Theses and Dissertations Directed by Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague (LinkedIn contact)

  1. Abigail L. Parrill, University of Arizona, M.S. 1996 “Supplementing Traditional Chemical Education in the World Wide Web”
  2. Nellie N. Mamuya, University of Arizona, M.S. 1996 “Synthesis and NMR Studies of Neuraminidase Inhibitors”
  3. Abigail L. Parrill, University of Arizona, Ph.D. 1996 “Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Drug Design”
  4. Terrence M. Flaherty, University of Arizona, Ph.D. 1997 “1. Synthesis of C-Glycoside Sulfones via Oxirane-Thiirane Exchange. 2. Preparation of Sialic Acid Derivatives Amenable to Solid Phase Synthesis. 3. Conformational Analysis of Complex Polysaccharides”
  5. Truc N. Nguyen, University of Arizona, M.S. 1997 “1. Mechanistic Studies on the Formation of Glycosyl Iodides. 2. Synthesis of Amino Sugars via Glycosyl Iodides”
  6. Can P. Nguyen, University of Arizona, M.S. 1998 “Solution and Solid-Phase Synthesis of Sialooligomers”
  7. Michael J. Hadd, University of Arizona, Ph.D. 1998 “1. Anionic Additions to Glycosyl Iodides. 2. Neutral Addition of Alcohols to Glycosyl Iodides. 3. Glycosyl Iodides in Solid Phase Oligosaccharide Synthesis”
  8. Nathan E. Stott, University of Arizona, B.S. with Honors 1998 “Approaches to the Preparation of Psychosine Functionalized Polyamide Dendrimers with Buckminsterfullerene Cores”
  9. Olivia E. Oehrle-Steele, University of Arizona , B.S. with honors, 1999 “Use of ELISA to Investigate pH-Dependent Interactions Between Antibodies to Neisseria MeningitidisStrain B and Membrane Bound Colominic Acid”
  10. Katherine D. McReynolds, University of Arizona, Ph.D. 1999 “1. Development of a Novel Elisa for the Testing of Glycobioconjugates as Anti-HIV Agents. 2. Synthesis of Potential Inhibitors of the HIV Entry Mechanism. 3. Probing the Secondary Structural Characteristics of Oligosaccharides Utilizing Circular Dichroism”
  11. Denise M. Scofield, University of Arizona, M.S. 1999 “Synthesis of Non-Natural Carbohydrate-Based Ligands Designed to Bind HIV Gp120”
  12. Son N. Lam, University of Arizona, M.S. 2000 “Glycosylations via In Situ Formation of Glycosyl Iodides from Glycosyl Bromides” 
  13. Travis Q. Gregar, University of Arizona, Ph.D. 2001 “Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Amide-Linked Neuraminic Acid Derivatives”
  14. Son N. Lam, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2003 “Glycosyl Iodides: A Modern Tool for Oligosaccharide Synthesis”
  15. Laiqiang Ying, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2004 “I. Synthesis of Carbohydrate-Derived Building Blocks. II. Construction of Combinatorial and Parallel Libraries. III. Development of Fluorogenic Substrates for High-throughput Screening”
  16. Jessica Wong, University of California, Davis, M.S. 2004 “Synthesis of Transition-State Analogs of GDP-Fucose as Glycosyl Transferase Inhibitors”
  17. Christopher Dale Meadows, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2005 “Design Synthesis and HIV Activity of Geminal Dislphone-containing Compounds”
  18. Yan Lu, University of California, Davis, M.S. 2005 “Synthesis of Neuraminidase Inhibitors Using Click Chemistry”
  19. Wenjun Du, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2006 “Stereoselective Synthesis of a O-Galactolipids and Construction of Di-ScFv through a Trialkyne-Azide 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition
  20. Mohamed El-Badri, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2007 “Synthetic and Physical Organic Studies of Stereoselective Glycosylation Reactions Using Glycosyl Iodides”
  21. Urvashi Sahni, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2009 “Synthesis of Disulfone Analogs of Glycosyltransferases as Chemotherapeutic Agents”
  22. Jonel P. Saludes, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2009 “Synthesis, Structural Characterization, Conformational Analysis and Plasma Stability Studies of Alpha/Delta-Hybrid Peptides Derived from 2,3-Dehydroneuraminic Acid and Glutamic Acids”
  23. Jessica Wong, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2010 “Identification of Sulfone Analogs for CMP-Sialic Acid Synthetases and Polysialyltransferases.”
  24. Matt Schombs, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2010 “Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a Novel Class of HCV-NS3 Protease Inhibitors” and “The Stereoselective Synthesis of Bioactive O-Glycolipids via Glycosyl Iodides”
  25. Joan Go Schellinger, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2010 “Multivalent Mimotope Display for HIV Vaccine Development”
  26. Ivy Kekessie, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2011 “Developing Novel Small molecules as HIV-1 Microbicides”
  27. Ryan Davis, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2012 “The Utilization of Glycosyl Iodides for Stereoselective Synthesis of Complex Polysaccharides as Therapeutic Agents”
  28. Hsiao-Wu Hsieh, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2014 “Regioselective Silyl Exchange Technology (ReSET) and Glycosyl Iodide Glycosylation: Streamlining the Total Synthesis of Immunogenic Glycolipids, Globo Series Cancer Antigens and Multivalent Glycoconjugates”
  29. Huy Quoc Nguyen, University of California, Davis, Ph. D. 2014 “Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Phosphoglycolipids Unique to Helicobacter pylori.”
  30. Jessica Anne Hoch, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. 2014 “Design and Synthesis of Multivalent Mimotope Constructs via Cu(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne 1,3 Dipolar Cycloaddition as Potential HIV-1 Vaccine Candidates”
  31. Simon Park, University of California, Davis, Ph. D. 2015 “Synthesis of partially O-acetylated sialic acids and unique sialoglycoconjugates.”
  32. Crystal Ye, University of California, Davis, M.S. 2018 “Extraction and Purification of Steryl Glycosides from the Seeds of Camellia sinensis.”
  33. Jonathan Hsu, University of California, M.S. 2021 “Design and Synthesis of “Click” Azido-Lipid/Glycolipid Probes”
  34. Ming Kwong, University of California, M.S. in Food Science 2021.
  35. Justin Medrano, University of California, B.S. Chemistry, Highest Honors, 2023.

