Good luck to Ben McDowell as he defends his thesis for his PhD in Chemistry!
Thursday, March 7, 2024
1:00pm in 260 Condon Hall and via ZOOM
The title of his thesis is ”Structural and Electronic Coupling in Nanoscale Materials”
Up next: Ben will be joining Leidos to do research in their Quantum Technology division
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Upcoming Thesis Defense
Janson Hoeher
Widom lab
Thursday, February 229, 2024
10:00am in Willamette 240D and via ZOOM
The title of his thesis is “Using Circular Dichroism and Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Study the Impact of 2-Aminopurine on RNA Folding”
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Upcoming Thesis Defense
Sam Shepherd
Prell lab
Monday, February 26, 2024
9:00am in 240C MCK and via ZOOM
Thesis title: “Quantitation of the collisional activation energy in native ion mobility-mass spectrometry using an improved impulsive collision model“
Good luck to Alison Chang as she defends her thesis for her PhD in Chemistry!
Friday, January 12, 2024
1 PM in 132 Lillis Hall and via ZOOM
The title of her thesis is ” The Development and Application of Transition Metal–Hydrides in Catalysis for Alkene Hydrosilylation and Isomerization Reactions”
Good luck to Tavis Price as he defends his thesis for his PhD in Chemistry!
Monday, November 20, 2023
2:00PM in 220 Deschutes Hall and via ZOOM
The title of his thesis is “FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOHOOPS: NITROGEN-DOPED PARTIAL BELTS, MACROCYCLIC LIGANDS, AND THE INHERENT STRAIN THAT AFFECTS THEIR CHEMICAL PROPERTIES”
Good luck to Jack Maurer as he defends his thesis for his PhD in Chemistry!
Friday, November 17, 2023
2:00PM in 220 Deschutes Hall and via ZOOM
The title of his thesis is “Conformational dynamics of DNA and protein-DNA complexes at single-stranded-double-stranded DNA junctions”
Good luck to Mellie Lemon as they defend their thesis for their PhD in Chemistry!
Thursday, June 1, 2023
2PM in 150 Columbia and via Zoom
Mellie’s thesis title is “Investigation of Ternary Layered Thin Film Materials”
Good luck to Grace Lindquist as she defends her thesis for her PhD in Chemistry!
Friday, May 19, 2023
1PM in Allen 221 and via Zoom
Her thesis title is: : Advancing Anion-Exchange-Membrane Water Electrolyzer Devices: Catalyst Layer Interactions, Degradation Pathways, and Operational Development
Up next: Grace has accepted a Senior Electrochemical Engineer position at Hgen.
Good luck to Checkers Marshall as they defend their thesis for their PhD in Chemistry on Thursday, December 1st!
Their thesis title is: Nanoparticles of Metal-Organic Frameworks: A General Synthetic Method and Size-Dependent Properties
Up next: Checkers will be joining Svante in Vancouver, BC, as a Materials Synthesis R&D chemist.
Good luck to Dylan Heussman as he defends his thesis for his PhD in Chemistry!
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
1PM in 220 Deschutes and via ZOOM
The title of his thesis is: Local Structure and Conformational Disorder at ds-ss DNA Junctions
Up next: Dylan has accepted a position at ThermoFisher Scientific.
