Home Navigating Your Degree Oral Defense Dates Oral Defense Dates Zachary Bons Program: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation Title: Towards Real-World Robotic Prostheses: Addressing Mass, Efficacy and Audible Noise Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: FMCRB 1000 Chair: Elliott J Rouse Steven Mace Program: History Dissertation Title: Cantonment Rule: Authority, Law, and Military Governance in Colonial India, 1757-1947 Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/91888103640 PC: 000446 Chair: Mrinalini Sinha Yaowei Long Program: Computer Science & Eng Dissertation Title: Dynamic and Fault-Tolerant Graph Algorithms via Graph Decompositions Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: ROOM 3725, BOB AND BETTY BEYSTER BUILDING Chair: Thatchaphol Saranurak Hardik Patil Program: Civil Engineering Dissertation Title: Transforming Static Structural Topologies into Functional Reconfigurable Systems Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: G. G. BROWN LABORATORIES 2029 Chair: Evgueni Filipov Emma Hardy Program: Philosophy Dissertation Title: Cultivating a Fruitful Metaphysics of Food Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: 2271 ANGELL HALL Chair: Maegan Fairchild Kiera Downey Program: Biomedical Engineering Dissertation Title: Portable Resonant Acoustic Rheometry Device for Non-Contact High-Throughput Viscoelastic Measurement of Biomaterials and Biological Fluids Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: DUDERSTADT 1180, HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/MEETING/REGISTER/OTUXFXSLRRO48IW8-_S4WA Chair: Timothy Lewis Hall and Jan Stegemann Joanna Lum Program: Molecular & Cellular Pathology Dissertation Title: Histone Lactylation and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Diffuse Midline Glioma Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: 3699 MSII (SOUTH LECTURE HALL) Chair: Sriram Venneti Erin Holcomb Program: Immunology Dissertation Title: Therapeutic Alteration of the CD8+ T Cell Response in Cancer Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: 2901 THSL Chair: Michael Green and Weiping Zou Simeneh Gebremariam Program: Anthropology Dissertation Title: Sounding Ethiopia: Music, Revolution, and (Post)Socialism Date: 1 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: NEW HAVEN 4701 (DAAS CONFERENCE ROOM) Chair: Kelly M Askew Sierra Mortimer Program: Genetics and Genomics Dissertation Title: The Roles of the Nuclear Import Proteins Importin-7 and Importin-beta in LINE-1 Retrotransposition Date: 1 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: NORTH LECTURE HALL, MEDICAL SCIENCE II Chair: John V Moran Csilla Tatar Program: Linguistics Dissertation Title: The Prosodic and Information Structural Underpinnings of Speech and Co-speech Gesture Alignment in Hungarian Date: 1 Jul 2026 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: 3356 NQ HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/99015472838?JST=2 Chair: Ezra Keshet and Jelena Krivokapic Jian Zhang Program: History Dissertation Title: Localizing Civilization: The Poetics of Geographical Knowledge in Middle-Period China (ca. 600-1300) Date: 2 Jul 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: 1014 TISCH, ZOOM LINK: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/5289731572?OMN=91372071198 Chair: Christian De Pee Rebecca Lentz Program: Electrical & Computer Engineer Dissertation Title: Understanding Electrolyte and Flow Effects in Z-scheme Photocatalytic Reactors for Water Splitting Date: 2 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: PHOENIX MEMORIAL LAB 2000 Chair: Rohini Bala Chandran and Pramod Sangi Reddy Xiaotong Yang Program: Bioinformatics Dissertation Title: Pregnancy as a Stress Test: EHR-Based Deep Learning and Epidemiologic Approaches to Maternal and Offspring Health Trajectories Date: 6 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: 4B700 MED SCI I BLDG; ZOOM: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/99496244708 Chair: Lana Garmire Daniela Angulo Program: Biostatistics Dissertation Title: Date: 6 Jul 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: SPH2 – 4318 Chair: Susan Murray Keyi Feng Program: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dissertation Title: Large-Scale Gene Family Expansions in Flowering Plants: Evolutionary Impacts and Phylogenomic Methodological Advances Date: 8 Jul 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: BSB1010 Chair: Stephen A Smith Evan Hill Program: Toxicology Dissertation Title: Tissue Stem Cells and the Stem Cell Microenvironment: Targets for Carcinogenic