CONWAY, Ark. (April 12, 2017) – Twenty-three Hendrix College students recently presented their research at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco.
The students, accompanied by Hendrix chemistry faculty and staff members, prepared research posters and shared their research with conference attendees from throughout the world. Student research projects ranged from the chemical physics of protein folding
to mechanisms of water adsorption on mineral dust.
Students and their presentations included:
- Mouad Abdulrahim ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Fort Smith, Arkansas – Role of nitroxides in mitochondrial oxidative stress, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Tom Goodwin.
- Johnny Anderson ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Mandeville, Louisiana – Docosahexaenoic acid induces mitochondrial biogenesis in HepG2 cells that overexpress cytochrome P450 2E1, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Andres Caro.
- Megan Cassingham ’19, a chemistry major from Shreveport, Louisiana – Water adsorption on Montmorillonite: Comparison of washed and unwashed clays, where she described research done at Hendrix with her mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Courtney Hatch.
- Mashundra Covington ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Little Rock, Arkansas – Synthesis of 6- and 7-(4-aryl)-N-acetylglyoxylamides, where she described research done at Hendrix with her mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Tom Goodwin.
- Lana Davis ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Conway, Arkansas – Effect of CYP2E1 overexpression on mitochondrial biogenesis in HepG2 cells, where she described research done at Hendrix with her mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Andres Caro.
- Kylie Dickerson ’17, a chemical physics and computer science major from Greenwood, Arkansas – Gas-phase measurement of the barrier to cis-trans interconversion of proline in a tetrapeptide, where she described research done at Hendrix with her mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. David Hales.
- John Gann ’17, a chemistry major from Little Rock, Arkansas – Quantification of levoglucosan in PM2.5 atmospheric aerosols using GC/MS: Seasonality of a biomass burning tracer in Central Arkansas, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Courtney Hatch.
- Abby Gatmaitan ’17, a chemistry major from Maumelle, Arkansas – Quantification of levoglucosan in PM2.5 atmospheric aerosols using GC/MS: Seasonality of a biomass burning tracer in Central Arkansas, where she described research done at Hendrix with her mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Courtney Hatch.
- Parker Gitz ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Hernando, Mississippi – Effect of mitochondrial CYP2E1 overexpression on mitochondrial oxidative stress in HepG2 cells, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Andres Caro.
- Annlee Glass ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Beebe, Arkansas – Survey of Proline Conformational Behavior in Protonated Gas-Phase XxxProGlyGly, where she described research done at Hendrix with her mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. David Hales.
- Nicholas Horan ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Greenwood, Arkansas – Effect of the plant polyphenols on CYP2E1-dependent oxidative stress, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Andres Caro.
- Aphrodis Imanishimwe ’18, a chemistry major from Kigali, Rwanda – Synthesis of 2-substituted quinoline-4-carboxylic acids from 5- and 7-fluoroisatins and benzylideneacetones via the Pfitzinger reaction, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Tom
Goodwin.
- Aditya Katke, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Rogers, Arkansas – Proteases in venomous snake species of Arkansas, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Randy Kopper.
- Alexis Krone ’17, a chemical physics major from Greenbrier, Arkansas – Studying the effect of salt concentration on the adsorption and rupture of phospholipid vesicles on a silicon dioxide surface, where she described research done at Hendrix with her mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Peter Kett.
- Ian McVinney ’17, a chemistry major from Little Rock, Arkansas – Metal ion cofactor requirements for snake venom phosphomonoesterase, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Randy Kopper.
- Pratheepa Ravikumar ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Rogers, Arkansas – Searching for chemical signals in orang-utans (Pongo spp.), where she described research done at Hendrix with her mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Tom Goodwin.
- Cameron Ryan ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Mountain Home, Arkansas– Evaluation of the generation of superoxide anion by CYP2E1 using the spin probe CPH, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Andres Caro.
- Cara Schwab ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Austin, Texas – Effect of the plant polyphenol catechin on CYP2E1-dependent oxidative stress, where she described research done at Hendrix with her mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Andres Caro.
- Gray Stanton ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Fort Smith, Arkansas – Synthesis of 2-substituted quinoline-4-carboxylic acids from 5- and 6-bromo-, chloro-, and iodo-isatins via the Pfitzinger reaction, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Tom
Goodwin.
- Dimple Shah ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Paragould, Arkansas – Synthesis of 2-substituted quinoline-4-carboxylic acids from 5- and 7-fluoroisatin via the Pfitzinger reaction, where she described research done at Hendrix with her mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Tom Goodwin.
- Adrian Shuler ’17, a chemistry major from Little Rock, Arkansas – Synthesis of 2-substituted, 3-methylquinoline-4-carboxylic acids from 5- and 6-bromo-, chloro- and fluoro-isatins via the Pfitzinger reaction, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Tom
Goodwin.
- Ryan Tumminello ’18, a chemistry major from St. Louis, Missouri – Water adsorption on goethite: CCN activation from Frenkel, Halsey, and Hill Activation Theory, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Courtney Hatch.
- Dillon Wade ’17, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Bentonville, Arkansas – An approach to the synthesis of new isatin-linked chalcones, where he described research done at Hendrix with his mentor, Hendrix chemistry professor Dr. Tom Goodwin.
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