Category: Graduate Entries 2024
Xiangwei Guo / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Majie Fan The temporospatial pattern of eolian (wind-transported) loess deposition is crucial for understanding ancient precipitation…
Alisher Talgatov / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Sherri McFarland Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a strategy for treating cancer with high selectivity. PDT utilizes an…
G3 – Expression and purification of F420 dependent glucose-6-phosphate from Nocardioidaceae bacterium
April 11, 2024Md Sabid Ahamed / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Kayunta Johnson-Winters F420 dependent glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (FGD), although originally discovered in Nocardia, has been extensively studied…
G4 – SQST-1/p62 and SKN-1/Nrf2 promote phagocytosis under stress by promoting lysosomal trafficking
April 11, 2024Aladin Elkhalil / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Piya Ghose Programmed cell death (PCD) is a vital cell fate for normal development and homeostasis. Cells that die…
G5 – Water isotopologues reveal versatile plant water sourcing strategies in a highly altered urban landscape
April 11, 2024Erica Almance /Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Ricardo Sanchez-Murillo The role of plants in controlling the urban water cycle in a changing climate remains…
Davis Van Dyk / Psychology / Faculty Mentor: Linda Perrotti Opioid withdrawal induces anxiety, which influences continued use. With extensive research demonstrating conflicting gender findings and…
Joisha Girme / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Purnendu Dasgupta Iodine is essential to all mammalian life, it is the crucial element for the human…
Aurchie Rahman / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Saiful Chowdhury Proteomic tools and techniques of current age have the ability to identify and quantify all…
G9 – Functional study of DPLG3, a PIF transposable element domesticated protein, in Drosophila melanogaster
April 11, 2024Maria del Pilar Castellanos / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Esther Betran Molecular domestication of transposable element (TE) proteins can be viewed as the process of recycling…
G10 – Deciphering Sleep Dynamics: Analyzing the Stages in Cannabis Users and Non-Users Using Fokker-Planck Equations
April 11, 2024Shrestha Chaturvedi / Mathematics / Faculty Mentor: Pedro Maia “Cannabis affects the brain endocannabinoid system (ECS) which is involved in regulating pain control, learning and memory,…
G11 – Is orange hydrogen the new green? Exploring GeoH2 generation in a serpentinization environment
April 11, 2024Alexandra May / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Ricardo Sanchez-Murillo The global demand for hydrogen is rapidly increasing and is anticipated to reach 500…
G12 – Unraveling Rodent Brain Signals During Euthanasia with Eigensystem Realization Algorithm (ERA)
April 11, 2024Khitam Zuhair Bader Aqel / Mathematics / Faculty Mentor: Pedro Maia We accurately reconstruct the Local Field Potential (LFP) time series obtained from anesthetized and awake…
G13 – Optimizing the phototherapy effects of metallodrug photosensitizers for cancer treatment
April 11, 2024Ge Shi / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Sherri McFarland Tumor hypoxia presents a major challenge in cancer therapy. Hypoxia can disrupt drug uptake and…
G14 – Kinetic Studies on the catalytic mechanism of F420-dependent glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
April 11, 2024Alaa Aziz / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Kayunta Johnson-Winters F420- dependent glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (FGD) is an important enzyme found in Mycobacteria tuberculosis, the causative…
Mohammad Kamruzzaman / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Woo Suk Chang Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a soil bacterium capable of establishing a symbiotic relationship with legume plants such…
Chathuri Devmika Wickramasinghe / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Esther Betrán Many studies have shown that transposable elements (TE)-derived proteins have contributed to the emergence of new…
G17 – Kinetic Analysis Reveals a Shift In Inter-subunit Communication Within F420H2:NADP+ Oxidoreductase
April 11, 2024Jamariya Howard / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Crystal Cooper F420H2:NADP+ Oxidoreductase (Fno) catalyzes the reversible reduction of NADP+ to NADPH, using reduced F420 cofactor…
G18 – Blunted Brain Responses to Emotional Conflict Predict Anxiety in Adolescents with Epilepsy using Magnetoencephalography
April 11, 2024Kathryn King / Psychology / Faculty Mentor: Crystal Cooper Epilepsy and psychiatric comorbidities have a bidirectional relationship, suggesting shared underlying brain dysfunction. Anxiety and depression have…
Karissa Cordero / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Nathan Brown “The Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field hosts an active hydrothermal system that has produced some…
Han Le / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Kevin Schug In recent years, the issue of trace gas emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills…
