Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Thesis: The Effect of Growth Hormone Release on Plasma and Erythrocyte Selenium and Zinc Levels in Children, Maria Estela Legal de Reid
Thesis: Fabrication and Evaluation of Boron-Doped CVD Diamond Microelectrodes, Song Pang
Thesis: Development of Solid Phase Microextraction Methods for Contraband Drugs, Vangielynn Cruz Tersol
Thesis: Speciation of Selenium in Serum, Alice Tsapayi-Musapatike
Thesis: Development of a Fluorescent Indicator for Inorganic Monochloramine, Xiaojun Dong Zou
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Thesis: Application of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Creatine Kinase MM and BB Isoenzymes for Creatine Kinase MB Isoenzyme Detection, Lei-Chieh Chuang
Thesis: Petrochemical Analysis by Remote Fiber-Optic Raman Spectroscopy and Partial Least Squares Regression Analysis, Philip Edmund Flecher Jr.
Thesis: Reactions of Aqueous Chlorine with Alanylphenylalanine in Model Solutions and in a Wastewater, Thomas C. Fox
Thesis: Concentrations, Complexation and Speciation of Total Dissolved Zinc in the Chesapeake Bay, Charles William Henry III
Thesis: An Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Detection of Cardiac Myoglobin Using Monoclonal Antibodies, Deborah F. Kelly
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Thesis: Competitive Enzyme Immunoassay of Catechin in Human Blood Serum, Jay Fedorowicz
Thesis: The Kinetic Characterization of Mutant L289p of Recombinant HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase, Tryn Thomas Stimart
Thesis: Copper Complexation Capacity and Copper Speciation in Freshwater Lakes (Lake Western Branch and Lake Prince), Rachide Ibrahimo Abdul Sultana
Thesis: Structural Characterization of a Novel Inhibitor of HIV Reverse Transcriptase (HIV RT), Greggory Jon Woitte
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Thesis: A Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopic Investigation of the Oxidation of CO on Platinum/Tin(IV) Oxide-Based Catalysts, Julie Christi Stiltner Patrick
Thesis: Investigation of Selenium Status in Hypo-, Hyper- and Euthyroid Children, Ping Sun
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Thesis: Longitudinal Study of Plasma and Erythrocyte Selenium Levels in Type I Diabetic Children During Development and Treatment of Ketoacidosis, Pi-hsia Fan
Thesis: Chlorination Products of Glycylphenylalanine in Model Solutions and a Wastewater, Daniel J. Keefe
Thesis: Identification and Quantitation of Volatile Amines in Chesapeake Bay Sediments, Neeraja Y. Krishna
Thesis: The Isolation and Identification of Polyphenolics from Grape Seeds and Their Activity Towards Specific Cell Lines, Joseph A. Reddy
Thesis: A Study of the Chlorination Products of Methionine in Model Solutions and in Wastewater, D. Scott Winters
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Thesis: Biochemical Analysis of Human Seminal Plasma, Jamshed Ayub
Thesis: Interferences of N-Chloroorganic Compounds in Free Chlorine Determination, Sushma H. Gandhi
Thesis: Kinetic Characterization of a Recombinant C-Terminal Mutant of Reverse Transcriptase from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Thomas S. Heard
Thesis: Biochemical Investigation of Gout and Its Familial Incidences, Chin-Ling Hsu
Thesis: Structural Characterization of Fucoidan and Its Role in the Hemizona Assay, Manish S. Patankar
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Thesis: Thermal Characterization of Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Catalysts Using Thermogravimetric Analysts and Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Rene A. Bartgis
Thesis: High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Separation of Different Types of Collagen, Yongjoo Chung
Thesis: Stable N-Chloraldimines and Other Chlorination Products of Phenylalanine in Model Solutions and in a Wastewater, Barbara L. Conyers
Thesis: A Study of the Reactions of p-Dipiperidino Benzene and Its Synthesis from 1,4-Dicyano-1,4-Dipiperidinocyclohexane, Ilias Konstantinos Dorziotis
Thesis: A Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopic Study of Platinum/Tin (IV) Oxide Low-Temperature Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Catalysts, Donna Sue Duarte
