Dissertations: February 22, 2021
February 22, 2021
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.