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Time Abstract ID Name Title 10:20-10:40 2 Uppal Surface-based electrochemical biosensors for screening Tau aggregation inhibitors 10:40-11:00 4 Bothen Investigations of Aqueous Selenium-Sulfur species by Mass 11:00-11:20 6 Hisatsune The implementation and use of Ultra-Fast (UF) 2D Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) 11:20-11:40 22 Whidden The development of an ATR-SEIRAS technique for characterization of multilayer coatings 11:40-12:00 37 Ho Development of a novel electrochemical sensor with disposable pencil lead AN-1 (location: IC 302) Time Abstract ID Name Title 1:40-2:00 56 Wolf The Study of Glutathione S-Transferase Isozymes using Time Resolved ElectroSpray Ionization Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (TRESI-HDX-MS) 2:00-2:20 66 Canas Ligand Design for Detection and Speciation of Fe2+ / Fe3+ 2:20-2:40 75 Li Method Development of High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis for Fluorescent-labeled protein 2:40-3:00 132 Chen Development of a reactive paper-based platform using triazinyl 3:00-3:20 136 Dawood Using Desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry to detect the Histrionicotoxin alkaloid in Dendrobates tinctorius AN-2 (location: IC 302) Time Abstract ID Name Title 10:20-10:40 23 Greasley H2S Protects Against Cardiac Hypertrophy through Regulation of Selenoproteins 10:40-11:00 34 Holzscherer Exploring The Role of Heme During Chloramine-T-Induced Oxidation of Cytochrome c 11:00-11:20 38 Salmon Alginate Networks for Controlled Drug Delivery of Ionic Cargo 11:20-11:40 39 Chang Kit Imaging Omega-3 Fatty Acid Distribution in Regions of the Brain Using MALDI Imaging MS 11:40-12:00 40 Schuett Analysis of potential binding sites for a transcription factor in the waterborne parasite, Giardia intestinalis BM-1 (location: IC 200) Time Abstract ID Name Title 1:40-2:00 41 Sullivan Mesoporous Silica Enzyme Hybrids: Taq Polymerase Encapsulation and Activity in SBA-15 2:00-2:20 43 Hupp Molecular Determinants of Substrate Specificity in the Oxidative PhnY*/PhnZ Pathway for Phosphonate Degradation 2:20-2:40 60 Villeneuve The Effect of Nitrosative Stress on Cytochrome b5 Isotype III Expression in Giardia intestinalis 2:40-3:00 61 Gordzevich Ligand-binding properties of Giardia intestinalis flavohemoglobin 3:00-3:20 64 Whittaker Synthesis of a Novel β-D-Lactosamine Synthon and Progress Towards the Synthesis of Lewis Y BM-2 (location: IC 200)

Time Abstract ID Name Title 1:40-2:00 86 Scarrow Bismuth(III) binding studies to the protein Metallothionein using native ESI-MS 2:00-2:20 106 Paul The Interactions of Polyhistidine Tags with DNA- and Metal- Binding Proteins 2:20-2:40 107 Shahid Studying the effects of cholesterol on membrane disruption using a lipid- based electrochemical sensing platform 2:40-3:00 114 Das Preparation for the synthesis of a DNA-encoded library of short peptides to be screened for aldol catalysis 3:00-3:20 119 Shao The Investigation of Peptide Hydrogels as Cell Support Matrices BM-3 (location: IC 204) Time Abstract ID Name Title 3:40-4:00 123 Tran Stimuli-triggered drug release for biofilm disruption 4:00-4:20 124 Gurizzan Chemical Proteomic Analysis of Chlorinated and Brominated Benzoquinone Drinking Water Disinfection By-Products 4:20-4:40 128 Metcalfe-Roach Elucidating the sequence determinants of Adnectin aggregation propensity using static light scattering. 4:40-5:00 130 Tarasca Method Development for Quenched Amide Exchange Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 5:00-5:20 131 Soule Using NMR to Investigate Superoxide Dismutase Aggregation Patterns BM-4 (location: IC 200) Time Abstract ID Name Title 3:40-4:00 21 Daypuk Preparation of cytosolic and mitochondrial extracts from Drosophila melanogaster samples 4:00-4:20 133 Lysak Curli Mediated Bacterial Adhesion on Polydimethylsiloxane Surfaces 4:20-4:40 139 Andrade Construction of a protein-responsive 3D DNA nanomachine for point-of- care testing 4:40-5:00 143 Reddekopp Investigating the Dimer Interface and Thermal Stability of Reduced Zn- Bound SOD1 Mutants BM-5 (location: IC 204) Time Abstract ID Name Title 3:40-4:00 13 Roy How an open education resource (OER) improves undergraduate chemistry students’ self-regulated learning, metacognition and growth mindset skills 4:00-4:20 148 Lee Problem Based Learning In Chemistry 4:20-4:40 149 Shao The Enhancement of Learning Organic Chemistry through Lab Skill Seminars and Discussion Sessions 4:40-5:00 150 Luke Evaluating the Effectiveness of Studying through an Online Web- Based Tool using Think Aloud Sessions CE (location: IC 302)

