Master of Science thesis defence
Amirali Madani, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Multi-Guide Particle Swarm Optimization for Large-Scale Multi-Objective Optimization Problems” on Monday, August 23, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Beatrice Ombuki-Berman, Supervisor; Brian Ross, External Examiner; and Naser Ezzati-Jivan and Kyle Harrison, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence
Autumn Heyde, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Crawford Lake Consumers: Water Column and Palynological Studies” on Friday, July 30, 2021 at 9 a.m. in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Francine McCarthy, Supervisor; Andrew S. Medeiros, External Examiner (Dalhousie University); and Glenn Tattersall and Michael Pisaric, Committee Members.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Anton Dmitrienko, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Reactivity of Aluminum Carbenoid with Unsaturated Substrates” on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 1 p.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Georgii Nikonov, Supervisor; Eric Rivard, External Examiner (University of Alberta); David Crandles, Internal External Examiner; Martin Lemaire and Heather Gordon, Committee Members.
Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
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Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Margaret Thibodeau, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Thermal tasting: methodological considerations and implications for alcohol behaviour” on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 3:30 p.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Gary Pickering, Supervisor; Joanne Hort, External Examiner (Massey University, NZ); Sidney J. Segalowitz, Internal External Examiner; Cheryl McCormick and Ping Liang, Committee Members.
Biological Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Tahereh Afsharvosoughi, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend her thesis titled “Structural, Magnetic and Vibrational Studies of Entropy Stabilized Oxides” on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11 a.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; David A. Crandles, Supervisor; Jiri Hlinka, External Examiner (Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences); Martin Lemaire, Internal External Examiner; Maureen Reedyk and Fereidoon Razavi, Committee Members.
FMS, Physics, Thesis defence
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Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Danielle Williams, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “Discovery of a novel cytochrome P450, (+)-vincadifformine 19-hydroxylase (V19H), distinguishes separate branch pathways forming aspidosperma-type monoterpenoid indole alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus roots” on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 9 a.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Vincenzo De Luca, Supervisor; Peter J. Facchini, External Examiner (University of Calgary); Rebecca MacPherson, Internal External Examiner; David Liscombe and Feng Li, Supervisory Committee Members.
Biotechnology, FMS, Thesis defence
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Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Nico Bonnano, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Design of Redox-active Ligands: In Pursuit of Stable Radicals, their Complexes, and Assembly of Paramagnetic Coordination Clusters” on Friday, June 11, 2021 at 11 a.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Martin Lemaire, Supervisor; Tim Storr, External Examiner (Simon Fraser University); Maureen Reedyk, Internal External Examiner; Tomas Hudlicky and Georgii Nikonov, Committee Members.
Chemistry, FMS, Thesis defence
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Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Shasha Hu, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Metarhizium robertsii interactions with Phaseolus vulgaris (Haricot Bean)” on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 3 p.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Michael Bidochka, Supervisor; Travis Glare, External Examiner (Lincoln University, New Zealand); Rick Cheel, Internal External Examiner; David Liscombe and Alan Castle, Supervisory Committee Members.
Biological Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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Master of Science thesis defence
Bahareh Yavarizadeh, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will defend her thesis titled “Some New Estimators in Linear Mixed Models with Measurement error” on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 11:30 a.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; S. Ejaz Ahmed, Supervisor; Xuewen Lu, External Examiner (University of Calgary); and Jan Vrbik and Pouria Ramazi, Committee Members.
FMS, Mathematics and Statistics, Thesis defence
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Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Ivor Smajlagic, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Synthesis of Cyclopropenium-Appended Organocatalysts and Applications” on Friday, April 30, 2021 at 1 p.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Travis Dudding, Supervisor; Michael K. Denk, External Examiner (University of Guelph); Francine McCarthy, Internal External Examiner; Arthur van der Est and Paul Zelisko, Committee Members.
Chemistry, FMS, Thesis defence
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