Thesis: Reactions of Aqueous Chlorine with Valine in Model Solutions and in Wastewater, Erika Forrer McCormick
Thesis: The Study of Natural Product(s) from Opsanus tau (Linnaeus), the Oyster Toadfish, Miki Taira
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Thesis: Activation In Vitro of Transfer RNA-Guanine Ribosyltransferase by Protein Kinase C, Panayota Eriotou
Thesis: A Potentiometric Gaseous Hydrogen Sensor, Anne Guillory
Thesis: The Determination of Clomiphene Citrate and Tamoxifen in Human Blood Plasma and Semen, Janice Irene Kiss
Thesis: Development of a Solid Phase Enzyme Immunoassay for Total Serum Testosterone, Li Li
Thesis: A Pulse Gas Chromatographic Method for Determining the Dispersion and Surface Area of CO Oxidation Catalysts, Susan Kay Ohorodnik
Thesis: The Reaction of Organoboranes with N-Chloro-N-Sodiocarbamates: A Convenient Synthesis of N-Alkylcarbamates, Nanette M. Wachter-Jurcsak
Thesis: Separation of Transfer RNA Isoacceptors by Reversed Phase W-Porex C-4 High Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Christine D. Witte
Thesis: Microwell Based Solid Phase Competitive Enzyme Immunoassay for Estradiol and Estriol, Jeng-Ting Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Thesis: Regulation of Queuine Insertion into Transfer RNA: Effects of Tumor Promoters, Bonnie Jean Brooks
Thesis: Spectroscopic Study of Decomposition Products of Gossypol, David Bernard Hankins
Thesis: Identification and Quantitation of Volatile Amines in Marine Sediments, Chuen Mei Huang
Thesis: Hypoxanthine-Induced Differentiation of Cultured Human Leukemia Cells, Gayle Jennette Singleton
Thesis: The Determination of Tamoxifen Citrate in Human Blood Serum and Semen, Karimdad Tahmoresi
Thesis: Simultaneous Determination of 3-Methoxy-4-Hydroxyphenyl-Glycol, Homovanillic Acid, and 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid in Plasma by High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Yung-Te Tseng
Thesis: Microwell Based Competitive Enzyme Immunoassay for Quantifying Serum Triiodothyronine and Thyroxine Levels, Yiwen Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Thesis: Low Pressure Gas Flow Analysis Through an Effusive Inlet Using Mass Spectrometry, David Robert Brown
Thesis: Modulation of Queuine Uptake in Cultured Human Fibroblasts by Phorbol Esters and Interferons, Debra L. Crane
Thesis: Use of 52Cr for the Quantitative Determination of Red Cell Volume, Claude Michael Hanbury
Thesis: A Method for the Large Scale Purification of HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) from the Urine of Pregnant Women, Chun-Shyan Kuo
Thesis: Reactions of Aqueous Chlorine in the Gastric Fluid of the Rat, Michael Gary Nickelsen
Thesis: Optimization of the Tungstic Acid Denuder Technique for the Measurement of Atmospheric Ammonia, Patricia Diane Roberts
Thesis: The Synthesis and Evaluation of 5-Phenyloxazolidines as Potential Cardiovascular Drugs, Tammy C. Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Thesis: Gas Permeation Measurements on Small Polymer Specimens, Karen S. Burns
Thesis: Synthesis of Potential Long Acting Calcium Channel Antagonists: A Study of 1,4-Dihydropyridine Analogs, Thomas E. Christos
Thesis: Investigation of Complex Formation by Oligomers of Cytosine and Guanosine, Steven Roberts Davis
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of N-Alkyl-Adenosine-5'-Diphosphates, Han-Ping Huang
Thesis: Determination of Amino Acids and Chloramino Acids in Municipal Wastewater, Jeffrey Taylor Jewell
Thesis: Reactions of Organic N-Chloramines in the Gastric Fluid of the Rat, Kathryn E. Mazina
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Thesis: The Synthesis and Evaluation of the Cardiovascular Activity of Novel Imidazole Ring Systems, Joseph E. De Los Angeles
Thesis: Determination of Human Sperm Cell Acrosin Activity from Normal and Subfertile Men, Dilrowshan H. Haque
Thesis: The Effects of Luteinizing Hormone and Adenosine 3',5'-Cyclic Monophosphate on Phospholipid Metabolism by Luteal Mitochondria, Jim John Sadighian
Thesis: Investigation of Nickle as a Matrix Modifier in the Atomic Absorption Analysis of Tin, Charles William Saunders
Thesis: Geometric Photoisomer Investigation of Bilirubin (Z,Z)-IXα, Robert Howe Walker III
