{"id":101909,"date":"2025-05-30T10:59:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=101909"},"modified":"2025-05-30T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:59:23","slug":"thesis-defences-june-2-to-june-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/05\/thesis-defences-june-2-to-june-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 June 2 to June 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, June 2 and Friday, June 6.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Psychology thesis defence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tabeer Afzal, a Master of Arts in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cThe Perceived Believability of Everyday Lies from Adolescence to Adulthood\u201d on Thursday, June 5 at 10 a.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Rosemary Condillac, Chair; Angela Evans, Supervisor; Naomi Andrews, External Examiner (Brock University); Karen Campbell, Graduate Program Director; and Alison O&#8217;Connor (Mount Allison University) and Drew Dane, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies thesis defence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Julianne Mills, a Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cDoes the HEXACO Indirectly Link Victimization and Individual Wellbeing?\u201d on Friday, June 6 at 10 a.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Rebecca Raby, Chair; Tony Volk, Supervisor; Rosemary Condillac, External Examiner (Brock University); Heather Ramey, Graduate Program Director; and Natalie Spadafora and Ann Farrell, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Master of \u200bScience in Applied Health Sciences (Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ridhi Patel, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cUnderstanding the Role of IsoDGR in Neurodegeneration\u201d on Thursday, June 5 from 9 a.m. to noon in CRN 427.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examination committee includes Brent Faught, Chair; Newman Sze, Supervisor; Melanie Alpaugh, External Examiner (University of Guelph); and Litsa Tsiani and Rebecca MacPherson, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PhD in Biological Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danilo Giacometti, PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cPhysiological and behavioural responses to temperature and humidity in fossorial amphibians\u201d on Monday, June 2 at 11 a.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examination committee includes Diane Mack, Chair; Glenn Tattersall, Supervisor; Donald Miles, External Examiner (Ohio University); Toby M\u00fcndel, Internal External Examiner; and Miriam Richards and Kiyoko Gotanda, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Master of Science in Biotechnology thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katayoun Etemadi Some Olyayi, a Master of Science in Biotechnology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cTheoretical Investigation of the Electronic Structure in the Reaction Center of Acaryochloris marina\u201d on Monday, June 2 at 11 a.m. in TH 253.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Divya Matta, Supervisor; R\u00e9 Mansbach, External Examiner (Concordia University); and Jianbo Gao and Yifeng Li, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Master of Science in Physics thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hansima Sanduni Keppetiyawa, a Master of Science in Physics candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cTwo-Dimensional Titanium Carbide MXene for Lithium-Ion Conductive Solid-State Electrolytes\u201d on Monday, June 2 at 11:30 a.m. in WH 147.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examination committee includes Ping Liang, Chair; Jasneet Kaur, Supervisor; Sanela Martic, External Examiner (Trent University); and Maureen Reedyk and Gavin Hester, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Master of Science in Physics thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Respicio, a Master of Science in Physics candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cOn the Optical Properties of the Misfit Layer Compound (PbSe)_(1+\u03b4)(NbSe_2)_n\u201d on Tuesday, June 3 at 11 a.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Maureen Reedyk, Supervisor; Christopher Homes, External Examiner (Brookhaven National Laboratory); and David Crandles and Fereidoon Razavi, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, June 2 and Friday, June 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,188,55,41,38],"tags":[45,7488,522,29,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101909"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101964,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101909\/revisions\/101964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}