Masters

Diao, Haowen (2012) Synthesis and chemosensing ability of novel pyrene-isoxazole-calix[4]arene constructs. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Reynolds, Collette Regina (2015) Synthesis, Characterisation and Antifungal Activity of Copper(II)-Functionalised Silicone Polymers and Silicone-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ao, Xiang (2017) The synthesis and study of novel fluorescence probes for Nitroreductase. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Abogunrin, Anthony (2017) The Synthesis and Study of Novel Squaramide Scaffolds: From Sensors to Soft Materials. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Mao, Nan (2018) The synthesis and study of novel squaramide-based anion sensors. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

D'Arcy, Kevin (2020) Synthesis and Stability Studies of Novel Tellurium(IV) Compounds. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Moran, Lucy (2017) The Formation and Characterisation of Protein Bigels. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Grundzi, Ales (2021) Squaramide-Naphthalimide Conjugates as Potential Self-Assembled Materials and as DNA Binders. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Halpin, Grace (2019) Lactose and Lactic acid Biosensor Development for Dairy Sample Analysis. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Bermingham, Kobi P. (2022) The Development of a Gamma-(γ)-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Biosensor and Characterisation of an L-Glutamate Biosensor for Neurochemical Analysis. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Murphy, Eoghain (2023) Electroanalysis of Small Molecule Therapeutics at Nanostructured Electrode Surfaces. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Phelan, Emer (2023) NDM-3: A Study of the Expression, Purification, and Characterisation of a B1-type metallo β-lactamase. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Healy, Bronach Michelle (2022) The Electrochemical Detection of Acetaminophen and the Enantioselective Recognition of Tyrosine Enantiomers using a modified carbon-based electrode. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

PhD

Smith, Alanna (2012) Synthesis and Characterisation of Silver(I)-Bioglues and Assessment of Biological Activity of AgNO3 Against Staphylococcus aureus. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Collier, Martin (2004) Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of the Luminescence Spectroscopy of atomic Mercury and atomic Manganese isolated in Rare Gas Solids. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lall, Patrick (2009) Structural Investigations of Nematode Anhydrobiotic and Rab11-FIP Proteins by Far-UV Circular Dichroism and Mid-IR Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Harley, Claire (2009) The Formation of an Electrochemical Sensor for the Selective Detection of Dopamine. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Doyle, Linda S. (2009) NH-Isoxazolidines as Organocatalysts. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Curran, Robert J. (2009) Silver (I) Complexes as Antimicrobial and Anticancer Drugs. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McDermott, Sinead (2010) Polypyrrole Modified with Macrocycles for the Detection of Aqueous Pollutants and Carbon Membranes for the Separation of Gases. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Annibaldi, Valeria (2010) Polypyrrole modified with sulfated β-cyclodextrin: characterization and application in the sensing of viologens. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hendy, Gillian M. (2009) Polypyrrole modified with sulfonated beta-cyclodextrin: Controlled release of DA and host-guest complexation properties. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Byrne, Owen (2010) Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Europium atoms in low temperature solids - an experimental and theoretical study. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Walsh, John (2010) Novel Schiff-base and Benzamide N,O-Donor Ligands for Development as Fluorionophores and Selective Metal Ion Binders. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ryan, Eimear M. (2010) The Incorporation and Controlled Release of Anionic Drugs from a Polypyrrole Membrane Film. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Murray, Ciaran Anthony (2010) The Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Phthalocyanines – Experiment and Theory. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Tallon, Theresa M. (2010) Synthesis of imidazole schiff base ligands, their silver (I) complexes and their activities against candida albicans. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Goutier, Wouter (2011) Putative changes in dopaminergic neurotransmission following nicotine induced behavioural sensitisation. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Doyle, Richard (2011) A Polypyrrole/Sulfonated Calixarene Modified Electrode for the Electochemical Detection of Dopamine. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Carroll, Ciaran Joseph (2011) The Development of Chitosan Microspheres for Use as Agrochemical Delivery or Agropollutant Adsorption Systems. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hamilton, Anita (2012) The Formation and Characterisation of a Polypyrrole Based Sensor for the Detection of Urea. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Carragher, Ursula (2013) An Electrochemical Investigation into the Corrosion Protection Properties of Coatings for the Active Metal Copper. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Toole, Laura (2013) Self-Assembly of Calix[4]Arene Amine Derivatives. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Algay, Virginie (2012) Isoxazole Linked siRNA Cholesterol Conjugates by Catalyst Free Nitrile Oxide/Alkyne Cycloadditions. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Gavin, Declan P. (2012) Design, synthesis and evaluation of organocatalysts in 1,4-conjugate additions to nitroolefins and alkylidene malonates. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Murphy, John J. (2012) Studies in Synthesis and Organocatalysis: (i) The Design and Synthesis of Novel Electron Deficient Dienes and their Application in the First Enamine Activated Organocatalytic 1,6-Conjugate Addition. (ii) The Development of a New Organocatalytic Methodology through the Combination of DNA-Based Catalysis and Organocatalysis. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Flaherty, Roisin (2012) Synthetic Alkyl Glycolipids as Therapeutic Agents: Their Synthesis as Potential iNKT Cell Stimulators and their Anti- Microbial Properties. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Moloney, Emer (2014) Electrochemical synthesis and characterisation of polypyrrole/chitosan films doped with molecular anions. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Riordan, Saidhbhe (2013) Oxidative stress markers in neurological diseases and disorders: electrochemical detection of hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Bennett, Rachel (2012) Brain energy metabolism: development and application of novel live methodologies. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Freeman, Colin (2012) Site-Specific Labelling of Nucleic Acids by Catalyst-Free 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Buggy, Carol Elizabeth (2012) The Synthesis of Glucosamine-Based Derivatives with Potential as Immunomodulators, Kinase Inhibitors, and Prodrugs. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Pierce, Kenneth W. (2012) The Design, Development and Characterisation of a new Biosensor for In-vivo Neurochemical Monitoring of ᴅ-Serine. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McCarthy, Conor P. (2013) Development of Novel Methodologies for the Electrodeposition of Polypyrrole-based Films in Controlled Morphologies with Potential Application in Nitrate Sensing. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Dura, Adelaide (2013) Electrocoagulation for Water Treatment: the Removal of Pollutants using Aluminium Alloys, Stainless Steels and Iron Anodes. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Maher, Niall (2013) Heterocyclic Calix[4]arene Derivatives for Fluorescence Investigations. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Baker, Keeley (2013) The Development of Microelectrochemical Choline and Acetylcholine Biosensors for Real-Time Neurochemical Monitoring. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Abbey, Lorna (2013) The Synthesis of Amphiphilic Glycolipids as Potential Inhibitors of Bacterial Adhesion. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Garry, Lynn M. (2013) The Electrochemical Characterisation of Carbon-based Nanomaterials and their Application in the Detection of Heavy Metal Ions. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Devine, Robert (2013) Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of antidiabetic agents. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

St. Mart, Dean Edward (2013) Design, synthesis and fluorescent characterisation of 2,5-dihydro-1,2,3-triazines. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Gao, Haixin (2013) Synthesis, Characterisation and Transition Metal Ion Complexation Studies of “Pocket-Like” Imine and Amide Derivatives. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Dolan, Niamh Anne (2013) Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Organic and Metal Based Antimicrobial Agents. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Fogarty, Wayne Daniel (2013) Preparation and Characterisation of Ionic Liquids and Investigations into their Potential use in the Absorption and Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Gnahore, Gama Theophile (2014) Carbon Paste Macrocycle Doped Composite Electrodes for the Selective Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Wynne, Andrea M. (2014) Biological Monitoring of Oxygen and Nitric Oxide: The Development and Characterisation of Real-Time Microelectrochemical Sensors. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Qiu, Xin (2013) Synthesis and Evaluation of New Antimicrobial Agents and Novel Organic Fluorophores. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Sheridan, Ursula (2014) Synthesis and Coordination Studies of Novel Heteroaryl Tetrazoles. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Fox, Catherine M. (2014) Electrochemical Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles for Applications in Nitrate Detection, Catalysis and Antibacterial Activity. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McNamara, Ruth (2014) A Critical Evaluation of Screening versus Sample-by-Sample Analysis of Protein Aggregation using a Variety of Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Techniques. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McCarron, Pauraic (2014) Progressing the Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry and Biological Evaluation of Phenanthrolines. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Branagan, David (2014) The Formation of Metal Nanoparticle-Carbon Nanotube Composite Materials for the Non-enzymatic Detection of Glucose. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Buggy, Aoife (2018) Influence of Protein Concentration on Heat-Induced Aggregation and Subsequent Functionality of Whey Proteins. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

James, Susan (2015) The self-assembly of proteins: Probing anisotropic protein-protein interactions using phase diagrams. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Blumlein, Alice (2016) The Self-Organisation of Biological Soft matter Systems at Different Length-scales. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Davis, Barry (2016) Luminescence Spectroscopy of Strontium and Barium atoms isolated in Low Temperature Solids – an experimental and theoretical study. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Curtin, Adam (2015) Expression, inhibition and in silico modelling of human neuronal nitric oxide synthase. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Migas, Urszula Magdalena (2016) A Bottom-Up Approach to Building an Artificial Cell by Self-Assembly. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Herdman, Karen (2016) Development and Characterisation of a Carbon Based pH Microsensor and Studies on Polypyrrole Nanowires. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Henchy, Christopher (2016) The Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy of Metal Phthalocyanines and Metal Phthalocyanine Chlorides Isolated in Low Temperature Solids. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Byrne, Jonathan (2018) Analytical Studies Concerning the Stability of Betamethasone Valerate and Fusidic acid Hemihydrate in Topical Pharmaceutical Preparations. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Gulati, Arunima (2019) Effect of Dairy Cow Diets on the Composition and Processing Characteristics of Milk. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Reddy, Andrew (2017) The Synthesis of Functionalized Glycosides: Coordination Chemistry, Antiparasitic Activity, Precursors to Conformationally Constrained Macrocyclic Architectures and Photophysical Properties. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Nixon, Matthew (2020) Organised Chaos: defining different degrees of intrinsic disorder by molecular dynamics methods. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Kelada, Mark (2018) The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of (I) Arylpiperazines and (II) Pyrazolopyrimidinones as potential anti-diabetic agents. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ramos Ondono, Jessica (2018) The Synthesis and Characterisation of Novel Low Molecular Weight Gelators and their Applications in Electrospinning to Develop Biocompatible Materials and Tissue Scaffolds. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hayden, Jack (2017) Synthesis and Characterisation of Photoresponsive Azobenzene-Biomolecule Conjugates. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Reid, Caroline H. (2018) Neurochemical Monitoring in a Humanised Murine Model of Parkinson’s Disease using Amperometry and Microdialysis. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Quinn, Michelle K. (2018) Alterations in the phase behaviour of human γD-crystallin due to mutagenesis and chemical modification of the protein surface. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Driver, Ross B. (2017) i) Design and Synthesis of Butadiene Substrates for Organocatalytic Transformations ii) Synthesis of Functionalized Biaryls and Pyran Derivatives. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Harbison, Aoife M. (2021) Emerging out of the “blur”: exploration, evaluation and significance of 3D N-glycans’ structure through molecular dynamic studies. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Power, Orla (2013) Formation and Characterisation of Nanostructured Polypyrrole Films: Their Growth on Membrane Supports and Application in Heavy Metal Remediation. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McGuinness, Niall B. (2013) Synthesis and Characterisation of N-substituted Pyrrole Monomers and Polypyrrole Films. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Gallagher, Louise (2012) Preparation and Characterisation of Alginate Composite Beads and Investigations into their Potential Use in Environmental Applications. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ahmed, Muhib (2019) Transition Metal Complexes of Novel Phenanthroline Derivatives and their Antibacterial Activity. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Sullivan, Justine (2016) Structure Activity Study of a Family of Functional Pyrene-Isoxazole-Calix[4]arene Fluorescent Chemosensors for Metal Ion Detection. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Andreoli, Enrico (2010) Electrochemical Deposition of Copper and Zinc Nanomaterials at Polypyrrole Thin Films. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Marchetti, Luke A. (2022) Towards Responsive Squaramides: Anion Recognition, Sensing, and Transport. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Grace, Mark (2019) Physical characterisation and stability of purified whey proteins in the presence of novel calcium salts. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Doyle, Amanda (2020) Studies in organic and medicinal chemistry: (i) Synthesis, antimicrobial evaluation, and photophysical studies of novel conjugated systems; (ii) Antimicrobial evaluation of pyrazolopyrimidinone heterocycles. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Martin, Harlei (2019) The Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Anti-Adhesion Glycoconjugates Against Opportunistic Pathogenic Candida albicans. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Moynihan, Eoin (2023) Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Anti-Cancer Platinum(IV) Glycoconjugates using CuAAC “Click” Chemistry. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Yu, Tian (2024) The Detection and Removal of Pollutants in Aquatic Environments: Developing Sensitive Electrochemical Sensors and Using Magnetic Adsorbents. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Geraghty, Conor (2024) The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Nitroreductase Triggered Sensors and Theranostics. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Wynne, Conor (2024) Responsive Synthetic Peptide Conjugates – From Sensors to Peptidomimetics. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Fogarty, Carl A. (2023) Characterisation of structure-to-function relationships in free and protein-linked glycans by computer simulation techniques. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.