Overview
The Final Oral Examination (FOE) is the capstone experience of your doctoral studies. General information about the FOE is outlined in the SGS Calendar. The Final Oral Examination schedule (see calendar below) lists current thesis defenses, and is updated periodically.
Additionally, you may find helpful the Guidelines for the Doctoral Final Oral Examination (FOE), a document that outlines the responsibilities of the graduate unit, SGS, the Examination Committee, and the Chair of the Committee in the planning and conduct of a Final Oral Examination. Faculty and Staff can access additional resources on the SGS Final Examinations webpage.
Academic fees for continuously registered Ph.D. candidates in the final year of the program are pro-rated over the 12–month academic year, based on the date of the final approved thesis submission to SGS. Incidental fees are charged on a sessional (term) basis. More information on the pro-rated fees and schedules can be found in Graduate Fees and on the Student Accounts website under Current Fall–Winter Fee & Refund Schedules.
In-person examinations at the School of Graduate Studies
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Doctoral examination schedule
| Exam Date | Student Name | Exam Information (Thesis, Supervisor(s), Graduate Unit) |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | Name: Ayman Mohamed Anwar Mohamed |
Noninvasive Swallowing Assessment Framework Leveraging Transformers and High-Resolution Cervical Auscultations Supervisor(s): Prof. Ervin Sejdic Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Dec 1 | Name: Kartikeya Sudhir Akojwar |
In-situ thermal decomposition of methane in a Self-Decarbonizing Combustor for CO2-mitigated thermal power Supervisor(s): Prof. Swetaprovo Chaudhuri Graduate Unit: Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| Dec 1 | Name: Vritika Batura |
From Genotype to Gut Inflammation: Molecular Characterization of Pathogenic JAK1 and DOK4 Variants in Monogenic Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (pIBD) Supervisor(s): Prof. Aleixo Muise Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Dec 1 | Name: Jane Ferrelyn Karanassiou |
Plurilingualism in STEM: A Complexity Informed Study of the Perceptions and Experiences of Plurilingual Students in Undergraduate STEM Programs Supervisor(s): Prof. Enrica Piccardo Graduate Unit: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
| Dec 1 | Name: Aesha Paige Nananso |
Liberation Through Care: Radical Black Mothering Practices in American Neo-Slave Narratives Supervisor(s): Prof. Karina Joan Vernon Graduate Unit: Department of English |
| Dec 2 | Name: Elnaz Khalili Samani |
Structural and Functional Analysis of Type1 Fatty Acid Synthase Supervisor(s): Prof. Mohammad Mazhab-Jafari Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Dec 2 | Name: Junhao Zhu |
Statistical methods for Single-cell RNA Sequencing and Spatial Transcriptomics Data Supervisor(s): Prof. Dehan Kong, Prof. Zhaolei Zhang Graduate Unit: Department of Statistical Sciences |
| Dec 2 | Name: Fang-Yu Chou |
Cell-Based Delivery of a Snake Venom Peptide, Mambalgin-1 for Controlled Pain Relief via Acid-Sensing Ion Channel Inhibition Supervisor(s): Prof. Andras Nagy Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Dec 2 | Name: Susan Blight |
The Resonance: Anishinaabe Shapings of Resistance and Return Supervisor(s): Prof. Eve Tuck Graduate Unit: Department of Social Justice Education |
| Dec 2 | Name: Jia Lu Lin |
Engaging Families as Advisors in Paediatric Healthcare Organizations in Ontario, Canada Supervisor(s): Prof. Eyal Cohen Graduate Unit: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation |
| Dec 2 | Name: Emily Staffiere |
Typing Skill Development Among Elementary School-Aged Students and Impact on Writing Quality for Typed Written Expression Tasks Supervisor(s): Prof. Todd Cunningham, Prof. Abby Goldstein Graduate Unit: Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development |
| Dec 2 | Name: Ruilin Wu |
