Theo Nguyen
Junior
Spring 2024 · Fall 2024 · Spring 2025 · Summer 2025
Jet fuel bioremediation via terminal oxidation of n-alkanes by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
ACS SWRM · Waco, TX · Oct 2024 · 1st Place Oral
ASM · Mar 2025 · 1st Place + Orville Wyss Award
Tri Beta Biology Regional · Apr 2025 · 2nd Place Oral
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2025 · Oral
ACS Meeting-in-Miniature · DFW · Apr 2025 · Oral
Joey Nelson
Senior
Summer 2024 · Fall 2024 · Spring 2025 · Summer 2025
Synthesis of iodonium salts and investigation of aryne reactivity with boron-oxygen functionalities
ACS SWRM · Waco, TX · Oct 2024 · Poster
SERMACS/SWRM · Oct 2025 · Poster
ACS National · Atlanta, GA · Mar 2026 · Oral
Lauren Raab
Junior
Summer 2025
Optimization of reductive amination under green chemistry principles
SERMACS/SWRM · Oct 2025 · Oral & Poster
ACS National · Atlanta, GA · Mar 2026 · Oral & Poster
Grace Hoang
Junior
Summer 2025
Optimization of reductive amination under green chemistry principles
SERMACS/SWRM · Oct 2025 · Oral & Poster
ACS National · Atlanta, GA · Mar 2026 · Oral & Poster
Jose Serrano
Senior
Summer 2025
Synthesis of tertiary amines using iodonium salt–mediated functionalization
SERMACS/SWRM · Oct 2025 · Poster
ACS National · Atlanta, GA · Mar 2026 · Oral
Mark Mora
Senior
Spring 2025 · Summer 2025
Computational investigation of aryne boron compounds; hydrocarbon degradation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
ACS SWRM · Waco, TX · Oct 2024 · 2nd Place Poster
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2025 · Oral
ACS Meeting-in-Miniature · DFW · Apr 2025 · Oral
Isabella Brown
Senior
Fall 2024 · Spring 2025 · Summer 2025
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Blaise Williams
Senior
Summer 2025
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Clare DiGiacomo
Sophomore
Summer 2025
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Kathleen George
Summer 2023 · Fall 2023 · Spring 2024 · Summer 2024 · Fall 2024 · Spring 2025
Asymmetrically capped double-decker silsesquioxane transition states; aryne insertions into trimethyl borate
ACS National · New Orleans, LA · Mar 2024 · Poster
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2024 · 2nd Place Poster
ACS Meeting-in-Miniature · DFW · Apr 2024 · 2nd Place Oral
ACS SWRM · Waco, TX · Oct 2024 · Poster
Texas Undergraduate Research Day · State Capitol · Apr 2025 · Poster
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2025 · Poster
Chemistry Ph.D. · University of Notre Dame
Maryam Zeaa
Summer 2024 · Spring 2025
Synthesis of Kobayashi precursors and aryne insertions into trimethyl borate B–O bonds
ACS SWRM · Waco, TX · Oct 2024 · Poster
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2025 · 2nd Place Poster
Ashley Sharma
Summer 2024 · Spring 2025
Aryne insertion into the boron-chlorine bond and extraction techniques of boronic compounds
ACS SWRM · Waco, TX · Oct 2024 · Poster
Abigail Flores
Spring 2023 · Fall 2023 · Spring 2024
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Medical School Bound
Isaac Friddell
Spring 2024
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Data Analyst, Classic Learning Initiatives
Anna Kirki
Spring 2024
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Graduate Student, Baylor University · Biomedical Sciences
Clare Rider
Spring 2024
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Chemistry Ph.D. · Rice University
Maya Adhikary
Spring 2023 · Fall 2023 · Spring 2024
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Medical School Bound
Edgar De Luna
Spring 2023
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Medical School Bound
Sheila Lam
Spring 2023 · Fall 2023 · Spring 2024
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Medical School Bound
Claire Wingfield
Spring 2023
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Medical School Bound
Allison Nguyen
Fall 2023
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Medical School Bound
Gracie Geddie
Spring 2021 · Summer 2021
