School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2023
Effective farm management promotes native AMF and benefit organic farming systems, Pushpa Soti, Rupesh R. Kariyat, and Alexis Racelis
Biological Flora of Coastal Freshwater and Brackish Marshes: Cladium jamaicense Crantz, Richard Stalter and Robert I. Lonard
Confirmation of N-Hexane as An Inert Co-Solvent in The Production of Functionalized Silicon Nanoparticles from Reactive High-Energy Ball Milling, Julie P. Vanegas, Amanda Reusch, Mark J. Fink, and Brian S. Mitchell
Titanium dioxide functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes and silver nanoparticles reinforced polyurethane nanofibers as a novel scaffold for tissue engineering applications, Taha Umair Wani, Anjum Hamid Rather, Rumysa Saleem Khan, Javier Macossay-Torres, Arvind H. Jadhav, Puneethkumar M. Srinivasappa, Abdalla Abdal-hay, Sami-ullah Rather, and Faheem A. Sheikh
Are epicuticular waxes a surface defense comparable to trichomes? A test using two Solanum species and a specialist herbivore., Sakshi Watts and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Revisiting plant defense-fitness trade-off hypotheses using Solanum as a model genus, Sakshi Watts, Satinderpal Kaur, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Quantification of hydraulic trait control on plant hydrodynamics and risk of hydraulic failure within a demographic structured vegetation model in a tropical forest (FATES–HYDRO V1.0), Chonggang Xu, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Zachary Robbins, Ryan G. Knox, Rosie A. Fisher, Rutuja Chitra-Tarak, Martijn Slot, Kurt C. Solander, Lara M. Kueppers, Charles D. Koven, and Nate G. McDowell
Indium Doped Zinc Stannate-PDMS Based Piezoelectric Generator for Harvesting Mechanical Energy and Sensory Application, Tamanna Zakia
Organocatalyzed Four-component on-water green synthesis of spiroindolinpyranopyrazole, Tanzida Zubair
Small Molecule EGFR Inhibitors as Anti-Cancer Agents: Discovery, Mechanisms of Action, and Opportunities, Tanzida Zubair and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Synthesis and Processing of Polymeric Materials for Hydrogen Storage, Dominic Adrewie
Winners and losers in dryland reforestation: species survival, growth, and recruitment along a 33-year planting chronosequence, Clifton Albrecht, Zarek Contreras, Kimberly Wahl-Villarreal, Mitch Sternberg, and Bradley O. Christoffersen
Winners and losers in dryland reforestation: Species survival, growth, and recruitment along a 33-year planting chronosequence, Clifton Albrecht, Zarek Contreras, Kimberly Wahl-Villarreal, Mitch Sternberg, and Bradley O. Christoffersen
Preparation and Characterization of DC Magnetron Sputtered Thin Films of Titanium, Silver, Gold and Their Compound, Al Amin, Shamik Datta, Megan Keniry, Ahmed Touhami, and Hasina Huq
Allo-preening is linked to vocal signature development in a wild parrot, Caleb M M Arellano, Nurialby Viloria Canelón, Soraya Delgado, and Karl S. Berg
Copper(II) and lead(II) adsorption onto zinc sulfide nanoparticles effects of light, pH, time, temperature, and interferences, J. M. Cantu, J. P. Valle, A. Puente, C. Valdes, K. Flores, Helia Magali Morales, Elizabeth M. Fletes, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Evangelia Kotsikorou, and Jason Parsons
Differential gene expression in tall fescue tissues in response to water deficit, Manohar Chakrabarti, Padmaja Nagabhyru, Christopher L. Schardl, and Randy D. Dinkins
