TCU Student Research Symposium Ballot

Judging Year: 2026

Judge: Annunziata, Onofrio

Judging Department: CHEM

Undergraduate Presentations
View at: https://srs.tcu.edu/review/all-submissions/?year=2026&department=CHEM&degree=Undergraduate&pkey=5561f8760e43b3c8bae09d4f3a9b2b78eb9fb6023f65f237cc080784
Presentation ID Presentation Title Authors Advisor Score
CHEM2026AVILA13087 Synthesis and Characterization of a Dendrimer to Promote the Formation of Micelles Avila, Diana (CHEM) Montchamp, Jean-Luc (CHEM)
CHEM2026BROWNELL13692 Europium-doped Cerium Oxide Nanotubes as a Potential Probe for Bioimaging and Optical Sensors Brownell, Kayla (CHEM), Coffer, Jeffery (CHEM), Ojeda Hernandez, Leonardo (CHEM) Coffer, Jeffery (CHEM)
CHEM2026CHOUTEAU10134 BOILED-eggs and the Blood-Brain Barrier: How BOILED-egg Modeling Can Predict Permeability of Pyridine Macrocyclic Molecules to Combat Alzheimer's Disease Chouteau, Luke (CHEM) Green, Kayla (CHEM)
CHEM2026HOANG12243 Application of the Electrical Double Layer Theory to Diffusion of a Cationic Micelle in Water Hoang, Viet (CHEM), Le, Minh (CHEM), Nguyen, Josie (CHEM) Annunziata, Onofrio (CHEM)
CHEM2026IGWILO27389 Influence of a NiO Hole Transport Layer on Charge Separation in FTO|WO₃|BiVO₄ Photoanodes for TEMPO-Mediated Oxidation Hayat Khan, Qamar (CHEM), Igwilo, Favor (CHEM), Li, Daisy (CHEM) Sherman, Benjamin (CHEM)
CHEM2026KEHELEY16981 Determining the Sensing Mechanism of Hydrogel-Porous Silicon Structures to Detect Ion Concentrations in Sweat Keheley, Ella (CHEM) Coffer, Jeffery (CHEM)
CHEM2026LANYON62126 Macrocycle–Peptide Conjugates for Multifaceted Intervention in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology Lanyon, Spencer (CHEM), Mingle , David (CHEM) Green, Kayla (CHEM)
CHEM2026LEMIEUX62485 Prodrugs of a Subnanomolar Inhibitor of Dehydroquinate Synthase LeMieux, Isabella (CHEM) Montchamp, Jean-Luc (CHEM)
CHEM2026LYON61325 Investigation of Suzuki-Miyara Coupling as a Synthetic Route Towards the Development of Novel Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics Bonnell, Jack (CHEM), Lyon, Killian (CHEM), Wagnon, Davis (CHEM) Green , Kayla (CHEM)
CHEM2026LYONS45705 Side-Chain-Directed Chiral Sorting in 24-Atom Triazine Macrocycles Claton, Liam (CHEM), Gaines, Samantha (CHEM), Kasireddy, Harshavardhan (CHEM), Lyons, Abi (CHEM), McPhaul , Lauren (CHEM), Sullivan , Isabella (CHEM) Simanek, Eric (CHEM)
CHEM2026MINICK39041 New Silicon-Containing Composite Materials for Tackling Reactive Oxygen Species in Disease Minick, Bella (CHEM) Coffer, Jeffrey (CHEM)
CHEM2026MORGAN7903 Improving Density Functional Theory Simulations: M11plus Implementation in the open PySCF package Morgan, Jonah (CHEM) Janesko, Benjamin (CHEM)
CHEM2026NGUYEN40614 Development and Characterization of Synthetic Riboswitches for Small Molecule Metabolic Biomarkers Nguyen, Kadie (BIOL) Ryu, Youngha (CHEM)
CHEM2026NGUYEN44829 Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of Silicon using Plant-based Silica Nguyen, Iris (CHEM) Coffer, Jeffery (CHEM)
CHEM2026SAYEGH24495 Targeting Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer’s Disease through Mechanistic Design of SOD-Mimicking Copper and Manganese Macrocycles Sayegh, Mark (CHEM), Smith, Katie (CHEM) Green, Kayla (CHEM)
CHEM2026TRAN56990 Engineering Sarcosine and Uric Acid Aptamers via Riboswitch-Based Dual Selection for Biomarker Detection Tran, Jeremiah (CHEM) Ryu, Youngha (CHEM)
Graduate Presentations
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Presentation ID Presentation Title Authors Advisor Score
CHEM2026AFROZ32923 Sustainable Direct Arylation of Unactivated Arenes Using Earth-Abundant Iron Tetra-Aza Macrocyclic Catalysts Afroz, Tahmina (CHEM) Green, Kayla (CHEM)
CHEM2026ALI26183 Benchmarking a Computational Workflow Modeling Near-Infrared-Emitting Graphene Quantum Dots Ali, Muhammad Hammad (CHEM) Janesko, Benjamin (CHEM)
CHEM2026HO15257 Predicting the Redox Potential of Tetra-aza Macrocycle Copper Complexes Agbaglo, Atsu (CHEM), Ho, Minh (CHEM) Janesko, Benjamin (CHEM)
CHEM2026KHAN16493 Impedimetric Sensing of PFOA in Drinking Water KHAN, QAMAR (CHEM), Leem, Gyu (ENSC), Legundapati , Ramachandra (ENSC) Sherman, Ben (CHEM)
CHEM2026LEE7650 Improved Synthesis of Small Molecule Antioxidant OH-PyN3 Lee, Slade (CHEM), McKinney, Nathaniel (CHEM) Green, Kayla (CHEM), Mingle, David (CHEM)
CHEM2026NGUYEN24808 Salt-Induced Diffusiophoresis of a Cationic Micelle in Water. Role of Micelle-Salt Electrostatic Interactions. Hoang, Viet (CHEM), Le, Minh (CHEM), Nguyen, Josie (CHEM) Annunziata, Onofrio (CHEM)
CHEM2026PYLE57931 Breaking the Keap: Unlocking Nrf2 for Neuroprotection in Alzheimer’s Disease. Kumar, Nitish (CHEM), Mingle, David (CHEM), Pyle, Hannah (CHEM) Green, Kayla (CHEM)
CHEM2026RANGEL12559 Fighting Cancer with Macrocycles: New Molecular Shapes Provide New Treatment Strategies Rangel, Andrea (CHEM) Simanek, Eric (CHEM)
CHEM2026WALLS5028 Computational Analysis of Nitric Oxide Dioxygenase Biomimicry with Non-heme Small Molecules Green, Kayla N. (CHEM), Janesko, Benjamin (CHEM), Walls, Caden-Jack (CHEM) Green, Kayla (CHEM)