Srini Vemulapalli, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis “Photophysical Properties of Cyclopropenium Ions with Applications in [4+2] and [3+2] Cycloadditions” on Tuesday, June 23 from 1 pm to 4 pm, in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes Marilyne Carrey, Chair; Travis Dudding, Supervisor; Stefan France, External Examiner (Georgia Institute of Technology); Jim Willwerth, Internal Examiner; and Melanie Pilkington and Tony Yan, Supervisory Committee Members.
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Rozhin Rowshanpour, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis “Developing New Strategies in Organic Synthesis Through Photocatalytic Azo Formation, Radical Fluorination, and Carbonyl Activation” on Monday, June 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 601C.
The examination committee members are Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Travis Dudding, Supervisor; Rebecca Davis, External Examiner (University of Manitoba); Yifeng Li, Internal Examiner; and Georgii Nikonov and Tony Yan, Advisory Committee.
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Temitayo Laleye, a Doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend the thesis titled “Synthesis of a Homologous Series of Bolaphosphatidylcholines: Influence of Chain Length and Rigidity on Self-Assembly and Model Phospholipid Membrane Structure” on Monday, June 1 at 11:00 a.m. in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes William Pickett, Chair; Jeffrey Atkinson, Supervisor; John Sanderson, External Examiner (Durham University); Thad Harroun, Internal Examiner; and Travis Dudding and Tony Yan, Supervisory Committee Members.
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Gabriele Delle Monache, a Doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Polynuclear Clusters of Heterometallic 3d/4f and Homometallic 3d Single Molecule Magnets: Syntheses, Optical and Magnetostructural Studies” on Thursday, April 23rd at 11:15 AM.
The examination committee includes David Butz, Chair; Melanie Pilkington, Supervisor; Chris Kozak, External Examiner (Memorial University of Newfoundland); Gavin Hester, Internal External Examiner; Martin Lemaire and Paul Zelisko, Committee Members.
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Hedieh Lotfian, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend the thesis titled “Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Hydroetherification-type Reactivity of Fluorinated Compounds” on Wednesday, January 28 at 12 PM, in Plaza 601C.
The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Travis Dudding, Supervisor; Sherry Chemler (University at Buffalo), External Examiner; and Georgii Nikonov and Paul Zelisko, Committee Members.
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MSc in Biological Sciences
Jacob Wiebe, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend the thesis titled “Physiological Oxygen and Media Conditions Influence Breast Cancer Hallmarks in Vitro” on Monday, January 19 at 9:45 AM, in Plaza 601C.
The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Jeff Stuart, Supervisor; Rebecca MacPherson (Department of Health Sciences), External Examiner; and Tony Yan and Ping Liang, Committee Members.
MSc in Physics
Rachit Kapoor, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend the thesis titled “Quantum Magnetism Under Disorder: A Study of the Bismuth Rare-Earth Germanates” on Monday, January 19 at 11:30 AM, in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Gavin Hester, Supervisor; Pat Clancy (McMaster University), External Examiner; and Ganesh Ramachandran and Jasneet Kaur, Committee Members.
MSc in Biological Sciences
Chanille Ubias, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend the thesis titled “Investigating the Post-Translational Modification of Notch1 Intracellular Domain: From Proteolytic Cleavage to Mass Spectrometric Profiling” on Tuesday, January 20 at 11 AM, in Plaza 601C.
The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Aleksandar Necakov, Supervisor; Newman S-K. Sze (Department of Health Sciences), External Examiner; and Val Andrew Fajardo and Rebecca MacPherson, Committee Members.
MSc in Chemistry
Donya Shahmoradi, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend the thesis titled “Conjugation of oligonucleotides for drug delivery via a linker derived from Meldrum’s acid and A capture-release method to synthesize long oligonucleotides” on Thursday, January 22 at 2 PM, in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Tony Yan, Supervisor; Russell D. Viirre (Toronto Metropolitan University), External Examiner; and Jianbo Gao and Dustin Duncan, Committee Members.
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Doctoral thesis defence in the Department of Chemistry
Zackery C. Watts, a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “N,N,O- and O,N,O- Diarylazo Redox-Active Ligands: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry, and Pathways to Spin Crossover Conductors” on Monday, October 20th, 1:30 PM, in PL600F.
The examination committee includes Litsa Tsiani, Chair; Martin Lemaire, Supervisor; Michael Shatruk, External Examiner (Florida State University); David Crandles, Internal External Examiner; and Art van der Est and Melanie Pilkington, Committee Members.
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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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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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