Student Research Presentations/Publications

Publications

Nelleke Bunji, Bartosz Fornal, and Kassandra Garcia, Shedding Light on Dark Sectors with Gravitational Waves, Physical Review D 110, 075030 (2024) – published in October 2024 

Bartosz Fornal, Dyori Polynice, and Luka Thompson, Probing the Neutrino Seesaw Scale with Gravitational Waves, Physical Review D 110, 095013 (2024) – published in November 2024 

J. Bosch, Z. Delgado, B. Fornal, and A. Leon, Gravitational Wave Signatures of Gauged Baryon and Lepton Number, Physical Review D 108, 095014 (2023) – November 2023 

B. Fornal, K. Garcia, and E. Pierre, Testing Unification and Dark Matter with Gravitational Waves, Physical Review D 108, 055022 (2023) – September 2023 

B. Fornal and E. Pierre, Asymmetric Dark Matter from Gravitational Waves, Physical Review D 106, 115040 (2022) – December 2022 

Nelic D, Chetverikov N, Hochmalová M, Diaz C, Doležal V, Boulos J, Jakubík J, Martemyanov K, Janoušková-Randáková A. Agonist-selective activation of individual G-proteins by muscarinic receptors. Sci Rep. 2024 Apr 26;14(1):9652. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-60259-4. PMID: 38671143; PMCID: PMC11053168.

Randáková, A; Nelic, D; Ungerová, D; Nwokoye, Peter; Su, Qiwen; Doležal, V; El-Fakahany, EE; Boulos, J; Jakubík, J. "Novel M2-selective, Gi-biased agonists of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors" British Journal of Pharmacology, 2020, 177(9), 2073-2089.

Qiwen Su and Tamara Hamilton "Extending mechanochemical porphyrin synthesis to bulkier aromatics: tetramesitylporphyrin." Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2019, 15, 1149-1153.

Narciso Meirelles, Lucas; Silva Campos, Thales; Rodriguez, Zulema; Hernandez, Rebecca; Svec, F.; Zajickova, Z. "Single-pot" approach towards the preparation of alkyl and polyfluoroalkyl organo-silica monolithic capillaries for reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Journal of Separation Science 2018, 41, 3669-3676.

Boulos JF, Jakubik J, Boulos JM, Randakova A, Momirov J. "Synthesis of novel and functionally selective non-competitive muscarinic antagonists as chemical probes." Chemical Biology and Drug Design 2018, 91(1), 93-104

Deepa Gharbharan, Denae Britsch, Gabriela Soto, Anna –Marie Weed, Zuzana Zajickova, Frantisek Svec "Tuning preparation conditions towards optimized separation performance of thermally polymerized organo-silica monolithic columns in capillary liquid chromatography" Journal of Chromatography A 2015, 1408, 101-107.

Vasilyeva Daria, Maurizio Giannotti and John Goehl "Comparisony of Different Approaches in Extraction of a Parameter in a Linear Fit" European Journal of Physics 2015, 36, 4, 45011-45018.

Hannah Shy, Paula Mackin, Andrea Orvieto, Deepa Gharbharan, Tamara Hamilton, Geneva Peterson, Nick Bampos "Two-Step Mechanochemical Synthesis of Porphyrins" Faraday Discussions 2014, 170, 59-69.

John Boulos; Jan Jakubik, Alena Randakova, Cristina Avila "Synthesis of N-Substituted Piperidine Salts as Potential Muscarinic Ligands for Alzheimer’s Applications", Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 2013, 50(6), 1363-1367.

Maurizio Giannotti, Michael Wise, Aaron Mohammed "MESAFace, a graphical interface to analyze the MESA output" Computer Physics Communications 2013, 184, 1333-1338.

Maurizio Giannotti, John Goehl, Renee Forcier "Quantitative investigation of axes-exchange in linear fit analysis" European Journal of Physics 2013, 34, 107.

