DISSERTATIONS AND THESES ACKNOWLEDGING PROGRAM PROJECT P01CA125066
Ph.D. DISSERTATIONS
Ye Deng
Graduated: 2010
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: A.D. Kinghorn, Project 1
Dissertation title:
Bioactive Constituents of Two Medicinal Plants from Indonesia
George Chlipala
Graduated: 2010
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Committee chair: J. Orjala, Project 2
Dissertation title:
Anti-Cancer Compounds from Cultured and Field Collected Cyanobacteria
Hyunjung Kim
Graduated: 2012
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Committee chair: J. Orjala, Project 2
Dissertation title:
Chemical and Biological Evaluation of Cultured Cyanobacteria
Hahk-Soo Kang
Graduated: 2012
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Committee chair: J. Orjala, Project 2
Dissertation title:
Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites from Freshwater and Terrestrial Cyanobacteria
Patrick Still
Graduated: 2013
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: A.D. Kinghorn, Project 1
Dissertation title:
Cytotoxic Alkaloids from Microcos paniculata with Activity at Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors
Jie Li
Graduated: 2014
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: A.D. Kinghorn, Project 1
Dissertation title:
Bioactive Constituents of Aronia melanocarpa and Sphenostylis marginata ssp. erecta
Lynette Bueno Perez
Graduated: 2014
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: A.D. Kinghorn, Project 1
Dissertation title:
Phytochemical and Biological Evaluation of Two Vietnamese Plants, Indigofera spicata and Milletia caerulea
Karen VanderMolen
Graduated: 2014
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee chair: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
Quantitative Analysis of Grapefruit Constituents Involved in Drug-Diet Interactions and Modification of the Microbial Metabolome
Tamam El-Elimat
Graduated: 2014
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee chair: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
Discovering New Structural Diversity from Unexplored Fungi
John Woodard
Graduated: 2015
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: J.R Fuchs, Core B
Dissertation title:
Synthesis and Structural Optimization of the Natural Products Silvestrol and Phyllanthusmin C
Shangwen Luo
Graduated: 2015
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Committee chair: J. Orjala, Project 2
Dissertation title:
Natural Products with Biologically Activities from Freshwater Cyanobacteria
Lara Fakhouri
Graduated: 2015
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee member: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
Wei-Lun Chen
Graduated: 2016
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Committee chairs: S.M. Swanson and J.E. Burdette, Core A
Dissertation title:
Identification and Characterization of Potential New Anticancer Drugs from Natural Sources
Vincent Sica
Graduated: 2016
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee chair: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
Applications of Mass Spectrometry Surface Sampling Techniques towards Natural Products Research
Noemi Paguigan
Graduated: 2017
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee chair: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
Investigating the Diversity of Secondary Metabolites from Filamentous Fungi
Annécie (Benatrehina) Steele
Graduated: 2018
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: A.D. Kinghorn, Project 1; Co-Advisor, H.L. Rakotondraibe
Dissertation title:
Identification and Isolation of Secondary Metabolites from Podocarpus neriifolius Using Bioactivity-Guided and 1D-NMR-Based Dereplication Approaches
Camila M. Crnkovic
Graduated: 2018
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Committee chair: J. Orjala, Project 2
Dissertation title:
Metabolomics for the Discovery of Natural Products from Cyanobacteria
Chido M. Hambira
Graduated: 2018
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: J.R. Fuchs, Core B
Dissertation title:
Post-synthetic Functionalization of Bioactive Compounds for Rapid Anticancer Library Expansion and Mechanistic Probe Development for Antimicrobial Resistance
Joshua Henkin
Graduated: 2019
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Committee chair: D.D. Soejarto, Project 2
Dissertation title:
Medical Ethnobotany and the Search for New Anticancer Agents from Plants of Laos and Vietnam
Alexandria Young
Graduated: 2019
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Committee chair: J.E. Burdette, Core A
