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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Marcus Elbert Villena, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend the thesis “Graph Attention Mechanisms for Modeling Pathway-Level Importance from Gene Expression” on Monday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. The defence will take place in WH147.
The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Yifeng Li, Supervisor; Xiaojian Shao, External Examiner (National Research Council); and Tony Yan and Adonis Skandalis, Supervisory Committee Members.
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Atieh Sarvi, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend the thesis titled “ Network-Based Gene Prioritization for Major Depressive Disorder Using Integrated Biological Data ” on Tuesday, June 2 at 11:00 a.m. in MC H313.
The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Sheridan Houghten, Supervisor; Yifeng Li, External Examiner (Brock University); and Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisory Committee Member.
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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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Zachary McGovarin, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend the thesis titled “Three-Body Diffusion: A Novel Molecular Generation Model for Multi-Target De Novo Drug Design” on Wednesday, May 20 at 10:00 a.m. online.
The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Betty Ombuki-Berman, Supervisor; Blessing Ogbuokiri, External Examiner (Brock University); and Yifeng Li and Divya Matta, 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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Nicholas Holditch, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend his thesis titled “Investigating Lipase Stability in Hydrophobic Solvent at Extreme Temperatures: A Molecular Dynamics Study of Candida Antarctica Lipase B in Polydimethylsiloxane” on Tuesday, April 14 at 9:30 AM, in WH147.
The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Thad Harroun and Peter Berg, Co-Supervisors; Régis Pomès, External Examiner (University of Toronto); Edward Sternin, Committee Member.
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Melanie Denommé Stauder, a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Analyzing common husbandry practices and potential indicators of welfare in Pogona vitticeps ” on Wednesday, March 4 at 10 AM, in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes Michael Owen, Chair; Glenn Tattersall, Supervisor; Noam Miller, External Examiner (Wilfrid Laurier University); Dustin Duncan, Internal External Examiner; Cheryl McCormick, Gaynor Spencer, and Georgia Mason (University of Guelph), Committee Members.
Biological Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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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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