Doctoral Oral Exams for May 17–21

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates. All exams will be held via video conferencing. Contact the department for online meeting information.

Final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates are scheduled as follows:

Leydi Mercedes Vidal Perlaza, Ph.D., African American Studies, Monday, May 17, 9 a.m.  Dissertation: “Black Organizations as a Way to Increase Black Students’ College Attendance Rates by Improving their Academic Performance at Primary and Secondary Schools.”  Dania Francis, chr.

Cheng-Hsuan Li, Ph.D., Chemistry, Tuesday, May 18, 2 p.m.  Dissertation: “Polymer-based Strategies for Therapeutic Delivery to Bacterial Biofilms.”  Vincent Rotello, chr.

Devika Dutt, Ph.D., Economics, Wednesday, May 19, 9:30 a.m.  Dissertation: “The Political Economy of the Costs of Foreign Exchange Intervention.”  Gerald Epstein, chr.

Angelica Simonetti, Mathematics, Wednesday, May 19, 10 a.m.  Dissertation: “Z/2Z-Equivariant Smoothings of Cusp Singularities.”  Paul Hacking, chr.

Mahdad Mansouree, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wednesday, May 19, 3 p.m.  Dissertation: “Metasurfaces Design and Optimization with Adjoint Method.”  Amir Arbabi, chr.

Rachael Berstein, Ph.D., Plant Biology, Thursday, May 20, 1 p.m.  Dissertation: “Mechanisms Associated with Winter Survival in Perennial Ryegrass.”  Michelle DaCosta, chr.

Emily Melzer, Ph.D., Microbiology, Friday, May 21, 1 p.m.  Dissertation: “Mycobacterial Morphology and Cell Envelope: Construction and Maintenance.”  Sloan Siegrist, chr.

Aman Sharma, Ph.D., Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences, Friday, May 21, 1 p.m.  Dissertation: “Mechanisms of DNA Damage Associated with Estrogen Receptor Alpha-Interplay of Non-Canonical DNA Secondary Structures.”  D. Joseph Jerry, chr.