Diana Ibarra / Psychology / Faculty Mentor: Yuan Bo Peng Electrical stimulation (ES) is a valuable technique used for the intervention of pain, both in the…
G22 – North Central Texas Heat Waves and Drought in Response to Anthropogenic-induced Climate Change
April 11, 2024Diana Hansen / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Arne Winguth Global surface temperature has been increasing since the 1850s. Dallas-Fort Worth temperatures increased over…
Sneha Singh / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Neda Ghazipour This study focuses on the application of a weighted site selection methodology to implement…
G25 – Exploring The Pore System of The New Albany Shale Using Complementary Pore Characterization Techniques
April 10, 2024Khawaja Hasnain Iltaf / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Majie Fan, Qinhong Hu The extraction of hydrocarbons from shale rock formations has become increasingly…
G26 – Protein Synthesis Inhibition Modifies Duration and Acquisition of Loser Effect-Related Behaviors
April 10, 2024Olivia D. Williams / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Jeff Demuth The loser effect (LE) is the propensity of an organism to lose subsequent resource contests after…
Alec Whited / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Piya Ghose We have previously described a non-canonical apoptotic program in the nematode C. elegans, Compartmentalized Cell Elimination (CCE),…
G28 – Kinetic Analysis of a Crosslinked Polysiloxane
April 10, 2024Takhya Holley / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Peter Kroll We perform quantitative analysis of thermogravimetric (TG) data of the pyrolysis of preceramic polymers. Our…
Gurleen Kaur / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Sherri McFarland Photodynamic inactivation (PDI) is a strategy for tackling bacterial infections by exploiting light-molecule interactions. Conventional…
Cindy Lou Skipper / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Nathan Brown Large glaciers and ice sheets in North America have melted as the climate…
G31 – Stop the sand mafia!
April 10, 2024Jeffrey Warber / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Nathan Brown Sand is the second most exploited natural resource in the world after fresh water…
G32 – Single-cell Protein Sequencing by Utilization of Amino Acid Selective Chemistries and Nanopore Sequencing
April 10, 2024Calvin Heyl / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Joe Buonomo The proteome of a cell provides insight into the current state of activity and is…
Jo’ Del Gobbo / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Rasika Dias The β-diketone scaffold, which is present in curcumin and its derivatives, has become a…
Mohammad Tanha / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Mark Pellegrino Bacteria manipulate host organelles to survive and infect the host. Pathogens often target mitochondria as they have…
Haritha Asokan Sheeja / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: He Dong Peptide-based hydrogels are increasingly recognized in biomedical research for their advantageous properties, including biocompatibility,…
Malintha Abeysiri / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Qing Tang The emergence and spread of Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-resistant strain (MRSA) attribute to its resistance to multiple antibiotics…
Yiting Xu / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Mark Pellegrino Bacterial pathogens use a variety of mechanisms to foster their infection in the host, including the manipulation…
G38 – Identifying active uplift across fault strands in the San Gorgonio Pass region: a TL thermochronology based approach.
April 10, 2024Ayush Joshi / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Nathan Brown The San Gorgonio Pass (SGP) in the southern San Andreas Fault Zone plays an…
G39 – Deciphering tap water distribution dynamics in contrasting urban settings using isotope-based metrics
April 10, 2024Charity Kgotlaebonywe / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Ricardo Sanchez-Murillo Understanding tap water distribution dynamics is critical for sustainable urban management, especially in rapidly…
G40 – A Machine Learning Interatomic Potential (MLIP) for SiCO Ceramics and SiCOH Polymeric Precursors
April 10, 2024Mitchell Falgoust / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Peter Kroll We have developed a machine learning interatomic potential using moment tensor potentials (MLIP-MTP) to describe…
Kaitlin Killian / Psychology / Faculty Mentor: Tracy Greer Epilepsy affects approximately 3.4 million individuals in the United States, approximately 470,000 of whom are children. Psychiatric…
Kristen Wilson / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Arne Winguth The marine carbon cycle is of importance to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere…
Niray Bhakta / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Kevin Schug A commercially available dielectric barrier discharge ionization source was tested with a hyphenated supercritical fluid…
G44 – On the Mechanism of Temporal Variability of Vertical Distribution of Density in Reservoir Lake Arlington.