Metabolic Reprogramming of Endothelial Cells with KRAS Mutations in the Pathobiology of Sporadic Brain Arteriovenous Malformations Supervisor(s): Prof. Jason Fish Graduate Unit: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Dec 3 | Name: Baichuan Kou |
Chiral Self-assembly of Rodlike Polyelectrolytes in Confined Geometries Supervisor(s): Prof. Eugenia Kumacheva Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Dec 3 | Name: Ja’afar Mohamed Dirie |
Navigating Precarity at Home and Abroad Tahriib-Irregular Migration from Somaliland to Europe Supervisor(s): Prof. Thembela Kepe Graduate Unit: Department of Geography and Planning |
| Dec 3 | Name: Sinead T Petrasek |
The Politics of Domestic Labour, Private Property and Everyday Life in Urban Canada, 1970-1990 Supervisor(s): Prof. Kanishka Goonewardena Graduate Unit: Department of Geography and Planning |
| Dec 3 | Name: Sadaf Ahmed |
Transmission as Disinheritance: Muslim Parenting in Contemporary Canada Supervisor(s): Prof. Amira Mittermaier Graduate Unit: Department for the Study of Religion |
| Dec 3 | Name: Vicki Mengyuan Zhang |
Limits to Non-Native Plant Invasions in the Canadian Subarctic Supervisor(s): Prof. Peter Kotanen Graduate Unit: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Dec 3 | Name: Bin Xu |
Development of Predictive Culture Models of Skeletal Muscle to Advance Muscle Stem Cell Therapeutics Supervisor(s): Prof. Penney Gilbert, Prof. Alison McGuigan Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
| Dec 3 | Name: Husam Abdulnabi |
Metrics, Models, and Insights: Improving Machine Learning Methods to Enhance Genomic Sequence-to-Function Modelling Supervisor(s): Prof. J. Timothy Westwood Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Dec 4 | Name: Jaime Grimm |
Salmon and Sovereignty: Co-producing Insights into Aquaculture Impacts and Indigenous-led Science Supervisor(s): Prof. Marty Krkosek, Prof. Andrew Bateman Graduate Unit: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Dec 4 | Name: Sung Soo Lee |
Promise and Peril: Hydropower and the Making of Socialist North Korea, 1945-1960s Supervisor(s): Prof. Andre Schmid Graduate Unit: Department of East Asian Studies |
| Dec 4 | Name: Rowan Lorraine Kathleen French |
Function, Ecology, and Macroevolution of Exaggerated Male Antennae in Longhorned Beetles Supervisor(s): Prof. Locke Rowe, Prof. Luke Mahler Graduate Unit: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Dec 4 | Name: Eun Gi Kim |
Undergraduate Experiences of Korean Immigrant and International Students: Their Support Systems and Peer Interactions in Two Universities Supervisor(s): Prof. Stephanie Waterman Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Dec 4 | Name: Emily Catherine Michelle Vukovich |
Gait Synthesis for Planar Bipedal Robots via Virtual Holonomic Constraints Supervisor(s): Prof. Manfredi Maggiore Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Dec 5 | Name: Colton Johnson |
Studies Towards the Synthesis of C6-Oxidized C19-Diterpenoid Alkaloids and the Asymmetric Allylation of a-Alkoxy Enones Supervisor(s): Prof. Mark Lautens Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Dec 5 | Name: Joshua Wolpert |
Late Cenozoic Landscape Evolution of Western Nepal Supervisor(s): Prof. Lindsay Schoenbohm Graduate Unit: Department of Earth Sciences |
| Dec 5 | Name: Aida Ramezani |
Natural Language Inference of Moral Change Supervisor(s): Prof. Yang Xu Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Dec 5 | Name: Nicolas Ivanov |
EEG Discriminability Assessment and Exploratory Feedback Methods for User Skill Acquisition in Mental Imagery Brain-Computer Interfaces Supervisor(s): Prof. Tom Chau Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
| Dec 5 | Name: Katherine Marie Rynard |
Molecular Characterization of Autism Spectrum Disorder using Machine Learning and Long-Read RNA- Sequencing Supervisor(s): Prof. Craig Smibert Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Dec 5 | Name: Dillon Byrd |
Beyond Everyday: How Ordinary People Construct Nationalism Across Time in Oklahoma Supervisor(s): Prof. Edward Schatz Graduate Unit: Department of Political Science |
| Dec 5 | Name: Smik Patel |