Hammett sigma values for boryl substituents; Bdan-borylated benzoic acid chemistry
ACS SWRM · Austin, TX · Nov 2021 · Poster
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2023 · Poster
ACS National · Indianapolis, IN · Mar 2023 · Poster (×2)
Medical Student, UT Medical Branch · Galveston, TX
Julio Lima
Summer 2021
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
DEMSN Student, Texas Lutheran University
Luisa De Vuono
Spring 2022 · Summer 2023
Aryne insertion into boron trichloride and triisopropyl borate
ACS National · New Orleans, LA · Mar 2024 · Poster
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2024 · Honorable Mention
ACS Meeting-in-Miniature · DFW · Apr 2024 · 1st Place Oral
Cayla Nguyen
Spring 2022
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Brenda Bolivar
Spring 2022 · Summer 2022
Computational and experimental exploration of aryne insertions into boron-oxygen sigma bonds
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2022 · Poster
ACS National · Indianapolis, IN · Mar 2023 · Poster
PharmD, UNT · Clinical Research Coordinator, NEXT Oncology
Olivia Grytza
Summer 2022
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Pharmacy Intern, Big Country Dermatology Pharmacy
Michael Pecha
Summer 2023
Aryne insertion into boron trichloride and triisopropyl borate
ACS National · New Orleans, LA · Mar 2024 · Poster
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2024 · Honorable Mention
ACS Meeting-in-Miniature · DFW · Apr 2024 · 1st Place Oral
Medical Student, Creighton University
Jisoo (Suzie) Hwang
Fall 2020
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Doctoral Development Program, Johns Hopkins University
Mary Hochberg
Fall 2020 · Spring 2021 · Summer 2021
Organoboron synthesis; Hammett sigma value determination for boryl substituents by UV-Vis and potentiometric titration
EWOC · Virtual · Jun 2021 · Poster
ACS SWRM · Austin, TX · Nov 2021 · Poster
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2022 · Poster
ACS National · San Diego, CA · Mar 2022 · Poster
Analytical Chemist, Micron
Asa Waterman
Spring 2021
Organoboron synthesis; boron-substituted benzoic acid chemistry
Chemistry Ph.D. · UT Southwestern
Maria Kaiser
Summer 2021
Hammett sigma values for boryl substituents; UV-Vis and potentiometric titrations
ACS SWRM · Austin, TX · Nov 2021 · Poster
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2022 · Poster
ACS National · San Diego, CA · Mar 2022 · Poster
WJE Associates Inc.
Alvaro Directo
Summer 2022
Computational and experimental exploration of aryne insertions into boron-oxygen sigma bonds
ACS National · Indianapolis, IN · Mar 2023 · Poster
Medical Assistant, Michigan Medicine
Joseph Mastandrea
Summer 2022
Organoboron chemistry and synthetic methodology
Mary Elizabeth Kerr
Spring 2021
Titrations of borylated benzoic acids; acidity measurement
Michael Phung
Spring 2021
Synthesis of boryl-substituted benzoic acids
MD/MS Student, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
John Hocter
Summer 2021
Synthesis and isolation of Bdan-substituted benzoic acids
Nick Bayer
Summer 2020
Developed the "Nick Method" · a general procedure for synthesizing boronic esters from starting boronic acids
Media Analyst, Bulletin Intelligence
Mary Kate Bielinski
Summer 2020 · Spring 2021
Boryl effect on acidity of substituted benzoic acids; Hammett sigma value determination
Heart of Texas Undergraduate Research Conference · Virtual · Mar 2021 · Oral
NCUR · Virtual · Apr 2021 · Poster
Manager, Research & Policy · Faegre Drinker
Sofiya Berzhanskaya
Summer 2024 · Spring 2025 · Summer 2025
Aryne insertion into the boron-chlorine bond and extraction techniques of boronic compounds
ACS SWRM · Waco, TX · Oct 2024 · Poster
Joanna Orozco
Spring 2022 · Summer 2022
Computational mechanistic analysis of benzyne insertion into boron-halogen sigma bonds
UD Research Symposium · Apr 2022 · Poster
LDS Mission
Mary O'Reilly
Spring 2022 · Fall 2022
Organic synthesis and reaction methodology
Chemistry Ph.D. · University of Wisconsin–Madison · Transferred from Truman State University