Postdoctoral Researchers (LinkedIn contact)

  1. Gyula Batta, Ph.D., “NMR Studies of Sialic Acids” 1994
  2. Lajos Szabo, Ph.D. “Synthesis of Sugar Amino Acid Conjugates”  1996
  3. P.S. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D. “Synthesis of Sugar Amino Acid Conjugates”  1997
  4. Abhi Bhat, Ph.D., “Glycosyl Iodide Chemistry” 2001
  5. Birte Nolting, Ph.D. “Glyconanoparticles for Viral Adhesion Studies”  2002 
  6. Darrin Dabideen, Ph.D. “Oxetanes as Novel Glycosyl Acceptors”  2004
  7. Frank Cappuccio, Ph.D. “Glyconanoparticles for Viral Adhesion Studies”  2005
  8. Prasanna Jayalath, Ph. D. “Glyconanoparticles for Viral Adhesion Studies”  2007
  9. Wei Wang, Ph.D. “Construction and Functionalization of Carbohydrate Amino Acid-Derived Molecular Scafolds Based on Azido Sialic Acid”  2007
  10. Suvarn Kulkarni, Ph. D. “Synthesis of BBGL2 Analogs”  2008
  11. Mark Witschi, Ph.D. “A Novel Class of Glycoconjugates for the Prevention of HIV Entry”  2010
  12. Natalia Fernandes, Ph.D. “Chemical characterization of Microbial Natural Products Found in Tea” 2021

External Thesis Review

  1. Gijsbert Grotenberg, for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Department of Chemistry, Leiden University, Netherlands 2005 “Synthesis, Structural, and Biological Evaluations of Gramicidin S Analogues.”
  2. Peter Meloncelli, for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Western Australia, March 2007. “Synthesis of Several Azasugars, glycosylated azasugars and disaccharides of Biological Interest.”
  3. Girish Kumar Rawal, for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, January 2008. “Synthesis of Carbohydrate Derived Biologically Important Molecules and Development of Newer Methods in C-2 Formyl Glycals.”
  4. Gladys Completo, for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Alberta, Alberta Canada, May 2008. “Synthesis of Bioactive Carbohydrates.”
  5. Tarun Kumar Pal, for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur July 2008 “Synthesis and Synthetic applications of Acyclic Endocyclic and Exocyclic Divinyl Sulfone-Modified Carbohydrates.”
  6. Hari Prasad Kokatla, for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, July 2009 “Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products and Novel Viral Intermediates Using Perlin Hydrolysis Derived Aldehydes Obtained from D-Glycals.”
  7. Atanu Bhaumik, for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, September 2014, “Epoxides and Vinyl Selenones Derived from D-Fructose and L-Sorbose: Synthesis and Synthetic Applications.”
  8. Natalia Fernandes, 2021, ” Gene expression of the yeast Wickernhamomyes anomalus CCMA 0358 during biosurfactant production using kitchen waste oil as substrate and identification of bacteria present in tea tissue culture (Camellia sinensis) through metagenomics analysis.”

Dr. Simon Park, presenting at  80th Central Surgical Association June 11, 2023  (https://centralsurg.org/meeting/program/2023/). Congratulations on completing first year of medical school!

Congratulations to Dr. Hsiao-wu Hsieh on his recent promotion to senior scientist at Amgen!

Congratulations to Crystal Ye for her promotion to Scientist III at Genentech

Best wishes to Jonathan Hsu as he transitions to Gilead Sciences 2021

 

Ivy Kekessie Ph.D. and Crystal Ye M.S. at a Genentech function 2019!