Robb, Maxwell J.

Committee Member — 31 thesises

• Overholts, Anna Camille — A Novel Platform for Mechanochemical Multicolor Lithography and Models for Solution-Phase Mechanophore Activation (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fulton, Tyler James — Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (–)-Myrifabral A and B, Havellockate, and New Strategies for Acyclic Stereocontrol (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ramachandran, Karthik — Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Gain Ductility, Resistance to Hydrolysis, and Radial Strength via a Unique Poly L-lactide Microstructure (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lawniczak, James Joseph — Computational Investigations of Organometallic Catalysis (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stegner, Andrea Anna Therese — Design and Application of Complexity Generating Strategies and Transformations in Natural Product Synthesis (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alexy, Eric John — Development of Enantioselective Transition-Metal Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Methodologies (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• DeLano, Travis Jon — Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cross-Coupling Reactions (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dibrell, Sara Elise — Development of Oxidation and Transition Metal-Mediated Reactions and Application to Natural Product Synthesis (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Osler, Skylar Kathleen — Elucidating Fundamental Structure-Property Relationships of Naphthopyran Mechanophores (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Alexia Nahyun — Enantioselective Syntheses of Tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) via Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of (+)-Cyanocycline A (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Hanwei — Engineered Living Material Based on Protein-Mediated Bacterial Assembly (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Yan — Expanding Molecular Designs for Mechanochromic Polymers (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Obana, Maiko — Genetically Encoded 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) Functionality for Fabrication of Protein-Based Conductive Polymers (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xiong, Shuoyan — Insertion of Olefins into Nickel Alkyl Complexes: Mechanistic Studies and Polymerization Catalysis (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zeng, Tian — Masked 2-Furylcarbinol Derivatives: A Modular and General Platform for Mechanically Triggered Molecular Release (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Turro, Raymond Farnon — Mechanistic Investigations and Development of Ni-Catalyzed Cross- Electrophile Coupling Reactions (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barber, Ross William — Mechanophore Strategies for the Development of Polymers with Mechanically Gated Responsive Behavior (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tseng, Yu-Ling — Molecular Design of Advanced Mechanophore Scaffolds for Triggered Release (2027, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Hojin — New Long End-Associative Polymers for Mist Control in I. Aqueous Solutions and II. Hydrocarbon Solvents (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Meng (Stella) — Polymer Mechanochemistry Using Ultrasound: From Fundamental Reactivity to Controlled Drug Delivery (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beck, Jordan Casey — Reaction Development for the Total Syntheses of the Terpenoid Natural Products (+)-Psiguadial B, (+)-Rumphellaone A, and (–)-Isodocarpin (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hicks, Elliot Frederick — Stereoselective Synthesis of α- and β-Functionalized Carbonyl Derivatives: Allylic Alkylation of Dialkyl Malonates, Total Synthesis of Hunterine A, and Progress Toward the Synthesis of Kuroshine A (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Husic, Corey Christopher — Strategies for the Mechanically Triggered Release of Small Molecules (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gan, Quan — Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers by Ring Expansion and Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goldstein, Elizabeth Lee — Synthesis of Enantioenriched (Poly)Fluorinated Building Blocks, 2,2-Disubstituted Pyrrolidines and [7,7]Paracyclophanes (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sercel, Zachary Patrick — Synthesis of Organic Building Blocks and Synthetic Strategies Toward Aleutianamine (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shimozono, Alexander Mitsuo — The Development of Ni-Catalyzed Methods for Application in Total Synthesis (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McFadden, Molly Elizabeth — The Emerging Mechanochemistry of Naphthopyran (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Hao — The Total Synthesis of Aleutianamine, (–)-Crotonolide D, and (–)-Crotonine G (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Versaw, Brooke Ann — Thermally and Mechanically Responsive Platforms for Functional Polymeric Materials (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wong, Alice Rose — Total Syntheses of the C19 Diterpenoid Alkaloids (–)-Liljestrandisine and (–)-Liljestrandinine (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))