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  • Aug 29 – PhD Thesis Defence – Ryan Douglas Hallam

    Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | By

    PhD in Biological Sciences

    Ryan Douglas Hallam, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend his thesis titled “Investigating β- and γ-secretase function and processing of APP with genetic and pharmacological tools” on Friday, August 29 at 11AM, in CRN 207.

    The examination committee includes Philip Sullivan, Chair; Aleksandar Necakov, Supervisor; Margaret Fahnestock, External Examiner (McMaster University); Newman Sze, Internal External Examiner; Stephen Glasgow and Rebecca MacPherson, Committee Members.

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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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