Algebraic Tools for Quantum Simulations of Electronic Structure Supervisor(s): Prof. Artur Izmaylov Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Dec 5 | Name: Elina Kadriu |
Functional characterization of the lig1 and lig2 operons in carbon compound prioritization and redirection of shikimate pathway flux Supervisor(s): Prof. Dinesh Christendat Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Dec 5 | Name: Jason George Kattan |
Electronic structure and optical response of a Chern insulator Supervisor(s): Prof. John Sipe Graduate Unit: Department of Physics |
| Dec 5 | Name: Lily Takeuchi |
The Development of Stem Cell-Derived Microfluidic Models of the Blood-Brain Barrier in Alzheimers Disease Supervisor(s): Prof. Craig Simmons Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
| Dec 5 | Name: Arvid Frydenlund |
Language Models and Problems in Next-Token Prediction Supervisor(s): Prof. Frank Rudzicz, Prof. Richard Zemel Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Dec 5 | Name: Deanne Marie Edwards |
Shattering the Silence: Black Canadian School Psychologists Navigating the Trauma of Anti-Black Racism at Work Supervisor(s): Prof. Roy Moodley Graduate Unit: Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development |
| Dec 5 | Name: Aaron Terrence Manswell |
Snapdragon Supervisor(s): Prof. Norbert Palej Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Dec 5 | Name: Aaron Terrence Manswell |
Snapdragon Supervisor(s): Prof. Norbert Palej Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Dec 5 | Name: Sirena Liladrie |
Adult children’s perspectives on filial obligation and the mitigation of retirement precarity for their racialized older immigrant parents Supervisor(s): Prof. Kiran Mirchandani Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Dec 5 | Name: Christopher Sciberas |
The Measurement and Nomological Network of Self- Presentational Defensiveness Supervisor(s): Prof. Marc Fournier Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Dec 8 | Name: Joel West |
Is There a Doctor in the House: The Semiotics of the Doctor Patient Relationship Supervisor(s): Prof. Brian Baigrie Graduate Unit: Inst. for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology |
| Dec 8 | Name: Sara Wagner |
Planning Physical Elements of Communities Using Generative Design, Visualization, and a Stated Preference Survey to Engage Stakeholders Supervisor(s): Prof. Matthew Roorda, Prof. Sara Diamond Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Dec 8 | Name: Zachary Gouveia |
Development of Biostable Dental Resins Supervisor(s): Prof. Paul Santerre, Prof. Yoav Finer Graduate Unit: Faculty of Dentistry |
| Dec 8 | Name: Zachary Gouveia |
Development of Biostable Dental Resins Supervisor(s): Prof. Paul Santerre, Prof. Yoav Finer Graduate Unit: Faculty of Dentistry |
| Dec 8 | Name: Bo Tang |
Bridging Machine Learning and Operations Research: From Decision-Focused Learning to Learning to Optimize Supervisor(s): Prof. Elias Khalil Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Dec 8 | Name: Sarah Azeline |
Inclusive Recommendations for Diverse Perspectives: An Examination of K-12 Educator Responses to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training in the United States Supervisor(s): Prof. Miglena Todorova Graduate Unit: Department of Social Justice Education |
| Dec 8 | Name: Mitra Kaitlyn Bates Mokhtari |
Complicity and Collusions: Locating the Canadian Criminology Department within the Carceral State Supervisor(s): Prof. Philip Goodman, Prof. Paula Maurutto Graduate Unit: Department of Sociology |
| Dec 8 | Name: Kirsten Gorli Tarves |
Crucifying the Werefox: Interrogating Images of Salvation and Messianism in Post-Soviet Russian Literature, 1994-2006 Supervisor(s): Prof. Zdenko Mandusic Graduate Unit: Department of Slavic and East European Languages & Cultures |
| Dec 8 | Name: Hanista Premachandran |
Investigating the Role of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex – Amygdala Pathway in Developmental Fear Encoding Supervisor(s): Prof. Maithe Arruda Carvalho Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Dec 8 | Name: Meinusha Govindarajan |
