Doctoral Oral Exams for Aug. 8 – 12

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

Baris Guven, Ph.D., Economics, Monday, Aug. 8, 10 a.m., Crotty Hall room 308 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Three Essays on Technological Change, the State and Employment.” David Kotz, chr. 

Sandor Babik, Ph.D., Chemistry, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Elucidating the Interactions of K48-Linked Ubiquitin Chains with UCH37/UCHL5.” Eric Strieter, chr.

Maura Zimmerman, Ph.D., Plant Biology, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 10 a.m. French 209. Dissertation: “Root Growth Dynamics in Response to Moderate Temperatures” Tobias Baskin, chr.

Shuqi Li, Ph.D., Food Science, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Bifidobacterium Longum subsp. Infantis Utilization of Human Milk Nitrogen is Linked to Carbohydrate Metabolism.” David Sela, chr.

Haneen Mansoor, Ph.D., Chemistry, Thursday, Aug. 11, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “The Dynamic Interplay of Defects and Transition Metal Dopants in Metal Oxide Semiconductors: A Balancing Act.” Kevin Kittilstved, chr.

Shannon Mooney, Ph.D., English, Thursday, Aug. 11, noon, via Zoom. Dissertation: “No There There: New Jersey in Multiethnic Writing and Popular Culture Since 1990.” Asha Nadkarni, chr.

Marianne Neal-Joyce, Ph.D., Sociology, Thursday, Aug. 11, noon, via Zoom. Dissertation: “The Quotidian Quantifier: Fitness Tracking and the Mundanity of Surveillance.” Anthony Paik, chr.

Lei Zheng, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Thursday, Aug. 11, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Polyesters Derived from Biobased 1,5-Pentanediol for Coatings, Adhesives, and Biodegradable Plastics.” John Klier, chr.

Minming Li, Ph.D., Biostatistics, Friday, Aug. 12, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Statistical Machine Learning Methods for Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI High-Dimensional Data.” Edward Stanek III, chr.