Chemistry Graduate Students
Daniel Adams
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ioana Pavel
Research: Development and implementation of an ISO 17025:2017 compliant quality management system in an academic laboratory for the analysis of aquatic samples by ICP-OES.
Start: Fall 2025
Boone Stauber
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hussain Abdulla
Research: Genomics-based improvement of omega-3 fatty acid content in farmed oysters.
Start: Fall 2025
Connor Duncan
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Olson
Research: Stimuli-Responsive Pyridinium-Based Supramolecular Materials for Multimodal Optical and Redox Sensing Applications.
Start: Fall 2025
Emily Hall
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Olson
Research: Development and Computation of Bipyridinium-Based Supramolecular Materials for Environmental Remediation.
Start: Fall 2025
Annukka Willstedt
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hussain Abdulla
Research: Analytical Approaches to Bile Acid Quantification and Their Implications for Human Health and Nutrition.
Start: Fall 2025
Luke Churchman
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hussain Abdulla
Research: Profiling Global Histone PTM Reprogramming, Proteomic Dysregulation, and Metabolic Shifts in Whole Medaka Gonadal Tissue
Start: Spring 2025
Ayesha Khalid
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nasrin Hooshmand
Research: Plasmonic Nanoparticles: Advancing Photocatalytic Applications for Sustainable Solutions
Start: Spring 2025
Dante Morland
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Olson
Research: The Impact of Template-Directed Amphiphile Assembly on the Time-Dependent Behavior of Boundary Tensions
Start: Spring 2025
Mohammad Mousavi
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nasrin Hooshmand
Research: Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Early-Stage Cancer Diagnosis
Start: Spring 2025
Leah Cogar
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hussain Abdulla
Research: Microplastic Presence and Circulation in Galveston, Corpus Christi, and Matagorda Bays
Start: Fall 2024
Zaire Gardner
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Feri Billiot
Research: Exploration of the Pharmacokinetic Effects of Polymerizing Leucine Based Nano Micelles
Start: Fall 2024
Laiba Iftikhar
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ben Karimi
Research: Optimized Heparin Adsorption Using Macroporous Zeolites: A Comprehensive Study
Start: Fall 2024
Ritu Panta
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ben Karimi
Research: Efficient Heparin Recovery from Biological mixture using green adsorbents.
Start: Fall 2024
Amanda Burton
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Patrick Larkin
Research: Seagrass Genetic Diversity in Texas Bays as it relates to water alkalinity
Start: Spring 2024
Xitlali Gallegos-Cruz
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Feri Billiot
Research: Exploring the Solution Dynamics of Dicarboxylate Amino Aid Surfactants
Start: Spring 2024
Angelina Garcia
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eugene Billiot
Research: Synthesis and Characterization of Bifurcated Amino Acid-Based Surfactants
Start: Spring 2024
Jeremiah Gaulke
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Felix Omoruyi
Research: Optimize the Synthesis and Characterization of Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Advanced Biomedical Applications.
Start: Spring 2024
Daisy Lopez
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ben Karimi
Research: Heparin Recovery
Start: Spring 2024
Rita Muniz
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Feri Billiot
Research: Physical Properties of Mixed Cationic and Anionic Amino Acid Surfactants
Start: Fall 2023
Wendy Rangel
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ioana Pavel
Research: Examining Antibacterial Mechanisms of Silver Nanoparticles
Start: Fall 2023
Daniel Rosas
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Patrick Larkin
Research: Influence of porewater sulfide levels on root, rhizome, and leaf metabolic profiles of the seagrass Halodule wrightii
Start: Fall 2022
Brett Lowry
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Feri Billiot
Research: Characterization of leucine-based surfactant derivatives in presence of diamine counterions
Start: Spring 2022
Christina Gonzalez
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ioana Pavel
Research: Antimicrobial properties of silver nanotubes
Start: Fall 2021