (STD)-NMR Experiments Using INEPT Polarization Transfer
Hui Xu, Danielle Lustig, Leah B. Casabianca
Applied Magnetic Resonance 51 (2020) 277–286
Examining Binding to Nanoparticle Surfaces Using Saturation Transfer Difference (STD)-NMR Spectroscopy
Y. Zhang, Hui Xu, A. M. Parsons, and Leah B. Casabianca
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121 (2017) 24678–24686
Addressing the Distribution of Proteins Spotted on μPADs
Laura McCann, Tomás E. Benavidez, Sarah Holtsclaw and Carlos D. Garcia
Analyst 142 (2017) 3899 – 3905








