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Doctor of Philosophy
Alexandra Shelly Bova, Field of Specialization:
Neuroscience. Dissertation: Rodent Skilled Reaching:
A Model for Investigating Neural Mechanisms of
Dexterous Motor Control.
Corin L. Bowen, Field of Specialization: Aerospace
Engineering. Dissertation: Thermomechanical
Experiments and Modeling of Shape Memory Alloy
Tension Springs; Critical and Liberative Analyses of
Engineering Educational Systems.
Irene Elsa Brisson, Field of Specialization: Architecture.
Dissertation: Speaking, Gesturing, Drawing, Building:
Relational Techniques of a Kreyòl Architecture.
Denis Luis Bueno, Field of Specialization: Computer
Science and Engineering. Dissertation: Software Model
Checking with Uninterpreted Functions.
Tucker Burgin, Field of Specialization: Chemical
Engineering. Dissertation: Transition Pathway
Perspectives in Molecular Simulations of Enzymes.
Zachary Thomas Butterfield, Field of Specialization:
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences.
Dissertation: A Multi-Scale Assessment of Solar-
Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Its Relation to
Northern Hemisphere Forest Productivity.
Lilian Edith Cabrera-Haro, Field of Specialization:
Psychology. Dissertation: Asymmetrical Learning of
Win and Loss Associations: Individual Differences and
Task Effects.
Meredith Adelle Calogero, Field of Specialization:
Earth and Environmental Sciences. Dissertation:
High-Resolution Numerical Thermal Modeling of
Timescales and Mechanisms of Rhyolite Genesis
and Transport as a Consequence of Basalt Influx:
Applications to the Long Valley Volcanic Field, CA.
Traci Lyn Carson, Field of Specialization:
Epidemiological Science. Dissertation: The Culture
and Consequences of Low Energy Availability in
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division
One Female Distance Runners: A Mixed Methods
Investigation.
Amber Lee Cathey, Field of Specialization:
Environmental Health Sciences. Dissertation:
Phthalate Exposures and Hormonal Disruption in
Relation to Birth Outcomes.
Rachel Cawkwell, Field of Specialization: English
Language and Literature. Dissertation: Prison Forms:
Genre and Excarceral Politics in Victorian Literature.
Yan-Cheng Chao, Field of Specialization: Biostatistics.
Dissertation: Estimation Methods and Clinical Trial
Design in Small n, Sequential, Multiple-Assignment,
Randomized Trials.
Cole Alexander Chapman, Field of Specialization:
Chemistry. Dissertation: Clinical Diagnostics For
Immune Response Assessment Through Multiplexed
Biosensor Immunoassays In At-Risk Populations.
Khalil Jimmy Chedid, Field of Specialization:
Epidemiological Science. Dissertation: Multidrug-
Resistant Organisms: Preventing Acquisition and
Transmission.
Kuan-Hung Chen, Field of Specialization: Materials
Science and Engineering. Dissertation: Rational Design
of Electrode Architectures for Improved Performance
of Li-metal and Li-ion Batteries.
Song Chen, Field of Specialization: Pharmacology.
Dissertation: Membrane Curvature During Cell
Migration.
Gilyoung Cheong, Field of Specialization: Mathematics.
Dissertation: Cycle Indices in Arithmetic Geometry.
Wonjin Choi, Field of Specialization: Materials Science
and Engineering. Dissertation: Reconfigurable Kirigami
Optics and Chiral Phonons.
Kathleen Chou, Field of Specialization: Materials
Science and Engineering. Dissertation: Role of Oxygen
on Phase Stability, Precipitation, Deformation, and
Oxidation in Pure Titanium and Beta Titanium Alloys.
Megan Connor, Field of Specialization: Chemistry.
Dissertation: Teaching and Learning 1H Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.
Jessica Leigh Cote, Field of Specialization:
Neuroscience. Dissertation: The Brain-Specific
Alternatively Spliced Isoforms of Adapter Protein
SH2B1 Regulate Energy Balance and Neuronal
Morphology and Function.
Evelyn Marie Covés-Datson, Field of Specialization:
Microbiology and Immunology. Dissertation:
Molecularly Engineered Lectins as Anti-Influenza
Agents.
Emily Marie Crossette, Field of Specialization:
Environmental Engineering. Dissertation: Microbial
Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance in Land
Applied Manure.
Kathryn Irene Cunningham, Field of Specialization:
Information. Dissertation: Purpose-first Programming:
A Programming Learning Approach for Learners Who
Care Most About What Code Achieves.
Christine R. Cuthbertson, Field of Specialization:
Medicinal Chemistry. Dissertation: Inhibition of
Nucleotide and One-Carbon Metabolism for the
Treatment of Cancer.
Shiba Sundar Dandpat, Field of Specialization:
Chemistry. Dissertation: Mechanism of Transcription
and Translation Regulation by Riboswitches in
Bacteria.
David Zhenzhong Dang, Field of Specialization:
Aerospace Engineering and Scientific Computing.
Dissertation: Thermal and Structural Response
Modeling of a Woven Thermal Protection System.
Sampurna Datta Bhattacharya, Field of Specialization:
Civil Engineering. Dissertation: A Computational
Model for Coupled Hydraulic-Biochemical-
Mechanical Processes of Municipal Solid Waste
Degradation.
Peter Mitchell DeJonge, Field of Specialization:
Epidemiological Science. Dissertation: Using
Prospective Illness Surveillance Data to Quantify,
Characterize, and Mitigate the Risk of Childcare-
Associated Respiratory Disease.
Joseph Richard DeLeon, Field of Specialization: Film,
Television, and Media. Dissertation: Social Media at
the Margins: Crafting Community Media Before the
Web.
Giacomo Di Mauro, Field of Specialization: Chemistry.
Dissertation: Lipid-Nanodiscs Formed by Paramagnetic
Polymers for Fast NMR Data Acquisition.
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