This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. It also includes theses and dissertations from the Biochemistry and Biophysics Program. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
2-AMINOPYRIDYL FUNCTIONALIZED SCAFFOLD AS A TOOL FOR SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF B-GLUCAN BINDING AND DECTIN-1 ACTIVATION, Jasper Alinea Aquino
Structural Properties of the Interactions Between Cytochrome c and cardiolipin, Ariel Kristine Frederick
Leveraging Hydrogen Bond enhanced Halogen Bonding for Higher-Order Anion Helix Formation in Foldamers, Eric Arno John
GENERATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND REACTIVITY OF COBALT DIAMOND CORE AND COBALT PEROXO COMPLEXES, Yan Li
MOLECULAR STUDIES OF HUMAN FIBRONECTIN, Precious Ann Lleva Nepomuceno
Characterization of Protein Folding Pathways and Structural Stability, Michael Tyler Rothfuss
HIGH-FREQUENCY OBSERVATIONS OF RIVERINE INORGANIC CARBON VARIABILITY USING IN SITU AUTONOMOUS SENSORS, Qipei Shangguan
FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON ANION BINDING EMPLOYING THE HYDROGEN BOND ENHANCED HALOGEN BOND, Jiyu Sun
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
DEVELOPMENT OF NANODISC AFFINITY CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS TO STUDY THE INTERACTION OF Giα PROTEIN WITH CELL MEMBRANES, Bethany R. Emeigh
EMISSION AND CHEMISTRY OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN WESTERN U.S. WILDIFRE SMOKE, Wade Jeremy Permar
CHARACTERIZING RIVERINE CARBON: A SPATIOTEMPORAL STUDY OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CARBON VARIABILITY AND EVALUATION OF METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING pCO2, Fischer Larson Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Transient Tertiary Interactions and Persistence of Interhelical Turns in the Denatured State of a Helical Protein, Dustin Corey Becht
CHARACTERIZATION OF NUCLEOCAPSID-RNA INTERACTIONS IN RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS INFECTION, Miyuki Hayashi
Development of a Novel In-Situ Chemical Sampler for Aquatic Systems, Alec W. Johnson
FXR AGONISTS INDUCE DISTINCT H-12 STRUCTURAL STATES, Vikash Kumar
GENERATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND C-H BOND ACTIVATION REACTIVITY BY MONONUCLEAR HIGH-VALENT COBALT(IV) AND NICKEL(IV) NON-OXO COMPLEXES, Yubin Maria Kwon
INVESTIGATION OF EMISSIONS AND CHEMISTRY OF FORMIC ACID AND ACETIC ACID IN WILDFIRE SMOKE, Catherine Elizabeth Wielgasz
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
EVALUATIONS CONCERNING THE HALOGEN BOND AND HYDROGEN BOND RELATIONSHIP, Daniel Adam Decato
Single-particle Cryo-EM Study of the Ric-8A:Gαi1 Complex, JAKE David JOHNSTON Mr
ELECTROSPUN FIBERS WITH SMART DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS, Zahra Mahdieh
Air Quality and Climate Impacts of Western U.S. Wildfires, Vanessa Selimovic
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
PROBING DENATURED STATE CONFORMATIONAL BIAS IN 3-HELIX BUNDLES WITH FOLDABLE OR INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED DOMAINS, Moses Joseph Leavens
Modulation of cytochrome c’s peroxidase activity by Ω-loops C and D in monomers and dimers, Haotian Lei
EXPLORING THE HALOGEN BOND THROUGH ANION RECOGNITION, THE HYDROGEN BOND ENHANCED HALOGEN BOND, AND ORGANOCATALYSIS, Asia Marie Stephanie Riel
THE HUMAN CYTOCHROME C DOMAIN-SWAPPED DIMER: TIGHTER REGULATION OF INTRINSIC APOPTOSIS, Harmen Bentley Behymer Steele
Silicone Wristbands as Passive Samplers for Quantitative Measurement of Wood Smoke Exposure, Hannah J. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
TRANSFER OF GRAPHING SKILLS FROM MATH TO CHEMISTRY, Brittany Danielle Busby
EXPLORING THE LIGAND-DEPENDENT CONFORMATIONAL ENSEMBLE OF PPARγ: MORE THAN A MOUSETRAP, Ian Michael Chrisman
ELUCIDATON OF THE PYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CYTOCHROME C – CARDIOLIPIN INTERACTIONS, Margaret Marie Elmer-Dixon
