Research Experience for Undergraduates

Advanced Materials and Chemical Biology

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 PenningtonCarlos 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

ACB

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

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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)

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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

2021 sourav reu

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

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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

2020 leah 01

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

2017 leah 01

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

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Addressing the Distribution of Proteins Spotted on μPADs

Laura McCann, Tomás E. Benavidez, Sarah Holtsclaw and Carlos D. Garcia
Analyst 142 (2017) 3899 – 3905

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