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  • September 15 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Nicholas Mackie

    Thursday, September 10, 2026 | By

    Nicholas Mackie, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Effect of Pruning and Shoot Thinning on the Physiology and Cost of Production of Pinot noir in Ontario, Canada” on Tuesday, September 15 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee includes: Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Justin Scheiner  (Texas A&M University), External Examiner; Jim Willwerth, Supervisor;  Jennifer Kelly and Wendy McFadden-Smith, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • September 10 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Seyedeh Ava Razi Razavi

    Friday, September 04, 2026 | By

    Seyedeh Ava Razi Razavi, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Generating Realistic Labeled Graphs with Conditional Generative Models” on Thursday, September 10 from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 601C.

    The examination committee includes: Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Yifeng Li (Brock University), External Examiner;  Renata Queiroz Dividino and Sheridan Houghten, Co-Supervisors;  Rahnuma Islam Nishat, Supervisory Committee Member.

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  • September 9 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Bryce Doyle

    Friday, September 04, 2026 | By

    Bryce Doyle, a Master of Science in Biotechnology candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Investigating the Role of the TrkB Receptor in the Signalling Pathways of Psychedelics” on Wednesday, September 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 601C.

    The examination committee includes: Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Melissa L. Perreault (University of Guelph), External Examiner; Charles Despres, Supervisor;  Rebecca MacPherson and Jonathan Simone, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • September 8 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Robert Kwaku Antwi

    Friday, September 04, 2026 | By

    Robert Kwaku Antwi, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Compiling a Functional Programming Language Using Combinators” on Tuesday, September 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 601C.

    The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Blessing Ogbuokiri (Brock University), External Examiner;  Michael Winter, Supervisor;  Beatrice Ombuki-Berman, Supervisory Committee Member.

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  • August 4 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Yasamin Aali

    Thursday, July 30, 2026 | By

    Yasamin Aali, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Reconfiguring the Path: Evolutionary and Neural Optimization of Hamiltonian Toolpaths for Multi-Material 3D Printing” on Tuesday, August 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, External Examiner; Rahnuma Islam Nishat, Supervisor;  Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisory Committee Member.

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  • August 14 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Cameron J. Dyrseth

    Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | By

    Cameron J. Dyrseth, a Master of Science in Physics candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Quantum Localization in Incommensurate Tight-Binding Chains” on Friday, August 14 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Jeffery Rau (Univ. of Windsor), External Examiner;  Kirill Samokhin, Supervisor;  David Crandles and Ganesh Ramachandran, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • August 13 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Areeba Iqbal

    Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | By

    Areeba Iqbal, a Master of Science in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Exciton interactions in chiral two-dimensional perovskites” on Thursday, August 13, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The defence will take place in closed format.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Jasneet Kaur, External Examiner; Jianbo Gao, Supervisor; Travis Dudding and Georgii Nikonov, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • August 12 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Ryan Gunther

    Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | By

    Ryan Gunther, a Master of Science in Statistics candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Dimensionality Reduction Approaches for Baseball Swing Motion Analysis“ on Wednesday, August 12 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in GSB 405.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Shawn Beaudette, External Examiner; William Marshall, Supervisor; Jan Vrbik and S. Ejaz Ahmed, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • June 15 – PhD Thesis Defence – Rozhin Rowshanpour

    Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | By

    Rozhin Rowshanpour, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis “Developing New Strategies in Organic Synthesis Through Photocatalytic Azo Formation, Radical Fluorination, and Carbonyl Activation” on Monday, June 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 601C.

    The examination committee members are Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Travis Dudding, Supervisor; Rebecca Davis, External Examiner (University of Manitoba); Yifeng Li, Internal Examiner; and Georgii Nikonov and Tony Yan, Advisory Committee.

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  • June 8 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Marcus Elbert Villena

    Wednesday, June 03, 2026 | By

    Marcus Elbert Villena, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend the thesis “Graph Attention Mechanisms for Modeling Pathway-Level Importance from Gene Expression” on Monday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. The defence will take place in WH147.

    The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Yifeng Li, Supervisor; Xiaojian Shao, External Examiner (National Research Council); and Tony Yan and Adonis Skandalis, Supervisory Committee Members.

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