Doctoral Oral Exams for July 21, 2025 – July 25, 2025

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The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Bob Muhwezi, PhD., Electrical and Computer Engineering
Monday, July 21, 2025, 10:00AM, KEB 109.
Dissertation: “Remote Ensing Applications for Infrastructure Planning in Data Scarce Countries.” Jay Taneja, Chair.

Xueting Liang, PhD., Animal Science
Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 10:00AM, ILC N101. 
Dissertation: “Investigating the Role of Let-7/miR-17/92 Axis in CD8 T Lymphocyte Differentiation.” Leonid Pobezinsky, Chair.

Kevin Henderson, PhD., Political Science
Thursday, July 24, 2025, 11:00AM, Thompson 420.
Dissertation: “Beyond the Lavender Meance: Lesbian and Sexual Politics in the National Organization for Women (NOW) 1967-2000.” Sonia E. Alvarez, Chair.

Rachel Tavares, PhD., Plant Biology
Thursday, July 24, 2025, 9:30 AM, LSL N410. 
Dissertation: “Investigating of Potential and Known Weedy Rice (Oryza Sativa) Competitiveness Traits: Beneficial Plant-Microbe Relationships and the Genetic Basis of Seed Shattering.” Ana Caicedo, Chair.

Gayan Udugama, PhD., Resource Economics
Thursday, July 24, 2025, 3:00PM, Stockbridge 303 and via Zoom. 
Dissertation: “Three Essays in Environmental and Resource Economics: Climate Risk, Pollution, and Recreation.” David Keiser and Jamie Mullins, Co-Chairs.

Griffin Kane, PhD., Biomedical Engineering
Thursday, July 24, 2025, 10:00AM, LSL N610.
Dissertation: “Immunomodulatory Lipid Nanoparticles for “Prime-Pull” Cancer Vaccination.” Prabhani Atukorale and Cathal Kearney, Co-Chairs.

Teerapong Jantarat, PhD., Chemistry
Friday, July 25, 2025, 1:30PM, LSL N210 and via Zoom.
Dissertation: “Quantitative Multiplexed Imaging of Nanomaterial Biological Distributions Using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.” Richard Vachet, Chair.

Katherine Otter, PhD., Neuroscience and Behavior
Friday, July 25, 2025, 3:00PM, Morrill II 222.
Dissertation: “Behavioral and Molecular Characterization of State-Dependent Decision-Making in a Predatory Nudibranch.” Paul S. Katz, Chair.

Hanxu Xia, PhD., Management
Friday, July 25, 2025, 9:30AM, ISOM N220. 
Dissertation: “Does Segment Reporting Influence Investors’ Judgements? The Debiasing Role of Roll-Back Reconciliation.” Elaine Wong and Christopher Agoglia, Co-Chairs.

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