Presentations

2026 

Calla Marco, and Zuzana Zajickova Preparation of organo-silica hybrid monoliths via thermally initiated thiol-methacrylate polymerization for potential applications in capillary liquid chromatography, Spring 2026 ACS Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 23, 2026 

Yosthinn Cuitiva, Maria Sofia Ortega, and Bartosz Fornal Beyond the Standard Model: Searching for new particles with gravitational waves. 18th Annual Student Research Symposium, April 10, 2026 - honorable mention poster 

Yosthinn Cuitiva, Marco Calla and Niroshani Abeynayake Rhodium-catalyzed regioselective hydrosilylation of styrene derivatives. 18th Annual Student Research Symposium, April 10, 2026 

Mia Gregorio, and Tamara Hamilton Di-substituted porphyrins give insights about mechanochemical porphyrin synthesis mechanism Spring 2026 ACS Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 23, 2026; 18th Annual Student Research Symposium, April 10, 2026 - winning poster 

Priscila Salazar , Caitlin Clarke , Gideon Adams, Faiyaz Mahmud, and Khoa Pham  Engineering soluble human ido2 constructs for biochemical and structural characterization. 18th Annual Student Research Symposium, April 10, 2026 

Lloy-Ann Stultz, and Zuzana Zajickova Feasibility of preparing an organo-silica hybrid monolith via photoinitiated thiol-methacrylate polymerization 18th Annual Student Research Symposium, April 10, 2026 

2025 

Kemalie Turnbull, Lucas Hengartner, and Bartosz Fornal, New Gravitational Wave Signatures of Gauged Baryon Number, Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the APS, James Madison University, VA, October 23, 2025 

Calla Marco, and Zuzana Zajickova Designing organo-silica hybrid monoliths using thiol-ene click chemistry for potential applications in high performance liquid chromatography, 2025 STEM Symposium, April 4, 2025 - winning poster 

Nick Toms, and Zuzana Zajickova Quantitative analysis of active ingredients in commercial analgesic tablets using LC-UV-MS, 2025 STEM Symposium, April 4, 2025 

Luka Thompson, Testing the Neutrino Seesaw Scale with Gravitational Waves, Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society Meeting, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, October 2024 

Bunji Nelleke, Searching for Dark Sectors with Gravitational Waves, Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society Meeting, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, October 2024 

Cianna Williams, Chiara Brambilla, John Boulos Synthesis of morpholinium salts as M1-selective muscarinic agonists for Schizophrenia pharmaceutical applications, 2025 STEM Symposium, April 4, 2025 

2024 

Kassandra Garcia, Bartosz Fornal  Talk, Testing Dark Matter and Unification of Forces with Gravitational Waves, International Conference TeV Particle Astrophysics, Naples, Italy, September 2023 

Kassandra Garcia, Bartosz Fornal  Talk, Gravitational Wave Signatures of Unification and Dark Matter, Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Eastern Kentucky University, November 2023 

Zoraida Delgado, Bartosz Fornal Talk, Gravitational Wave Probes of Models with Extra U(1) Gauge Symmetries, Naples, Italy, September 2023 

Zoraida Delgado, Bartosz Fornal Talk, Testing Gauged Baryon and Lepton Number Models with Gravitational Waves, Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Eastern Kentucky University, November 2023 

Nelleke Bunji, Bartosz Fornal Poster, Testing Dark Sectors with Gravitational Waves, Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Eastern Kentucky University, Nov 2023, STEM Symposium 2024 

Dyori Polinice, Bartosz Fornal  Poster, Gravitational Wave Signatures of Low-Scale Seesaw Mechanism for Neutrinos, Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Eastern Kentucky University, Nov 2023, STEM Symposium 24 

Luka Thompson, Bartosz Fornal Poster, Differentiating between Neutrino Seesaw Mechanisms with Gravitational Waves, Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Eastern Kentucky University, Nov 2023 

Jacqueline Kim Correa In-vitro characterization of active pharmaceutical ingredient for research and development of dry powder inhalation, 2024 STEM Symposium 

Faiyaz Nirob, Carly Bebe, and John Boulos Synthesis of M1-selective agonists for pharmaceutical applications, 2024 STEM Symposium 

Stephanie Salterini , and Conrad Fischer Development of in vitro FRET assays to probe dual SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors, 2024 STEM Symposium; Spring 2024 ACS Meeting 

Andrenique Dames and John Boulos Muscarinic receptors and their pharmaceutical drug applications, 2024 STEM Symposium 

Jakub Ettrich, and Conrad Fischer Bodipy-elabela conjugates as fluorescent probes to investigate apj-mediated cardiovascular signaling pathways, 2024 STEM Symposium- winning poster 

2023 

Christina Diaz, Herleyd Remi, and John Boulos Synthesis of biased muscarinic agonists as a smarter class of analgesics with lower adverse effects, Spring 2023 ASC National Meeting, 15th Annual STEM Symposium   

Jakub Ettrich, and Conrad Fischer Bodipy-elabela conjugates as fluorescent probes to investigate apj-mediated cardiovascular signaling pathways Spring 2023 ASC National Meeting, 15th Annual STEM Symposium - winning poster 

Nathaly Feliz, and Kimberly Simmons Comparing the effectiveness of alcohol-free antiseptics in mouthwash. 15th Annual STEM Symposium 

Jenson Feys, and Conrad Fischer Engineered peptide aldehydes as potent antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2 15th Annual STEM Symposium 

Gabriela Frontanez, and John Boulos Extraction of CBD from different strains of hemp flowers and analysis by HPLC, TLC, and NMR for educational purposes only 15th Annual STEM Symposium - winning poster 

Kassandra Garcia, Erika Pierre, and Bartosz Fornal Testing unification, dark matter and neutrino masses with gravitational wave detectors annual American Physical Society Meeting in Las Vegas, 15th Annual STEM Symposium 

Alejandra Leon, and Conrad Fischer Solvoselective succinimidylation of alcohols using disuccinimidyl carbonate 15th Annual STEM Symposium 

Alejandra Leon, Jessica Bosch, and Bartosz Fornal Probing the origin of neutrino masses via gravitational waves from cosmic strings annual American Physical Society Meeting in Las Vegas, 15th Annual STEM Symposium 

Jessica Bosch, Alejandra Leon, and Bartosz Fornal Gravitational wave signals from domain walls as tests of the seesaw mechanism annual American Physical Society Meeting in Las Vegas, 15th Annual STEM Symposium 

Zach Money, Montaha Abdallah, Aurora Burkus-Matesevac, and Zuzana Zajickova The effect of cross-linkers on formation of organo-silica hybrid monolithic columns for applications in capillary liquid chromatography Spring 2023 ASC National Meeting, 15th Annual STEM Symposium - winning poster 

Erika Pierre, and Bartosz Fornal Dark matter and matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe from gravitational waves annual American Physical Society Meeting in Las Vegas, 15th Annual STEM Symposium - honorable mention poster 

2022

Jahomy Burgos, Christina Diaz, and John Boulos “Development of selective M2 and M4, Gi/o-biased muscarinic agonists: A potential therapeutic alternative to opioid analgesics” Spring 2022 ASC National Meeting in San Diego, 14^th Annual STEM Symposium

Jakub Ettrich, and Conrad Fischer “Synthesis and purification of BODIPY-labeled elabela peptides as fluorescent probes for bioimaging applications” Spring 2022 ASC National Meeting in San Diego, 14^th Annual STEM Symposium

Kyle Edwards, and Conrad Fischer “Advanced peptide aldehydes as SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors” 14^th Annual STEM Symposium

Oscar Gonzalez, and Conrad Fischer “Peptide aldehyde inhibitors incorporating oxazolinyl alanine as novel drugs to combat COVID-19” 14^th Annual STEM Symposium

Lise-Berthe Laurent, Austen Henerson, Joshua Ruppel, and Tamara Hamilton “5,15-Dinaphthylporphyrins synthesized using mechanochemistry” Spring 2022 ASC National Meeting in San Diego, 14^th Annual STEM Symposium

Erika Pierre, and Bartosz Fornal “Asymmetric dark matter from gravitational waves” 14^th Annual STEM Symposium

Erika Pierre, and Conrad Fischer “Asymmetric synthesis of cycloalkyl-l-amino acid derivatives as isosteres for inhibitor development” 14^th Annual STEM Symposium

Lana Sumner-Borema, and Conrad Fischer “Elabela peptides as potential therapeutics for cardiovascular disease” Spring 2022 ASC National Meeting in San Diego, 14^th Annual STEM Symposium

2021

Evdoxia Mastrominas and Zuzana Zajickova “The effect of cross-linkers on the properties of hybrid organic-silica monoliths” 13th Annual STEM Research Symposium

Chevel Johnson and Conrad Fischer “Taming COVID-19: solid phase-assisted synthesis of peptide aldehydes as potent antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2.” 13th Annual STEM Research Symposium

Jose B. Hurtado de Mendoza and John Boulos “Synthesis of absolute gi/o-biased muscarinic agonists: a potential therapeutic alternative to opioid analgesics” 13th Annual STEM Research Symposium

Andrea Torrecilla and Conrad Fischer “Pegylated elabela analogues as cardio-protective drugs” 13th Annual STEM Research Symposium

2020

Sidney Vest, Zuzana Zajickova "Qualitative and quantitative analysis of caffeine and selected catechin derivatives in various green tea extracts by HPLC-PDA-MS", ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting & Expo, Poster digitally uploaded ; 12th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, abstract digitally uploaded, poster presented as part of Senior Seminar

Londono Emily, Reyes Michaela, Boulos John, Fisher George, Zajickova Zuzana "Introducing GC-MS analysis into undergraduate organic chemistry II laboratory curriculum." ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting & Expo, Poster digitally uploaded ; 12th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, abstract digitally uploaded

Lise-Berthe Laurent and Tamara Hamilton "Comparing mechanochemical synthesis of tetraphenylporphyrin with other ‘greener’ synthetic approaches" ". ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting & Expo, Poster digitally uploaded ; 12th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, abstract digitally uploaded

Grace Cambria and John Boulos "Synthesis of functionally selective m1/m4 long-acting muscarinic antagonists for parkinsons therapeutic applications", 12th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, abstract digitally uploaded, poster presented as part of Senior Seminar

Lilyveth Mesa and John Boulos "Synthesis of m1-preferred long-acting muscarinic antagonists as therapeutic potential for striatal cholinergic dystonia, epileptic seizure and depress", 12th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, abstract digitally uploaded, poster presented as part of Senior Seminar

Jeremiah Paul and Manuel Miranda "Localization of alpha-subunits of the receptor for the neurotransmitter glycine through gel electrophoresis and immunohistochemistry", 12th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, abstract digitally uploaded, poster presented as part of Senior Seminar

Jocelyn Rivera, and John Boulos "Synthesis of m1 and m4 selective muscarinic agonists for schizophrenia applications", 12th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, abstract digitally uploaded, poster presented as part of Senior Seminar

Lilyveth Mesa, Grace Cambria, Jeremiah Paul, and Zuzana Zajickova "Evaluation of paint air purification capacity using solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography with mass spectroscopy", 12th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, abstract digitally uploaded, PowerPoint presented as part of Instrumental Analysis class

2019

Lilyveth Mesa, John F. Boulos "Synthesis of novel functionally selective and long-acting muscarinic antagonists" 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 31-April 4, 2019; 11th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 5, 2019 – winning poster

Sidney Vest, Zuzana Zajickova "Determination of catechins in green tea extracts using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with photodiode array and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry" 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 31- April 4, 2019; 11th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 5, 2019; Chemical Sciences Symposium, South Florida American Chemical Society, April 12-13, 2019 – 2nd place poster winner

Michaela Reyes, Austen Henderson, Joshua Ruppel, Tamara D. Hamilton "Mechanochemistry leads to a series of diarylporphyrins" 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 31-April 4, 2019; 11th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 5, 2019 – honorable mention

Emily Londono, Chelsea Martin, John Boulos "Synthesis of potent and functionally selective dualistic muscarinic antagonists as therapeutic agents for the treatment of neurological and peripheral disease states" 11th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 5, 2019

Samantha Britz, Maurizio Giannotti, Llona Kavege, Lilyveth Mesa, Tracey Presume, Brittney Reynolds, Kerri Richardson and Sanja Zivanovic "Teaching electric circuits and fractals to children. New approaches and ideas" 11th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 5, 2019

Audreena Ingham "The effects of cross-linkers on the separation of organo-silica monoliths" 11th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 5, 2019

2018

Jeremiah Andrew Paul*, Manuel Miranda Differential expression of glycine receptors in the globus pallidus, thalamus, and striatum, 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 18-22, 2018; 10th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 6, 2018

John F. Boulos, Jocelyn Baquier* Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel long acting muscarinic antagonists, 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 18-22, 2018; 10th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 6, 2018

Reyes, Michaela*; Henderson, A.; Ruppel, J.; Hamilton, T. D. Mechanochemical synthesis of diphenylporphyrins, 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 18-22, 2018; 10th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 6, 2018; Life Sciences South Florida STEM Undergraduate Research Symposium, March 24, 2018

Burkus-Matesevac, A.*; Zajickova, Z. Optimization of surface chemistry of thiol-ene crosslinked organo-silica monolithic columns and their application in capillary liquid chromatography, 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 18-22, 2018; 10th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 6, 2018; Life Sciences South Florida STEM Undergraduate Research Symposium, March 24, 2018

Aurora Burkus-Matesevac*, Maurizio Giannotti, Sanja Zivanovic, John Goehl Appropriate linear fit equations for manipulated data, 10th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 6, 2018

Alexandria Roach*, John F. Boulos Design and Synthesis of Selective Muscarinic Receptors for the Treatment of Parkinson’s disease, 10th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 6, 2018

2017

Burkus-Matesevac, A.*; Zajickova, Z. "Preparation of organo-silica monolithic columns for applications in capillary liquid chromatography using thiolene click reaction" 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017; 9th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 12, 2017

Cordero, Diana*; Hamilton, T. D. "Mechanochemical synthesis of porphine and bis-pocket porphyrin" 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017; 9th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 12, 2017

Su, Qiwen*; Hamilton, T. D. "Tetra-meso-substituted porphyrins via mechanochemistry; reaction homology and applications of a porous catalyst" 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017; 9th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 12, 2017

Maxi, Nirva*; Hamilton, T. D. "Tetra-substituted porphyrin with exo-dentate binding groups: Toward catalytic metalloporphyrin assemblies" 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017; 9th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 12, 2017

Everett-Hannah, Shatora*; Hamilton, T. D. "Mechanochemical Oxidation Leading to Porphyrins" 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017; 9th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 12, 2017

Paulus, Eva*; Paulus, Eva*; "Community Outreach with Hands-on Physics for Fifth-graders" 9th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 12, 2017

Momirov, J.*; Boulos, J. "Synthesis of functionally selective M1/M4 antagonist for Parkinson’s disease application" SoFL-ACS Chemical Sciences Symposium; 2017 Feb 26; Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; 9th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 12, 2017

Su, Q.*; Morgan, A.*; Everett-Hannah, S.* "Improving public science literary to address the disparity affecting inner-city youth" 4th Annual Community Engagement Symposium, Barry University, FL, Mar 29 2017

Gao, M.*; Wallner, A. "Synthesis, NMR characterization and kinetic studies of creatine pyroglutamate" 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017; 9th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 12, 2017

2016

Abdallah, M.*; Silva Campos, T.*; Hernandez, R.*; Zajickova, Z.; Svec, F. Single-pot " approach to preparation of hydrophobic sol-gel monolithic capillary columns for reversed-phase liquid chromatography, 251th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016; 8th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, March 23, 2016

Kingston, S.*; Hamilton, T. Comparing Four Syntheses of Tetrephenylporphyrin (TPP) using E-factor and EcoScale as Measurements for Evaluating Greenness, 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016; 8th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015

Molina, C.*; Hamilton, T. Towards porphyrin-walled metal-organic polyhedral, 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016; 8th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University

Su, Q.*; Hamilton, T. Mechanochemical synthesis of a series of meso-tetrasubstituted porphyrins, International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii; 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016; 8th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015

Azaizeh, W.*;Azaizeh, W.*; A proper probability distribution analysis of manipulated variables of nonlinear models, 8th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015

Azaizeh, W.*; Giannotti, M. "A Novel Graphical User Interface for Analyzing and Visualizing Astrophysical Simulation Data" 8th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015 (honorable mention); Life Sciences South Florida 2016 STEM Undergraduate Research Symposium, Broward College, FL - April 2nd, 2016

Azaizeh, W.*; Giannotti, M. "Efficiency of air conditioning at Barry University" 80th Annual meeting of Florida Academy of Sciences, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, FL - March 18th, 2016; Life Sciences South Florida 2016 STEM Undergraduate Research Symposium, Broward College, FL - April 2nd, 2016

Azaizeh, W.*; Giannotti, M. "MESAPlot : A python graphical interface to study star simulation data" 80th Annual meeting of Florida Academy of Sciences, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, FL - March 18th, 2016

2015

Vasilyeva, D.*; Giannotti, M.; Goehl, J. "Comparison of different approaches in extraction of a parameter in a linear fit" 7th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015 – winning poster

Azaizeh, W.*; Vasilyeva, D.*; Wise, M.; Giannotti, M.; Zivanovic, S. "MESAPlot: A python graphical interface to study stellar simulation data" 7th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015

Vasilyeva, D.*; Azaizeh, W.* "Quantitative analysis of the induced currents in circuits with variable geometry and magnetic fields" 7th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015

Kingston, S.*; Hamilton, T. "Developing an undergraduate chemistry lab involving mechanochemistry and green chemistry" International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii

Cordero, D.*; Hamilton, T. "Mechanochemistry as a greener route to biological porphyrin targets" International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii; 8th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015

Hoelscher, V.*; Hamilton, T. "Entrainment sublimation as a green purification method for porphyrins" 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA; 8th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015

Hernandez, R.*; Narciso Meirelles, L.*; Svec, F.; Zajickova, Z. "Preparation of hydrophobic thermally polymerized sol-gel monolithic columns for reversed-phase liquid chromatography using "single-pot" approach" 249th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, CO, March 22-26, 2015; 7th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015

Sabol, T.*; Rodriguez, Z.*; Soto, G.*; Britsch, D.*; Gharbharan, D.*; Svec, F.; Zajickova, Z. Surface modification of photopolymerized sol-gel monoliths using thiol-ene click chemistry. 249th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, CO, March 22-26, 2015; 7th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 1, 2015 – honorable mention

2014

Comnick, T.*; Gutierrez, R.*; Fisher, G. "D-aspartic acid in oysters" 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 16-20, 2014; 6th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 16, 2014 honorable mention

Dao, H.*; Boulos, J.; Jakubik, J. "Synthesis of bitopic muscarinic antagonists and functionally selective agonists for pharmaceutical applications" 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 16-20, 2014; 6th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, April 16, 2014 (winning poster); Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Chemical Society, Innisbrook, FL, May 8-10, 2014

Dao, H.*; Soto, G.*; Llaneras, J.*; Rodriguez, E.*; Nwokoye, P.* "Barry Chemistry Club – Providing Energy for the Future" 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 16-20, 2014

Hoelscher, V.*; Hamilton, T. "Entrainment sublimation for purification of porphyrins synthesized by mechanochemistry" 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 16-20, 2014; 6th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 16, 2014 (winning poster) and Faraday Discussion 170 – Montreal, Canada, May 21-23, 2014

Basden, M.*; Basden, M.*; "Metal-Organic Assemblies of Tetrakis(3-pyridyl)porphyrin" 6th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 16, 2014

Sabol, T.*; Shy, H.*; Hamilton, T. "Greening the Oxidation Step of Porphyrin Synthesis by Mechanochemistry" 6th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 16, 2014

Su, Q.*; Mackin, P.; Gharbharan, Su, Q.*; Mackin, P.; Gharbharan, "Mechanochemical Condensation Leading to a Family of Tetra-substituted Porphyrins" 6th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 16, 2014; Faraday Discussion 170 – Montreal, Canada, May 21-23, 2014

Britsch, D.*; Gharbharan, D., Svec, F.; Zajickova, Z. "Preparation and optimization of thermally polymerized organic-silica hybrid monoliths and characterization by capillary liquid chromatography" 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 16-20, 2014; LSSF STEM Undergraduate Symposium, Florida International University, Miami, FL, April 12, 2014 – nominated talk; 6th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 16, 2014 - wining poster; 2014 Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Chemical Society, Innisbrook, FL, May 8-10, 2014

Soto, G.*; Britsch, D.*; Gharbharan, D., Weed, A-M.; Svec, F.; Zajickova, Z. "Pore surface modification of organo-silica hybrid monolithic columns through thiol-ene chemistry for application in micro-flow liquid chromatography" 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 16-20, 2014; 6th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, April 16, 2014; 2014 Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Chemical Society, Innisbrook, FL, May 8-10, 2014

2013

Gharbharan, D.*, Weed, A-M.*; Svec, F.; Zajickova, Z. "Hybrid monolithic columns with thermally grafted octadecyl methacrylate for high performance liquid chromatography of small molecules." 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013; 5th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, March 27, 2013

Weed, A-M.*; Gharbharan, D.*, Svec, F.; Zajickova, Z. "Hydrophobization of pore surface via functionalization of organo-silica monolithic columns with photografted octadecyl methacrylate." 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013; 5th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, March 27, 2013

Llaneras, J.*; Wallner, T. "Synthesis and solubility analysis comparing di-creatine citrate, tri-creatine citrate, and creatine pyruvate to creatine-monohydrate" 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting in New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013

Flores, S.*; Fisher, G.; Erickson, M. "Greening the Diels-Alder Reaction" 5th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, March 27, 2013

Rodriguez, E.*; Comnick, T.*; Gonzalez, N.*; Khomeis, S.*; Fisher, G. "D-Aspartic acid in frog nervous system" 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013; 5th Annual STEM Research Symposium, Barry University, FL, March 27, 2013

Our students participated in the following summer research programs:

Lilyveth Mesa - Assessing the Protective Effects of Vitamin D in a High-Risk Asthma Pediatric Cohort - University of Rochester Medical Center; Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Rochester, NY (with Dr. Augusto Litonjua) – project supported by the Strong Children’s Research Center Summer Program, 2019

Lilyveth Mesa - Determining the Role of mGlu1 Receptors in Modulating Cortico-Striatal Plasticity - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (with Dr. Daniel Foster) – project supported by Vanderbilt’s Undergraduate Clinical Research Internship Program and the Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, 2018

Michaela Reyes - Finding the Achilles Heel of Tumors Driven by Dysregulated Ras Signaling - Dartmouth College at Hanover, NH (with Dr. Yolanda Sanchez) - project supported by the Children’s Tumor Foundation (YIA #2016-01-016 to SJB and #2014-01-012 to RJA), NINDS R21 NS060940, NINDS R01NS095411-01A1, NCI P30 CA023108, and a Prouty Pilot Grant from the Friends of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, 2018

Jeremiah Paul - Allotopic Gene Therapy as a Treatment for Mitochondial Disease - Pitt Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (PIND) University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA (with Dr. Michael Palladino) - projected supported by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), 2018

Chevine Johnson - Investigation of The Electronic and Structural Factors Affecting The Release of Eosin Y and Rhodamine 6G from Alginate Beads - University of Miami, Coral Gables Florida (with Dr. Francisco M. Raymo, PhD, Mercedes M. Mazza and Bianca Combe) - project supported by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Miami and the National Science Foundation under grant #1560103, 2018

Jocelyn Baquier - Postnatal Undernutrition Promotes an Oxidative Muscle Phenotype in Mice - Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s Nutrition Research Center (with Dr. Marta Fiorotto) – project supported by the Summer Medical and Research Training (SMART) Program and the NIH-NIGMS RISE Grant, R25 GM059244-17, Barry University, 2018

Jocelyn Baquier - A possible role for cereblon as a desmoplakin-associated regulator at the intercalated disc -University of California, San Diego, CA, 2017

Diana Cordero Dumit - Long-chain diols as a paleoenvironmental proxy in lake sediments – Brown University, RI (with Dr. James Russell) – project supported by the National Science Foundation, 2017

Jeremiah Paul - Differential expression of glycine receptor in the globus pallidus, thalamus, and striatum - University of Texas at El Paso, TX (with Dr. Manuel Miranda) – project supported by NIH-NIDA #2R25DA033613-06-Summer Mentoring and Research Training: Methods in Neuroscience and Drug-abuse (SMART:MIND) and SCORE grant #SC1MH086070, 2017

Diana Cordero - Calibrating tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS) buffers for pH measurements in natural seawater - University of Miami-Key Biscayne, FL, 2016

Aurora Burkus-Matesevac - Cocaine-specific field test using aptamer - fluorophore assembly - Florida International University, FL, 2016

Ramón A Gutierrez - Fluorescence study of the allosteric modulators in hemoglobin - Florida International University, FL, 2016

Qiwen Su - Synthesis of novel bitopic muscarinic agonists and antagonists or Alzheimer’s, Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, Substance Abuse and Overactive Bladder Syndrome - Barry University, FL (with Dr. Boulos), 2016

Diana Cordero - Naturally-occurring DMSP analogs as potential precursors of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and methanethiol (MeSH) in coastal seawater - Dauphin Island Sea Lab - Dauphin Island, AL, 2015

Miriam Basden - Extraction of nitrosamines from skin tissues and subsequent detection with GC-MS, GC-FID and/or LC-MS - Barry University, FL (with Dr. Zajickova) – project supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 2014

Taylor Sabol - Organo-silica hybrid monoliths: Surface modification using thiol-ene click chemistry - Barry University, FL (with Dr. Zajickova) - project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), 2014

Lucas Narciso Meirelles - Synthesis of highly hydrophobic organic-inorganic monolith for high performance liquid chromatography based on “one-pot” approach - Barry University, FL (with Dr. Zajickova) - project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), 2014

Deepa Gharbharan - Hybrid monolithic columns with thermally grafted octadecyl methacrylate for high performance liquid chromatography of small molecules – Barry University, FL (with Dr. Zajickova) - project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), 2013

