Student Co-Authored
Publications and Presentations 2000-present
Kerry E. O'Neil, Seth V.
Kingree, Kevin P. C. Minbiole. A Cyclopropane Fragmentation Approach to Heterocycle Assembly: A Convergent Synthesis
of Oxepanes. Org. Lett., 2005, 7, 515-517.
Kevin
P. C. Minbiole,* Kerry E. O'Neil, Seth
V. Kingree. "A Cyclopropane Fragmentation Approach to Heterocycle Assembly." ACS National Meeting, Chemical Education
Session, Philadelphia, PA, August 23, 2004. Paper 172.
Crizer, D.
M.; Caran, K. L. "Novel Amphiphilic [2]Catenanes" 229th National Meeting of the
American Chemical Society, San
Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005.
Zeigler,
C. D.; Caran, K. L. "Synthetic progress towards a novel
molecular scaffold" 229th National Meeting of the American
Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005.
Crizer, D.
M.; Caran, K. L. "Synthesis Towards a Novel Amphiphilic [2]Catenane" Southeastern Regional Meeting of the
American Chemical Society, Research Triangle Park, NC,
November 10-13, 2004.
Crizer, D.
M.; Caran, K. L. "NMR Characterization of a [2]Catenane"
Undergraduate Research Symposium at the Universityof Maryland,
BaltimoreCounty, October 16,
2004.
Zeigler, C.
D.; Caran, K. L. "Synthesis of Molecular Scaffolds for
Use as Biomimetics" JamesMadisonUniversitySummer Research
Symposium, August 4-5, 2004.
Crizer, D.
M.; Caran, K. L. "Synthesis and Characterization of a
[2]Catenane" JamesMadisonUniversitySummer Research
Symposium, August 4-5, 2004.
Schwartz, C.M, Rudnick J.A. &
MacDonald, G. (2003) "Infrared Studies of Nucleotide Binding to
RecA." American Chemical Society
Meeting, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
(Z)-1,4-Diiodo-3-n-propyl-3-heptene: 1H NMR more Complex
than Originally Reported. Joy M. Polefrone, Steve P. Dunn, Heather M. Morrison,
Scott B. Lewis, and Robert B. Palmer J.
Undergrad. Chem. Res.,
2002, 1, 43-45.
Amenta, D. S.; Ayres, B. R.; Jurica,
J.; Gilje, J. W. The Equilibrium between Aluminum Alkoxides and 1-(Diphenylphosphinoyl)-2-(Diphenylphosphino)ethane. Inorg.Chim. Acta 2002, 336 ,
115-119.
BlaineC. Butler, Ross H. Hanchett, Helena Rafailov, and Gina MacDonald. Investigating Structural Changes Induced By Nucleotide
Binding to RecA Utilizing Difference
FT-IR. Biophys. J. 2002,
82, 2198-2210.
Janet C. Olchowicz , Deidra R. Coles, Lori E. Kain, and Gina MacDonald. Using
Infrared Spectroscopy to Investigate Protein Structure.
J. Chem. Educ.
2002, 79, 369-371.
Butler, B.C., Hanchett, R., Rafailov,
H., Owusu-Asiedu, G., Firkin, I and
MacDonald, G. (2001) "An Infrared Study of the Structural Changes
Induced by Nucleotide Binding to RecA."
FASEB summer conference on Genetic
Recombination and Chromosome Rearrangements, Snowmass, Colorado.
Drown, Penny M., Schwartz, Catherine M., and MacDonald
G. (2001) "An Infrared Study of the Structural Changes Induced by
ADP Binding to RecA in a High Salt
Environment" FASEB summer conference on Genetic Recombination and
Chromosome Rearrangements, Snowmass, Colorado.
Butler, B.C., Owusu-Asiedu, G. Hanchett, R., Rafailov,
H. and MacDonald, G. (2001) "An Infrared Study of the Structural
Changes Induced by Nucleotide Binding to RecA" Biophysical Society Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hanchett, R. , and Gina MacDonald.
(2001) "Effects of caged nucleotides on
single-stranded DNA-Dependent ATPase
Activity of Escherichia coli RecA
Protein. National Conference on
Undergraduate Research, Lexington, KY.
Owusu-Asiedu, Gina, and Gina MacDonald. (2001) "A Difference Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Nucleotide Binding to RecA." National
Conference on Undergraduate Research, Lexington, KY.
B. C. Butler, G. MacDonald, B. H. Augustine, "Influence of Substrate Surface
Chemistry on the Binding of DNA-RecA
Protein Complexes", Journal of Young Investigators,
3, 2001.
