UT Chem/Biochem Dept

The 2014-2015 Beckman Scholars

	Logan Bishop Stevenson group Probing solvent-ion interactions using experiment and theory
	Yousef Okasheh Ellington group Electronic control of proteins, pathways, and cells

The 2013-2014 Beckman Scholars

	Marco Howard Henkelman group Identification and tuning of nanoparticle catalysts
	Hannah MacDonald Ellington group Targeting insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) for potential cancer therapeutic

The 2012-2013 Beckman Scholars

	Ricky Garza Martin group Total synthesis of Jiadifenolide
	Wade Wang Willson group Synthesis and characterization of self-immolative polymers

The 2011-2012 Beckman Scholars

	Sam Bienvenu Shear group An investigation of population-dependent antibiotic resistance of bacteria using picoliter scale enclosure
	Yafei Ouyang Schmidt group Creating a pre-vascularized tissue scaffold by re-endothelializing decellularized tissue

The 2010-2011 Beckman Scholars

	Aaron Seo Ellington group Targeting the RNA binding protein Musashi for therapy in tumors of neural origin
	Danny Tabor Stanton group Calculation of enthalpies of formation via isodesmic and hypohomodesmotic reaction schemes

The 2009-2010 Beckman Scholars

	Travis Turner Martin group Concise syntheses of isopavine alkaloids and their analogs
	Matt Welborn Henkelman group Long timescale simulation of core-shell nanoparticle kinetics

The 2008-2009 Beckman Scholars

	Lynne Chantranupong Georgiou group Engineering humanized arginine deaminase for use as a novel cancer therapy
	Devin A. Matthews, PhD Stanton group An extension of the equation-of-motion coupled cluster method to biradicals

The 2007-2008 Beckman Scholars

	Sawyer Croley, MD Stevenson group Evaluation of carbon supported bimetallic nanoparticles for heterogeneous catalysis of hydrogenation reactions
	Nick Simmons Martin group Transition metal catalysis of carbonylative cross-coupling of ortho, ortho-disubstituted arenes

The 2006-2007 Beckman Scholars

	Olga Dykhno Willson group Toward the Development of Dynamic Polymer Catalysts
	Nathan Froemming Stevenson group Survival of the Fittest: Using Genetic Evolutionary Algorithms to Design Better Fuel Cell Catalysts

The 2005-2006 Beckman Scholars

	Tom Holcombe, PhD Willson group Nano-scale pillar formation for the purpose of power production
	Jonathan Rice, MD Willson group Polyolefin destabilization: New approaches to tertiary recycling

The 2004-2005 Beckman Scholars

	Emily Cole, PhD (Barton) Stevenson group Facile Assembly of Functional Materials using Lithographically Controlled Wetting
	Sarah Rodriguez, PhD Iverson group Chemistry of Antibody Binding Affinity and Specificity Towards Bacillus anthracis Toxin

The 2003-2004 Beckman Scholars

	Megan Wachsmann, MD (Breeden) Ellington group The Inhibition of HIV-1 via Gene Therapy using Aptamers
	Lauren Woodard, PhD (Harkinson) Browning group A Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of the Isozyme Form of eIF4F in A. thaliana

The 2002-2003 Beckman Scholars

	Erin Oakman, PhD Ellington group Molecular Combing: A "low-tech" method for making electronic nanostructures
	Myrrh Sagy, DVM Shear group The Characterization of Intracellular Environments Using Axonal Electrophoresis

The 2001-2002 Beckman Scholars

	Nick Conley, PhD Willson group Nonlinear optics: Designing new materials
	Stella Kang, MD (Maeng) Belcher group RNA-Directed Design of Nanostructures using Peptides with Nanocrystal Binding Specificity
	Will Renthal, MD/PhD Iverson group Improving antimicrobial cationic peptides

The 1999-2000 Beckman Scholars

	Sarah McCarthy, JD (Faulkner) Ellington group Molecular evolution of beta-glucuronidase
	Hau Ho White group Formation and characterization of interfaces between dielectric materials and silicon
	Cindy Ly, MD/PhD Shear group Subcellular characterization of D-amino acids
	Sara West, MD/PhD (Martinez) Appling group The role of homocysteine in metabolism
	Shanti Nulu, MD Iverson group Enzyme evolution using fluorescence-activated cell sorting