Faculty and Student Publications
2023
Gas-phase formation and spectroscopic characterization of the disubstituted cyclopropenylidenes c-C3(C2H)2, c-C3(CN)2, and c-C3(C2H)(CN), Athena R. Flint, Alexandria G. Watrous, Brent R. Westbrook, Dev J. Patel, and Ryan C. Fortenberry
2022
Mercury Methylation Potentials in Sediments of an Ancient Cypress Wetland Using Species-Specific Isotope Dilution GC-ICP-MS, Derek D. Bussan, Chris Douvris, and James V. Cizdziel
The formation of monosubstituted cyclopropenylidene derivatives in the interstellar medium via neutral-neutral reaction pathways, Athena R. Flint and Ryan C. Fortenberry
On airborne tire wear particles along roads with different traffic characteristics using passive sampling and optical microscopy, single particle SEM/EDX, and µ-ATR-FTIR analyses, Zhiqiang Gao, James V. Cizdziel, Kendall Wontor, Carly Clisham, Kaylea Focia, Juanita Rausch, and David Jaramillo-Vogel
Labeling Microplastics with Fluorescent Dyes for Detection, Recovery, and Degradation Experiments, Zhiqiang Gao, Kendall Wontor, and James V. Cizdziel
Raman Spectroscopic and Quantum Chemical Investigation of the Pyridine-Borane Complex and the Effects of Dative Bonding on the Normal Modes of Pyridine, Ethan C. Lambert, Benjamin W. Stratton, and Nathan I. Hammer
Preparation of methanediamine (CH2(NH2)2)—A precursor to nucleobases in the interstellar medium, Joshua H. Marks, Jia Wang, Ryan C. Fortenberry, and Ralf I. Kaiser
Spectral Signatures of Hydrogen Thioperoxide (HOSH) and Hydrogen Persulfide (HSSH): Possible Molecular Sulfur Sinks in the Dense ISM, Charles Z. Palmer, Ryan C. Fortenberry, and Joseph S. Francisco
The spectral features and detectability of small, cyclic silicon carbide clusters, Christopher M. Sehring, C. Zachary Palmer, Brent R. Westbrook, and Ryan C. Fortenberry
Experimental identification of aminomethanol (NH2CH2OH)—the key intermediate in the Strecker Synthesis, Santosh K. Singh, Cheng Zhu, Jesse La Jeunesse, Ryan C. Fortenberry, and Ralf I. Kaiser
Valence-, Dipole-and Quadropole-Bound Electronically Excited States of Closed-Shell Anions Formed by Deprotonation of Cyano-and Ethynyl-Disubstituted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Marie E. Strauss, Taylor J. Santaloci, and Ryan C. Fortenberry
Theoretical spectra and energetics for c-C3HC2H, l-C5H2, and bipyramidal D3h C5H2, Alexandria G. Watrous, Brent R. Westbrook, and Ryan C. Fortenberry
Near-infrared unsymmetrical squaraine core-based sensitizers for co-sensitized high-photocurrent dye-sensitized solar cells, Jonathon Watson, Roberta R. Rodrigues, and Jared H. Delcamp
Synthesis of methanediol [CH2(OH)2]: The simplest geminal diol, Cheng Zhu, N. Fabian Kleimeier, Andrew M. Turner, Santosh K. Singh, Ryan C. Fortenberry, and Ralf I. Kaiser
2021
Comprehensive chromatographic profiling of cannabis from 23 USA States marketed for medical purposes, Ramia Z. Al Bakain, Yahya S. Al-Degs, James V. Cizdziel, and Mahmoud A. Elsohly
Linear discriminant analysis based on gas chromatographic measurements for geographical prediction of USA medical domestic cannabis, Ramia Z. Al Bakain, Yahya S. Al-Degs, James V. Cizdziel, and Mahmoud A. Elsohly
SWIR emissive RosIndolizine dyes with nanoencapsulation in water soluble dendrimers, Satadru Chatterjee, William E. Meador, Cameron Smith, Indika Chandrasiri, Mohammad Farid Zia, Jay Nguyen, Austin Dorris, Alex Flynt, Davita L. Watkins, Nathan I. Hammer, and Jared H. Delcamp
Anharmonic Vibrational Frequencies and Spectroscopic Constants for the Detection of Ethynol in Space, Jax D. Dallas, Brent R. Westbrook, and Ryan C. Fortenberry
Further Astrochemical Insights From Bond Strengths of Small Molecules Containing Atoms From the First Three Rows of the Periodic Table, Edmund S. Doerksen and Ryan C. Fortenberry
