Master of Science thesis defence
Sheikh Faishal Basher, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Managing Diversity and Multiple Objectives in Evolutionary Design” on Friday, Sept 24, 2021 at 10 a.m. in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Brian J. Ross, Supervisor; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, External Examiner (Brock University); and Beatrice Ombuki-Berman and Ke Qiu, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence
Mohamed Lahbib ben Kalifa, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend his thesis titled “Selecting cover crop species for vineyards of the Niagara region” on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 at 1 p.m. in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Liette Vasseur, Supervisor; Mehdi Sharifi, External Examiner (AAFC); and Sudarsana Poojari and Justin Renkema, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence
Binal Tejani, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Sciences, will defend his thesis titled “Game Theory-based Allocation Management in VCC Networks” on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 1 p.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Robson De Grande, Supervisor; Ke Qiu, External Examiner; and Brian Ross and Sheridan Houghten, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence
Amirali Madani, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Multi-Guide Particle Swarm Optimization for Large-Scale Multi-Objective Optimization Problems” on Monday, August 23, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Beatrice Ombuki-Berman, Supervisor; Brian Ross, External Examiner; and Naser Ezzati-Jivan and Kyle Harrison, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence
Autumn Heyde, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Crawford Lake Consumers: Water Column and Palynological Studies” on Friday, July 30, 2021 at 9 a.m. in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Francine McCarthy, Supervisor; Andrew S. Medeiros, External Examiner (Dalhousie University); and Glenn Tattersall and Michael Pisaric, Committee Members.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Anton Dmitrienko, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Reactivity of Aluminum Carbenoid with Unsaturated Substrates” on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 1 p.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Georgii Nikonov, Supervisor; Eric Rivard, External Examiner (University of Alberta); David Crandles, Internal External Examiner; Martin Lemaire and Heather Gordon, Committee Members.
Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
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Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Margaret Thibodeau, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Thermal tasting: methodological considerations and implications for alcohol behaviour” on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 3:30 p.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Gary Pickering, Supervisor; Joanne Hort, External Examiner (Massey University, NZ); Sidney J. Segalowitz, Internal External Examiner; Cheryl McCormick and Ping Liang, Committee Members.
Biological Sciences, FMS, Thesis defence
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Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Tahereh Afsharvosoughi, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend her thesis titled “Structural, Magnetic and Vibrational Studies of Entropy Stabilized Oxides” on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11 a.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; David A. Crandles, Supervisor; Jiri Hlinka, External Examiner (Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences); Martin Lemaire, Internal External Examiner; Maureen Reedyk and Fereidoon Razavi, Committee Members.
FMS, Physics, Thesis defence
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Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Danielle Williams, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “Discovery of a novel cytochrome P450, (+)-vincadifformine 19-hydroxylase (V19H), distinguishes separate branch pathways forming aspidosperma-type monoterpenoid indole alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus roots” on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 9 a.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Vincenzo De Luca, Supervisor; Peter J. Facchini, External Examiner (University of Calgary); Rebecca MacPherson, Internal External Examiner; David Liscombe and Feng Li, Supervisory Committee Members.
Biotechnology, FMS, Thesis defence
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Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence
Nico Bonnano, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Design of Redox-active Ligands: In Pursuit of Stable Radicals, their Complexes, and Assembly of Paramagnetic Coordination Clusters” on Friday, June 11, 2021 at 11 a.m., in virtual format.
The examination committee includes Brian D. Roy, Chair; Martin Lemaire, Supervisor; Tim Storr, External Examiner (Simon Fraser University); Maureen Reedyk, Internal External Examiner; Tomas Hudlicky and Georgii Nikonov, Committee Members.
Chemistry, FMS, Thesis defence
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