What are mycorrhizal traits?, V. Bala Chaudhary, E. Penelope Holland, Suw Charman-Anderson, Aidee Guzman, Lukas Bell-Dereske, Tanya E. Cheeke, Adriana Corrales, Jessica Duchicela, Cameron Egan, and Pushpa G. Soti
Recent advances in computational study and design of MOF catalysts for CO2 conversion, Haoyuan Chen
Assessment of Two Novel Host-Derived Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) Isolates Against the Citrus Pest, Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae), Jonathan Cisneros, Justin Wendel, Stefan Jaronski, Christopher Vitek, Matthew Ciomperlik, and Daniel Flores
Optimizing stable isotope sampling design in terrestrial movement ecology research, Andrea Contina, Sarah Magozzi, Hannah B. Vander Zanden, Gabriel J. Bowen, and Michael B. Wunder
Application of stable isotopes to study movement ecology and diet variation in a migratory songbird, Andrea Contina, Allison K. Pierce, Scott W. Yanco, Eli S. Bridge, Jeffrey F. Kelly, and Michael B. Wunder
Role of imine isomerization in the stereocontrol of the Staudinger reaction between ketenes and imines, Fernando P. Cossío, Abel de Cózar, Miguel A. Sierra, Luis Casarrubios, Jaime G. Muntaner, Bimal K. Banik, and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Electrospun Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-Co-3-Hydroxyvalerate)/Olive Leaf Extract Fiber Mesh as Prospective Bio-Based Scaffold for Wound Healing, Jose Gustavo De la Ossa, Serena Danti, Jasmine Esposito Salsano, Bahareh Azimi, Veronika Tempesti, Niccoletta Barbani, Maria Digiacomo, Marco Macchia, Mohammed Jasim Uddin, and Caterina Cristallini
Effects of soil shrink-swell on bird bones: An experimental taphonomy pilot study, Frank J. Dirrigl Jr., Adriana Diaz, and Reyna Chavez
Vocal babbling in a wild parrot shows life history and endocrine affinities with human infants, Rory Eggleston, Nurialby Viloria, Soraya Delgado, Astolfo Mata, Hilda Y. Guerrero, and Richard Kline
Vocal babbling in a wild parrot shows life history and endocrine affinities with human infants, Rory Eggleston, Nurialby Viloria, Soraya Delgado, Astolfo Mata, Hilda Y. Guerrero, Richard Kline, Steven R. Beissinger, and Karl S. Berg
Inorganic cesium lead mixed halide based perovskite solar materials modified with functional silver iodide, Vincent Obiozo Eze, Lucas Braga Carani, Haimanti Majumder, M. Jasim Uddin, and Okenwa Okoli
Stinging the Predators: A collection of papers that should never have been published, Zen Faulkes
Soil Nematode Trophic Group Composition and Influence on Growth of Amaranthus palmeri and Parthenium hysterophorus, Orlando Garcia, Dana Garibaldi, Krissa Jhaveri, Jake Lanoue, and Pushpa G. Soti
Towards Conserving Crop Wild Relatives along the Texas–Mexico Border: The Case of Manihot walkerae, Gisel Garza, Crystian Sadel Venegas Barrera, Jon Dale, José Guadalupe Martínez-Ávalos, and Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo
Filling the gap: molting behavior of colima warblers and research opportunities for understudied north american songbirds, Benjamin Gochanour, Jose L. Alcantara, Paula Cimprich, Jeffrey F. Kelly, and Andrea Contina
Rotational Spectroscopy of Nonafluoro-tert-butyl Alcohol, Zayra Leticia Gonzalez
Excitation-Dependent Photoluminescence of BaZrO3:Eu3+ Crystals, Santosh K. Gupta, Hisham Abdou, Carlo U. Segre, and Yuanbing Mao
Suppressing disorder-order phase transition of Gd2Zr2O7 pyrochlore by Dy3+ doping and their impact on luminescence, Santosh K. Gupta, S. Nigam, Jose P. Zuniga, and Yuanbing Mao