Are rural and small community aerated wastewater stabilization ponds a neglected source of microplastic pollution?, Zhiqiang Gao, James V. Cizdziel, Kendall Wontor, and Haitao Lu
What Worked, What Did Not: University Instruction during a Pandemic, Neil A. Manson and Randy M. Wadkins
Gut microbiomes of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) are taxonomically and phylogenetically variable across years but remain functionally stable, Mark McCauley, Marlène Chiarello, Carla L. Atkinson, and Colin R. Jackson
Anodic Dissolution of Copper in the Acidic and Basic Aluminum Chloride 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquid, Lorlyn Reidy, Chen Wang, and Charles L. Hussey
Electronically Excited States of Closed-Shell, Cyano-Functionalized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Anions, Taylor J. Santaloci and Ryan C. Fortenberry
Effective inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 entry by heparin and enoxaparin derivatives, Ritesh Tandon, Joshua S. Sharp, Fuming Zhang, Vitor H. Pomin, Nicole M. Ashpole, Dipanwita Mitra, Martin G. McCandless, Weihua Jin, Hao Liu, Poonam Sharma, and Robert J. Linhardt
Pathways to Detection of Strongly-Bound Inorganic Species: The Vibrational and Rotational Spectral Data of AlH2OH, HMgOH, AlH2NH2, and HMgNH2, Alexandria G. Watrous, Megan C. Davis, and Ryan C. Fortenberry
Anharmonic vibrational frequencies of water borane and associated molecules, Brent R. Westbrook and Ryan C. Fortenberry
Tracking the amide i and αcoo− terminal ν(C=o) raman bands in a family of l-glutamic acid-containing peptide fragments: A raman and dft study, Ashley E. Williams, Nathan I. Hammer, Ryan C. Fortenberry, and Dana N. Reinemann
2020
Design and synthesis of diazine-based panobinostat analogues for HDAC8 inhibition, Sivaraman Balasubramaniam, Sajith Vijayan, Liam V. Goldman, Xavier A. May, Kyra Dodson, Sweta Adhikari, Fatima Rivas, Davita L. Watkins, and Shana V. Stoddard
A molecular candle where few molecules shine: HeHHe+, Ryan C. Fortenberry and Laurent Wiesenfeld
Pyridyl CO2Fixation Enabled by a Secondary Hydrogen Bonding Coordination Sphere, Jacqueline N. Gayton, Qing Li, Lakeeta Sanders, Roberta R. Rodrigues, Glake Hill, and Jared H. Delcamp
Determination of metals in tree rings by ICP-MS using ash from a direct mercury analyzer, Byunggwon Jeon and James V. Cizdziel
Gaseous elemental mercury concentrations along the northern gulf of mexico using passive air sampling, with a comparison to active sampling, Byunggwon Jeon, James V. Cizdziel, J. Stephen Brewer, Winston T. Luke, Mark D. Cohen, Xinrong Ren, and Paul Kelley
Observation of the Low-Frequency Spectrum of the Water Trimer as a Sensitive Test of the Water-Trimer Potential and the Dipole-Moment Surface, Raffael Schwan, Chen Qu, Devendra Mani, Nitish Pal, Gerhard Schwaab, Joel M. Bowman, Gregory S. Tschumper, and Martina Havenith
Occurrence of microplastic pollution at oyster reefs and other coastal sites in the Mississippi sound, USA: Impacts of freshwater inflows from flooding, Austin Scircle, James V. Cizdziel, Louis Tisinger, Tarun Anumol, and Darren Robey
In silico design of novel histone deacetylase 4 inhibitors: Design guidelines for improved binding affinity, Shana V. Stoddard, Kyra Dodson, Kamesha Adams, and Davita L. Watkins
A diverse view of science to catalyse change: Valuing diversity leads to scientific excellence, the progress of science and, most importantly, it is simply the right thing to do. we must value diversity not only in words, but also in actions, César A. Urbina-Blanco, Safia Z. Jilani, Isaiah R. Speight, Michael J. Bojdys, Tomislav Friščić, J. Fraser Stoddart, Toby L. Nelson, James Mack, Renã A. S. Robinson, Emanuel A. Waddell, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus, Murrell Godfrey, Martine I. Abboud, Stephen O. Aderinto, Damilola Aderohunmu, Lučka Bibič, João Borges, Vy M. Dong, and Lori Ferrins