Dissertation title:
The Pre-clinical Development of Phyllanthusmins for the Treatment of High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
Andrew Huntsman
Graduated: 2019
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: J.R. Fuchs, Core B
Dissertation title:
Development of Phyllanthusmin Derivatives as Anticancer Agents: Pharmacological Optimization and Mechanistic Insight
Tyler Wilson
Graduated: 2019
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: J.R. Fuchs, Core B
Dissertation title:
Design and Synthesis of Novel Bioactive Compounds for the Development of HIV-1 Allosteric Integrase Inhibitors, 20S Proteasome Inhibitors, and Anticancer Natural Product Derivatives
Nicholas Cockroft
Graduated: 2019
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: J.R. Fuchs, Core B
Dissertation title:
Applications of Chemoinformatics for the Analysis of Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras and the Development of Natural Product Computational Target Fishing Models
Garima Agarwal
Graduated: 2019
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: A.D. Kinghorn, Project 1
Dissertation title:
Phytochemical Study of Flavaglines from Aglaia perviridis and Their Rapid Dereplication in Selected Tropical Plant Samples
Diana Kao
Graduated: 2019
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee chair: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
Steps in the Journey to Advance the Study of Nature’s Chemistry
Peter Blanco Carcache
Graduated: 2020
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: A.D. Kinghorn, Project 1
Dissertation title:
Chemical Characterization and Biological Evaluation of Secondary Metabolites Isolated from Glycosmis ovoidea
Bo Tokarski
Graduated: 2020
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: J.R. Fuchs, Core B
Dissertation title:
The 20S Proteasome as a Target for Novel Cancer Therapeutics: Development of Proteasome Inhibitors and Proteolysis-targeting Chimeras (PROTACS)
Choon Yong Tan
Graduated: 2020
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: H.L. Rakotondraibe; Diversity Supplement, 2017-2019
Dissertation title:
Identification and Dereplication of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites of Penicillium aurantiacobrunneum, a Fungal Associate of the Lichen Niebla homalea
Peter Sullivan
Graduated: 2020
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Committee chair: J. Orjala, Project 2
Dissertation title:
Evaluating Distribution Patterns of Cyanobacterial Secondary Metabolism
Sonja Knowles
Graduated: 2021
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee chair: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
Studies on the Genotype, Phenotype, and Co-cultures of Aspergillus Section Fumigati and the Development of New Techniques to Enhance Structure Elucidation of Fungal Metabolites
Ermias Mekuria Addo
Graduated: 2021
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: A.D. Kinghorn, Project 1
Dissertation title:
Isolation and Characterization of Secondary Metabolites from Homalium cochinchensis Collected in Vietnam
Zeinab Al Subeh
Graduated: 2021
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee chair: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
Preclinical Development of Fungal Secondary Metabolites and the Discovery of New Metabolites with Cytotoxic Properties
Amanda Christine Maldonado
Graduated: 2021
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago,
Committee chair: J.E. Burdette, Core 1
Dissertation title:
Eupenifeldin Triggers Cell Death in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
Kristof Bence Cank
Graduated: 2021
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee chair: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
What Do Ancient Pottery, Bees, and Fungi Have in Common? The Identification, Isolation, and Structural Elucidation of Diverse Natural Products
Cassandra Diaz-Allen
Graduated: 2022
Institution: The Ohio State University
Committee chair: H.L. Rakotondraibe, Project 1
Dissertation title:
Developing a 1D-TOCSY NMR-Based Dereplication Technique to Facilitate the Isolation of New, Cytotoxic Compounds from Natural Products
Hadi Pourhadi
Graduated: 2024
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee chair: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
Isolation and Semisynthesis of Bioactive Fungal Metabolites
Herma C. Pierre
Graduated: 2024
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Committee chair: N.H. Oberlies, Project 3
Dissertation title:
Development of Natural Products-Based Chemotherapeutics and Chemical Probes