Application of N-glycoproteomics for Cancer Therapeutic Target Discovery Supervisor(s): Prof. Thomas Kislinger Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Dec 8 | Name: Tony Nardi |
Performing (in) the Multicultural Melting Pot and Otherculturalism Supervisor(s): Prof. Domenico Pietropaolo Graduate Unit: Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies |
| Dec 8 | Name: Boris Jose Aguilar Dyakov |
Spatial Proteomic Mapping of RNA-associated Nuclear Bodies Supervisor(s): Prof. Anne-Claude Gingras Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Dec 8 | Name: Adam Boros-Rausch |
Cellular Mechanisms of Physiologic Uterine Inflammation and the Protective Effects of a BSCI against Preterm Birth Supervisor(s): Prof. Stephen Lye, Prof. Oksana Shynlova Graduate Unit: Department of Physiology |
| Dec 8 | Name: Polina Zavyalova |
Plane-by-Plane Fiber Bragg Gratings for Astrophotonic Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy Supervisor(s): Prof. Peter Herman, Prof. Suresh Sivanandam Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Dec 8 | Name: Rima El-Sayed |
Individual Variability in Conditioned Pain Modulation and Alpha Oscillations and their Potential Clinical Utility for Those With Neuropathic pain Supervisor(s): Prof. Karen Davis Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Dec 8 | Name: Panagiotis Papangelakis |
Advancing CO2 Electrolysis for Industrial Implementation Supervisor(s): Prof. David Sinton Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Dec 8 | Name: Jiaxi Chen |
Conformal Platforms for Personalized Facial Bioelectronic Interfaces Supervisor(s): Prof. Hani Naguib Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Dec 9 | Name: Neekoo Collett |
Manufacturing Threat: Repression, Diversion, and the Case of Iranian Baha’is Supervisor(s): Prof. Edward Schatz Graduate Unit: Department of Political Science |
| Dec 9 | Name: Cristina Laura Abbatangelo |
Game of Tones: Exploring the Genetic Architecture and Cross-trait Relationships of Melanin-based Phenotypes in Modern Human Populations Supervisor(s): Prof. Esteban Parra Graduate Unit: Department of Anthropology |
| Dec 9 | Name: Gideon Park |
Understanding the Associations Between Exchange Orientation and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction Supervisor(s): Prof. Emily Impett Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Dec 9 | Name: Xavier Alexander Lee |
Computational, physiological, and biochemical investigations of the impact of pressure-overload on right-ventricular remodeling Supervisor(s): Prof. Kim Connelly Graduate Unit: Department of Physiology |
| Dec 9 | Name: Sean Colford |
Probing the Kondo Effect Using Tunable Nanostructured Assemblies Supervisor(s): Prof. Al-Amin Dhirani Graduate Unit: Department of Physics |
| Dec 9 | Name: Jennifer Carly Wilkin |
Age- and Sex-Dependent Recruitment of the Prefrontal-Amygdala Pathway in Fear Extinction Supervisor(s): Prof. Maithe Arruda Carvalho Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Dec 9 | Name: Andrew John Goodwin |
Behavioral Engagement in Psychedelic Microdosing: A Latent Class Analysis of Attentiveness, Self-Transcendence, and Wellbeing Supervisor(s): Prof. Michel Ferrari Graduate Unit: Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development |
| Dec 9 | Name: Jon Babi |
Electronic Functionalization and Dimensional Control of Peptoid Nanosheets Supervisor(s): Prof. Helen Tran Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Dec 9 | Name: Vernon Fong |
Defining the Involvement of the Leptomeningeal Niche in the Survival and Spread of Medulloblastoma Metastases Supervisor(s): Prof. Michael Taylor Graduate Unit: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Dec 10 | Name: Shuoyan Xu |
Modelling Supply Dynamics in Large-Scale Ride-Hailing Systems Supervisor(s): Prof. Eric Miller Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Dec 10 | Name: Guillermo Lozano Onrubia |
