Articles tagged with: Thesis defence

• May 13 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Margaret Hughes – Biological Sciences

  Tuesday, April 28, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Margaret Hughes, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Influence of perimeter plantings on plant and invertebrate diversity in vineyard ecosystems” on Wednesday, May 13 at 2 p.m. in virtual format.

  The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Liette Vasseur, Supervisor; Lesley G. Campbell, External Examiner (Ryerson University); and Miriam Richards and Wendy McFadden-Smith, Committee Members.

  Tags: Biological Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• March 11 – PhD Thesis Defence – Parisa Abbasi

  Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Parisa Abbasi, PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Investigating the Cluster Chemistry of α-Methyl-2-pyridine methanol (mpmH) with Select 3d Ions” on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 10 a.m. in Cairns 550.

  The examination committee includes Wendy Ward, Chair; Melanie Pilkington, Supervisor; Mark Turnbull, External Examiner (Clark University); Francine McCarthy, Internal External Examiner; and Georgii Nikonov and Costa Metallinos, Committee Members.

  Tags: Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Feb 28 – PhD Thesis Defence – Wanxiangfu (Daniel) Tang – Biological Sciences

  Thursday, February 20, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Wanxiangfu (Daniel) Tang, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend his thesis titled “The role of mobile elements in recent primate genomes” on Friday, Feb 28, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. in WH 206.

  The examination committee includes Wendy Ward, Chair; Ping Liang, Supervisor; Zhongming Zhao, External Examiner (University of Texas); Yifeng Li, Internal External Examiner; and Alan Castle and Douglas Bruce, Committee Members

  Tags: Biological Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Feb 12 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – James Paterson

  Monday, February 10, 2020 | By jsteepe

  James Paterson, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “A Hybrid Approach to Network Robustness Optimization using Edge Rewiring and Edge Addition” on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. in RFP 303.

  The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Beatrice Ombuki-Berman, Supervisor; Charlie Obimbo, External Examiner (University of Guelph); and Brian J. Ross and Ke Qiu, Committee Members.

  Tags: Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Feb 13 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Pardis Asgari

  Friday, January 31, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Pardis Asgari, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Stress and the Development of Social Behaviour in Adolescent Female Rats” on Thursday, February 13 at 9 a.m. in Plaza 600F.

  The examination committee includes Francine McCarthy, Chair; Cheryl McCormick, Supervisor; Veena Dwivedi, External Examiner (Brock University, Dept. of Psychology); and Joffre Mercier and Miriam Richards, Committee Members.

  Tags: Biological Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Feb 10 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Kurtis Bauer

  Friday, January 31, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Kurtis Bauer, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend his thesis titled “Resistivity of Single Crystal Molybdenum Dioxide” on Monday, February 10 at 11 a.m. in RFP303.

  The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Fereidoon Razavi, Supervisor; Stefan Kycia, External Examiner (University of Guelph); and Maureen Reedyk and Thad Harroun, Committee Members.

  Tags: Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Physics, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Feb 4 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Sharnendu Banik

  Tuesday, January 28, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Sharnendu Banik, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Effect of the Side Effect Machines in Edit Metric Decoding” on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 at 1 p.m. in WH 147.

  The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Sheridan Houghten, Supervisor; Joseph Alexander Brown, External Examiner (Innopolis University, Tatarstan, Russia); and Brian J. Ross and Robson De Grande, , Committee Members.

  Tags: Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Jan 30 – Master of Science thesis defence – Shannon Jewell

  Monday, January 20, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Shannon Jewell, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Synthesis of a Phosphatidylinositol Bolalipid” on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in Sankey Chambers.

  The examination committee includes Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Jeffrey Atkinson, Supervisor; David R. J. Palmer, External Examiner (University of Saskatchewan); and Tomas Hudlicky and Martin Lemaire, Committee Members.

  Tags: Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Jan 22 – Master of Science thesis defence – Amanda Kornel

  Monday, January 20, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Amanda Kornel, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Examining the Roles of Octopamine and Proctolin as Co-Transmitters in Drosophila melanogaster” on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. in ST107.

  The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; A. Joffre Mercier, Supervisor; Rosa da Silva, External Examiner (McMaster University); and Gaynor Spencer and Aleksandar Necakov, Committee Members.

  Tags: Biological Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Dec 20 – Nickolas Messner – Master of Science Thesis Defence

  Friday, December 06, 2019 | By jsteepe

  Holt Nickolas Messner, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend his thesis titled “An in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro exploration of the use of chronic hypoxia/physioxia and ROS/RNS-mediated alteration of physiological function in mitochondrial disease” on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 at 10 a.m. in MC H313.

  The examination committee includes Tony Yan, Chair; Jeffrey Stuart, Supervisor; Rebecca Macpherson, External Examiner (Brock University, Dept. Health Sciences); and Cheryl McCormick and Val Andrew Fajardo, Committee Members.

  Tags: Biotechnology, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events