Doctoral Oral Exams for August 12-16, 2024

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

Tejas Savalia, Ph.D., Psychology, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m., Tobin 423 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Investigating the Role of Predictive Representatives in Implicit Event Boundaries, Statistical Learning and Categorization.” Andrew Cohen, chair.

Rong Fan, Ph.D., Public Health, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m., Goessmann 285 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Impact of Fish Oil Intake and Hyperthermia Therapy on Metabolic Health.” Young-Cheul Kim, chair.

Apakorn Phasuk, Ph.D., Chemistry, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Reactions of Metal and Metal Oxide Cluster Cations with Small Organic Molecules.” Ricardo Metz, chair.

Anne Le, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 10:30 a.m., Gunness Student Center-Marcus Hall and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Computational Investigations of Catalytic and Separation Approaches for Plastics Upcycling.” Peng Bai, chair.

Ceren Goral, Ph.D., Animal Science, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 9 a.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Hormonal Control in Mammary Development and Uterine Health: Insights from Cell Lines and Animal Models.” Lisa Minter, chair.

Evon Petek, Ph.D., Polymer Science, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 3 p.m., Conte Research Building A110/111. Dissertation: “Monitoring Intermolecular Interactions and Interfacial Reactions Through the Wetting Behavior of Thin Polymer Films.” Reika Katsumata, chair.

Kimberly Pereira, Ph.D., Chemistry, Thursday, Aug. 15, 1 p.m., Lederle 1681. Dissertation: “Exploring the Chemistry of Shockwaves Using Femtosecond X-Ray Diffraction.” James Walsh, chair.

Xuhong Chen, Ph.D., Polymer Science, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2 p.m., Conte Research Building A110/111. Dissertation: “Self-Assembly of Collagen Type II in Solutions and Hyaluronan Networks.” M. Muthukumar, chair.

Debamanyu Das, Ph.D., Economics, Thursday, Aug. 15, 10 a.m., Crotty Hall 308 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Critical Minerals and the Green Transition.” Robert Pollin, chair.

Yijun Sun, Ph.D., Communication, Thursday, Aug. 15, 9 a.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Media Vessels: An Archeology of Electronic Media.” Briankle Chang, chair.

Arpita Biswas, Ph.D., Economics, Friday, Aug. 16, 9:30 a.m., via Zoom. Dissertation:  “Development and Dispossession: Class and Gender Perspectives from Neoliberal Delhi, India.” Vamsicharan Vakulabharanam, chair.