Time Abstract ID Name Title 10:20-10:40 1 Abdul Hussain Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in soils and atmosphere of Western Canadian mountains: The role of source proximity, precipitation, forest cover and mountain cold-trapping 10:40-11:00 17 Zhang Can we say something about the environmental fate of molecules sharing the same molecular formula without knowing their exact 11:00-11:20 63 Estepa Reductive Dehalogenation of Lindane 11:20-11:40 12 Brule Polypyrrole (Ppy) Synthesis & Incorporation into a High-Performance UV Cross-linking Sol-Gel 11:40-12:00 31 Mooney The green chemistry metrics of (E)-stilbene synthesis EV-GC (location: IC 204) Time Abstract ID Name Title 10:20-10:40 8 Rowshanpour Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols Catalyzed by a Dicyclopropenylidene-Ag(I) Complex 10:40-11:00 16 Wu Understand of the Behavior of Water and Carbon Dioxide Co- Adsorption in Ultramicroporous MOF under High External Pressure 11:00-11:20 18 Raouf Tuning Solid State Phase Transitions in Lanthanide-Radical Complexes by Manipulation of C-F…H-C interactions 11:20-11:40 19 Young Can magnetic bistability be tuned by altering supramolecular contacts? 11:40-12:00 36 Petrozza Maleimide Chemistry on Nanomaterials: Development of Multi- Functional Molecular Systems IM-1 (location: IC 208) Time Abstract ID Name Title 10:20-10:40 42 Goldnau-Vogt Investigation of the effect of heavy metal doping on polyaniline 10:40-11:00 52 Stewart Deducing Carbon Dioxide Binding Mechanisms in Ionic Liquid-Loaded Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) 11:00-11:20 53 Kiriakopoulos First Row Transition Metal Complexes from Novel Pyridazine-based 11:20-11:40 55 Battaglia Towards the Synthesis of Inorganic Nanoclusters Supported by Stable Organic Radicals 11:40-12:00 57 Trofimova Intramolecular FLP: 1,1- and 1,2-Phospha-borylation of Diazo-species IM-2 (location: IC 212) Time Abstract ID Name Title 1:40-2:00 58 Sattler Novel Boron Fluoride Complexes of Asymmetric Formazanate Ligands 2:00-2:20 59 Katzman Synthesis & Characterization of Nucleobase Containing Boron Difluoride Formazanate Conjugates 2:20-2:40 62 Hill Regioselective investigation on transition metal catalyzed ring opening reactions of oxabenzonorbornadiene 2:40-3:00 65 Ahmad Colour-Tunable Multi-Metallic Electrochromic Materials 3:00-3:20 67 Lim Accessibility of a Latent Low-Coordinate Ruthenium Complex IM-3 (location: IC 208)

Time Abstract ID Name Title 1:40-2:00 74 Stangherlin Synthesis and Plasmonic Properties of Gold Nanoprisms 2:00-2:20 79 Feltham Ex-situ and in-situ anodization of Ti and Ti alloys – probing the oxide growth mechanism 2:20-2:40 84 Hoffman Synthesis of a Ru-H Complex for Acceptorless Dehydrogenation 2:40-3:00 97 Wang Screening of functional groups for Enhancing the Alignment Relay Technique of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 3:00-3:20 102 Jdanova Determination of Ligand Acidity Constants for N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

• n Fe, Ru, and Os through Synthetic and Theoretical Analysis

IM-4 (location: IC 212) Time Abstract ID Name Title 3:40-4:00 104 Doupnik Complexation Chemistry of Benzothiadiazines 4:00-4:20 109 Schram Probing the effect of aryl phosphonium on the growth of cadmium chalcogenide clusters 4:20-4:40 110 Abdulaziz Optimization of mesoporous carbon materials synthesis: Effects of glycerol and silica hard-template content 4:40-5:00 112 Tonogai Re/99mTc(I) Tricarbonyl Cyclam Derivatives: Towards the Development

• f CXCR4 Targeted Imaging Agents

5:00-5:20 115 Babi Heterogeneous Gas-Phase Water-Splitting on Transition Metal-Doped IM-5 (location: IC 208) Time Abstract ID Name Title 3:40-4:00 125 Lai Electrochemiluminescence of Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from 4:00-4:20 127 Stephens Pursuing low ice adhesion through the application of thin polymer films 4:20-4:40 129 Sivakumar Exploring Alternatives for the Processing of Germanium 4:40-5:00 141 xue Synthesis of polyserotonin nanoparticles for bacteria application 5:00-5:20 147 Chen Investigating the Effects of Solvents on Crystallization-Driven Self- Assembly of PFS Diblock Copolymers IM-6 (location: IC 212) Time Abstract ID Name Title 10:20-10:40 3 Nasri Latent Self-Immolative Polymers, A New Class of Materials Synthesized Through Active Templating 10:40-11:00 54 Vu Synthesis of High-Swelling Polymers of Polyacrylamide with Novel Cross- Linking Agents 11:00-11:20 68 Czuczola Synthesis and Characterization of Self-immolative, Thermoresponsive, and Aggregation-induced Emissive Polymers 11:20-11:40 69 Lang Visible Light-Mediated Photoclick Functionalization of a Conjugated Polymer Backbone 11:40-12:00 85 Yeung Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition and Light-Driven Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization on Aqueous-Dispersible Polyfluorene-Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes OR-1 (location: IC 230)

