Cameron J. Dyrseth, a Master of Science in Physics candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Quantum Localization in Incommensurate Tight-Binding Chains” on Friday, August 14 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.
The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Jeffery Rau (Univ. of Windsor), External Examiner; Kirill Samokhin, Supervisor; David Crandles and Ganesh Ramachandran, Supervisory 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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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.
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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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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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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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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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Doctoral thesis defence in Physics
Jeremy Dion, a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend the thesis titled “Discovery of a Pseudogap Attributed to Charge Density Wave Order at the β- β’ Phase Transition in As2Te3 and the Influence of Cu and Ge Doping on its Properties” on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at 2 PM, in CRN 207.
The examination committee includes Brian Roy, Chair; Maureen Reedyk, Supervisor; Sasa Dordevic, External Examiner (The University of Akron); Dustin Duncan, Internal External Examiner; and Thad Harroun and David Crandles, Committee Members.
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Master of Science thesis defence in Physics
Parisa Rouzbazar, a Master of Science Candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend her thesis titled “Collective Excitonic Modes in Materials with Hexagonal Carbon Rings” on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 11 AM, in CRN 207.
The examination committee includes Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Ganesh Ramachandran, Supervisor; Divya Matta, External Examiner (Brock University); and David Crandles and Jasneet Kaur, Committee Members.
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Master of Science thesis defence in Physics
Jaskaran Maan, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend his thesis titled “mKdV Loop Travelling Waves and Interactions of Loop Solitons ” on Wednesday, October 2 at 11 AM., in MC D303.
The examination committee includes Robson De Grande, Chair; Stephen Anco, Supervisor; Alexander Bihlo, External Examiner (Memorial University, NL); and Edward Sternin and Barak Shoshany, Committee Members.
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Doctoral thesis defence in Physics
Mahdieh Gol Bashmani Moghadam, a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend her thesis titled “Hidden Laplace-Runge-Lenz symmetry groups of transformation in Classical Mechanics and General Relativity” on Thursday, August 29 at 10 AM., in RFP 214/215.
The examination committee includes Brian Roy, Chair; Stephen Anco, Supervisor; Cristina Stoica, External Examiner (Wilfrid Laurier University); Henryk Fuks, Internal External Examiner, and Kirill Samokhin and Barak Shoshany, Committee Members.
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