Doctoral Oral Exams for August 16–20

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

Trang Le, Ph.D., Mathematics and Statistics, Monday, Aug. 16, 1 p.m. Dissertation: “Mathematical Model for Osteosarcoma Progression and Treatments.” Leili Shahriyari, chr

Prashant Meckoni, Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Monday, Aug. 16, 3 p.m. Dissertation: “Analyses on Multi-Class Patient Appointment Scheduling And Multi-Specialty Capacity Estimation.” Hari Balasubramanian, chr.

Jared Starr, Ph.D., Environmental Conservation, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 9:30 a.m., Holdsworth 312A. Dissertation: “US Household Carbon Footprints.” Craig Nicolson, chr.

Katherine Keith, Ph.D., College of Information and Computer Sciences, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m. Dissertation: “Social Measurement and Casual Inference with Text.” Brendan O’Connor, chr.

Sarah Ward, Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m., Conte Polymer Research Building/Zoom. Dissertation: “Developing Injectable and Implantable Polymer Zwitterion Platforms for Glioblastoma Treatment.” Todd Emrick, chr.

Aaron Christian Foote, Ph.D., Sociology, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1 p.m. Dissertation: “Colonialism by Another Name: Regionalization and the Origins of the Flint Water Crisis.” Cedric de Leon, chr.

Andrew Havens, Ph.D., Mathematics and Statistics, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 3:30 p.m. Dissertation: “Equivariant Surgeries and Irreducible Embeddings of Surfaces in Dimension Four.” R. Inanç Baykur, chr.

Minming Li, Ph.D., School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1 p.m. Dissertation: “Statistical Machine Learning Methods for Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI High-Dimensional Data.” Ed Stanek, chr.

Alam García-Heredia, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Thursday, Aug. 19, 10 a.m., Morrill 2, Room 222/Zoom hybrid. Dissertation: “Synthesis and Targeting of the Bacterial Cell Wall.” Sloan Siegrist, chr.

Karmen Naidoo, Ph.D., Economics, Thursday, Aug. 19, 10:30 a.m., Crotty Hall, Room 308. Dissertation: “Three Essays on Structural Change and Labor Market Adjustment in Developing Countries.” Léonce Ndikumana, chr.

Johanna Ortner, Ph.D., Afro-American Studies, Thursday, Aug. 19, 11 a.m. Dissertation: “Whatever concerns them, as a race, concerns me:” The Life and Activism of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.” Manisha Sinha, chr.

Ana Torres-Ocampo, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2 p.m. ILC N101/Zoom hybrid. Dissertation: “Understanding how CaMKII Holoenzyme Dynamics Facilitates Activation-Triggered Subunit Exchange.” Meg Stratton, chr.