Articles tagged with: Thesis defence

  • June 15 – PhD Thesis Defence – Rozhin Rowshanpour

    Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | By

    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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  • June 8 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Marcus Elbert Villena

    Wednesday, June 03, 2026 | By

    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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  • June 2 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Atieh Sarvi

    Wednesday, May 27, 2026 | By

    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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  • June 1 – PhD Thesis Defence – Temitayo Laleye

    Wednesday, May 27, 2026 | By

    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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  • May 20 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Zachary McGovarin

    Thursday, May 14, 2026 | By

    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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  • April 23 – PhD Thesis Defence – Gabriele Delle Monache

    Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | By

    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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  • April 14 – MSc. Thesis Defence – Nicholas Holditch

    Friday, April 10, 2026 | By

    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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  • March 4 – PhD Thesis defence – Melanie Denommé Stauder

    Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | By

    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.

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  • Jan 28 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Hedieh Lotfian

    Wednesday, January 28, 2026 | By

    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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  • Thesis Defence – Jan 1 – 27 2026

    Thursday, January 01, 2026 | By

    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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