Toxicants and Chemotherapeutics Date: 8 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: 3755 SPH I Chair: Justin Colacino Callie Wilson Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Quantum Master Equation Approaches for Simulating Electronic Energy and Charge Transfer Processes in Driven and Multi-Bath Systems Date: 8 Jul 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: CHEM 1706 Chair: Eitan Geva Tolu Lawal Program: Materials Science & Engin Dissertation Title: Microplastics Capture to Biopolymer Synthesis: Using Feedstocks That Can Be Chemically Recycled From First-Generation Polymers Date: 9 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: 2000 PHOENIX MEMORIAL LABORATORY – HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/97505265171 (PASS: POLYMERS) Chair: Brian J Love Damon Carucci Program: Information Dissertation Title: Information Care Work: Navigational Burden and Access to Mental Healthcare Among Doctoral Students Date: 9 Jul 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: 4320 LCSIB; ZOOM: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/97013909786?PWD=ASOW43RP9QGJC223N8SP8AKNPGOFBA.1&JST=2 Chair: Kentaro Toyama James Gruber Program: Electrical & Computer Engineer Dissertation Title: Avant-Garde Circuits and Systems for High-Frequency Wireless Communications Date: 10 Jul 2026 Time: 8:00 a.m. Location: EECS 1500, HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/92916140101 PW: THZ Chair: Ehsan Afshari Christopher DeCou Program: History Dissertation Title: Date: 10 Jul 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: 1014 TISCH, ZOOM LINK: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/96808021089 Chair: Yi-Li Wu Yoani Herrera Program: Neuroscience Dissertation Title: The Influence of Ascending Projections and Local Circuits on Sound Processing in the Inferior Colliculus Date: 10 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: MEDICAL SCIENCE 1 – 5330 AUDITORIUM Chair: Carrie R Ferrario and Michael Roberts Rebecca Parham Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Identification and Characterization of Organic Aerosol Particles with Microspectroscopic Analysis Date: 10 Jul 2026 Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: CHEM 1706; HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/4924219777?OMN=94998360763 PW:OPTIR Chair: Andrew P Ault Itzaira Mercado-Hernandez Program: Genetics and Genomics Dissertation Title: Silencing of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) Target Genes in the Absence of PRC2 Date: 10 Jul 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: WEST LECTURE HALL, MED SCI 2 Chair: Sundeep Kalantry Yuning Zhang Program: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation Title: Reconfigurable Phononic Metastructures for Physical Computing and Mechano-Intelligence Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: 2540 GG BROWN, HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/95924950954 (ZOOM PASSCODE: 1234) Chair: Kon-Well Wang Gabriella Bruno Program: Nuc Eng & Radiol Sciences Dissertation Title: Quantifying the Impact of Image Complexity and Human Perception on Irradiation-Induced Cavity Characterization Through Crowd-Sourcing Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: BAER ROOM WITHIN COOLEY LABORATORY Chair: Kevin Geoffrey Field Logan Forshee Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Chemical Characterization of Individual Aerosols in Urban Environments Using Single-particle Mass Spectrometry Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: CHEM 1706 Chair: Kerri Pratt Junghwan Kim Program: Computer Science & Eng Dissertation Title: Representation Learning for Linguistic Style: Method, Interpretation and Applications Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: 3725 BEYSTER Chair: David Jurgens Miranda Reynaga Program: Psychology Dissertation Title: "Stop shaming us": A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Positive Sexuality Messages on Youth Television and Their Influence on Young Women?s Emerging Sexual Attitudes Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/7483669798 Chair: Lucretia M Ward Jennifer Sescil Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Protein-based Tools for Monitoring Biological Activity Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: LSI LIBRARY Chair: Wenjing Wang Anna Halstenbach Program: Political Science Dissertation Title: Consumers Aligned – How Firms Communicate Their Political Sponsorships Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/96240706245 PW:335910 Chair: Rob Franzese Joshua Lidtke-O'Callaghan Program: Nursing Dissertation Title: Barriers and Facilitators to Telemedicine Uptake by Gender-Affirming Care Providers Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: 426 N INGALLS ST., ROOM 1240 Chair: Erin Kahle and Jody Rae Lori Qianqian Chen Program: Cell & Developmental Biology Dissertation Title: Perinuclear Gating of the Circadian Clock: From Chromatin Scaffolds to Repressive Condensates Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: MEDICAL SCIENCE 2 ? 