{"id":92004,"date":"2024-04-05T09:57:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=92004"},"modified":"2024-04-05T17:39:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T21:39:38","slug":"thesis-defences-april-8-to-april-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/04\/thesis-defences-april-8-to-april-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 April 8 to April 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, April 8 and Friday, April 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Management (Finance) thesis defence<\/strong><strong>s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Md Ata-e Rabbi, a Master of Science in Management candidate, will defend the<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>thesis \u201cMarket Reactions to Dual-class Share Unification and Creation: Evidence from Canada\u201d on Friday, April 12 at 10 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Brent Faught, Chairperson; Ernest Biktimirov, Supervisor; Ashrafee Tanvir Hossain (Memorial University), External Examiner; and Don Cyr and Jin Lei, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Mateo Paez Beltran, a Master of Science in Management candidate, will defend the<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>thesis \u201cThe effect of tweets on cryptocurrencies around the pandemic period\u201d on Thursday, April 18 at 10 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee\u00a0includes Miguel Cardoso, Chairperson; Walid Ben Omrane, Supervisor; Hatem Ben Ameur (HEC Montr\u00e9al), External Examiner; and Mohamed A. Ayadi and Ernest Biktimirov, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Biological Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Benton, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cThe Behaviour and Ecology of Mosquito Vectors&#8221; on Wednesday, April 10 at 9:30 a.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Fiona Hunter, Supervisor; Nathan Burkett-Cadena, External Examiner (University of Florida); and Ian Patterson and Kiyoko Gotanda, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Biotechnology thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matteo Iacucci, a Master of Science in Biotechnology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cSynthesis of a Carbazole Nucleoside for Incorporation into Oligonucleotides to Study Z-DNA structures &amp; Study of Phosphorothioate Structures in Human DNA &#8221; on Friday, April 12 at 9:30 a.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Tony Yan, Supervisor; Derek O\u2019Flaherty, External Examiner (University of Guelph); and Jeffrey Atkinson and Aleksandar Necakov, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Psychology thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Christopher, a Master of Arts in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis &#8220;Honesty-Humility and Economic Games: The Role of Power&#8221; on Friday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to noon in WH 147 and hybrid virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Jessica Blythe, Chair; Tony Volk, Supervisor; Jennifer Connolly, External Examiner (York University); Michael Busseri, Graduate Program Director; and Ann Farrell and Michael Ashton, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of \u200bScience in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Health Sciences) thesis defences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kian Rego, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cEmbedding a Culture of Research in Canadian Community Hospitals\u201d\u00a0on Wednesday, April 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Val Michaelson, Chair; Madelyn Law, Supervisor; Dr. Dominique Piquette, External Examiner (Sunnybrook Research Institute); and Jennifer Tsang and Kathryn Halverson, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Martin Andonovski, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cThe effect of PPAR\u03b2\/\u03b4 stimulation on soleus contractile and metabolic function in the rodent model of Barth syndrome\u201d\u00a0on Thursday, April 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. in STH 261.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Litsa Tsiani, Chair; Paul LeBlanc, Supervisor; Gaynor Spencer, External Examiner (Brock University); and William Gittings and Val Fajardo, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, April 8 and Friday, April 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,39,188,55,41,38],"tags":[28,49,3404,7488,348,522,594,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92004"}],"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=92004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92008,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92004\/revisions\/92008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}