The following Master’s Theses were made possible through support from the US National Science Foundation through the CREST program’s Award Number: HRD 1547757,  Fisk University Center of Excellence for Biological Signatures and Sensing (BioSS)

1) Jodiene Johnson, “Deciphering the role of Germline-Specific Protein MAGEA9 in Cancer”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2020.

2) Murtidevi Nauth, “THE EFFECT OF BINARY BLACK HOLES ON GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATIONS OF THE VERY EARLY UNIVERSE”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2020.

3) Bria Collier, “CHARACTERIZING THE MOISTURE SENSITIVITY OF Cs2HfCl6 AND Cs2HfCl4Br2”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2020.

4) Krystal Ruiz-Rocha, “A Sea of Black Holes: Characterizing the Expected Signature of Stellar Origin Binaries in the LISA Band”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2020.

5) RaNashia Boone, “Understanding antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Acinetobacter baumannii”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2020.

6) Michelle Gomez, “Calibration of a DEXA Prototype Using Strontium Iodide Doped with Europium Coupled to a Silicon Photomultiplier for Bone Imaging”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2020.

7) Kricia Ruano Espinoza, “Europium-doped strontium iodide (SrI2(Eu2+)) scintillator crystals in dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) for bone densitometry imaging”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2020.

8) Aaron Hunsaker, “Production and Characterization of Ceramic Cs2HfCI6 for Gamma Ray Spectroscopy”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2019.

9) Matthew Galazzo, “Post Synthesis Modifiable Polymers sing Cyanuric Chloride and Derivatives for Fuel Cell Applications”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2019

10) Crisel Suarez, “Computational Methods for the Scintillator Cs2HfCl6 (CHC) and Solar Flares”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2019.

11) Briana Whitehead, “Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance in the Human Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2019.

12) Amber Britt, “Photochemical Modeling of Terrestrial Atmospheres and Their Potential Biosignatures: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2019.

13) Austin Anthony, “RNA sequencing- a multipurpose tool for identifying genes critical for dopamine system functioning or bacterial resistance to radiation”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2019.

14) Shawndise Beachem, “Study of the potential of europium doped strontium iodide in comparison to sodium iodide for optimum gamma camera parameters for SPECT imaging”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2018.

15) Debresha Shelton, “Monoamine oxidase and catechol-O-methyltranserases Modulate Dopamine-Mediated Behavior”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2018.

16) Destane Garrett, “FKH-8 Controls Transcription of Important Signaling Components for CO2-Sensing by BAG Neurons”, Master’s thesis, Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, 2018.