Doctoral oral exams for July 30 to Aug. 3

Allison Branch, Ph.D., Psychology. Monday, July 30, 9 a.m., 129 Tobin Hall. Dissertation: “The Importance of Relationship Quality in Informal HIV Caregiving: A Dyadic Process.” David Scherer, chr.

Timo Friedrich, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology. Monday, July 30, 2 p.m., 222 Morrill II South. Dissertation: “Identification and Functional Characterization of the Zebrafish Gene Quetschkommode (que).” Gerald Downes, chr.

Tanushree Tokle, Ph.D., Food Science., Tuesday, July 31, 10 a.m., 228 Chenoweth Lab. Dissertation: “Design and Fabrication of Functional Lipid Nanoparticles Based on Control of Interfacial Properties Using Biopolymers.” David McClements, chr.

Patrick Tudryn, Ed.D., Education., Tuesday, July 31, 10 a.m., 151 Hills-South. Dissertation: “Examining Leadership Practices and the Roles of Special Education Leaders through the Distributed and Collaborative Lenses.” Mary Lynn Boscardin, chr.

John Edison, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering. Wednesday, Aug. 1, 10 a.m., Gunness Student Center, Marcus Hall. Dissertation: “Modeling the Relaxation Dynamics of Fluids in Nanoporous Materials.” Peter Monson, chr.

Andrea Ayvazian, Ed.D., Education. Wednesday, Aug. 1, 1 p.m., 163 Hills House South. Dissertation: “Principles and Practices for Community-Based Adult Education Through the Lens of a Hatcher-Assagioli Synthesis.” Ash Hartwell, chr.

Iren Levina, Ph.D., Economics. Friday, Aug. 3, 9:30 a.m., 9th Floor Conference Room, Thompson Hall. Dissertation: “The Sources of Financial Profit: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of the Transformation of Banking in the U.S.” David Kotz, chr.

Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli, Ph.D., Chemistry. Friday, Aug. 3, 10 a.m., 329 Integrated Sciences Building. Dissertation: “Breaking the Barriers of All-Polymer Solar Cells: Solving Electron Transporter and Morphology Problems.” D. Venkataraman, chr.

Lin Jin, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering. Friday, Aug. 3, 1 p.m., Gunness Student Center, Marcus Hall. Dissertation: “Modeling the Self-Assembly of Ordered Nanoporous Materials.” Peter Monson and Scott Auerbach, co-chrs.