A diverse view of science to catalyse change, César A. Urbina-Blanco, Safia Z. Jilani, Isaiah R. Speight, Michael J. Bojdys, Tomislav Friščić, J. Fraser Stoddart, Toby L. Nelson, James Mack, Renã A.S. Robinson, Emanuel A. Waddell, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus, Murrell Godfrey, Martine I. Abboud, Stephen O. Aderinto, Damilola Aderohunmu, Lučka Bibič, João Borges, Vy M. Dong, Lori Ferrins, Fun Man Fung, Torsten John, Felicia P. L. Lim, Sarah L. Masters, Dickson Mambwe, Pall Thordarson, Maria Magdalena Titirici, Gabriela D. Tormet-González, Miriam M. Unterlass, Austin Wadle, Vivian W. W. Yam, and Ying Wei Yang
Enstatite (MgSiO3) and forsterite (Mg2SiO4) monomers and dimers: Highly detectable infrared and radioastronomical molecular building blocks, E. Michael Valencia, Charlie J. Worth, and Ryan C. Fortenberry
2019
Co-Localization of DNA i-Motif-Forming Sequences and 5-Hydroxymethyl-cytosines in Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Yogini P. Bhavsar-Jog, Eric Van Dornshuld, Tracy A. Brooks, Gregory S. Tschumper, and Randy M. Wadkins
Descent in Symmetry during Solid State Transitions and Other Anomalies in Mixed Valence Compounds AxMxⅡM1-xⅢF3 (A = K, Rb, Cs; M = V, Cr; x = 0.0 - 1.0), William O. J. Boo, Daniel L. Mattern, and Robert M. Metzger
Air/surface exchange of gaseous elemental mercury at different landscapes in Mississippi, USA, James V. Cizdziel, Yi Zhang, Divya Nallamothu, J. Stephen Brewer, and Zhiqiang Gao
The Fundamental Vibrational Frequencies and Spectroscopic Constants of the Dicyanoamine Anion, NCNCN- (C2N3-): Quantum Chemical Analysis for Astrophysical and Planetary Environments, David Dubois, Ella Sciamma-O'Brien, and Ryan C. Fortenberry
Molecular oxygen generation from the reaction of water cations with oxygen atoms, Ryan C. Fortenberry, Tarek Trabelsi, Brent R. Westbrook, Weston A. Del Rio, and Joseph S. Francisco
A Raman spectroscopic and computational study of new aromatic pyrimidine-based halogen bond acceptors, April E.S. Hardin, Thomas L. Ellington, Suong T. Nguyen, Arnold L. Rheingold, Gregory S. Tschumper, Davita L. Watkins, and Nathan I. Hammer
Teleneurology service provided via tablet technology: 3-year outcomes and physician satisfaction, Kelly Harper, Megan McLeod, Summer K. Brown, Georgia Wilson, Maxim Turchan, Emily M. Gittings, Derek Riebau, Mark Baker, Eli Zimmerman, and David Charles
Can the MerPAS Passive air sampler discriminate landscape, seasonal, and elevation effects on atmospheric mercury? A feasibility study in Mississippi, USA, Byunggwon Jeon and James V. Cizdziel
Effects of Polyamine Binding on the Stability of DNA i-Motif Structures, Michael M. Molnar, Shelby C. Liddell, and Randy M. Wadkins
Doxorubicin loaded magnesium oxide nanoflakes as ph dependent carriers for simultaneous treatment of cancer and hypomagnesemia, Tharindu A. Ranathunge, D. G.G.P. Karunaratne, R. M.G. Rajapakse, and Davita L. Watkins
Cis/trans energetics in epoxide, thiirane, aziridine and phosphirane containing cyclopentanols: Effects of intramolecular OH···O,S,N and P contacts, Ben E. Smith, Jeremy M. Carr, and Gregory S. Tschumper
Synthesis of a redox-active NNP-type pincer ligand and its application to electrocatalytic CO2 reduction with first-row transition metal complexes, Kallol Talukdar, Asala Issa, and Jonah W. Jurss
Untangling the Formation of Methoxymethanol (CH3OCH2OH) and Dimethyl Peroxide (CH3OOCH3) in Star-forming Regions, Cheng Zhu, Robert Frigge, Alexandre Bergantini, Ryan C. Fortenberry, and Ralf I. Kaiser