Novel Bio-Based Materials - Synthesis and Applications, Erik Ray Johnston
TRIPLE-HELICATE SELF-ASSEMBLY, DYNAMICS, AND ANION BINDING OF HALOGEN-BONDING m-ARYLENE-ETHYNYLENE OLIGOMERS, Casey John Massena
DETERMINATION OF LIPID BILAYER AFFINITIES FOR SMALL MOLECULES USING CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS AND COPOLYMER – STABILIZED LIPID BILAYER NANODISCS, William Michael Penny
Evaluation of Autonomously Measured Alkalinity, pH, and pCO2 Variability on a Coral Reef, Brittany Peterson
DIRECTIONAL NON-COVALENT INTERACTIONS: EXPLORING THE NUANCES OF HALOGEN BONDS AND HYDROGEN BONDS IN SOLUTION AND THE SOLID-STATE, Nicholas Blouin Wageling
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
CATIONIC LATEX NANOPARTICLES IN ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATION TO THE SEPARATION OF EXPLOSIVES, Julie Rebecca McGettrick
EVOLUTION OF THE KINETICS AND DYNAMICS OF HEME-CREVICE LOOP REGULATING CHEMISTRY IN HUMAN CYTOCHROME C, Shiloh M. Nold
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
THE DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF SMALL MOLECULE DRUGS TO INHIBIT EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS CAUSED BY DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1, Patrick Anthony Barney
POLYMER NANOPARTICLES IN ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY, Jesse Samuel Hyslop
ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS OF UNDERSAMPLED GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT BIOMASS BURNING SOURCES, Chelsea Elizabeth Stockwell
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
DYNAMIC MOTIONS OF THE ALPHA SUBUNIT OF HETEROTRIMERIC G PROTEINS IN THE NUCLEOTIDE- AND RIC-8A-BOUND STATES, Labe Adam Black
CO2 and O2 variability in the partially ice-covered Arctic Ocean, ASM F. Islam
THERMODYNAMICS OF HHR23A UBIQUITIN-ASSOCIATED (UBA) DOMAINS, Moses Joseph Leavens
Alternative protein conformations: yeast iso-1-cytochrome c and heme crevice dynamics, Levi James McClelland
Synthesis and Photophysical Study of Ruthenium Complexes, Shyam R. Pokhrel
CHARACTERIZATION OF PM2.5 FROM RESIDENTIAL WOODSTOVE USE FOR SOURCE APPORTIONMENT APPLICATION, Virginia M. Porden
CHARACTERIZATION OF PR DOMAIN PROTEINS AND THEIR BINDING PARTNERS, Yizhi Sun
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Development and Study of Surface Bound Ruthenium Organometallic Complexes, Geoffrey Reuben Abbott
Characterization of Rift Valley fever virus nucleocapsid protein-RNA binding interactions and development of a high-throughput screening assay for identification of n-RNA binding inhibitors, Mary Lee Ellenbecker
MODELING OF AQUEOUS EQUILIBRIUM: THREE-DIMENSIONAL TREND SURFACES (TOPOS), Mohammad Mainul Hossain
VIRTUAL SCREENING AND DISCOVERY OF LEAD COMPOUNDS AS POTENTIAL DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 INHIBITORS AND ANTICANCER AGENTS, Ogar Ofuka Ichire
P115-SNARE INTERACTIONS REVEAL A NEW MODEL OF FUNCTION FOR THE TETHERING FACTOR P115, Ting Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Age-associated changes in the neuroinflammatory response to toll-like receptor 4 and 9 stimulation, Leah Beth Christensen
THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC PROPERTIES OF CYTOCHROMES C AND C’ IN THE DENATURED STATE: PROPENSITY FOR RESIDUAL STRUCTURE, Travis Arthur Danielson
Novel Ribosome Biogenesis in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, Melissa Lynn Hargreaves
Applications of Autonomous pH and pCO2 Sensors to Study Inorganic Carbon Dynamics in a Coastal Upwelling System, Katherine Elizabeth Harris
Synthesis of DNA-base selective labels for efficient labeling of DNA for TEM Imaging, Rakesh Kumar
Interactions between arenavirus proteins and small molecule inhibitors of infection, Emily L. Messina
