Research Activities

Student Research Fall 2010

Student	Faculty	Title
Thomas Allen	Dr. Brian J. Myers	Synthesis of 3-amino-2-methyl-3-(naphthalene-1-yl) propanoic acid
Anton Blatnik	Dr. Ronald C. Peterson	Analysis of a Bacterial Two-hybrid System for Monitoring Protein-Protein Interactions
Elizabeth Crandall	Dr. Tevye C. Celius	Investigation of Benzofluorenone Derivatives as Solvatochromic Dyes
Caleb Davis	Dr. Kimberly Broekemeier	Substrate specificity of mitochondrial iPLA₂
Stephanie Hicks	Dr. Ronald C. Peterson	Preparation and Characterization of Maltose Binding Protein from E.coli
Kathryn Kinkelaar	Dr. Tevye C. Celius	Investigation of Benzofluorenone Derivatives as Solvatochromic Dyes
Danielle Nicolai	Dr. Kimberly Broekemeier	Substrate specificity of mitochondrial iPLA₂
Russell Spatney	Dr. Jake Zimmerman	Asymmetric Radical Fragmentation Reactions
Rob Stahler	Dr. Kimberly Broekemeier	Effect of select NSAIDs on mitochondrial function
Mitchell P. Thayer	Dr. Tevye C. Celius	Investigation of Benzofluorenone Derivatives as Solvatochromic Dyes
Suzanne Witt	Dr. Ronald C. Peterson	Analysis of a Bacterial Two-hybrid System for Monitoring Protein-Protein Interactions
Robert Zimmer	Dr. Tevye C. Celius	Investigation of Benzofluorenone Derivatives as Solvatochromic Dyes

Senior Research

Student	Faculty	Title
Aaron Baker	Dr. Jake Zimmerman	Synthesis of Chiral 1,5-Diazocycloocrtanes and Their Applications as Chiral Ligands
Steven Kennedy	Dr. Susan E. Bates	Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Alkoxide Precursors to Metal Oxide and Composite Materials
Mark Nicolas	Dr. Ronald C. Peterson	Preparation and Use of an Epitope-tagged HMGB1 Protein
Jonathan Syrigos	Dr. Susan E. Bates	Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Alkoxide Precursors to Metal Oxide and Composite Materials
Joshua Szekely	Dr. Jeffrey A. Gray	Mechanistic studies of thermal cis→trans relaxation of azo dyes catalyzed by metal complexes
Holly Taylor	Dr. Chris Bowers	Characterization of Medicinal Herbs
Philip Weiss	Dr. Jeffrey A. Gray	Acid-catalyzed photo-functional polymeric films

Chemistry and Biochemistry Summer 2010 Research Fellowships

Student	Faculty	Description	Location
Aaron Baker			Sherwin-Williams, Cleveland
Stephanie Hicks	Dr. Robert Lamb	Developing methods to study the metals of dry and wet deposition	Ohio Northern University Fellowship, Ohio Northern University
Steven Kennedy			University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
Mark Nicolas	Dr. Ronald C. Peterson	Investigating and realizing the production of a HMGB1 protein tagged with a FLAG epitope	Ohio Northern University Fellowship, Ohio Northern University
Russell Spatney	Dr. Jake Zimmerman	Investigating a new stereoselective radial fragmentation methodology	Ohio Northern University Fellowship, Ohio Northern University
Jonathan Syrigos	Dr. Jake Zimmerman	Focusing on the design and synthesis of a new, versatile class of molecules	ACS PRF Fellowship, Ohio Northern University
Joshua Szekely	Dr. Jeffrey A. Gray	Examining the complexes formed between azobenzene dyes and metal ions	CLIPS, Ohio Northern University
Holly Taylor			Lubrizol, Wickliffe, Ohio
Mitchell Thayer			Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
Philip Weiss	Dr. Jeffrey A. Gray	Preparing thin polymeric films containing azo dyes and performing spectroscopy experiments	CLIPS, Ohio Northern University
Suzanne Witt			Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio

Research by Chemistry Students 2007-08 Academic Year

Student	Topic
Jay S. Anderson with Dr. Broekemeier	Quantitation of mitochondrial nucleotides after separation by HPLC and electrochemical detection
Nicholas J. Dunn with Dr. Gray	pH-Dependent Isomerization Kinetics of Azo Dyes
Joshua C. Judkins with Dr. Zimmerman	Survey of Tin-Free Radical Reactions
Lukas T. Kromer with Dr. Gray	Fluorescence-based sensing of oxygen diffusion through polymers
Grace N. M'mworia with Dr. Broekemeier	Augmentation of Chemistry 314 to the Level of Chemistry 414
Ryan L. Wheaton with Dr. Gray	Fluorescence-based sensing of oxygen diffusion through polymers
Samuel F. Manzer with Dr. Broekemeier	Quantitation of mitochondrial nucleotides after separation by HPLC and electrochemical detection.
Emily A. Middleton with Dr. Celius	Investigation of Benzofluorenone Derivatives as Solvatochromic Dyes
Amanda M. Holloway with Dr. Zimmerman	Survey of Tin-Free Radical Reaction
Nicole Hume with Dr. Celius	Investigation of Benzo[a]phenoxazine-5-one Derivatives as Long-Wavelength Photo-controllable Protecting Groups
Kevin A. Craigo with Dr. Gray	Lifetime spectroscopy to determine oxygen permeation in microheterogeneous polymeric materials
Christopher M. Lemon with Dr. Alan Sadurski	Synthesis and characterization of substituted aryl silanes
Danielle L. Slomberg with Dr. Bowers	Use of MS-MS in Trace Analysis
David E. Stoker with Dr. Bowers	Infrared Spectroscopy for the Comparison of Studio Paints
Sonya Adas with Dr. Myers	Studies toward the Synthesis of Botcinolide
Jennifer L. O'Conner with Dr. Myers	Studies on the Asymmetric Reduction of ethyl acetoacetate
Ryan Merk with Dr. Myers	Toward the Synthesis of the Lactone of Botcinolide
Brad Crouch with Dr. Bowers	GC-MS Analysis of Rural Water
Jeff Wilson with Dr. Celius	Computational Investigation of the Excited States of Benzofluorenone Derivatives
Lisa Meyers with Dr. Celius	Investigation of Benzofluorenone Derivatives as Solvatochromic Dyes

