2018-2019 chemistry degree recipients awarded

Wayne State's Department of Chemistry congratulates its latest students on completing their degrees.

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

  • Marwa Abdel-Maguid
  • Eugersa Agolli
  • Abeer Ali
  • Amira Alnabolsi
  • Ithar Alsarraf
  • Jamal Anwar
  • Reneh Araj
  • Zahidur Arif
  • Ali Ayoub
  • David Bahling
  • Melissa Ballard
  • Floriana Bebri
  • Kayla Belavek
  • Nicole Beller
  • Kejsi Bendo
  • Raihanah Bohamad
  • Adrianna Breckenridge
  • Benjamin Brown
  • Arnulfo Cazares
  • Nirmeen Chouaib
  • Anthony Costa
  • Garrett Figley
  • Jacob Frazier
  • Titiana Gorges
  • Urvashi Gupta
  • Anthony Hanna
  • Douglas Haslitt
  • Shane Jackowski
  • Dean Jarois
  • Shervyn Karthanal
  • Austin Kelly
  • Christopher Komorous
  • Dayzsa Lewis
  • Philip Maassen
  • Troy Magier
  • Lance Maroki
  • Paul Marshall
  • Kimberly Maynard
  • Obadeh Mohiddin
  • Renieh Nabaty
  • Joseph O'Brien
  • Mackenzie Olbrys
  • Lauren Oppenheiser
  • Dhruvil Patel
  • Yashkumar Patel
  • Krishna Paul
  • Andrea Prenkocevic
  • Sahil Rafai
  • Hassan Ramadan
  • Ali Ramzan
  • Kendyl Richter
  • Tyler Roshak
  • Adam Schlichther
  • Kaylie Schneider
  • Guy Shelley
  • Andrew Spaulding
  • Joseph Srebernak
  • Raman Srinivasan
  • Ramona Stamatin
  • Amanda Vanderlugt
  • Joseph Wafer
  • Dreana Williams
  • Zerilda Xaka
  • Todd Yee

Master's students

First name Last name Advisor(s) Thesis
Nathan Cunningham Rodgers  

Doctorate students

First name Last name Advisor(s) Thesis
Philip Adero Crich Cation Clock Reactions for the Determination of Relative reaction Kinetics in Glycosylation reactions
Marim Alnaed Li/Endicott Chemical and Physical Studies of Charge Transfer Excited States of Ruthenium Coplexes with Aromatic Ligands
Harsha Amarasekara Crich Influence of Side Chain Conformation on the Mechanism(s) of Glycosylation Reactions; Investigation of Sialidation Reaction Mechanism(s) by Kinetic Studies
Christine Arbour Stockdill Harnessing the Reactivity of the N-Methyl Diaminobenzoyl Linker to Access C-Terminally Modified and Macrocyclic Peptides
Karan Arora Kodanko Synthesis, Characterization, Computational & Biological Evaluation of Cages Bioactive Molecules
Lina Basal Allen Multimodal Europium(II)-Containing Complexes with Application in Redox Sensing
Kyle Blakeney Winter Synthesis of Volatile and Thermally Stable Aluminum Hydride Complexes and Their Use in Atomic Layer Deposition of Metal Thin Films
Bibek Dhakal Crich Stereoselective Synthesis of Legionaminic Acid and Pseudaminic Acid Glycosides
Sandeep Dhanju Crich Hydroxylamines and Hydrazines as Surrogates of sp3 Carbons in Medicinal Chemistry
Danushka Ekanayake Verani Insights and Challenges in the Development of Molecular Copper-Based Electrocatalysts for Water Reduction
Lin Fan Li 3D Momentum Imaging Spectroscopy Probing of Strong-Field Molecular and Surface Dynamics
Chenchen He Rodgers Characterization of Protonated Modified Nucleosides and Amino Acid-Linked Cizplatin Analogues Usin Tandem Mass Spectrometry Complemented by Theoreticical Approaches
Pavithra Hetti Achchi Kankanamalage Verani Pyridine Platforms for Catalytic Water Reduction Based on Nickel and Iron Complexes
Malsha Hettiarachchi Brock Binary and Ternary Transition Metal Pnictide Nanoparticles and Their Three-Dimensional Assemblies: Towards Promising Magnetic Refrigeration Materials
Indika Hewavitharana Brock Moderating Nanoparticle Chalcogenide Reactivity By Morphology Control: Ion-Exchange Vs. Covalent Crosslinking Lead Sulfide Quantum Dot-Conducting Substrate/Porous Silicon Composite for Radiation Detectors
Ryan Hollingsworth Groysman Synthesis of open-chain and macrocyclic xanthene-bridged bimetallic cobalt, nickel, and copper complexes for cooperative catalysis
Thilini Hollingsworth Groysman Design, Synthesis, and Reactivity of Homo- and Heterobimetallic Complexes Bridged by a Xanthene Linker
Wathsala Lakmali Iwadunna Waduge Winter Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Atomic Layer Etching (ALE) of Thin Films: Synthesis and Characterization of a New Class of ALD Precursors, ALD of PrAlO3 Thin Films, and Thermal ALE of Cobalt Metal Films
Robol Lenorage Chamika Lenora Allen Magnetic-Resonance-Imaging Relevant Properties and Kinetic Inertness of Lanthanide Cryptates
Ao Li Kodanko Design of Ruthenium(ll) Polypryridyl Complexes for Effective Caging Nitriles and Aromatic Hetercycles
Xiaoxiao Liao Crich Design and Synthesis of Olgio-(3,5-Dithio-β-D-Glucopyranoside) as β-(1→3)-Glucan Mimetics
Kangmin Liu Chernyak Solvent Effects and Charge Transfer States in Organic Photovoltaics
Dhanushka Munkanatta Godage Ahn Functional Study of SMYD2 Glutathionylation in Cardiomyoctes
Nisansala Muthunayake Chow Investigation of the In VivoActivity of Ribosome-Targeting Peptides and Aminoglycosides in Escherichia Coli
Hasina Saraha Stockdill Strategies for Controlled Disulfide Formation to Access Neuroactive Conotoxins and Investigation of Novel Palladium-Labile Cystine Protecting Groups
Mathes Hewage H Sirinimal Stockdill Harnessing Radical Reactivity for the Construction of Natural Product Frameworks and Transition Metal Catalyst Stability in a Modified Kochi Coupling Reaction
Sachini Siriwardena Bhagwat Biochemical and Cellular Studies of ApobeC3 Family DNA-Cytosince Deaminases
Supuni Thalalla Gamage Chow Insights into Nucleic Acid-Platinum(II) Compound Interactions and Structural Impacts
Yi-Jung Tu Schlegel/Cisneros Applications of Molecular and Quantum Mechanical Methods for Studying the Chemical reactions of Inorganic and Organic Systems
Peng Wen Crich Toward Better Keys for Lectin Locks: Glycoconjugats Versus Glycomimetics
Whitney Wood Hendrickson TRNA Aminoacylation: New Protein Players and New Reactions
Guanyu Yang Crich Modification of 4,5-Aminoglycosides to Overcome Drug Resistance Bacteria and Toxic Side Effect

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