Doctoral Degree Candidates Dhirgam Sadiq Jaafar Humaidy, Chemistry ADVISOR: Alice Bruce, Professor and Department Chair of Chemistry DISSERTATION: Gold (I) Tetrathiomolybdate Clusters: Synthesis, Characterization, Computational Studies, and Reactivity With Thiophenol and Selenophenol Robert Daniel Hurst, Chemistry ADVISOR: Matthew Brichacek, Associate Professor of Chemistry DISSERTATION: Synthesis of Fluorescent Reporters and Conjugation of Complex Glycans Zachary Steven Hutchinson, Computer Science ADVISOR: Roy Turner, Associate Professor of Computer Science DISSERTATION: Artificial Dendritic Neuron: A Model of Computation and Learning Algorithm Gabriel Sheinbach Jensen, Biomedical Sciences ADVISOR: Kristy Townsend, Associate Professor of Neurobiology DISSERTATION: Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Marks a Novel Population of Adult Stem Cells in the Mouse Brain That Respond to Metabolic Interventions by Modulating Adult Brain Plasticity Cory Phillip Johnson, Biomedical Sciences ADVISOR: Joshua Kelley, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry DISSERTATION: Understanding the Contribution of Ga to the Yeast Pheromone Response Edwin McClellan Johnston IV, Ecology and Environmental Sciences CO-ADVISORS: Brian Olsen, Professor of Ornithology; Amanda Klemmer, Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology DISSERTATION: From Sea to Summit: Aquatic Food Webs and Global Change Across Contrasting Landscapes
Anne-Marie C. Jordan, Education CO-ADVISORS: James Artesani, Associate Dean of Graduate Education, Research and Outreach, Associate Professor of Special Education; Susan Bennett-Armistead, Associate Professor of Literacy DISSERTATION: “We Just Ultimately Need to Make That Connection” Learning to Engage in a Digital World: Perceptions from Educators and Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic Akila Tharindika Harishchandra Kanahera Arachchige Don, Marine Biology ADVISOR: Nishad Jayasundara, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Marine Science DISSERTATION: Integrating Physiological Responses to Determine Changes in Fish Species Distribution with Ocean Warming and Pollution
Denghui Li, Oceanography CO-ADVISORS: Huijie Xue, Professor of Marine Science; Andrew Thomas, Professor of Oceanography DISSERTATION: Simulations of Coastal Currents, Transport and Population Connectivity of Blue Mussel (Mytilus Edulis) in the Gulf of Maine Sara Sophia Lowden, Anthropology and Environmental Policy CO-ADVISORS: Lisa Neuman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies; Darren Ranco, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Native American Research DISSERTATION: “Bacanora For Bats”: A Multispecies Ethnography in The Sonora-Arizona Borderlands
Firas Mohammed Mahyob, Physics Peter Vincent Kelly, ♦ Chemistry ADVISOR: Robert Lad, Professor of Physics ADVISOR: William Gramlich, Associate Professor DISSERTATION: Influence of Pt Nanoparticles of Chemistry on Ionic Transport and Hydrogen Reactivity of DISSERTATION: Effects of Fibril Morphology Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) Thin Films and Interfacial Interactions on the Behavior of Polymer-Grafted Cellulose Nanofibril Reinforced Anna L. Martin, Interdisciplinary Studies Thermoplastic Composites ADVISOR: Susan Smith, Associate Research Professor of Art Mubarak Mohammed Khlewee, Chemical DISSERTATION: Art-At-Work: Creativity & Social Engineering Practice as Collaborative Interdisciplinary ADVISOR: Douglas Bousfield, Professor of Chemical Research Engineering DISSERTATION: The Influence of Heat and Mass Todd William McKinley, Education Transfer on the Setting Rate of Adhesives Between ADVISOR: Susan Bennett-Armistead, Associate Porous Substrates Professor of Literacy DISSERTATION: Regenerating Professional Learning: Alex Kunnathu George, Forest Resources The Influence of Relationships on Teacher Identity, ADVISOR: Anil Raj Kizha, Professor of Forest Agency, and Advocacy Operations DISSERTATION: Sustainability in Forest Operations: Hannah N. Mittelstaedt, Ecology and Harvesting on Fragile Ground, Best Management Environmental Sciences Practices Assessment, Perspectives on Forest ADVISOR: Amanda Klemmer, Assistant Professor Certification, and Life Cycle Assessment of Forest of Landscape Ecology Products DISSERTATION: Untangling Drivers of Intertidal Community Dynamics and Change
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