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Doctoral Oral Exams for July 20-24, 2026

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

Purity Mugambi, Ph.D., Computer Science, Monday, July 20, 10 a.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Identifying and Intervening on Treatment Disparities in Electronic Health Record Data.” Madalina Fiterau, chair.

Shruti Shirol, Ph.D., Physics, Monday, July 20, 2 p.m., LGRT 1033 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Passive Quantum Error Correction of First-Order Photon-Loss Errors in a Bosonic Qubit.” Chen Wang, chair.

Yubing Yao, Ph.D., Public Health, Monday, July 20, 2 p.m., SPHHS 213 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Active Subnetwork Approaches and Variable Selection in Structured Data, with Application to Metabolomics.” Raji Balasubramanian, chair.

Joshua Russell, Ph.D., Computer Science, Monday, July 20, 10 a.m., CSL E239. Dissertation: “Threshold Logic Technology Mapping and Optimization.” Hava Siegelmann, chair.

Arvind Sathyavageeswaran, Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tuesday, July 21, 10 a.m., LSL N410 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Designing Peptide-Based Complex Coacervates for the Encapsulation of Globular Proteins.” Sarah L. Perry, chair.

Ananya Ganesh, Ph.D., Economics, Friday, July 24, 10 a.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Technocracy’s Objects: IMF Conditionality and the Manufacturing of New Economic Reason.” Lawrence King, chair.