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Measurements of Reactive Trace Gases and Variable Ozone Formation Rates in South Carolina Biomass Burning Plumes, Sheryl Kashi Akagi
Anomalous Wave Dispersion in the Cyclohexanedione-Bromate Chemical Oscillator, Ryan Boger
TRACKING RELEASE OF RESERVOIR SEDIMENT CONTAMINATED BY HEAVY METAL MINING WASTE: A STUDY OF LARGE-SCALE DAM REMOVAL AT MILLTOWN, MONTANA, Katrina Louise Garcia
Studies Directed to the Development of Long Lived Palladium Membranes for Hydrogen Purification, William Glenn Pinson
pH MODULATION OF FIBRIL DISSOCIATION AND COPPER BINDING PROPERTIES OF THE PRION PROTEIN, Xu Qi
CHARACTERIZATION OF A CARDBOARD RECYCLING FACILITY'S PLASTIC WASTE FOR BENEFICIAL USE, Tova Sardot
AB DIBLOCK COPOLYMER NANOPARTICLES VIA RAFT-MEDIATED POLYMERIZATION AS A PSEUDOSTATIONARY PHASE FOR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY, Andre Umansky
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Biomass burning emissions on regional-global scales, Sheryl Kashi Akagi
Surface Characteristics of Silica Polyamine Composites, Jesse James Allen
Organic Tracer Analyses and Receptor Modeling of PM2.5 in Fairbanks, Alaska, James Kevin Ormord
Characterization of 5 UTR splicing and the CGI in HIV-2 RNA, Christy Strong
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Luminal calcium regulates membrane fusion in the early secretory pathway, Marvin Bentley
Quantification and Reduction of Exposure to Residential Woodsmoke Particulate Matter, Megan Ann Bergauff
Marine Applications of an Autonomous Indicator-Based pH Sensor, Sarah E. Cullison
Hemin Acquisition in Bartonella quintana, Nermi Lee Parrow
Influence of Prion Protein Expression on Function of Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters in Mouse Primary Astrocytes, Melissa Selvy Pathmajeyan
The Use of Natural Product Substrates for the Synthesis of Libraries of Biologically Active, New Chemical Entities, Joshua Bryant Phillips
Development of metal-based luminescent probes for applications in biomolecular structure and dynamics, Ayesha Sharmin
ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS OF SURFACE-MODIFIED FUSED SILICA CAPILLARIES, Jesse James Stine
Synthesis and Structure Activity Relationship Studies of a Natural Product-Derived Compound Library, Paul Whitney Swain III
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Conformationally gated electron transfer studies of iso-1-cytochrome c, Swati Bandi
Aptamer Selection for Oxidative DNA Lesions, Brandon Lloyd James
The Removal and Recovery of Oxo-Anions from Aqueous Systems using Nano-Porous Silica Polyamine Composites, Varadharajan Kailasam
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Iso-1-cytochrome c Denatured State, Franco Ollan Tzul
Indoor/Ambient Residential Air Toxics Results in Rural Western Montana, Heidi Lee Underberg
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
STUDIES OF THE DIMERIZATION AND PACKAGING SIGNALS IN HIV-2 RNA, Tayyba Tabassum Baig
Mannaric Acid and Mannaric Acid Polyamides: Synthesis and Characterization, Chrissie Ann Carpenter
XYLARIC ACID, D-ARABINARIC ACID (D-LYXARIC ACID), L-ARABINARIC ACID (L-LYXARIC ACID), AND RIBARIC ACID-1,4-LACTONE; SYNTHESIS AND ISOLATION - SYNTHESIS OF POLYHYDROXYPOLYAMIDES THEREFROM, Michael Raymond Hinton
RESPONSE OF A NEIL1 DEFICIENT MURINE EPITHELIAL CELL LINE TO CHROMATE, Laura G. Little
Seasonal Nutrient Dynamics in a Small-Scale Constructed Wetland Treating Primary Effluent with Applications of Effluent Reuse in Biomass Production, Paul Thomas Miller
Synthesis of Higher Molecular Weight Poly(D-glucaramides) and Poly(aldaramides) as Novel Gel Forming Agents, Tyler Nations Smith
Comparison of Silica Polyamine Composites and Crosslinked Polystyrene Resins, Jessica Lee Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
THE ROLE OF THE MACROPHAGE IN ASBESTOS INDUCED AUTOANTIBODY PRODUCTION, David J. Blake