3697 W LECTURE HALL Chair: Cheng-Yu Lee Grace Zhang Program: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dissertation Title: Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant Herbicide Response in Agrochemical Environments Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: 3150 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUILDING Chair: Regina S Baucom Qize Chen Program: Economics Dissertation Title: Essays on Skills, Mobility, and the Long-Run Consequences of Work Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: NORTH QUAD 4325, ZOOM: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/98979975814, PASSCODE: 014247 Chair: Ana Reynoso and Jagadeesh Sivadasan Emily Costa Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Aerosols, Ice Fog, and Clouds: Microscopic Analysis of Individual Particles Across High-Latitude Environments Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: CHEM 1706 AND HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/93015649241 PASSCODE: @EROSOL Chair: Kerri Pratt Rebecca Malcore Program: Genetics and Genomics Dissertation Title: Regulation of Sex-biased Gene Expression by the Ancestral X-Y Chromosomal Gene Pair Kdm5c-Kdm5d Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: 1020 BSRB (KAHN AUDITORIUM) Chair: Sundeep Kalantry Hochul Woo Program: Macromolecular Science & Eng Dissertation Title: Coordination Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Metal?Organic Frameworks Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: CHEMISTRY BUILDING (CHEM1300) Chair: Adam J Matzger Cara Waters Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Measuring Aerosol Acidity and Evaluating Its Impacts on Atmospheric Heterogeneous Chemistry Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: CHEM 1706; 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Zachary Bons Program: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation Title: Towards Real-World Robotic Prostheses: Addressing Mass, Efficacy and Audible Noise Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: FMCRB 1000 Chair: Elliott J Rouse
Steven Mace Program: History Dissertation Title: Cantonment Rule: Authority, Law, and Military Governance in Colonial India, 1757-1947 Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/91888103640 PC: 000446 Chair: Mrinalini Sinha
Yaowei Long Program: Computer Science & Eng Dissertation Title: Dynamic and Fault-Tolerant Graph Algorithms via Graph Decompositions Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: ROOM 3725, BOB AND BETTY BEYSTER BUILDING Chair: Thatchaphol Saranurak
Hardik Patil Program: Civil Engineering Dissertation Title: Transforming Static Structural Topologies into Functional Reconfigurable Systems Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: G. G. BROWN LABORATORIES 2029 Chair: Evgueni Filipov
Emma Hardy Program: Philosophy Dissertation Title: Cultivating a Fruitful Metaphysics of Food Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: 2271 ANGELL HALL Chair: Maegan Fairchild
Kiera Downey Program: Biomedical Engineering Dissertation Title: Portable Resonant Acoustic Rheometry Device for Non-Contact High-Throughput Viscoelastic Measurement of Biomaterials and Biological Fluids Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: DUDERSTADT 1180, HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/MEETING/REGISTER/OTUXFXSLRRO48IW8-_S4WA Chair: Timothy Lewis Hall and Jan Stegemann
Joanna Lum Program: Molecular & Cellular Pathology Dissertation Title: Histone Lactylation and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Diffuse Midline Glioma Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: 3699 MSII (SOUTH LECTURE HALL) Chair: Sriram Venneti
Erin Holcomb Program: Immunology Dissertation Title: Therapeutic Alteration of the CD8+ T Cell Response in Cancer Date: 30 Jun 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: 2901 THSL Chair: Michael Green and Weiping Zou
Simeneh Gebremariam Program: Anthropology Dissertation Title: Sounding Ethiopia: Music, Revolution, and (Post)Socialism Date: 1 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: NEW HAVEN 4701 (DAAS CONFERENCE ROOM) Chair: Kelly M Askew