Spatially-Resolved Work Function Studies of Ytterbium Oxide Using Pulsed Force Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy Supervisor(s): Prof. Gilbert Walker Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Dec 10 | Name: Junfeng Guo |
Interfacial Kinetic and Thermodynamic Requirements in Bronstead Acid Catalyzed C-O Bond Activation Supervisor(s): Prof. Cathy Ya Huei Chin Graduate Unit: Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
| Dec 10 | Name: Sushant Singh |
Biphasic Granular Hydrogels for Bioprinting Applications and for Treating Full-Thickness Skin Defects Supervisor(s): Prof. Axel Guenther Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Dec 10 | Name: Kabriya Thavaratnam |
A Cell Atlas of Human and Mouse Synovium from Early and Advanced Stages of Knee Osteoarthritis: BHLHE40 Regulates Fibroblast Supervisor(s): Prof. Mohit Kapoor Graduate Unit: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Dec 10 | Name: Tadhg Hearne |
Canadian Boreal Forest Wildfires: An Analysis of CO, HCHO, and NO2 in Wildfire Smoke. Supervisor(s): Prof. Kimberly Strong Graduate Unit: Department of Physics |
| Dec 10 | Name: Karthik Mahadevan |
Interaction as Programming in Human-Robot Interaction Supervisor(s): Prof. Tovi Grossman Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Dec 10 | Name: Elena Vasileva |
Remembering Russian Modernism: Construction of Past, Self, and Cultural Identity in Autobiographical Discourse Supervisor(s): Prof. Leonid Livak Graduate Unit: Department of Slavic and East European Languages & Cultures |
| Dec 10 | Name: Liang Zhou Koh |
Knowing Together Supervisor(s): Prof. Jennifer Nagel Graduate Unit: Department of Philosophy |
| Dec 10 | Name: Marycarmen Lara Villanueva |
Racialized Politics & Visual Representation of Blackness in Mexican State-Sponsored School Textbooks Supervisor(s): Prof. Rosalind Hampton Graduate Unit: Department of Social Justice Education |
| Dec 10 | Name: Veronica Grigio |
Animism in the Clinical Encounter: Plant Sentiency amid an HIV Epidemic in Upper Peruvian Amazonia Supervisor(s): Prof. Bianca Jane Dahl, Prof. Holly Wardlow Graduate Unit: Department of Anthropology |
| Dec 10 | Name: Inesa Khatkovskaya |
Fog and the Moving Image Supervisor(s): Prof. Brian Price Graduate Unit: Cinema Studies Institute |
| Dec 10 | Name: Jose Luis Dizon |
Islamic Use of the Bible: Polemics and Usurpation Supervisor(s): Prof. Walid Saleh Graduate Unit: Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations |
| Dec 11 | Name: Raunaq Bagchi |
Biomass-based Redox-Active Composites for Capaciti Supervisor(s): Prof. Keryn Lian, Prof. Jane Howe Graduate Unit: Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
| Dec 11 | Name: Poli Maryline Natama |
Essays in Development Economics Supervisor(s): Prof. Gustavo Bobonis Graduate Unit: Department of Economics |
| Dec 11 | Name: Emilda Thavaratnam |
Reclaiming Spaces and Sharing Stories in the Neoliberal Era: The Experiences of International Students in Ontario Colleges Supervisor(s): Prof. Jamie-Lynn Magnusson Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Dec 11 | Name: Xin Mu |
Integration of Microfluidic Channels and Laser Diodes with Visible-Light Photonics for Neurotechnology Supervisor(s): Prof. Joyce Poon Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Dec 11 | Name: Emily Schwartzman |
Judgments of Attractiveness and Sexual Orientation: The Role of Perceiver Identity Supervisor(s): Prof. Nicholas Rule Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Dec 11 | Name: Mozynah Nofal |
EXPLORING DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS: LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES AND THE ROLE OF ISLAMIC SCHOOLS IN ONTARIO Supervisor(s): Prof. James Ryan Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Dec 11 | Name: Mohammad Hosny Saleh |
Engineering and Applications of Split-Topology Antigen Receptors for Recognition of Soluble Ligands Supervisor(s): Prof. Michael James Garton, Prof. Armand Keating Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
| Dec 11 | Name: Madeleine Constance Oman |
The Evolution, Predictors, and Consequences of Mutation Rate Variation. Supervisor(s): Prof. Robert Ness Graduate Unit: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Dec 12 | Name: Zijie Qu |
Evaluating the Impact of Voice Assistants on Older Adult Self-Efficacy Supervisor(s): Prof. Mark Chignell Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Dec 12 | Name: Ariana Fernandez |
Coffee Republic, Banana Empire, and the Political Epidemiology of Early Childbearing: Embodied Inequities in Costa Rica, 1821-2025 Supervisor(s): Prof. Judith Ann Teichman Graduate Unit: Department of Political Science |
| Dec 12 | Name: Krithika Muthuraman |
Broad neutralization of viruses with high genetic diversity by antibodies Supervisor(s): Prof. Jean-Philippe Julien Graduate Unit: Department of Biochemistry |
| Dec 12 | Name: Claire HsinJu Shyu |
Neurochemical Mechanisms of Vulnerability to Opioid Use Disorder in Chronic Pain: Insights from Multimodal Imaging Supervisor(s): Prof. Bernard Le Foll, Prof. Isabelle Boileau Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Dec 12 | Name: Yash Mukund Kant |
Extending 3D Capabilities of 2D Diffusion Models: Useful Controls and Scalable Techniques Supervisor(s): Prof. Igor Gilitschenski Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Dec 12 | Name: S M Naimul Hasan |
Structure, Dynamics and Therapeutic Potential of F atty Acid Synthase Supervisor(s): Prof. Mohammad Mazhab-Jafari Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Dec 12 | Name: Alperen Govdeli |
Integrated Photonic Switches and Detectors for Submicrometer Wavelengths Supervisor(s): Prof. Joyce Poon Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Dec 12 | Name: Kenneth Dearborn |
Temperature and host tree impacts on emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleopte Buprestidae) life history and development Supervisor(s): Prof. Sandy Smith Graduate Unit: Faculty of Forestry |
| Dec 12 | Name: Rita Katalin Laszlo |
At the Limits of Knowledge: Scenes of Epistemic Breakdowns in Schiller, Hoffmann, and Kleist Supervisor(s): Prof. Christine Lehleiter, Prof. Willi Goetschel Graduate Unit: Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures |
| Dec 12 | Name: Braxton Boyer |
What is Christian Anarchist Art? Leo Tolstoy and the Literature of The Intermediary, 1885-1890 Supervisor(s): Prof. Donna Orwin Graduate Unit: Department of Slavic and East European Languages & Cultures |
| Dec 12 | Name: Tian Kong |
Exploiting Mechanisms of Potassium Channel Modulators to Rectify Neurodevelopmental Disorder Supervisor(s): Prof. Lu-Yang Wang Graduate Unit: Department of Physiology |
| Dec 12 | Name: Rosalinda Furlan |
Second generation Euro-Canadians: Resisting or embracing a White settler identity? Supervisor(s): Prof. Arlo Kempf Graduate Unit: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
| Dec 15 | Name: Stefanie-Grace Sbergio |
The Investigation of Novel Therapeutics for H3K27M Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG) Supervisor(s): Prof. Cynthia Hawkins Graduate Unit: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Dec 15 | Name: Hadeel Alyacoob |
Early Home Palliative Care for Advanced Heart Patients in Urban Ontario: Multistate Analysis, Calibration and Cost-Utility Studies Supervisor(s): Prof. Ahmed Bayoumi Graduate Unit: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation |
| Dec 15 | Name: Laura Vaz-Jones |
The Plantation City: Unfree Women and the Making of Nineteenth-Century Salvador, Brazil Supervisor(s): Prof. Beverley Mullings Graduate Unit: Department of Geography and Planning |
| Dec 15 | Name: Andrew Frizado |
Transvertebral Acoustic Monitoring for Cavitation-mediated Focused Ultrasound Therapy of the Spinal Cord Supervisor(s): Prof. Meaghan O’Reilly Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Dec 15 | Name: Meagan Flus |
Collaboration and Conflict during Hackathon Design Projects Supervisor(s): Prof. Alison Olechowski Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Dec 15 | Name: Michael Dewar |
Exploring The Role Of Anatomical Location And Macrophage Interactions As Determinants of Cardiac Fibroblast Phenotype Supervisor(s): Prof. Scott Heximer Graduate Unit: Department of Physiology |
