Oscar Villanueva, a Doctoral Candidate, will defend his thesis titled “Advancing detection, genomics, and secretome analysis of oomycete pathogens Phytophthora capsici and Phytopythium vexans to explore mechanisms of pathogenesis and biocontrol solutions” on Tuesday, May 20th, 9:30 AM, in PL600F.
The examination committee includes William Pickett, Chair; Alan Castle and Oualid Ellouz, Co-Supervisors; Edel Pérez-López, Ex
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Najibeh Alizadeh, a Doctoral Candidate, will defend her thesis titled “New Routes in Biocatalysis: Exploring the Impact of Grafting Silicones onto Proteins/Enzymes” on Monday, May 16th, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., in PL600F.
The examination committee includes Karen Campbell, Chair; Paul Zelisko, Supervisor; Lu Shin Wong, External Examiner (The University of Manchester); Thad Harroun, Internal External Examiner; and Melanie Pilkington and Tony Yan, Committee Members.
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Laura Voigt, a Doctoral Candidate, will defend her thesis titled “Synthesizing new bio-inspired, siloxane-containing materials: an investigation into renewable silicone materials via the application of physical self-healing processes” on Tuesday, May 13th, 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., in PL600F.
The examination committee includes David Butz, Chair; Paul Zelisko, Supervisor; Anne Ladegaard Skov, External Examiner (Technical University of Denmark); Amir Mofidi, Internal External Examiner; and Jeffrey Atkinson and Divya Matta, Committee Members.
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Sheraz Ahmad, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will present his MRP (STAT 5P99) titled “Enhancing Stock Price Predictions: The Impact of Sentiment Analysis on Forecasting Accuracy Across Models and Time Horizons” on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 10:00 am, virtually.
Examination Committee Members:
Supervisor: Dr. Tianyu Guan
Supervisory Committee Members: Dr. Pouria Ramazi
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Doctoral thesis defence in Chemistry
Anne S. Worrell, a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Use of Oximes and Schiff-bases as Bridging/Chelating Ligands with Select 3d and 3d/4f ions in Cluster Chemistry and a Mechanistic Insight into the roles of Transition Metal ions in the Formation of Tetrazoles” on Friday, March 7, 2025, at 2:15 PM, in STH361.
The examination committee includes William Pickett, Chair; Melanie Pilkington, Supervisor; Louise Dawe, External Examiner (Wilfrid Laurier University); Gavin Hester, Internal External Examiner; and Martin Lemaire and Art van der Est, Committee Members.
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Doctoral thesis defence in Physics
Jeremy Dion, a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend the thesis titled “Discovery of a Pseudogap Attributed to Charge Density Wave Order at the β- β’ Phase Transition in As2Te3 and the Influence of Cu and Ge Doping on its Properties” on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at 2 PM, in CRN 207.
The examination committee includes Brian Roy, Chair; Maureen Reedyk, Supervisor; Sasa Dordevic, External Examiner (The University of Akron); Dustin Duncan, Internal External Examiner; and Thad Harroun and David Crandles, Committee Members.
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Master of Science MRP presentation in Statistics
Bridget Konadu Sarfo, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will present her major research paper titled: “Optimal Design and Planning for Random Effect Models and Models with Measurement Errors” on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at 10:30 AM, virtually.
The examination committee includes Xiaojian Xu, Supervisor; Tianyu Guan, Committee Member.
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Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Sciences
Brendan Park, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Sciences, will defend his thesis titled: “Leveraging the Latent Space for Model
Understanding and Optimization” on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at 12:30 PM, in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Yifeng Li, Supervisor; Blessing Ogbuokiri, External Examiner (Brock University); and Ali Emami and Sheridan Houghten, Committee Members
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Master of Science thesis defence in Physics
Parisa Rouzbazar, a Master of Science Candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend her thesis titled “Collective Excitonic Modes in Materials with Hexagonal Carbon Rings” on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 11 AM, in CRN 207.
The examination committee includes Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Ganesh Ramachandran, Supervisor; Divya Matta, External Examiner (Brock University); and David Crandles and Jasneet Kaur, Committee Members.
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Master of Science thesis defence in Chemistry
Erin Fancy, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled: “Towards Multifunctional Materials based on Coordination Complexes of Sulfur-Containing Diarylazo and Cucurbit[6]uril Ligands” on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 1 PM, in PL600F.
The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Melanie Pilkington and Martin Lemaire, Co-Supervisors; Stephen Loeb, External Examiner (University of Windsor); and Vaughn Mangal, Committee Member.
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