DISSERTATIONS DEFENDED
Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies
Tate, Tiffany. Pparg drives luminal differentiation and luminal tumor formation in the urothelium. Sponsor: Cathy Mendelsohn.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Barth, Anna. Volatiles and ascent rate of explosive basaltic eruptions. Sponsor: Terry Plank.
Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Staccone, Anika. Nitrogen fixing trees: Abundance and effects on forest demography and nutrient dynamics. Sponsor: Duncan Menge.
English and Comparative Literature
Sack, Graham. Simulating fiction: Models of narrative & literary culture. Sponsor: Nicholas Dames.
Epidemiology
Kezios, Katrina. Is the way forward to step back? A meta-research analysis of misalignment between goals, methods, and conclusions in epidemiologic studies. Sponsors: Pam Factor-Litvak and Sharon Schwartz.
Mechanical Engineering
Czerwin, Benjamin. Modeling and estimation for the renal system. Sponsors: Nicolas Chbat and Richard Longman.
Prado De La Mora, Jesus. Instrumented footwear and machine learning for gait analysis and training. Sponsor: Sunil Agrawal.
Neurobiology and Behavior
Berry, Jack. Distinct representations of an anxiogenic environment across ventral hippocampal subregions and cell types. Sponsor: Rene Hen.
Lanio, Marcos. Development of an analysis pipeline for brain-wide memory traces following fear extinction. Sponsor: Christine Denny.
Philosophy
Manaithunai Nathan, Usha. Aristotle’s Pathē: Why they matter. Sponsor: Wolfgang Mann.
TC / Counseling Psychology
Abdel-Salam, Laila. "What are you?" Racial ambiguity, belonging, and well-being among Arab American women. Sponsor: Laura Smith.
DISSERTATION PROPOSALS FILED
Art History and Archaeology
Sarto, Nicole. Fire burn and cauldron bubble: Bewitching women in Greek art.
Biomedical Engineering
Burt, Kevin. Biological & mechanical factors contributing to intervertebral disc degeneration:
An investigation into HMGB1 & NF-κB pathway activation as key regulators of inflammation & the innate immune response.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Case, Elizabeth. Measuring and modelling near-surface and englacial processes.
Herman, Rebecca. Mechanisms of Sahel rainfall variability in climate models and observations.
Lenssen, Nathan. Uncertainty and predictability of seasonal-to-centennial climate variability.
Mechanical Engineering
Lei, Lei. Understanding and representing the kinetics of gas-phase reaction systems in mixtures.
Li, Richard. Toward growth-accommodating polymeric heart valves with graphene-network reinforcement.
Rastogi, Shruti. Enhanced strength and frictional behavior of Cu-Gr-Cu nanolaminate.
Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Alsaeed, Bandar. A power to alienate: The invention and governance of migrant labor in the gulf.
Music
García Orozco, Manuel. Bullerengue and Cantadoras: The voice as knowledge, memory, and affect in the Afro-Colombian Caribbean.