| Dec 15 | Name: Yuxin Chang |
Accelerating Catalyst Discovery Using Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning Supervisor(s): Prof. Edward Sargent Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Dec 15 | Name: Julia Kitaygorodsky |
Redefining Proximity Proteomics: Approaches to High-throughput, Context-aware and Structure-informed Studies Supervisor(s): Prof. Anne-Claude Gingras Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Dec 15 | Name: Andrea Janelle Tench |
Exploring strategies to promote CBL E3 ligase activity Supervisor(s): Prof. Jane Mcglade-Dolson Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Dec 15 | Name: Michaela Celeste Pedersen-Macnab |
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: Deceiving International Institutions Supervisor(s): Prof. Steven Bernstein Graduate Unit: Department of Political Science |
| Dec 15 | Name: Christian J Lopez |
Applying an Implementation Science Approach to the REACH System: An Electronic Prospective Surveillance Model for Cancer Rehabilitation Supervisor(s): Prof. Jennifer Jones Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Dec 15 | Name: Katelyn Downey |
High Hopes for Low-Field: Investigating the Potential of Low-Field NMR Spectroscopy in Environmental Research Supervisor(s): Prof. Andre Simpson Graduate Unit: Dept. of Physical & Environmental Sci (UTSC) |
| Dec 15 | Name: Silvia Si Wing Vong |
Institutional Anti-Racism Work and the Reproduction of Whiteness through New Public Management Practices in Canadian Universities Supervisor(s): Prof. Kiran Mirchandani Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Dec 16 | Name: Laura Marotta |
The Relationship Between Ontario’s Specialist High Skills Major and Post-Secondary Readiness for Equity Deserving Students Supervisor(s): Prof. Anna Katyn Chmielewski Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Dec 16 | Name: Justine Hyejung Jun |
Canadian Workplace Culture and Professional Growth: Exploring Transformative Learning Journeys of Racialized Female Internationally-Educated English Instructors in Ontario Higher Education Supervisor(s): Prof. Jeff Bale Graduate Unit: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
| Dec 16 | Name: Daniel Wilson |
New Approaches to Understand the Intention- Behaviour Gap: Testing the Validity of Domain- General but Person-Specific Models Supervisor(s): Prof. Cendri Anne Claire Hutcherson Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Dec 16 | Name: Audrey Littlejohn |
Examining Leadership Approaches to Combat Anti-Black Racism in K-12 Urban and Suburban Public Schools in the Greater Toronto Area Supervisor(s): Prof. Joseph Flessa Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Dec 16 | Name: Sanjana Bhatnagar |
Interrogating the Role of Intronic Motifs in Context-Dependent Regulation of Alternative Splicing Supervisor(s): Prof. John Anthony Calarco Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Dec 16 | Name: Renuka Rikeisha Ramlogan |
The Role of IL-17RD in the pathogenesis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Supervisor(s): Prof. Rae Yeung Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Dec 16 | Name: Sylvia Joanna Gaspari |
The Rhetoric of Prayer and Invocation in the Commedia Supervisor(s): Prof. Domenico Pietropaolo Graduate Unit: Dept. of Italian Spanish Portuguese & Latin American Studies |
| Dec 17 | Name: Austin Miguel Simoes-Gomes |
The Goddess Will See You Now: Possession, Divination, and Healing in Kathmandu Valley Living Rooms Supervisor(s): Prof. Christoph Emmrich Graduate Unit: Department for the Study of Religion |
| Dec 17 | Name: You Zhi Hu |
Evaluation of Virtual Reality Interventions for Reducing Social and Public Speaking Anxiety: A Virtual Forest Approach Supervisor(s): Prof. Mark Chignell Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Dec 17 | Name: Peiying Jian |
How Does Computer-Aided Design Affect Creativity? A Mixed Methods Investigation Of Creative Performance, User Attitudes and Neurophysiology Supervisor(s): Prof. Alison Olechowski Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Dec 17 | Name: Neil Justin Price |