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Thesis: Determination of Total and Unfilterable Plasma Aluminum in Uremic Patients, Theodore R. Delbridge
Thesis: Development of an On-Line Computer System for Cyclic Voltammetry Studies, Tai-Lee Leo Huo
Thesis: The Synthesis and Evaluation of a New Analog of Phencyclidine (PCP), William H. Johnson Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Thesis: Determination of the Internal Rotational Energy of Gaseous 1,2-Dichloroethane in an Argon Matrix Using Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Susan Lynn Clarke
Thesis: A Method for the Comparison of HDL Containing Apoprotein E and HDL Cholesterol, Steven A. Knizner
Thesis: Characterization of Trihalomethane Formation from Proteins in Chlorinated Water, Robert Aaron Kravitz
Thesis: Investigation of the Coenzyme Binding Site of Lactate Dehydrogenase from Chicken Muscle, Jia-hwei Lin
Thesis: Two-Dimensional Electrophoretic Studies of Normal Spematozoal Proteins, Ying Lin
Thesis: Correlation Studies Between Human Seminal Plasma Trace Metal Concentrations and Semen Quality, De-Shen Mei
Thesis: The Effects of Tri-O-cresyl Phosphate on 2',3'-Cyclicnucleotide-3'-Phosphohydrolase Activity in Neural and Non-Neural Tissue of the Rat, Mark K. Schlager
Thesis: Investigation of Matrix Effects on the Furnace Atomic Absorption Signals of Chromium, Nickel and Selenium, Susan Marie Viet
Thesis: Negative Cooperatively in the Binding of 3-Aminopyridine Adenine Dinucleotide to L-α-Glycero-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, David Wheeler
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Thesis: Investigation of the Substrate Binding Site of NAD Glycohydrolase in Human Seminal Plasma, Sau C. Cheung
Thesis: Determination of N,N'-Diphenylguanidine in Biological Tissues and Fluids Using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Edward Sidney Hunter III
Thesis: Determination of Erythrocyte Zinc Concentrations Using Zeeman Effect Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Tanya Maranda Lewis
Thesis: High Resolution Two Dimensional Electrophoresis of Soluble Proteins in Human Spermatozoa, Hsing-Ying Liu
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Thesis: Development of a Procedure for Analysis of High Density Lipoprotein Subclasses, Chan Chin
Dissertation: Electroimmunoassay a New Competitive Protein Binding Assay Using Antibody Selective Electrodes, George Raymond Connell
Thesis: Electroimmunoassay: A New Competitive Protein Binding Assay Using Antibody Selective Electrodes, George Raymond Connell
Thesis: Ortho Cyclization Reactions of Catecholamines, Robert Lee Hudkins
Thesis: Isomers of 5.8S Ribosomal RNA, David Smith
Thesis: The Regioselective 3-Alkylation of Piperidine, Richard Dunn Todd
Thesis: Analysis of Organic N-Chloramines in Chlorinated Drinking Water, John Po Wen Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Thesis: Chemistry of Organic N-Chloramines, Formation of Arenesulfonamides by Derivatization of Organic N-Chloramine with Sodium Arenesulfinate, Katherine F. Bowdring
Thesis: A Technique for the Isolation and Identification of Aliphatic Amines in Water, Peter Alan Drew
Thesis: In Vitro Enzymatic Assay of RNA Methylation, Pamela Jean Eubanks Gallup
Thesis: High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Analysis of Biogenic Amines, Thais Edwina Ahrendt Keegan
Thesis: The Synthesis and Evaluation of the Biological Activity of Heterocyclic Analogs of Phencyclidine, Julian Dew McKenney Jr.
Thesis: Correlation Between Glutathione Peroxidase Activity and Selenium Concentrations in Both Plasma and Erythrocytes, Agatha Dudzai Munyanyi
Thesis: Synthesis of Dihydroisoquinolines and Tetrahydroisoquinolines, John J. Schlager
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Thesis: The Association of 5.8 S with 28S Ribosomal RNA, Nandita Banerjee
Thesis: High Resolution Two-Dimensional Electrophoretic Study of Human Seminal Plasma Proteins, Edward E. Gaunt
Thesis: The Analysis of S-Adenosylmethionine and S-Adenosylhomocysteine in Normal and Neoplastic Cells, Kathryn Elizabeth Godburn
Thesis: Sulfatides as Opiate Receptors: An Evaluation of the Opiate Binding Potential of Sulfogalactosylgylcerolipid, Darby Geoghegan Hand