Chemical Biology

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Thomas J. Baranski

Thesis Title: A Biophysical Approach to the Structure of the Rhadopsin/G-Protein Interface

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2005

Thesis Advisor: Garland R. Marshall

Thesis Title: Molecular Recognition in Vision: Probing the Rhodopsin-Transducin Interface with Conformationally Constrained Peptides

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Carolyn J. Anderson

Thesis Title: Copper-64-Labeled Tetraazamacrocyclic Complexes for Radiopharmaceuticals: Metabolism, Characterization, and Mechanisms of Metal Dissociation

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: David R. Piwnica-Worms

Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Cell-Permeable Peptides for Targeted Imaging of Caspase Activity In Vivo

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Jonathan D. Gitlin

Thesis Title: Structure and function of the copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: David R. Piwnica-Worms

Thesis Title: Spectral Deconvolution of Genetically Encoded Luciferase Reporters for Analysis in Cellulo of Signal Transduction Pathways

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Michael J. Welch

Thesis Title: Synthesis and Evaluation of PPARγ Antagonists for PET Imaging

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2003

Thesis Advisor: Daved H. Fremont

Thesis Title: Structural and Functional Exploration of Classical, Non-Classical, and Virally Encoded MHC Family Proteins

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Douglas F. Covey

Thesis Title: Alternative Neuroactive Steriod Ring System Scaffolds

Program: Chemical Biology

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Stephen M. Moerlein

Thesis Title: Evaluation of the Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor as a Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Target for Tumor Aggression