The following is a list of thesis defences taking place at Brock from Monday, Aug. 12 to Friday, Aug. 16.<\/p>\n
All are open for the University community to attend.<\/p>\n
Master of Science thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Shayda Shivafard, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis, titled \u201cVector Competence and Viral Interactions of Zika Virus\u201d on Monday, Aug. 12 at 9 a.m. in CRN 207.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; L. Robbin Lindsay, External Examiner (National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada); Fiona Hunter, Supervisor; and Ping Liang,\u00a0Paul Zelisko and Adam MacNeil, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Science thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Sean Mason, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis, titled \u201cDNA Walkers: Emerging Analytical Applications, Biomolecular-Nanomaterial Probes and Biomolecule Biosensors\u201d on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 9:30 a.m. in CRN 207.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes:\u00a0Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Juewen Liu, External Examiner (University of Waterloo; Feng Li, Supervisor; and Heather Gordon and Tony Yan, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Environmental Sustainability Research Centre\u00a0MA\u00a0thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Sustainability Science and Society\u00a0student\u00a0Angela Mallette\u00a0will defend the thesis\u00a0\u201cUnderstanding perceptions of the state of the environment in relation to ecological measures: Intergroup differences and the influence of an interpretive program”\u00a0on\u00a0Aug. 12\u00a0at 9 a.m. in WH 147.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Shauna Pomerantz, Chair;\u00a0Ryan Plummer, Supervisor; Christopher Lemieux, External Examiner\u00a0(Associate Professor,\u00a0Department of\u00a0Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier\u00a0University);\u00a0Marilyne Jollineau,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; and Julia Baird and Xavier Fazio, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Psychology\u00a0MA\u00a0thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Psychology\u00a0student Laura Murray\u00a0will defend the thesis\u00a0\u201cGeneralized anxiety disorder following mild head injury: An investigation into the relationship between physiological underarousal and symptoms of anxiety”\u00a0on\u00a0Aug. 12\u00a0at 10 a.m. in\u00a0Plaza 600F.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes\u00a0Dawn Zinga,\u00a0Chair;\u00a0Dawn Good, Supervisor;\u00a0Tisha Ornstein, External Examiner\u00a0(Associate Professor, Psychology, Ryerson\u00a0University);\u00a0Michael Busseri,\u00a0Graduate Program Director;\u00a0and Karen Arnel \u00a0and\u00a0Andrew Dane, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a list of thesis defences taking place at Brock from Monday, Aug. 12 to Friday, Aug. 16. All are open for the University community to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,55,41,38],"tags":[115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59557"}],"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=59557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59558,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59557\/revisions\/59558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}