Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research

Volume 25, number 1, WINTER 2026

PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON CHITOSAN-HYALURONIC ACID SILOXY-AMINO MODIFIED CONTACT LENSES FOR OCULAR DRUG DELIVERY

Emily R. Wanous*^a, Hayley P. Masching*^a, Jennifer L. Cox*^b, Clark T. Egland*^a, Brock Salm*^a, Joseph W. Keppen^c, Paul G. Egland^b, Grigoriy A. Sereda^c and Jetty L. Duffy-Matzner^a†

^aDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD 57197

^bDepartment of Biology, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD 57197

^cDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069

∆-TOF MASS SPECTROMETRY – TOPOGRAPHIC SURFACE IMAGING BY MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION TIME-OF-FLIGHT

Varun Kadiyala* and Andreas H. Franz^†
Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211

QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF PHENOLICS, FLAVONOIDS AND CAFFEINE IN RELATION TO DPPH AND ABTS ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF ARIZONA^® READY-TO-DRINK TEAS

Daphne Hernandez*¹, Francesca Marchese*², Nicole Gaspar*², Alena Romanova*¹, Elmer-Rico E. Mojica^†²

¹Department of Biology, Pace University, New York, NY 10038

²Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace University, New York, NY 10038

DIFFERENTIATING HONEY AND SYRUP USING ATR-FTIR SPECTROSCOPY AND CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Thomas Panzera*, Natalie D. Rodrigues* and Elmer-Rico E. Mojica^†

Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace University, New York, NY 10038

SYNTHESIS OF SIX PUTRESCINE ANALOGS AS POSSIBLE ANTIOXIDANTS

Michael Farid*, Shannon Gorecki*, Vincent Maria*, Abigail Stocker*, and Francis C. Mayville Jr.^†

DeSales University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center Valley, PA 18034

SPOTLIGHTING THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Wendy Shaw: Associate Laboratory Director, PNNL

Rachel Shubella: Ph.D. candidate, Portland State University

ISSN-1541-6003

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