Master of Science thesis defence
Jessica Carlene Prosser, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Role of Viral Infections in Rapid Prunus Decline in the Niagara Region” on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Jonathan Griffiths and Charles Despres, Co-Supervisors; Baozhong Meng, External Examiner (University of Guelph); Ping Liang, Committee Member.
Biological Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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Doctoral thesis defence in Chemistry
Lihi Habaz, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in Chemistry Department, will defend her thesis titled “Synthesis of C1-Homologues of Narciclasine” on Tuesday, Sept 20, 2022 at 8 a.m., in MC D350I (hybrid).
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Jeffrey Atkinson, Interim Supervisor; Martin Banwell, External Examiner (Jinan University); Aleksandar Necakov, Internal External Examiner; Paul Zelisko and Arthur van der Est, Supervisory Committee Members.
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Master of Science thesis defence
Scott Miskey, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Approaches Towards a Total Synthesis of Daphenylline” on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Costa Metallinos, Interim Supervisor; Ang Li, External Examiner (Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences); and Paul Zelisko and Arthur van der Est, Committee Members.
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Master of Science thesis defence
Penghan Yan, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Fog Connectivity Clustering and MDP
Modeling for Software-defined Vehicular Networks” on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 at 1 p.m. in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Robson De Grande, Supervisor; Brian J. Ross, External Examiner (Brock University); and Ke Qiu and Naser Ezzati-Jivan, Committee Members.
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Doctoral thesis defence in Biotechnology
Christine Kempthorne, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “Secret gardens: Exploring horticultural and ecological chemistry through mass spectrometry-based metabolite profiling” on Thursday, Sept 8, 2022 at 11:30 am, virtually.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Vincenzo De Luca and David Liscombe, co-Supervisors; Susan Murch, External Examiner (University of British Columbia); Huidi Wang, Internal External Examiner; Jeffrey Atkinson and Heather Gordon, Supervisory Committee Members.
Biotechnology, FMS, Thesis defence
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Eric de Hoog, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Modulation of Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels by Retinoic Acid Signaling” on Monday, August 29th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in MC H313.
The examination committee members are Brian Roy, Chair; Gaynor Spencer, Supervisor; Alan Lomax, External Examiner (Queen’s University); Val Fajardo, Internal Examiner; and Cheryl McCormick and Joffre Mercier, Advisory Committee.
Biological Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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Aliona Baradzenka, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Synthesis and Reactivity of Low Valent Silicon and Phosphorus Compounds” on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 11 a.m., in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Georgii Nikonov, Supervisor; John D. Protasiewicz, External Examiner (Case Western Reserve University); Maureen Reedyk, Internal External Examiner; Tony Yan and Costa Metallinos, Committee Members.
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Master of Science thesis defence
Mary Onyekwelu, a Master of Science candidate in the Center for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “Transient and Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy on Photosystem I Reaction Centers” on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 at 11 a.m., virtually.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Art van der Est, Supervisor; Wade Johnson, External Examiner (Susquehanna University); and Jeff Stuart and Tony Yan, Committee Members.
Biotechnology, FMS, Thesis defence
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Master of Science thesis defence
Onyinye Sandra Okafor, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Dinoflagellate cyst record and paleoceanography through the Pliocene– Pleistocene transition at ODP Site 1143, southern South China Sea” on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022 at 9:30 a.m., virtually.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Martin J. Head, Supervisor; James B. Riding, External Examiner (British Geological Survey, UK); and Francine McCarthy and Richard Cheel, Committee Members.
Earth Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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Master of Science thesis defence
Olivia Rita Marie Bagshaw, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Evaluating and targeting mitochondrial dynamics and plasticity in conditions of mitochondrial dysfunction” on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 at 1 p.m. in MC H313.
The examination committee includes Yifeng Li, Chair; Jeff Stuart, Supervisor; Adam J. MacNeil, External Examiner (Brock University, Dept. of Health Sciences); and Jeffrey Atkinson and Paul J. LeBlanc, Committee Members.
