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Doctor of Philosophy (continued) Chung-Cheng Lou, Electrical Engineering, B.S., National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Low Complexity and High Efficiency Prediction Techniques for Video Coding Sharon Kim Luk, American Studies and Ethnicity, B.A., Brown University; M.A., University of Southern California; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles Dissertation: The Life of Paper: A Poetics Biquan Luo, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology, B.S., Peking University, China Dissertation: Investigating the Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone GRP94 in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Regulation and Hematological Cancer Progression Shan Luo, Psychology, B.S., Capital University of Medical Sciences, China; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Interaction of Approach/Withdrawal Motivation and Inter-temporal Choice Mark Lyle, Physical Therapy, B.S., Miami University; M.S., Simmons College Dissertation: Quantification of Lower Extremity Dynamic Capability: Implications for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Change of Direction Ability Kevin Chikai Ma, Biomedical Engineering, B.S., University of Texas, Austin; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Ethnically-diverse Imaging Informatics-based System for Longitudinal Tracking of Multiple Sclerosis on MRI Shao-Ling Ma, Comparative Literature, B.A., M.A., National University of Singapore; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: The Social Life of Nations: A Comparative Study of American and Chinese Utopian Novels, 1888-1906 Anuj Rahul Madaria, Materials Science, B.Engr., Indian Institute of Technology, India; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Metal and Semiconductor Nanowires Mohammad Mahvash Mohammadi, Electrical Engineering, B.S., Isfahan University of Technology, Iran; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Emulating Variability in the Behavior of Artificial Neurons
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Drew Margolin, Communication, B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: The Evolution of Social and Semantic Networks in Epistemic Communities Rowan Clare Martindale, Geological Sciences, BSC, Queens University, Canada Dissertation: Paleoecology of Upper Triassic Reef Ecosystems and Their Demise at the Triassic-Jurassic Extinction, a Potential Ocean Acidification Event Yara Faisal Masri, Architecture, B.Arch., Birzeit University, Palestine Dissertation: Framework for Designing Intelligent Building Envelopes Scott Andrew Mata, Geological Sciences, B.S., California State University, Fullerton Dissertation: Paleoenvironmental Controls on Microbial Mat Structures in Cambrian Siliciclastic Settings: Southern Great Basin, United States Jonathan David Mathis, Urban Education Policy, B.S., American University; M.S., Trinity University Dissertation: Strategy and College Preparation: A Comparative Case Study of Two Early College High Schools Andrew Josef McEachin, Urban Education Policy, B.A., Cornell University Dissertation: That’s Not What I Asked For: Three Essays on the (Un)Intended Consequences of California’s Dual Accountability System Ayana Margery McNair, Cinematic Arts, B.S., San Jose State University; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: The Captive Public: Media Representations of the Police and the (Il)legitimacy of Police Power Hadi Meidani, Civil Engineering, B.S., Khajeh Nassiroddin Toosi University of Technology, Iran; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Uncertainty Management for Complex Systems of Systems Mary Barbara Mello, English, B.A., M.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: From the Hellmouth to the Witch’s Cauldron: Cooking and Feeding Evil on the Early Modern Stage Gustavo Alfonso Mendoza-Fandino, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, B.S., University of Antioquia, Columbia Dissertation: Post-GWAS Functional Characterization of Colorectal Cancer Risk Loci