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  • Aug 28 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Jennifer Kujani

    Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | By

    MSc in Biotechnology

     

    Jennifer Kujani, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “A Study of Lipid-Protein Binding Assays With α-Tocopherol Transfer Protein Using Surface Plasmon Resonance” on Thursday, August 28 at 1 PM, in TH253.

    The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Jeffrey Atkinson, Supervisor; Jason Baardsnes, External Examiner (National Research Council), and Dustin Duncan and Stephen Glasgow, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • Aug 27 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Md. Siraium Munir Prince

    Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | By

    MSc in Computer Science

    Md. Sirajum Munir Prince, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “High-Order Graph Neural Networks and Contrastive Meta-Learning for Few-Shot Node Classification” on Wednesday, August 27 at 2 PM, virtually.

    The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisor; Robson De Grande, External Examiner (Brock University); and Rahnuma Islam Nishat, Committee Member.

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  • Aug 12 – PhD Thesis Defence – Wantao (Noah) Xiao

    Thursday, August 07, 2025 | By

    Wantao (Noah) Xiao, a Doctoral Candidate, will defend his thesis titled “In vitro Transcriptomic Biomarker Discovery for Psychedelic Tryptamines and Its Applications for High-throughput Drug Screening Platform Development” on Tuesday, August 12 at 11 AM. The defence will be held in closed format.

    The examination committee includes Wendy Ward, Chair; Charles Després, Supervisor; Javier González-Maeso, External Examiner (Virginia Commonwealth University); Rebecca MacPherson, Internal External Examiner; and Jonathan Simone and Jim Willwerth, Committee Members.

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  • July 31 – MSc in Physics Thesis Defence – Mathew Alex

    Thursday, July 24, 2025 | By

    MSc in Physics thesis defence

    Mathew Alex, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend his thesis titled “Nonlinear Wave Equation for an Elastic String:

    Derivation, Symmetries, and Conserved Quantities” on Thursday, July 31 at 11 AM, in TH253.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Stephen Anco, Supervisor; Alexey Shevyakov, External Examiner (University of Saskatchewan); and Alexandre Odesski , Committee Member.

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  • June 24 – PhD. Thesis Defence – Hamed Bakhshi

    Thursday, June 19, 2025 | By

    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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  • June 3 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Paul Respicio

    Thursday, May 29, 2025 | By

    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.

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  • June 2 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Hansima Sanduni Keppetiyawa

    Thursday, May 29, 2025 | By

    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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  • June 2 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Katayoun Etemadi Some Olyayi

    Thursday, May 29, 2025 | By

    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.

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  • June 2 – PhD Thesis Defence – Dianilo Giacometti

    Thursday, May 29, 2025 | By

    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.

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  • May 20 – PhD. Thesis Defence – Oscar Villanueva

    Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | By

    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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