C. J. Rossini*, J. F. Arceo*, E. R. McCarney*, B. H. Augustine D. E. Dennis, M. D.
Flythe*, S. F. Baron "Use of In-situ Atomic Force
Microscopy to Monitor the Biodegradation of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)", Macromolec. Symp.,
167, 144 (2001)
A. M. Christenson*, and B. H. Augustine,
"Rapid Prototyping of Photolithographic Masks Using 35 mm Slide
Film", Proc. NCUR, (2000)
Brewer, S.H., Cresawn, S.G.,
Nguyen, D.T. & MacDonald, G. "Difference FT-IR Studies of
Nucleotide Binding to the Recombination Protein RecA."Journalof
Physical Chemistry, B, 104, 6950-6954.
Hanchett, R.H., MacDonald, G. (2000) "The affect of caged
nucleotides on ATPase activity of the
E. Coli protein RecA" Undergraduate
research symposium Universityof Maryland Baltimorecampus.
Nguyen, D. T., Robinson, J. M., Kick, L. MacDonald,
G. (2000) "An Infrared Study of RecA." Biophysical Society Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Peter
Morris* and B. A. DeGraff,
"Rhenium Complexes as Sensors: A New Family of Materials",
14th National Conference on Undergraduate
Research, Missoula, MT., April 2000.
D.P.
Lasher, B.E. DeGraff, b.H.
Augustine, "Understanding the Origin of Luminescence in Porous
Silicon: An Undergraduate Solid
State Chemistry Experiment", J. Chem.. Ed., 2000, 77, 1201.
C.J.
Rossini, E. R.
McCarney, M. D. Flythe, S. F. Baron, D. E. Dennis, and B. H.
Augustine "An In-Situ Biodegradation Study of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Thin Films Using AFM',
Polymer Preprints, 41 (2), 1481
(2000)
H. Augustine, A
M. Skolnik, W. C. Hughes, "An Atomic
Force Microscopy Laboratory on Metallic Corrosion", ACS National
Meeting, Chemistry Education Session, Washington, DC, August 24, 2000
H. Augustine,
G. Corder*, T. C. DeVore, "A Photolithography Laboratory
Experiment for General Chemistry Students", ACS National Meeting,
Chemistry Education Session, Washington, DC, August 22, 2000
H. Augustine,
C. J. Rossini, E. R. McCarney, J. Arceo, M. D. Flythe, S. F. Baron, D. E. Dennis, "An
In-situ Biodegradation Study of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Thin Films Using AFM",
ACS National Meeting Scanning Probe Microscopy of Polymers Session,
Washington, DC, August 20, 2000.
A.M. Skolnik, W. C. Hughes, B. H. Augustine, "A Metallic Surface
Corrosion Study in Aqueous NaCl
Solutions Using Atomic Force Microscopy", Chemical
Educator, 5, 8-13 (2000).
C.R. Vestal;* T.C.
DeVore;
"Kinetics of the Reaction Between bis(2,4-Pentandinato) Cobalt and Water Vapor," Gordon Research Conference on High
Temperature Materials, Processes, and Diagnostics, Plymouth, NH, July 23-28, 2000. (poster)
C. R. Vestal,* H. M.
Sturgill,* T.C. DeVore, "Reaction of bis-(2,4-Pentanedionato) M(II) (M= Ni, Cu) Under
Low Pressure CVD Conditions;" 20 th
Annual International Symposium on Chemical Vapor Deposition, The
Electrochemical Society Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
May 15-19, 2000. (oral)
A. Skolnick;* T.C.
DeVore; "Formation of Copper from
Copper Acetate During CVD Processes" Meeting of the Materials
Research Society, San Francisco, CA, April 2000.
(oral)
M.
Christenson, and
B. H. Augustine, "Rapid Prototyping of Masks From Various 35mm Film
Types for Use in Photolithography" National Conference on
Undergraduate Research, Missoula MT, April 28,
2000
H. Augustine
and C. Dimovitz*, "Involving
High School Teachers in Summer Materials Research Activities",
Materials Research Society, Session HH, San Francisco, CA April 25, 2000
J.
Rossini, D. E.
Dennis, M. Flythe, S. Baron, B.
H. Augustine, "Real Time Biodegradation Study of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Thin Films", Materials
Research Society, Session HH (Undergraduate Materials Research
Initiative Award), April 25,
2000
B. C.
Butler, G.
MacDonald, B. H. Augustine, "Influence of Substrate Surface Chemistry
on the Binding of DNA-RecA Protein
Complexes",Materials Research Society, Session HH (Undergraduate
Materials Research Initiative Award), April25,
2000
J.
Rossini, D. E.
Dennis, M. Flythe, S. Baron, B.
H. Augustine, "Real Time Biodegradation Study of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Thin Films", CUR Posters
on the Hill 2000, Washington, D.C. April 6, 2000
B. H.
Augustine, "Career Opportunities in Nanotechnology, Fork Union
Military Academy Career Day (Invited presentation), March 4, 2000
B. H.
Augustine, "Non-photolithographic Patterning of Biological
Materials", University of North
Carolina Chapel
Hill, Physical Chemistry Seminar,
Feb. 17, 2000 (Invited
Presentation)
