Dissertation Defense: Marissa Ashton, Molecular and Cell Biology
Repair and recovery after a double strand DNA break.
Location: Gerstenzang. Room: 124. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Varun Ramesh Jois, Computer Science
Reference-Guided Face Restoration and Generation.
Location: Volen. Room: 101. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Thursday, July 30, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Yuchen Qiao, Chemistry
Structural and Biological Insights into Self-Assembled Peptides.
Location: Shapiro Science Center. Room: GL14. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Thursday, July 30, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Christiana Ntangka, Biochemistry & Biophysics
The mechanism of THEMIS regulating SHP1 activity at the early stages of T-cell maturation.
Location: Online. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Friday, July 31, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Nicole Kopetz, Chemistry
Characterization of MtbPanG as an Antitubercular Target and Identification of MtbIMPDH2 Inhibitors.
Location: Rosenstiel. Room: 118. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Friday, August 7, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Quynh Nguyen, Psychology
Dimensions of stress and reward function in relation to anhedonic depression.
Location: Mandel Center for the Humanities. Room: G12. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Thursday, August 13, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Rico Rodriguez, Neuroscience
Geometric Spectral Synthesis: a Feedforward Account of Tuning in Primary Visual Cortex.
Location: Shapiro Science Center. Room: LL16. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Monday, August 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM.