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Graduate Research

Nayek, Subhayu, “TOXICOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES INDUCED BY SUB-ACUTE EXPOSURE OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS TO SILVER NANOPARTICLES USING SOFT-LANDING ION MOBILITY INSTRUMENT”. Ph.D. Thesis 2020

DeSilva, Imesha W., “APPLICATION OF NOVEL MICROPOROUS POLYOLEFIN SILICA-BASED SUBSTRATE IN PAPER SPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY (PS-MS)”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2020.

Kiselak, Thomas D., “MASS SPECTROMETRY GUIDED DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROLLED RELEASE NANOTRANSFERSOME TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2020.

Converse, Darren, “PAPER SPRAY-MASS SPECTROMETRY OF ILLICIT DRUGS AND CHEMICAL WARFARE PRECURSORS”, M.S. 2019

Kretsch, Amanda R.,” DETECTION OF HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN THE AIR USING PORTABLE MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETRY”, M.S., 2018

Aguilar Ayala, Roberto. “APPLICATIONS OF METALLIC CLUSTERS AND NANOPARTICLES VIA SOFT LANDING ION MOBILITY, FROM REDUCED TO AMBIENT PRESSURES”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2018

McBride, Ethan M. “UTILIZING RAPID MASS SPECTROMETRY TECHNIQUES TO PROFILE ILLICIT DRUGS FROM START TO FINISH”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2018

Hamilton, Jason S. “DISEASE TISSUE IMAGING AND SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS WITH MASS SPECTROMETRY”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2017

Mach, Phillip M. “DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PORTABLE MASS SPECTROMETERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2016

Nnaji, Chinyere N. “ANALYSIS OF TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADULTERANTS FOUND IN POWDERS/SUPPLEMENTS UTILIZING DIRECT INJECT NANOMANIPULATION, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY” M.S. Thesis, 2016.

Gorishek, Emma.L. “LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY IMAGING OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES”, M.S. Thesis, 2016.

Garibay, Luis K. “THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF DRUG ANALOGUES AND VOC POLLUTANTS”, M.S. Thesis, 2016.

Phelps, Mandy S. “LIPIDOMIC ANALYSIS OF SINGLE CELLS AND ORGANELLES USING NANOMANIPULATION COUPLED TO MASS SPECTROMETRY”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2015.

Williams, Kristina C. “DIRECT INJECT MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR ILLICIT CHEMISTRY DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2015.

Walton, Barbara L. “A STUDY OF SILVER: AN ALTERNATIVE MALDI MATRIX FOR LOW WEIGHT COMPOUNDS AND MASS SPECTROMETRY IMAGING”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2014.

Fox, James David. “MINIATURE MASS SPECTROMERTY: THEORY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2013.

Hoffmann, William D. “STUDY OF NOVEL ION/SURFACE INTERACTIONS USING SOFT-LANDING ION MOBILITY”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2012

Joshi, Ubesha., “CHARACTERIZATION OF IONIC LIQUID AS A CHARGE CARRIER FOR THE DETECTION OF NEUTRAL ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEXES USING ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY”, MS Thesis, 2012.

Davila, Stephen J., “DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTLANDING ION MOBILITY: A NOVEL INSTRUEMNT FOR PREPARATIVE MATERIAL DEPOSITION”, Ph.D. Thesis, 2011.

Wallace, Nicole M., “FORENSIC SCIENCE APPLICATIONS UTILIZING NANOMANIPULATION-COUPLED TO NANOSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ULTRA-TRACE ILLICIT DRUGS”, MS Thesis, 2011.

Birdwell, David O., “SOFT LANDING ION MOBILITY MASS SPECTROMETRY: HISTORY, INSTRUMENTATION AND AN AMBIENT PRESSURE APPLICATION, MS Thesis, 2010.

Undergraduate Research

 Christina Chang (January 2021-Present) – Development of Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogues MS/MS Database 

Mikayla Morgan (August-December 2020) – Forensic Instrumental Analysis of Redacted Documents and Ink Analysis 

Steven Tipton (January 2020-Present) – Instrumental Development of Sampling Inlets for Portable Breathalyzer Technology 

Conager Robb (January-May 2020) – Shotgun Synthesis Reaction Monitoring for Machine Learning Development 

Alleigh Couch (October 2019-December 2020) – Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry Utilized with a Synthetic Microporous Polyolefin Silica Matrix Substrate in the Rapid Detection of Fentanyl Analogues 

Travis Hull (August-December 2019) – Synthesis, Quantification, and Permeability Rate Determination of an Al(III)-Curcumin Complex for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment 

William Skutch (May-December 2019) – Detection of P-Cymene and Benzaldehyde using Portable Mass Spectrometry for the Development of Olfactory Technology 

Jacob Harrison (May-August 2019) – Permeability Study for the Delivery of Liposome and Nanoliposome Assisted Curcumin Across the Skin Membrane 

Christina Castillo (May-August 2019) – Comparative Analysis of Trace Amounts of Sebaceous Oils and Contaminants with Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry 

Alicia Sepulveda (January-May 2019) – Medi-Clay-FX versus Activated Charcoal: An Evaluation for Practical Applications with Fentanyl 

Andrew Adams (January-May 2019) – Differentiation of Heated versus Burned Polymer using ATR-IR and Headspace Analysis 

Caleb Raegor (August 2018-May 2019) – Automotive Tailpipe Emissions with a Mass Spectrometer to Evaluate Potential Environmental and Health Risks of Auto Start-Stop Technology 

Sydney Schoellhorn (May 2018-May 2019) – Analysis of the Exposome via MALDI-MS for Biomedical and Forensic Applications 

Kavitya Sarma (May 2018-May 2019) – Characterization of Transitional Metal Nanoparticles as Matrix Substitutes for MALDI-MS 

Lauren Juel (May 2018-May 2019) – A Comparative Study of a microporous polyolefin silica-based paper and cellulose paper substrates utilizing Paper Spray-Mass Spectrometry in Drug Analysis 

Anika Claassen (May 2018-May 2019) – Organic Synthesis of Clandestine Cooks for Illicit Drugs and Explosives 

Brooke Tauren (May-August 2018) – Determining the Strength of Ligand Binding between Curcumin and Aluminum, Copper, and Iron Complexes via MALDI-MS and Ultra-Violet/Visible Spectrophotometry 

Miranda Hankins (January-May 2018) – Delépine Synthesis Optimization for the Conversion of Safrole to Methylenedioxymethamphetamine 

Alexander Arisco (January-May 2018) – Method Development for the Extraction of Retinyl Palmitate from Vitamin A 

Cheyenne Farmer (January-May 2017) – One Pot Synthesis of Curcumin and the Evaluation and Comparison of Additional Synthesis Methods

Jasmine Smith (September-December 2016) – Drug Analogue Synthesis and Cell Membrane Stationary Phase Extraction to Determine Percent Retention and Bioavailability

Chloe Nguyen (September-December 2016) – ATR-IR Analysis of Licit and Illicit Substances for the Creation of a Searchable In-House Database

Laura Tudor (June-August 2016) – Drug Analogue Synthesis for the Population of an ACD/Labs Database for Drug Profiling and Screening

Benjamin Kernen (June-August 2016) - Analysis of Chemical Nerve Agent Analogues in an Attempt to Develop a Better Method for Identifying G- and V- Series Nerve Agents

Kathryn Orton (June-August 2016) – Fingermark Analysis of Soft-Landed Metallic Nanoparticles as MALDI Matrix Substitutes

Benjamin Frey (January-May 2016) – Structural and Theoretical Analysis of Phenethylamine Drug Derivatives

Brandon Buss (January-May 2016) – PAMPA-BBB Assays for the Determination of Drug Analogue Membrane Permeability

Jason Acheampong (January-May 2016) – Trace Analysis of Adulterants Found in Supplements and Powders by Raman Spectroscopy/Direct Analyte-Probed Nanoextraction

Cody Perry (September-December 2015) – Membrane-Inlet Mass Spectrometric Detection of Aromatic Compounds in Biofuels

Fang Wang (January-May 2015) – Conjugation of Nanotips with 11-Mercaptoundecanoic Acid for the Selective Isolation of Single Cell Chemistry

Zachary Sasiene (January 2015-December 2015) B.S. Chemistry - "Making the Invisible Visible by Laser Ablation" of redacted documents.

