Graduate Research Highlights

The Department of Chemistry offers a collaborative research environment where graduate students take part in cutting edge research. These highlights showcase the creativity, rigor and impact of our graduate community.

Featured research projects

Designing, synthesizing, and analyzing paramagnetic Co(II)-based chemical exchange saturation transfer (paraCEST) agents as potential MRI probes, with an overall goal of enhancing the paraCEST sensitivity for pre-clinical translation of this technique.
2/27/26
Jaclyn Raymond
Challenging ene-yne and olefin cross metatheses catalyzed by ruthenium carbene catalysts. These highly functionalized dienyl/olefinic cross products were also used in a variety of functionalization reactions to expand their synthetic utility.
2/27/26
Laurence Rohde
Understanding the partition of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in sorbents used for separation and studying PFAS distribution in heterogeneous environmental and biological samples.
2/27/26
Aghogho Abigail Olomukoro
Developing stable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers for NaK alloy batteries, by using in situ characterization techniques to determine the composition of the SEI layer.
2/27/26
Mayuresh Janpandit
Developing and studying inhibitors of NADPH Oxidases and Epidermal growth factor receptor, to understand the structural features that enable the development of potent inhibitors against these enzymes for the treatment of several diseases.
2/27/26
Blessing Ogboo
Synthesis of bench stable manganese(III) precursor complexes for exploring the chemistry of high valent manganese.
2/27/26
Ananya Saju
Analysis of emerging contaminants and other biomarkers for assessing community health through wastewater-based epidemiology.
2/27/26
Lahiruni M. Halwatura
Examining the surfaces and interfaces of waste plastic chemistry using visible, mid-, and near-infrared spectroscopy.
2/27/26
Nicholas Stavinski

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