Ph.D. Program in Chemistry Dissertation Defense Mr. Pratikkumar N. Rathod "Characterization and Quantification of Covalent Modification of Proteins Using Mass Spectrometry." Mentor: Dr. Emmanuel Chang York College, CUNY Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 10:00 a.m. York College, CUNY Academic Core Building, Room 4M06 ( 4th Fl)

Ph.D. Program in Chemistry Dissertation Defense Mr. Jayson Vedad "Mechanism and development of peptide-based inhibitors to human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (hIAPP) self-assembly" Mentor: Professor Ruel Z.B. Desamero York College, CUNY Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m The Graduate Center, CUNY Chemistry Program Thesis Room, #4440

Ph.D. Program in Chemistry Dissertation Defense Mr. Harl Kiran Akula "Catalyzed and Uncatalyzed Modifications of Nucleosides, Synthesis of Hippadine, and Deuterated 1,2,3,-Triazoles" Mentor: Dr. Mahesh K. Lakshman The City College of New York, CUNY Thursday, April 26th, 2018 @ 1:30 p.m The City College of New York, CUNY Marshak Science Building, Room 102

Ph.D. Program in Chemistry Dissertation Defense Mr. Tong Sun “High Resolution Imaging of Single Nanoparticles and Two-dimensional Nanomaterial by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy” Mentor: Dr. Michael V. Mirkin Queens College, CUNY Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m The Graduate Center, CUNY Chemistry Program Thesis, Room 4440

Ph.D. Program in Chemistry Dissertation Defense Mr. Shenjie Qiu “Iron Oxide Nanomagnets in Polymer Matrices - Synthesis and Characterization” Thesis Advisory Committee: Dr. Nan-Loh Yang, CSI, CUNY Dr. Shi Jin, CSI, CUNY Dr. David C. Locke, Queens College, CUNY Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 10:30 a.m The College of Staten Island, CUNY Building 6S, Room 232