Surfacing the Undercommons: Unmaking the Academy through Black Collectivity Supervisor(s): Prof. Jamie-Lynn Magnusson Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Dec 17 | Name: Chien-Feng Lin |
Characterizing MYC-dependent vulnerabilities in br east cancer Supervisor(s): Prof. Linda Penn Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Dec 18 | Name: Michael John Salvatore Beauvais |
Transparent Youth Supervisor(s): Prof. Lisa Austin Graduate Unit: Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law |
| Dec 18 | Name: Philip Fradkin |
Informative Objectives for Self-Supervised Learning in Molecular Biology Supervisor(s): Prof. Brendan Frey, Prof. Bo Wang Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Dec 18 | Name: Mahta Kakvan |
lntersectionality of Ethnicity and Sexual/Gender Identity: Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among Iranian LGBTQ+ Immigrants in Canada Supervisor(s): Prof. Abby Goldstein Graduate Unit: Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development |
| Dec 18 | Name: Patricia Creary |
The effects of a companion animal visitation program on university students’ mental health and well-being Supervisor(s): Prof. Abby Goldstein Graduate Unit: Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development |
| Dec 18 | Name: Soroush Ebadian |
Mechanisms for a Pluralistic World: From Voting and Fair Division to AI Alignment Supervisor(s): Prof. Nisarg Shah Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Dec 18 | Name: Jose Henrique Arnal |
Adjoint-Based Data Assimilation for Enhanced Magnetohydrodynamic Modelling of Space Plasmas Supervisor(s): Prof. Clinton Groth Graduate Unit: Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| Dec 18 | Name: Katya Ann D’Costa |
Design of a Polyurethane/Gelatin Composite Tubular Construct for Vascular Tissue Engineering Supervisor(s): Prof. Paul Santerre, Prof. Craig Simmons Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
| Dec 18 | Name: Thomas William Dudgeon |
Testing Trade-offs in the Fossil Record: Social- sexual vs. Natural Selection in the Cranial Evolution of Duck-billed Dinosaurs Supervisor(s): Prof. David Evans Graduate Unit: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Dec 18 | Name: Amanda Paul |
From Gaps to Levers: Equity-Centred Design in Adult Asynchronous Secondary Learning Across a Decade in Ontario Supervisor(s): Prof. Elizabeth Ann Dhuey Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Dec 18 | Name: Jingkang Wang |
Scaling Real-World Simulation for Safe Autonomy Supervisor(s): Prof. Raquel Urtasun Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Dec 18 | Name: Andrea Portt |
Air Pollution and Migraine: Refining Estimates through Innovative Analysis, Exposure and Outcome Measurement Supervisor(s): Prof. Peter Smith Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Dec 19 | Name: Loreto del Pilar Fernandez Gonzalez |
Accessing the standard of care for advanced cancer in a neoliberal laboratory: a critical ethnography of commercial clinical trials in Santiago, Chile Supervisor(s): Prof. Anne-Emanuelle Birn Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Dec 19 | Name: Siu Ling Tai |
Colony Stimulating Factor 2 as a Rheostat in Intestinal Homeostasis Supervisor(s): Prof. Arthur Mortha Graduate Unit: Department of Immunology |
| Dec 19 | Name: Hosna Movahhedinia |
Understanding the Origins of Ultrafine Particles in a Major City Using Artificial Intelligence Supervisor(s): Prof. Greg Evans Graduate Unit: Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
| Dec 22 | Name: Victoria Kerr |
Understanding Student Engagement and the Team Environment in First-year Egnineering Project Teams Supervisor(s): Prof. Emily Moore, Prof. Patricia Sheridan Graduate Unit: Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
| Dec 23 | Name: Tanmay Gupta |
Multi-material Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering: Integrating High-Stiffness Inks and Immune-Instructive Bioinks Supervisor(s): Prof. Mohini Sain Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |