Temitayo Laleye, a Doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend the thesis titled “Synthesis of a Homologous Series of Bolaphosphatidylcholines: Influence of Chain Length and Rigidity on Self-Assembly and Model Phospholipid Membrane Structure” on Monday, June 1 at 11:00 a.m. in Plaza 600F.

The examination committee includes William Pickett, Chair; Jeffrey Atkinson, Supervisor; John Sanderson, External Examiner (Durham University); Thad Harroun, Internal Examiner; and Travis Dudding and Tony Yan, Supervisory Committee Members.