Sierra Mortimer Program: Genetics and Genomics Dissertation Title: The Roles of the Nuclear Import Proteins Importin-7 and Importin-beta in LINE-1 Retrotransposition Date: 1 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: NORTH LECTURE HALL, MEDICAL SCIENCE II Chair: John V Moran
Csilla Tatar Program: Linguistics Dissertation Title: The Prosodic and Information Structural Underpinnings of Speech and Co-speech Gesture Alignment in Hungarian Date: 1 Jul 2026 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: 3356 NQ HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/99015472838?JST=2 Chair: Ezra Keshet and Jelena Krivokapic
Jian Zhang Program: History Dissertation Title: Localizing Civilization: The Poetics of Geographical Knowledge in Middle-Period China (ca. 600-1300) Date: 2 Jul 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: 1014 TISCH, ZOOM LINK: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/5289731572?OMN=91372071198 Chair: Christian De Pee
Rebecca Lentz Program: Electrical & Computer Engineer Dissertation Title: Understanding Electrolyte and Flow Effects in Z-scheme Photocatalytic Reactors for Water Splitting Date: 2 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: PHOENIX MEMORIAL LAB 2000 Chair: Rohini Bala Chandran and Pramod Sangi Reddy
Xiaotong Yang Program: Bioinformatics Dissertation Title: Pregnancy as a Stress Test: EHR-Based Deep Learning and Epidemiologic Approaches to Maternal and Offspring Health Trajectories Date: 6 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: 4B700 MED SCI I BLDG; ZOOM: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/99496244708 Chair: Lana Garmire
Daniela Angulo Program: Biostatistics Dissertation Title: Date: 6 Jul 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: SPH2 – 4318 Chair: Susan Murray
Keyi Feng Program: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dissertation Title: Large-Scale Gene Family Expansions in Flowering Plants: Evolutionary Impacts and Phylogenomic Methodological Advances Date: 8 Jul 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: BSB1010 Chair: Stephen A Smith
Evan Hill Program: Toxicology Dissertation Title: Tissue Stem Cells and the Stem Cell Microenvironment: Targets for Carcinogenic Toxicants and Chemotherapeutics Date: 8 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: 3755 SPH I Chair: Justin Colacino
Callie Wilson Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Quantum Master Equation Approaches for Simulating Electronic Energy and Charge Transfer Processes in Driven and Multi-Bath Systems Date: 8 Jul 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: CHEM 1706 Chair: Eitan Geva
Tolu Lawal Program: Materials Science & Engin Dissertation Title: Microplastics Capture to Biopolymer Synthesis: Using Feedstocks That Can Be Chemically Recycled From First-Generation Polymers Date: 9 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: 2000 PHOENIX MEMORIAL LABORATORY – HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/97505265171 (PASS: POLYMERS) Chair: Brian J Love
Damon Carucci Program: Information Dissertation Title: Information Care Work: Navigational Burden and Access to Mental Healthcare Among Doctoral Students Date: 9 Jul 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: 4320 LCSIB; ZOOM: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/97013909786?PWD=ASOW43RP9QGJC223N8SP8AKNPGOFBA.1&JST=2 Chair: Kentaro Toyama
James Gruber Program: Electrical & Computer Engineer Dissertation Title: Avant-Garde Circuits and Systems for High-Frequency Wireless Communications Date: 10 Jul 2026 Time: 8:00 a.m. Location: EECS 1500, HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/92916140101 PW: THZ Chair: Ehsan Afshari
Christopher DeCou Program: History Dissertation Title: Date: 10 Jul 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: 1014 TISCH, ZOOM LINK: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/96808021089 Chair: Yi-Li Wu
Yoani Herrera Program: Neuroscience Dissertation Title: The Influence of Ascending Projections and Local Circuits on Sound Processing in the Inferior Colliculus Date: 10 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: MEDICAL SCIENCE 1 – 5330 AUDITORIUM Chair: Carrie R Ferrario and Michael Roberts
Rebecca Parham Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Identification and Characterization of Organic Aerosol Particles with Microspectroscopic Analysis Date: 10 Jul 2026 Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: CHEM 1706; HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/4924219777?OMN=94998360763 PW:OPTIR Chair: Andrew P Ault