Katie Brigance (January 2015-December 2015) B.S. Chemistry - Synthetic Drug and Analougue Routes.

Katrina Huynh (September 2015-December 2015) B.S. Chemsitry - Characterizing a Rapid Drug Analougue Approach.

Shelia Kennard (June 2015-August 2015) B.S. Chemistry - Synthetic Drug and Analougue Routes.

Amanda Kretsch (Jume 2013-August 2013) B.S. Chemistry - Shotgun synthesis and characterization of designer drug analogues

Victoria Robideau (June 2013-August 2013) B.S. Chemistry - ICPMS for Analysis of Bullet Jacket Transfer

Teresa Allen (June 2012-December 2012) B.S. Chemistry - Datamining and Databasing Illicit Materials Using ATR-FTIR.

Jenny He (January 2012-May 2013) Texas Academy of Math and Sceince - Portable, Deployable Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Oil and Gas.

Katie Grimm (June 2012-August 2013) B.S. Chemistry - Microfluidic Separation-Coupled to Nanomanipulation-Nanospray Mass Spectrometry for Single Organelle Analysis.

Patrick Sheehan (September 2011 - July 2012) B.S.. Computer Science- Design and Development of IsoThom, MobCross, BetaCalc, and ACD/LAbs Scripts.

Chinyere Nnaji (June 2012- August 2013) - B.S. Chemistry - Comparison of Common Salts found in Homemade Explosives Extracted from Various Surfaces by the use of Nanomanipulation Coupled with Nanospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Jeff Harsell (January 2012-May 2012) - B.S. Chemistry - ICPMS for Analysis of Bullet Jacket Transfer

Amanda Keith (September 2011-May 2012) - B.S. Chemistry - Direct Injection from Single Crystal versus Bulk Analysis to Determine Point-of-Source Chemical Matches

Eric Dziekonski (June 2011-September 2011) - NSF-REU - Extraction and Characterization of Energetic Materials using Alternate Gas Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry.

Rachel Wiley (June 2011-August 2011) - B.S. Biochemistry - Chemical Residue Extraction of Energetic Materials from Differing Surfaces

Bryan Bookhammer (June 2011-December 2011) - B.A. Chemistry - ICPMS for Analysis of Bullet Jacket Transfer

Michael Nolan (January 2011 - June 2011) - B.S. Chemistry - Raman Analysis of Carbon Films

Jennifer Cruse (August 2010 - January 2011) - B.S. Chemistry - Ultra-Trace Drug Analysis Extraction of Biometrics.

Andrew Huang (September 2010-June 2011) - Texas Academy of Math and Science - Ion Mobility ATD Calculations of Tacrine.

Chrissy Bond (January 2011-August 2011) - B.S. Chemistry - ICPMS for Analysis of Bullet Jacket Transfer

Aaron Jesseph (October 2006 - May 2011) - B.S. Electrical Engeneering - Development of Miniature Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation.

Dezaree Reis (June 2009-August 2009) - NSF-REU from Alvernia University - Characterization of Organometallic Complexes with ESI-MS.

Dominic Garcia (June 2009-August 2009) - TAMS Student - Theory of Nonliniaer fields in Ion Mobility Spectrometry.

Anna Karoline Behrendt (June 2008-August 2008) - ACS IREU from Fachhochschule Braunschweig - Liquid-Liquid Microphase Extraction using a Nanomanipulator Coupled to Nanospray Mass Spectrometry.

Brandon Mading (July 2008-August 2008) - Chemistry High School Internship - Introduction to Mass Spectrometry and Gas-Phase Chemistry

Jessica Reed (June 2008-August 2008) - NSF-REU from University of the Ozarks - Nanomanipulator-coupled to Mass Spectrometry of Lipid Bodies.

Rich Maxwell (January 2008 - Present) - B.S. Chemistry - Evaluation of Materials, Space-Charge, and Surface Charge Effect on Minuature Mass Spectrometry

Justin Chandler (December 2006-December 2007) - TAMS Student - Development of Softlanding Preparative Mass Spectrometry.

Barbara Walton (June 2007-August 2007) - NSF-REU from Central Conneticut University - Nanomanipulator/Nanospray for Forensic Applications.

Errie Martinez (January 2007-August 2007) - B.S. Chemistry - Design of Deployable Mass Spectrometer.