Denae Britsch – Preparation and optimization of organic-silica hybrid monoliths and characterization by capillary liquid chromatography – Barry University, FL (with Dr. Zajickova) - project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), 2013

Eliot Rodriguez - Development of Displacement Assay for Screening Contaminants in Water Chemistry - University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE, 2013

Hangny Dao - Synthesis and Characterization of the Vaulted-Biaryl Ligand (VAPOL) Phosphoric Acid - University of South Florida, FL, 2013

Anna-Marie Weed – Preparation of Organo-Silica Hybrid Monoliths for Application in Liquid Chromatography Utilizing 2,2'-Azoisobutyronitrile or Irgacure 819 as Initiators – Barry University, FL (with Dr. Zajickova) and The Molecular Foundry at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), 2012

Deepa Gharbharan - Photopolymerization of Hybrid Organo-Silica Monoliths Using 2,2’-Dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone - Barry University, FL (with Dr. Zajickova) and The Molecular Foundry at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), 2012

Chan Susana - Determining the Fate of Perfluoropolyether Labeling Agent After Cells are Lysed or Undergo Apoptosis - Carnegie Mellon University, PA, 2011

Jill Dvornik - Preparation of Hybrid Monoliths via Thermal Initiation - Barry University, FL (with Dr. Zajickova), 2011

Afua Gyapong - Preparation of Photopolymerized Hybrid Monoliths at 254 nm - Barry University, FL (with Dr. Zajickova), 2011

Paula Mackin - Mechanochemical synthesis, characterization and yields of substituted porphyrins - Barry University, FL (with Dr. Hamilton), 2011

Megan Barnes - Synthesis and characterization of porphyrin-walled metal-organic polyhedral - Barry University, FL (with Dr. Hamilton), 2011

Elvis Camacho - Mechanochemical synthesis, characterization and yields of metalloporphyrins - Barry University, FL (with Dr. Hamilton), 2011

Emir Rubi - Preparation of Porous Alumina Monoliths for Separation of Phosphorylated Compounds - (with Dr. Zajickova) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2010

Marc Knezevic - In-situ Modification of Silica Monoliths via Photografting - (with Dr. Zajickova) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2010

Jake Stefancin - Photopolymerized Sol-Gel Hybrid Silica Monolithic Columns for Capillary Liquid Chromatography - (with Dr. Zajickova) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2010

Nathan Gonzalez - Determination of gunshot residue (GSR) by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) - Florida International University, FL, 2010

Jonothan Colon - Total synthesis of attenol A - Ecole Superieure Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon, France, 2010

Emir Rubi - In situ synthesis of monolithic alumina columns for applications in microscale liquid chromatography - (with Dr. Zajickova) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2009

Joao Luna - Modification of silica-based monoliths with nanolayer of fluorinated methacrylate via photografting for applications in microscale liquid chromatography - (with Dr. Zajickova) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2009

Cristina Avila - In-Situ Sol-Gel Preparation of Porous Nickel-Doped Alumina Monoliths for Application in Capillary Liquid Chromatography - (with Dr. Zajickova) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2009

Kiyana Edwards - Lost at sea? Does existing data provide sufficient information on the dangers of plastics to the marine environment? - National Resource Defense Council, Washington, DC, 2009

Nathan Gonzalez - Actions of D-Asp on excitatory amino acid receptors in the frog’s spinal cord - University of Miami, FL, 2009

Jonothan Colon - Identifying novel drug targets in Trypanasoma. Brucei - University of California-San Francisco, CA, 2009

Andrea Orvieto - Solvent-free synthesis of porphyrins - Barry University, FL and University of Cambridge, England, 2009

Gloria Perez - Synthesis, purification and characterization of hydrophobic peptides for early prostate cancer diagnosis - University of California, CA, 2009

Maria Perez - The interaction of poly (acrylic acid) with a molecular gel - University of Michigan, MI, 2009

Andrea Orvieto – A circular dichroism study of KL4 in various lipid vesicles – University of Florida, FL, 2008

Emir Rubi – Monolithic alumina columns for capillary liquid chromatography – (with Dr. Zajickova) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2008

Joao Luna - Photochemical modification of silica-based monoliths with nanolayer of fluorinated methacrylate - (with Dr. Zajickova) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2008

Kiyana Edwards – The evolution of the global energy crisis – causes, effects and strategies for reducing the impact on the environment – Cornell University, NJ, 2008