Itzaira Mercado-Hernandez Program: Genetics and Genomics Dissertation Title: Silencing of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) Target Genes in the Absence of PRC2 Date: 10 Jul 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: WEST LECTURE HALL, MED SCI 2 Chair: Sundeep Kalantry
Yuning Zhang Program: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation Title: Reconfigurable Phononic Metastructures for Physical Computing and Mechano-Intelligence Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: 2540 GG BROWN, HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/95924950954 (ZOOM PASSCODE: 1234) Chair: Kon-Well Wang
Gabriella Bruno Program: Nuc Eng & Radiol Sciences Dissertation Title: Quantifying the Impact of Image Complexity and Human Perception on Irradiation-Induced Cavity Characterization Through Crowd-Sourcing Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: BAER ROOM WITHIN COOLEY LABORATORY Chair: Kevin Geoffrey Field
Logan Forshee Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Chemical Characterization of Individual Aerosols in Urban Environments Using Single-particle Mass Spectrometry Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: CHEM 1706 Chair: Kerri Pratt
Junghwan Kim Program: Computer Science & Eng Dissertation Title: Representation Learning for Linguistic Style: Method, Interpretation and Applications Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: 3725 BEYSTER Chair: David Jurgens
Miranda Reynaga Program: Psychology Dissertation Title: "Stop shaming us": A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Positive Sexuality Messages on Youth Television and Their Influence on Young Women?s Emerging Sexual Attitudes Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/7483669798 Chair: Lucretia M Ward
Jennifer Sescil Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Protein-based Tools for Monitoring Biological Activity Date: 13 Jul 2026 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: LSI LIBRARY Chair: Wenjing Wang
Anna Halstenbach Program: Political Science Dissertation Title: Consumers Aligned – How Firms Communicate Their Political Sponsorships Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/96240706245 PW:335910 Chair: Rob Franzese
Joshua Lidtke-O'Callaghan Program: Nursing Dissertation Title: Barriers and Facilitators to Telemedicine Uptake by Gender-Affirming Care Providers Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: 426 N INGALLS ST., ROOM 1240 Chair: Erin Kahle and Jody Rae Lori
Qianqian Chen Program: Cell & Developmental Biology Dissertation Title: Perinuclear Gating of the Circadian Clock: From Chromatin Scaffolds to Repressive Condensates Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: MEDICAL SCIENCE 2 ? 3697 W LECTURE HALL Chair: Cheng-Yu Lee
Grace Zhang Program: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dissertation Title: Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant Herbicide Response in Agrochemical Environments Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: 3150 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUILDING Chair: Regina S Baucom
Qize Chen Program: Economics Dissertation Title: Essays on Skills, Mobility, and the Long-Run Consequences of Work Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: NORTH QUAD 4325, ZOOM: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/98979975814, PASSCODE: 014247 Chair: Ana Reynoso and Jagadeesh Sivadasan
Emily Costa Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Aerosols, Ice Fog, and Clouds: Microscopic Analysis of Individual Particles Across High-Latitude Environments Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: CHEM 1706 AND HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/93015649241 PASSCODE: @EROSOL Chair: Kerri Pratt
Rebecca Malcore Program: Genetics and Genomics Dissertation Title: Regulation of Sex-biased Gene Expression by the Ancestral X-Y Chromosomal Gene Pair Kdm5c-Kdm5d Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: 1020 BSRB (KAHN AUDITORIUM) Chair: Sundeep Kalantry
Hochul Woo Program: Macromolecular Science & Eng Dissertation Title: Coordination Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Metal?Organic Frameworks Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: CHEMISTRY BUILDING (CHEM1300) Chair: Adam J Matzger
Cara Waters Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Measuring Aerosol Acidity and Evaluating Its Impacts on Atmospheric Heterogeneous Chemistry Date: 14 Jul 2026 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: CHEM 1706; HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/9193393916 (HYBRID) Chair: Andrew P Ault
