College of the Pacific
Previous Ph. D. dissertations
Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Novel Multifuncational Oligosaccharide Tags
Nandkishor S. Chindarkar, 2008 (advisor: A. Franz)
Determination of Disulfide Linkages in SEL 24K from Salmon Eggs and N-Terminal and C-Terminal Sequencing of gp41 and gp37 from Xenopus laevis Eggs with Mass Spectrometry
Haiqiang (Bill) Yu, 2007 (advisor: A. Franz)
Synthesis and Studies of Carbohydrate Mimetics as Glycosidase Inhibitors and Molecular Switches
Barbora Brazdova, 2006 (advisor: V. Samoshin).
Quantitation of Polyamines and Metabolites in Mouse Erytholeukemia Cells by Mass Spectrometry
Jing Yuan, 2005 (advisor: P. R. Jones).
De Novo Peptide Sequencing by Mass Spectrometry and Gene Discovery of Spider Silk Proteins
Xiaoyi Hu, 2004 (advisor: P. R. Jones)
Design and Synthesis of 3-[N-(Cyclopropylmethyl)Amino]-7-(Methoxy or Hydroxy)-2,2-Dimethyl-1-Tetralone Analogs as Potential Opioid Receptor Antagonists
Brett Williams, 2004 (advisor: D. Fries).
Quantitative Mass Spectrometry: Proteomic Analysis of Differentiation of MEL Cells Treated with Hexamethylene Bisacetamide and 7-[N[(3-Aminopropyl)Amino]Heptan-2-One
David Hawke, 2004 (advisor: P. R. Jones).
Structure, Characterization, and Kinetics of Nickel Complexes and Reactions with Biomolecules
Chang-Nan (Peter) Chen, 2003 (advisor: P. R. Jones).
Contaminants and Decomposition Products in Naturally Aged Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN)
Claudia Brackett, 2003 (advisor: P. R. Jones).
Total Synthesis of beta-Aminomethyl C-Glycosides and their Amides with Quinic Acid
Dimitriy Gremyachinskiy, 2002 (advisors: P. H. Gross, V. Samoshin).
Total Synthesis of C-Glycosides by Cycloaddition Reactions
Jun Lu, 2002 (advisor: P. H. Gross).
Synthesis of Saccharomimetic Fucopyranosyl-Substituted Urethanes and Ureas from Glycopyranosyl Nitromethanes and Cyanides
Pasit Phiasivongsa, 2002 (advisor: P. H. Gross).
Oligosaccharide Mimics - Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Properties
Andreas H. Franz, 2000 (advisor: P. H. Gross).
X-Ray Absorption Studies of Strongly-Coupled Diiron Complexes
Mei Tao, 2000 (advisor: L. O. Spreer).
Determination of Acetylation and Methylation Sites of Histones by Mass Spectrometry
Kangling Zhang, 2000 (advisor: M. J. Minch).
Precipitation of Neptunium Dioxide from Aqueous Solution
Kevin Roberts, 1999 (advisor: S. Rodriguez).
Nonradiative Energy Transfer in Two and Three Component Systems
Pihong Zhao, 1994 (advisor: S. Rodriguez).
A Temperature-Jump Kinetic Study of the Formation of the Cu+2 PADA Complex in Aqueous Solution
Alicia E. Ricardez, 1994 (advisor: S. Rodriguez).
Characterization of Irreversibel Inhibition of Proteases by Mass Spectrometry
Zhonghua Walter Yu, 1994 (advisor: P. R. Jones).
Binding Study of Inorganic Phosphate to Chicken Erythrocyte Histone H4 by 32PO4 Micropartition and by 31P-NMR - 1H-NMR Assignment of AKRHRKV and its Binding to PO4
Hai Minh Vu, 1993.
C-Glycoside Syntheses: Part I: Dendritic Syntheses of Hexose and Aminohexose C-Pyranosides from 2,6-Anhydro-5,7-O-Benzylidene-1-Deoxy-1-Nitro-D-Guloheptitol (82). Part II: Henry Condensation of Nitroethane and Nitropropane with 4,6-O-Benzylidene-D-Glucopyranose
Xiaojing Wang, 1993 (advisor: P. H. Gross).
Spectroscopic Studies of Rhodamine 6G with Mercury (II) and Iodide and with Beta-Cyclodextrin
Gayle Banister Jarpe, 1991.
Development of New Electro-Chemical Methods for Determination of Tinplate Quality
Donald P. Jepson, 1991.
C-Glycoside Syntheses: (I) Henry Condensation of 4,6-O-Alkylidene Pyranoses with a 1,3-Proton Transfer Catalyst: A Route to Blocked Aminomethyl-C-Glycosides, and (II) Glycosyl Cyanides and Isocyanides from Glycosyl Fluorides with Full Acetal Protection
Kenneth N. Drew, 1991 (advisor: P. H. Gross).
Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry: Personal Computer Based Instrument and Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy
ShenHeng Guan. 1989 (advisor: P. R. Jones).
