The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Sept. 23 and Friday, Sept. 27.<\/p>\n
PhD in Biological Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Jae Jung, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cInvestigating Neuromodulator Mechanisms of Cotransmitter Proctolin in Drosophila Neuromuscular Junctions\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in PLZ 601C.<\/p>\n The examination committee members are Brian Roy, Chair; Joffre Mercier, Supervisor; Jean-Paul V. Paluzzi, External Examiner (York University); Val Fajardo, Internal Examiner; and Stefan Brudzynski and Ping Liang, Advisory Committee.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n PhD in Applied Health Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Colton Watson, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cDissecting the role of MAP3Ks TAK1 and ASK1 in IgE-Fc\u03b5RI mediated mast cell exocytosis\u201d on Thursday, Sept. 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. in PLZ 601C.<\/p>\n The examination committee members are Brian Roy, Chair; Adam MacNeil, Supervisor; Marianna Kulka, External Examiner (University of Alberta); Jeffrey Atkinson, Internal Examiner; and Val Fajardo, Aleksandar Necakov and Litsa Tsiani, Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n Master of \u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences (Leisure Studies) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Halla Naamneh Yassin,\u00a0a Master of\u00a0\u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Physically Active Leisure with (and Beyond) Limits: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Mothers of Autistic Children\u201d on Monday, Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Erin Sharpe, Chair; Alisa Grigorovich, Supervisor;\u00a0Dawn Trussell,\u00a0External Examiner\u00a0(Brock University); and\u00a0Heather Church and Corliss Bean,\u00a0Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Science in Mathematics and Statistics thesis defence <\/strong><\/p>\n Reza Miry, a Master of Science in Mathematics and Statistics candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cTime Series Prediction: HMMs with TAN and Bayesian Network Observation Structures” on Monday, Sept. 23 at 9:30 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Stephen Anco, Chair; Pouria Ramazi and Tianyu Guan, Co-Supervisors; Rahul G. Krishnan, External Examiner (University of Toronto); and William Marshall and Xiaojian Xu, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Science in Computer Science thesis defence <\/strong><\/p>\n Antor Mahmud, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cPrivacy-Preserving Federated Learning on Knowledge Graph Embeddings via Contrastive Alignment ” on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 10 a.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Chair; Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisor; Glaucio H.S. de Carvalho, External Examiner (Brock University); and Brian Ross and Robson de Grande, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Arts in Psychology thesis defence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Amy Csordas, a Master of Arts in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cThe Fear Enjoyment Hypothesis: Psychopathic traits and Invincibility\u201d on Friday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to noon in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Dawn Zinga, Chair; Angela Book, Supervisor; Michael Savage, External Examiner (Brock University); Karen Campbell, Graduate Program Director; and Drew Dane and Tim Murphy, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Sept. 23 and Friday, Sept. 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,188,55,41,38],"tags":[28,8907,567,2156,546,13847,522,1512,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95767"}],"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=95767"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95776,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95767\/revisions\/95776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}