A comprehensive review on the diverse pharmacological perspectives of Terminalia chebula Retz, Md. Rakibul Hassan Bulbul, Mohammad Nizam Uddin Chowdhury, Taslima Anjum Naima, Md. Shakil Imtiaj, Nazmul Huda, and Md. Giash Uddin
Insecticide Resistance in Aedes aegypti Varies Seasonally and Geographically in Texas/Mexico Border Cities, Heather Hernandez, Flor A. Martinez, and Christopher Vitek
Saturable Absorption of Free-Electron Laser Radiation by Graphite near the Carbon K-Edge, Lars Hoffmann, Sasawat Jamnuch, Craig P. Schwartz, Tobias Helk, Sumana L. Raj, Hikaru Mizuno, Riccardo Mincigrucci, Laura Foglia, Emiliano Principi, and Shervin Fatehi
Low soil nitrogen and moisture limit the expansion of the invasive grass, Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass) in semi-arid soils, E. Penelope Holland, Vanessa Thomas, and Pushpa G. Soti
Modeling the Impact of Climate Change on Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease in Semi-Arid South Texas, Md Rafiul Islam, Ummugul Bulut, Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo, Michael G. Tyshenko, and Tamer Oraby
DFT Investigation of Lewis Acid Assisted C-CN Bond Activation of Benzonitrile with [Ni(dmpe)] Fragment, Lubna Kader
Cover crops may exacerbate moisture limitations on South Texas dryland farms, Stephanie Kasper, Faeqa Mohsin, Lindsey Richards, and Alexis Racelis
A tail of plumage colouration: disentangling geographic, seasonal and dietary effects on plumage colour in a migratory songbird, Sean M. Mahoney, Matthew W. Reudink, Andrea Contina, Kelly A. Roberts, Veronica T. Schabert, Emily G. Gunther, and Kristen M. Covino
Ligand-based virtual screening, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics of eugenol analogs as potential acetylcholinesterase inhibitors with biological activity against Spodoptera frugiperda, Domingo Mendez-Alvarez, Verónica Herrera-Mayorga, Alfredo Juárez-Saldivar, Alma D. Paz-González, Eyra Ortiz-Pérez, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Horacio Pérez-Sánchez, and Gildardo Rivera-Sanchez
SAR study of niclosamide derivatives in the human glioblastoma U-87 MG cells, Shizue Mito, Benxu Cheng, Benjamin A. Garcia, Daniela Gonzalez, Xin Yee Ooi, Tess C. Ruiz, Francisco Xavier Elisarraras, Andrew Tsin, Sue Anne Chew, and Marco A. Arriaga
A rationally designed synthetic antimicrobial peptide against Pseudomonas-associated corneal keratitis: Structure-function correlation, Sk Abdul Mohid, Prerana Sharma, Amani Alghalayini, Tripti Saini, Debarun Datta, Mark D. P. Willcox, Haydar Ali, Sreyan Raha, Achintya Singha, and Nirakar Sahoo
The Scientific Method as a Scaffold to Enhance Communication Skills in Chemistry, Thomas D. Montgomery, Joanne Rae Buchbinder, Ellen S. Gawalt, Robbie J. Iuliucci, Andrew S. Koch, Evangelia Kotsikorou, Patrick E. Lackey, Min Soo Lim, Jeffrey Joseph Rohde, and Alexander J. Rupprecht
Diel activity patterns of two distinct populations of Aedes aegypti in Miami, FL and Brownsville, TX, John-Paul Mutebi, André Barretto Bruno Wilke, Erik Ostrum, Chalmers Vasquez, Gabriel Cardenas, Augusto Carvajal, Maday Moreno, William D. Petrie, Arturo Rodriguez, Henry Presas, Jesus Rodriguez, Fred Barnes, Christopher Vitek, Xochitl Estrada, Thalia Rios, and Jeremy Marshall
Population Density and Reproductive Seasonality of Tryonia cheatumi (Gastropoda: Cochliopidae), the Phantom Tryonia, Kathryn E. Perez, Nina Noreika, Chad Norris, Marty Kelly, Melissa Lopez, Christina Ortega, Salma Ruiz Sandoval, Samantha Gonzalez, and Weston Nowlin
Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Energy Applications, Simas Rackauskas, Federico Cesano, and Mohammed Jasim Uddin
Analysis of Sanitizer Rotation on the Susceptibility, Biofilm Forming Ability and Caco-2 Cell Adhesion and Invasion of Listeria, Md Asfakur Rahman, Nirakar Sahoo, and Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy
Upcycling Mask Waste to Carbon Capture Sorbents: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study, Mark Robertson, Alejandro Guillen Obando, Bianca Nunez, Haoyuan Chen, and Zhe Qiang
Intracellular hemin is a potent inhibitor of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv10.1, Nirakar Sahoo, Kefan Yang, Alisa Bernert, Sandip M. Swain, Guido Gessner, Reinhard Kappl, Toni Kühl, Diana Imhof, Toshinori Hoshi, Roland Schönherr, and Stefan H. Heinemann
Structural Analysis of [Ni(dippe)] Fragment Using Computational Methods, Jennifer L. Sanchez
Mechanistic insight into functionally different human islet polypeptide (hIAPP) amyloid: the intrinsic role of the C-terminal structural motifs, Dibakar Sarkar, Narayan Chandra Maity, Gourav Shome, Kyriakos Gabriel Varnava, Vijayalekshmi Sarojini, Subramanian Vivekanandan, Nirakar Sahoo, Sourav Kumar, Atin Kumar Mandal, Ranjit Biswas, and Anirban Bhunia
Genome Editing: A Review of the Challenges and Approaches, Dimple Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Harsimran Kaur Kapoor, Rajat Sharma, Harpreet Kaur, and Mohd Kyum
Surface modified hybrid ZnSnO3 nanocubes for enhanced piezoelectric power generation and wireless sensory application, Sk Md Ali Zaker Shawon, Zaida D. Carballo, Valeria Suarez Vega, Chen Lin, Muhammad Sufian Rafaqut, Andrew Xu Sun, James Li, and Mohammed J. Uddin
Small-Molecule RAS Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents: Discovery, Development, and Mechanistic Studies, Shaila A. Shetu and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Synthesis of Bioactive Heterocycles, Shaila Akter Shetu
Medicinal bismuth: Bismuth-organic frameworks as pharmaceutically privileged compounds, Shaila A. Shetu, Luis M. Sanchez-Palestino, Gildardo Rivera-Sanchez, and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Review of the invasive forage Grass, Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus): Ecology and potential impacts in arid and semi-arid regions, Pushpa Soti and Vanessa Thomas
Biological Flora of Coastal Wetlands: Sporobolus cynosuroides (L.) P.M. Peterson & Saarela, Richard Stalter and Robert I. Lonard
Impact of Hydrologic Alteration on Brazos River Pelagophilic Minnows, Christopher M. Taylor and Kevin B. Mayes
Thornforest Conservation Plan: An ecosystem conservation strategy for the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Thornforest Conservation Partnership and Bradley O. Christoffersen
Synthesis of GPR119 Interacting Drugs for Treatment of Type II Diabetes, Tien M. Tran
A migratory divide spanning two continents is associated with genomic and ecological divergence, Sheela P. Turbek, Drew R. Schield, Elizabeth S. C. Scordato, Andrea Contina, Xin-Wei Da, Yang Liu, Yu Liu, Emilio Pagani-Núñez, Qing-Miao Ren, and Chris C. R. Smith
Ligand-Based Virtual Screening and Molecular Docking of Benzimidazoles as Potential Inhibitors of Triosephosphate Isomerase Identified New Trypanocidal Agents, Lenci K. Vazquez-Jimenez, Alfredo Juarez-Saldivar, Rogelio Gomez-Escobedo, Timoteo Delgado-Maldonado, Domingo Mendez-Alvarez, Isidro Palos, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Carlos Gaona-Lopez, Eyra Ortiz-Perez, Benjamin Nogueda-Torres, Esther Ramirez-Moreno, and Gildardo Rivera
Investigation on the Synthesis, Application and Structural Features of Heteroaryl 1,2-Diketones, Robert J. Wehrle, Alexander Rosen, Thu Vu Nguyen, Kalyn Koons, Eric Jump, Mason Bullard, Natalie Wehrle, Adam Stockfish, Patrick M. Hare, Abdurrahman Atesin, Tülay A. Ateşin, and Lili Ma
Screening commercial entomopathogenic fungi for the management of Diaphorina citri populations in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, Justin Wendel, Jonathan Cisneros, Stefan Jaronski, Christopher Vitek, Matthew Ciomperlik, and Daniel Flores
Habitat loss exacerbates pathogen spread: An Agent-based model of avian influenza infection in migratory waterfowl, Shenglai Yin, Yanjie Xu, Mingshuai Xu, Mart C M de Jong, Mees RS Huisman, Andrea Contina, Herbert H T Prins, Zheng Y X Huang, and Willem F. de Boer
Flexible Bielectrode-Based Highly Sensitive Triboelectric Motion Sensor: A Sustainable and Smart Electronic Material, Damian Zamora, Abu Masa Abdullah, Alejandro Flores, Haimanti Majumder, Muhtasim Ul Karim Sadaf, Bahareh Azimi, Serena Danti, and M. Jasim Uddin
Total Synthesis of Mansouramycin A, Abigail M. Zepeda
Submissions from 2021
KNN based piezo-triboelectric lead-free hybrid energy films, Abu Masa Abdullah, Muhtasim Ul Karim Sadaf, Farzana Tasnim, Horacio Vasquez, Karen Lozano, and M. Jasim Uddin
Potential distribution of Amblyomma mixtum (Koch, 1844) in climate change scenarios in the Americas, Mariel Aguilar-Domínguez, David A. Moo-Llanes, Sokani Sánchez-Montes, Ingeborg Becker, Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo, Adalberto Pérez de León, and Dora Romero-Salas
Synthesis of alkylthio benzene derivatives via simultaneous diazotization and nucleophilic displacement, Abraham Alvarado, Juan d. Deleija, and Jose J. Gutierrez
Do early-successional weeds facilitate or compete with seedlings in forest restoration? Disentangling abiotic versus biotic factors, Mylen Arias, Rupesh R. Kariyat, Kimberly Wahl-Villarreal, Stephany Mendez, Jesus Chavana, and Bradley O. Christoffersen
Use of ITS‑1 to identify Bactrocera dorsalis and Bactrocera occipitalis (Diptera: Tephritidae): a case study using flies trapped in California from 2008 to 2018, Norman B. Barr, Martin Hauser, Jennifer Belcher, David Salinas, Erin Schuenzel, Peter Kerr, and Stephen Gaimari
Microwave Assisted Depolymerization of Waste Pet Bottles via Glycolysis, Kingsley Bassey
Stable isotope analysis of an aberrant Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) feather suggests post-molt movements, Elizabeth M. Besozzi, Brian Chew, Daniel C. Allen, and Andrea Contina
The conservation status of the world’s freshwater molluscs, M. Böhm, N. I. Dewhurst-Richman, M. Seddon, C. Albrecht, D. Allen, A. E. Bogan, K. Cummings, G. Darrigran, W. Darwall, and Kathryn E. Perez
Virtual Screening for Potential New Chemotherapeutic Agents for the GPR119 Receptor, a Target for Type II Diabetes, Jennifer Lizeth Bravo
Multifunctional Conductive Paths Obtained by Laser Processing of Non-Conductive Carbon Nanotube/Polypropylene Composites, Federico Cesano, Mohammed Jasim Uddin, Alessandro Damin, and Domenica Scarano
Local adaptation to continuous mowing makes the noxious weed Solanum elaeagnifolium a superweed candidate by improving fitness and defense traits, Jesus Chavana, Sukhman Singh, Alejandro Vazquez, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Alexis Racelis, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Carbon Fibers Coated with Ternary Ni-Co-Se Alloy Particles as Low-cost Counter Electrode for Flexible Dye Sensitized Solar Cell, Brishty Deb Choudhury, Chen Lin, Sk Md Ali Zaker Shawon, Javier Soliz-Martinez, Jose Gutierrez, Muhammad N. Huda, Federico Cesano, Karen Lozano, Jin Zhong Zhang, and M. Jasim Uddin
RivFishTIME: A global database of fish time-series as a currency for global change ecology research in riverine systems, Lise Comte, Juan Carvajal-Quintero, Pablo A. Tedesco, Ulrich Brose, Tibor Erős, Ana F. Filipe, Marie-Josée Fortin, Katie Irving, Claire Jacquet, and Christopher M. Taylor
Domesticating the Exotic? An Online Survey of Attitudes towards the International Wildlife Pet Trade, Andrea Contina, Christopher E. Anderson, David C. Hille, William F. Oakley, Eli S. Bridge, Jeffrey F. Kelly, Haley O. Smith, Jennifer Koch, and Lori L. Jervis
Ten strategies for avoiding and overcoming authorship conflicts in academic publishing, S J. Cooke, N Young, M R. Donaldson, E A. Nyboer, D G. Roche, C L. Madliger, R J. Lennox, J M. Chapman, Zen Faulkes, and J R. Bennett
Piezoelectric Signals in Vascularized Bone Regeneration, Delfo D’Alessandro, Claudio Ricci, Mario Milazzo, Giovanna Strangis, Francesca Forli, Gabriele Buda, Mario Petrini, Stefano Berrettini, M. Jasim Uddin, Serena Danti, and Paolo Parchi
Identifying Regional Environmental and Sustainability Issues: Adoption of an Interdisciplinary Design Charrette Approach, Frank J. Dirrigl, Anita M. Chavez, and Hudson R. DeYoe
Scientific and Ethical Considerations in Rare Species Protection: The Case of Beavers in Connecticut, Frank J. Dirrigl Jr., Holmes Rolston III, and Joshua H. Wilson
Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package, Evgeny Epifanovsky, Andrew T. B. Gilbert, Xintian Feng, Joonho Lee, Yuezhi Mao, and Shervin Fatehi
Disentangling the Effects of Vapor Pressure Deficit and Soil Water Availability on Canopy Conductance in a Seasonal Tropical Forest During the 2015 El Niño Drought, Yilin Fang, L. Ruby Leung, Brett T. Wolfe, Matteo Detto, Ryan G. Knox, Bryan Powell, Charlotte Grossiord, Chonggang Xu, Bradley O. Christoffersen, and Pierre Gentine
Aprendizaje activo y pedagogía culturalmente relevante en STEM: Tres lecciones aprendidas dentro y fuera del aula, Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo
Chemical Investigation of Camu Camu (Myrciaria dubia) Leaves and Roots, Jorge L. Flores
Investigation of the C—CN Bond Activation of Fluorinated Benzonitriles with [Ni(dmpe)] and Dft Benchmarking Study with [Ni(dippe)], Dominique C. Gallegos
Deciphering the Role of Ion Channels in Early Defense Signaling against Herbivorous Insects, Akanksha Gandhi, Rupesh R. Kariyat, Amaravadhi Harikishore, Marzieh Ayati, Anirban Bhunia, and Nirakar Sahoo
Mitochondrial OPA1 cleavage is reversibly activated by differentiation of H9c2 cardiomyoblasts, Iraselia Garcia, Fredy Calderon, Patrick De la Torre, Shaynah St. Vallier, Cristobal Rodriguez, Divya Agarwala, Megan Keniry, Wendy Innis-Whitehouse, and Robert Gilkerson
Removal of Arsenic (Iii) and Arsenic (V) from Aqueous Solution via Solanum lycopersicum Phytoremediation and Essential Nutrient Analysis, Grecia W. Garcia Salazar
Mitochondrial OMA1 and OPA1 as Gatekeepers of Organellar Structure/Function and Cellular Stress Response, Robert Gilkerson, Patrick De la Torre, and Shaynah St. Vallier
