Hamed Bakhshi, a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Exploring the Structural, Magnetic, Optical, and Catalytic Properties of High-Spin Materials” on Tuesday, June 24th, 2025, at 2PM, in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes Ping Liang, Chair; Melanie Pilkington, Supervisor; Daniel R. Talham, External Examiner (University of Florida); Jasneet Kaur, Internal External Examiner; and Martin Lemaire and Travis Dudding, Committee Members.
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Paul Respicio, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend his thesis titled “On the Optical Properties of the Misfit Layer Compound (PbSe)_(1+δ)(NbSe_2)_n” on Tuesday, June 3 at 11 AM, in PL600F.
The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Maureen Reedyk, Supervisor; Christopher Homes, External Examiner (Brookhaven National Laboratory); David Crandles and Fereidoon Razavi, Committee Members.
FMS, Physics, Thesis defence
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Hansima Sanduni Keppetiyawa, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend her thesis titled “Two-Dimensional Titanium Carbide MXene for Lithium-Ion Conductive Solid-State Electrolytes” on Monday, June 2 at 11:30 AM, in WH147.
The examination committee includes Ping Liang, Chair; Jasneet Kaur, Supervisor; Sanela Martic, External Examiner (Trent University); Maureen Reedyk and Gavin Hester, Committee Members.
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Katayoun Etemadi Some Olyayi, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “Theoretical Investigation of the Electronic Structure in the Reaction Center of Acaryochloris marina” on Monday, June 2 at 11 AM, in TH253.
The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Divya Matta, Supervisor; Ré Mansbach, External Examiner (Concordia University); Jianbo Gao and Yifeng Li, Committee Members.
Biotechnology, FMS, Thesis defence
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Danilo Giacometti, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend his thesis titled “Physiological and behavioural responses to temperature and humidity in fossorial amphibians” on Monday, June 2 at 11 AM, in PL600F.
The examination committee includes Diane Mack, Chair; Glenn Tattersall, Supervisor; Donald B. Miles, External Examiner (Ohio University); Toby Mündel, Internal External Examiner; Miriam Richards and Kiyoko Gotanda, Committee Members.
Biological Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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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
Biological Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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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.
Chemistry, FMS, Thesis defence
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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.
Chemistry, FMS, Thesis defence
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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
FMS, Mathematics and Statistics, MRP Presentation
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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.
Chemistry, FMS, Thesis defence
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