April 10, 2024Oscar Meza Tovar / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Arne Winguth Temporal variability of density and dissolved oxygen (DO) in subtropical reservoirs are complex…
Aisosa Omere / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Joseph Buonomo Of the 20 canonical amino acids, only aspartic acid (Asp) and glutamic acid (Glu) bear…
G46 – Statistical and Anomaly Analysis of Climate Trends in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
April 10, 2024Quinnton DeBolt / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Arne Winguth This study is a statistical analysis of climate trends within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex…
G47 – Catalytic chemo- and stereoselective hydrosilylation of dicarboxylic acid anhydride and imides
April 10, 2024Linda Lallawmsangi / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Junha Jeon Ester reduction to aldehydes is challenging as the resulting aldehydes are often more reactive than…
Julieta Trejo / Psychology / Faculty Mentor: Yuan Bo Peng Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been utilized for several decades, particularly in major depressive and psychologically impaired…
Kendall Hendrix / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Peter Kroll Hafnium carbide has the highest known melting point of any material in the world, making…
G50 – The intensifying effects of natural disasters on exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) Hurricane Harvey case study
April 10, 2024Maryam Ghalamkari / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Un-Jung Kim Hurricane Harvey caused severe flooding in Houston’s metropolitan region in 2017. This study aims…
Jason Bard / Mathematics / Faculty Mentor: Pedro Maia Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can be defined by a difficulty in social interaction alongside repetitive behaviors or…
Rodina Eladawy / Mathematics / Faculty Mentor: Pedro Maia “This research explores the machine learning models to predict cognitive outcomes, as measured by the Wechsler Intelligence…
G53 – Control of spermatogenesis developmental program via RNAi-mediated regulation of ALG-3/4 small RNA pathway in C.elegans.
April 10, 2024Trilotma Sen / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Alicia Rogers Gene regulation is necessary for maintaining coordination of molecular mechanisms during development to ensure proper fertility. Precise…
G54 – Development of an Online and Stop-flow LC/Benchtop-NMR
April 10, 2024Noah Menard / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Kevin Schug “Complex mixtures are known to cause difficulties in structural elucidation in the NMR. While LC…
G55 – Deciphering the snRNP Code: Regulatory Mechanisms of Small Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Abundance and Repertoire
April 10, 2024Sanat Myti / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Byung Ran So Ribonucleoprotein complexes play a crucial role in post-transcriptional gene expression. Spliceosome is a macromolecular…
G56 – Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Pheromones from the Femoral Glands of Non-Ophidian Squamates
April 10, 2024Bipasha Sarker / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Kevin Schug Lizards, including those of the Aspidoscelis genus, utilize femoral gland secretions (known as pheromones) for…
Juan Camacho / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Ricardo Sanchez-Murillo “After decades of hydrological studies concentrated in the hillslope-riparian-stream continuum, the spatial and temporal…
G58 – CED-3/caspase and opposing kinesins direct mitochondrial confinement to govern Compartmentalized Cell Elimination
April 10, 2024Rashna Sharmin / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Piya Ghose Morphologically complex cells, defined by their elaborate processes, such as neurons bearing axons and dendrites. How complex…
Rijumon Nandy / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Majie Fan Surface water bodies such as rivers and lakes have shown significant differences in hydrogen…
Zahra Asiri / Mathematics / Faculty Mentor: Pedro Maia This research addresses a pervasive challenge in the analysis of LocalField Potentials (LFPs) derived from rodent brain…
Christina Xing / Physics / Faculty Mentor: Mingwu Jin Cardiac and respiratory dual-gated single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a promising technique for minimizing the motion…
Sharel Cornelius / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Saiful M Chowdhury “Bioconjugation of proteins is a crucial technique for probing cellular systems and developing biotherapeutic…
Sabrina Islam / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Kevin Schug Psychedelic mushrooms or mushrooms containing psilocybin are used nowadays for treating psychological disorders like depression,…
Shankhadeep Baul / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Majie Fan Loess deposits are key repositories of Earth’s past environment, climate, and surface processes. Here…
Mitali Gautam / Earth & Environmental Sciences / Faculty Mentor: Arne Winguth Simulating intervals such as the Permian Triassic Mass Extinction that are potentially exacerbated by…
G66 – Unveiling Molecular Interactions: Probing Trehalose-Glycolipids in Mycobacterium through Bioorthogonal Chemistry
April 4, 2024Desiree Czapski / Chemistry & Biochemistry / Faculty Mentor: Joseph Buonomo Trehalose-modified glycolipids play a fundamental role in Mycobacterium physiology, offering avenues for metabolic engineering and…
G67 – Assessing the application of CD 133 expression in the diagnosis of early malignancies
April 4, 2024Jana Daoud / Biology / Faculty Mentor: Piya Ghose Cancer treatment is a prominent concern in the medical and research fields. Constituently, identifying genes present in…