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

Kwang-Won Park, Ph.D., Chemistry, Monday, May 9, 11 a.m., Goessman 153. Dissertation: “Vapor Deposition Strategies for Tuning Surface and Interface Chemistry for Optoelectronics and Biosensors.” Trisha Andrew, chr.

Dipika Nandi, Ph.D., Animal Science, Monday, May 9, 2 p.m., 135 Integrated Sciences Building. Dissertation: “Functional Nanoparticles for Inflammasome-targeted Applications: From Diagnosis to Therapy.” Ashish Kulkarni, chr.

Eduardo Garcia-Fernandez, Ph.D., Hispanic Literature and Linguistics, Tuesday, May 10, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “The Intonational Form of Asturian Vocatives and Their Contribution to Utterance Meaning.” Meghan Armstrong-Abrami and Maria Biezma, co-chrs.

Katherina Tetzloff, Ph.D., Hispanic Literature and Linguistics, Wednesday, May 11, 11 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Examining Spanish Monolingual and Bilingual Phonotactics: A Look at sC-clusters.” Danielle Thomas, chr.

Emily Smith, Ph.D., Chemistry, Wednesday, May 11, 2 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Elucidating the Function of Ions in Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics.” D. Venkataraman, chr.