Summer 2007 Research by Chemistry Students

Student	Location
Danielle Slomburg	International Research Experience for Students (iRES) at University of Technology in Graz, Austria
Christopher Lemon	University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Wes Immler	The Edward M. Chester, M.D. Summer Scholars Program, MetroHealth Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Nicholas Dunn	Research Corporation Fellowship, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH
Kevin Craigo	Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Research by Chemistry Students 2006-07 Academic Year

Student	Topic
Danielle Slomburg with Dr. Chris Bowers	Use of Large Volume Injection HPLC in the Determination of Benzene
David Stoker with Dr. Chris Bowers	Exploration of the Use of Large Volume Injection to Improve Detection Limits in HPLC
Brittany Catron with Dr. Kim Broekemeier	Identification of Mitochondrial DNA Damage in Mitochondria that have Undergone the Permeability Transition
Nicholas Schumacher with Dr. Kim Broekemeier	Determination of the Enzyme Component Responsible for the Release of Saturated Fatty Acids from Rat Liver Mitochondria
Erika Crane with Dr. Tevye Celius	Investigation of Benzo[a]phenoxazine-5-one Derivatives as Solvatochromic Dyes and Long-Wavelength Photo-controllable Protecting Groups.
Nicholas Dunn, Dana Koch, Anthony Schneider, Ryan Wheaton with Dr. Jeff Gray	Fluorescence-based Sensing of Oxygen Diffusion through Polymers
Laura Allen with Dr. Brian Myers	Toward the Total Synthesis of Botcinolide
Kelli Dodson with Dr. Brian Myers	Derivitization of Levamisole
Chris Lemon with Dr. E. Alan Sadurski	Synthesis of Some Substituted Aryl Silanes
Joshua Judkins with Dr. Jake Zimmerman	Survey of Tin-Free Radical Reactions

Summer 2006 Research by Chemistry Students

Student	Topic	Location
Laura Allen	Olefin Cross Metathesis of Enones Catalyzed by Ruthenium Complexes	University of Connecticut
Brittany Catron	Internship	Ashland Chemical Company
Erika Crane	Mass Spectroscopy Analysis of DNA Alkylation of Azinomycin B "Top-Half" Partial Structure and its Enantiomer	Ohio State in the lab of Dr. Robert Coleman
Kelli Dodson	The Synthesis of Ester Based Polyisobutylene Dispersants for Soot Dispersion in Passenger Cars and Heavy Duty Diesel Engines	Lubrizol Coporation, Cleveland, OH
Nicole Hume	Exploration of the Effect of UV Light on Bicyclic Sultam and Lactam Systems	Ohio State in the lab of Dr. Leo Paquette
Chip Humphries	The Radiative Lifetime of NO A State v'=O	Sandia National Labs, Livermore, CA
Wes Immler	Analytical Chemistry on Rheology Modifers in Sherwin-Williams Paint	Sherwin Williams Breen Technology Center, Cleveland, OH
Joshua Judkins	Characterization of a Vaccine	Wyeth Vaccines, Research Triangle Park, NC
Danielle Slomberg	Development of High Performance Commercial Acrylic	Sherwin Williams Breen Technology Center, Cleveland, OH
Dave Stoker	Utilizing Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry to Determine the Declining Concentration Rate of 2-Phenoxyethanol in Black Ballpoint Inks	United States Secret Service, Washington, DC

Research by Chemistry Students 2005-06 Academic Year

Student	Topic
Kelli Dodson with Dr. Brian Myers	Investigation of the Synthesis of Levamisole Derivatives
Laura Allen with Dr. Brian Myers	Studies toward the Total Synthesis of the Natural Product Botcinolide
Dan Waddell with Dr. Chris Bowers	Application of pH Gradient High Performance Liquid Chromatography in the Separation of Polyelectrolytes
Chip Humphries with Dr. Jeff Gray	Two Color Transient Absorption Spectroscopy on Gas with Phase Peroxy Radicals
Derek Rhoades with Dr. Jeff Gray	Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
David Stoker with Dr. Jeff Gray	Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Erika Crane with Dr. Tevye Celius	Investigation of Benzo[a]phenoxazine-5-one Derivatives as Long-Wavelength Photo-controllable Protecting Groups.
Matthew Tupps with Dr. Tevye Celius	Synthesis of New Amine Diazeniumdiolates.
Zachary Schrensky with Dr. Tevye Celius	Synthesis of Protected Acyl Nitroso Compounds for Use as Photochemical Precursors to Nitroxyl.
Brittany Catron with Dr. Kim Broekemeier	Does DNA damage correlate with propensity of mitochondria to undergo the permeability transition?
Joshua Judkins with Dr. Ron Peterson	Analysis of Reducing Sugars with BCA-Copper Reagent
Chris Lemon with Dr. E. Alan Sadurski	Spectroscopy of some substituted aryl silanes