Time Abstract ID Name Title 10:20-10:40 10 Hojo Cu-Catalyzed synthesis of 3-methylene-2,3-dihydrothiazolo[3,2- a]indoles involving hydroamination of terminal alkynes 10:40-11:00 20 Salverda Synthesis of 1,2,3,5-dithiadiazolyl-polysubstituted tetraphenyl porphyrin compounds 11:00-11:20 25 Turner Synthesis and characterization of a green fluorescent protein chromophore analogue incorporating the nucleobase uracil. 11:20-11:40 28 Fernandez Chemical Modifications to Red-Shift the π → π* Transition Away from Ultraviolet Wavelength Light 11:40-12:00 29 Schroeder Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons via The Yamamoto Cyclization OR-2 (location: IC 300) Time Abstract ID Name Title 1:40-2:00 32 Pounder Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Ring-Opening Reactions of 1,5- Disubstituted Cyclopropanated Oxabenzonorbornadienes 2:00-2:20 44 Giorgees Synthesis of Corrole Molecules, and Their Potential Use within Oligonucleotides 2:20-2:40 72 Azizi Soldouz Examine the structure-property relationships of a family of triphenylamine-based dyes within the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). 2:40-3:00 73 McTiernan The Effect of Halogenated Donor Participating Groups on Glycosylations at O-3 of N-Acetylglucosamine 3:00-3:20 78 Singh Towards Bio-inspired Rotaxane Dyes: Exploring energy transfer within interlocked architectures OR-3 (location: IC 230) Time Abstract ID Name Title 1:40-2:00 88 Borrillo Progress towards the total synthesis of a Tumor Associated Carbohydrate Antigen Lewis A, and its biochemical relevance. 2:00-2:20 89 Moon Investigation of Thiosuccinimide Reactivity for Allenyl Sulfoxide 2:20-2:40 93 Coleman Bright photoluminescence and electrochemiluminescence from carbon quantum dots at low costs 2:40-3:00 96 Rothera Inducing Mesomorphism in Low Symmetry, Donor-Acceptor, 1,3,5- Triazine Dyes 3:00-3:20 99 Cassar Molecular Engineering Diketopyrrolopyrrole for use in Organic OR-4 (location: IC 300) Time Abstract ID Name Title 3:40-4:00 100 Graham Synthetic and Biological Applications of β-amino Boronates 4:00-4:20 111 Lim Reversible click and transclick reactions with triazolinediones on gold nanoparticles 4:20-4:40 117 Buratynski Orientation of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Through Molecularly Functionalized Surfaces 4:40-5:00 142 Cuzzucoli Polymer Functionalized Iptycene Derivatives for Use in Carbon Nanotube-based Biosensors OR-5 (location: IC 230)

Time Abstract ID Name Title 3:40-4:00 101 Almaghrabi Metal-free alkynylation of benzhydrols using alkynyltrimethylsilanes 4:00-4:20 105 Kapeniak Accessing C-7 and C-3 Substituted Indazoles Using Directed ortho Metalation 4:20-4:40 121 Kukor Directed Oxidation of Thiazoles for Use in Conjugated Material Synthesis through Dehydrative and Oxidative Coupling 4:40-5:00 126 Zhou Diarylborinic Acid-Catalyzed Synthesis of Sugar-Derived Polyurethanes OR-6 (location: IC 300) Time Abstract ID Name Title 1:40-2:00 14 Dong Synthesis, characterization, and optical properties of p-type ZnO nano structure and p-n junction 2:00-2:20 45 Yen Reduction of the number of separately measured terms in the Variational Quantum Eigensolver method 2:20-2:40 81 Hoesterey Physical Insight into Photoluminescence and Electrochemiluminescence

• f Carbon Quantum Dots

2:40-3:00 108 Dziobek-Garrett Core-Shell Quantum Dot Sensitizers in Upconversion Devices 3:00-3:20 113 Hoffman Effect of molecular substituents on the Stokes shift of boron formazanates, using time-dependent density functional theory PCT-1 (location: IC 120) Time Abstract ID Name Title 3:40-4:00 116 Mavi Plasmon-enhanced light absorption in PTB7:PC71BM thin layer films 4:00-4:20 134 Kong Sugars in Space: Quantum Chemical study on the formation of glycerone from formaldehyde and glycolaldehyde on interstellar 4:20-4:40 135 Kiani Understanding the pi interaction 4:40-5:00 146 Vu Computational Studies on the Mechanism of Sulfur Mobilization Catalyzed by the Cysteine Desulferase SufS PCT-2 (location: IC 120)