Past Members

PhD Dissertations

D36.    Boyang Chen, “Synthesis of Bioinspired Hemes for Incorporation in Metal-Organic Frameworks,” 2024, North Carolina State University.

D35.    Kathy-Uyen Nguyen, “Studies Surrounding Tetrapyrrole Pigments – Chlorophylls, Tolyporphins, and Terpenoid Tails,” 2024, North Carolina State University.

D34.    Qihui Liu, “Molecular Designs for Biomedical Applications – Evaluating Dyes and Synthesis of Compounds for Cancer Therapy,” 2024, North Carolina State University.

D33.    Juno Son, “Design and synthesis of molecular scaffolds for various biomedical applications,” 2023,  North Carolina State University.

D32.  Jinghuai Dou, “Investigation of New Design for Molecular Assembly for Cancer Therapy,” 2023, North Carolina State University.

D31.  Khiem Chau Nguyen, “Towards the Total Synthesis of Native Bacteriochlorophylls,” 2022, North Carolina State University.

D30.  Haoyu (Chase) Jing, “Synthetic Bacteriochlorins with Tunable Absorption in the Near Infrared Spectral Region,” 2021, North Carolina State University.

D29.  Sijia Liu, “Self-Assembly of Single-Polymer Single-Chromophore Nanoparticles in Physiological Milieu,” 2022, North Carolina State University.

D28.  Jie Rong, “Design and Synthesis of Tetrapyrroles and Rylene-Containing Light-Harvesting Architectures,” 2022, North Carolina State University.

D27.  Pengzhi Wang, “Synthetic Approaches Toward Native Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls,” 2021, North Carolina State University.

D26.  Xiaohe (Jessie) Jin, “Tolyporphins, Unusual Tetrapyrrole Pigments from a Cyanobacterial-Microbial Holobiont,” 2021, North Carolina State University.

D25.  Ran Zhang, “Chasing Tolyporphin and Bonellin – Weird Tetrapyrroles from Weird Organisms,” 2021, North Carolina State University.

D24.  Zhiyuan Wu, “Design and Synthesis of Chromogenic Compounds for Medicine and Materials,” 2020, North Carolina State University.

D23.  Yunlong Zhang, “Tolyporphins and Their Producing Bacterial Culture HT-58-2: Quantitation and Genome Sequencing for Biosynthesis Elucidation,” 2019, North Carolina State University.

D22.  Riu Liu, “Molecular Architectures for Panchromatic Light-Harvesting and Retention of Fluorophore Brightness in Water,” 2018, North Carolina State University.

D21.  Yizhou Liu, “Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls as Synthetic Targets. Northern-Southern Route to Bacteriochlorins,” 2018, North Carolina State University.

D20.  Gongfang Hu, “Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Tetrapyrroles and Rylene-Containing Light-Harvesting Architectures,” 2018, North Carolina State University.

D19.  Shaofei Zhang, “Synthesis of Bacteriochlorins and the Full Skeleton of Bacteriochlorophylls,” 2017, North Carolina State University.

D18.  Mengran Liu, “Tailoring Synthetic Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls with Features for Wavelength Tuning, Solubility, and Bioconjugation,” 2016, North Carolina State University.

D17.  Tuba Sahin, “Self-Assembled Light-Harvesting Systems Containing Tetrapyrrole Macrocycles,” 2015, North Carolina State University.

D16.  Jianbing Jiang, “Light-harvesting Architectures with Natural Protein Scaffolds and Synthetic Chromophores,” 2015, North Carolina State University.

D15.  Chih-Yuan Chen, “Synthetic Metallobacteriochlorins with Site-specific Isotopic Substitution for Probing Photosynthetic Function,” 2013, North Carolina State University.

D14.  Olga Mass, “Synthetic Methodology to Address What Makes Chlorophylls Green,” 2012, North Carolina State University.

D13.  Michael Krayer, “Synthetic Bacteriochlorins and Chlorins for Photomedicine and Artificial Photosynthesis,” 2011, North Carolina State University.

D12.  Ana Z. Muresan, “Design and Synthesis of Tetrapyrrole Macrocycles for Studies in Photomedicine or Molecular Photonics,” 2008, North Carolina State University. (URN: etd-07302008-121745)

D11.  Dilek Dogutan, “New Methodology for the Synthesis of Substituted Magnesium Porphyrins,” 2008, North Carolina State University. (URN: etd-06232008-031937)

D10.  Jayeeta Bhaumik, “Synthetic Porphyrinic Macrocycles for Photodynamic Therapy and Other Biological Applications,” 2007, North Carolina State University. (URN: etd-02262007-221645)

D9.  Dazhong Fan, “New Synthetic Routes to Porphyrins and Bacteriochlorins,” 2007, North Carolina State University. (URN: etd-07042007-114213)

D8.  Brian McDowell, “De novo Synthetic Approaches to Hydroporphyrins,” 2007, North Carolina State University. (URN: etd-03282007-135246)

D7.  Zhen Yao, “Design and Synthesis of Porphyrins for Targeted Molecular Brachytherapy,” North Carolina State University. (URN: etd-12082006-143415)

D6.  William Justin Youngblood, “Synthesis of Phthalocyanines for Use in Electronic Materials,” 2005, North Carolina State University. (URN: etd-07082005-113852)

D5.  Han-Je Kim, “De novo Synthesis of Stable Bacteriochlorins,” 2005, North Carolina State University. (URN: etd-03242005-180313)

D4.  James M. Dixon, “New Software for Chemistry Applications: Algorithms and Experiment Planners for Automated Chemistry, and an Interactive Program for Use in Photochemistry (PhotochemCAD),” 2004, North Carolina State University. (URN: etd-10262004-104831)

D3.  Feirong Li, “New Approaches for Synthesizing meso-Substituted Porphyrins, and the Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Light-harvesting Model Systems,” 1998, Carnegie Mellon University. (Publication No. AAT 9918583)

D2.  Thomas E. Johnson, “Porphyrin-based Light-harvesting Arrays. Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysics,” 1996, Carnegie Mellon University. (Publication No. AAT 9613399)

D1.  Richard W. Wagner, “Synthetic Strategies for the Preparation of New Porphyrin Architectures,” 1990, Carnegie Mellon University. (Publication No. AAT 9117521).

Masters of Science Theses (Supervised)

M6.  Elias Nieves-Bernier, “Probing the Rate of Hole Transfer in Oxidized Synthetic Chlorin Dyads via Site-Specific 13C-Labeling,” 2011, North Carolina State University. 

M5.  Kelly A. Gauger, “Synthesis of Novel Chlorins and Carotenoid-Porphyrin Dyads,” 2010, North Carolina State University.

M4.  Kelly R. Meneely, “Synthesis of Substituted Bacteriochlorins,” 2010, North Carolina State University.

M3.  Jayeeta Bhaumik, “Rational Synthesis of Imidazolyl Porphyrinic Molecules for Self-Assembly and Water-Solubility,” 2006, North Carolina State University. (URN: etd-03172006-014417)

M2.  Ningning Xu, “Investigation of a Rational Approach for the Reconstitutive Synthesis of Small Genomes,” 2001, North Carolina State University.

M1.  Mark A. Miller, “Synthetic Approaches to a Molecular Photonic Wire Demonstrating an Energy Cascade,” 2000, North Carolina State University.