Doctoral Examinations & Schedule
The Final Oral Examination (FOE) is the capstone experience of your doctoral studies. General information about the FOE is outlined in the SGS Calendar. A Doctoral Exam Schedule (see calendar below) listing current thesis defenses is updated periodically.
Additionally, you may find helpful the Guidelines for the Doctoral FOE, a PDF 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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- Masks must be worn at all times in the examination room and throughout the building.
- Complete a health screening before coming to campus is highly recommended (individuals can monitor their health using the Provincial health screening tool), and we continue to ask members of our community to remain at home if they are ill.
- Exam rooms are available for blocks of up to three (3) hours between 9:30am and 4:30pm Monday to Friday.
- Exam rooms have maximum capacities as indicated on the Book a Meeting Room website.
- All participants should bring their laptop or tablet with them; the computer, camera, and microphone in the room can be used to provide a full room view for remote participants. The computer is currently configured for anyone to sign into their Zoom or MS Teams account. Teleconference is also available for a maximum of two participants.
- All signature files and forms will be administered electronically.
Doctoral Examination Schedule
| Exam Date | Student Name | Exam Information (Thesis, Supervisor(s), Graduate Unit) |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 5 | Name: Martin Urner |
Time-varying Intensity of Mechanical Ventilation and Outcomes of Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure Supervisor(s): Prof. Eddy Fan Graduate Unit: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation |
| Jul 5 | Name: Noreen Rahmani |
Exploring the Role of Attentional Bias in Nicotine Dependence Supervisor(s): Prof. Laurie Anne Zawertailo Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Jul 6 | Name: Elizabeth Julianna Osterlund |
Quantitative Fast FLIM-FRET (qF3) to study BCL-2 family protein-protein interactions in live Supervisor(s): Prof. David Andrews Graduate Unit: Department of Biochemistry |
| Jul 6 | Name: Amirreza Mahpour |
The Application of Data Science to Highway Asset Management Investment Strategies Supervisor(s): Prof. Tamer El-Diraby Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Jul 6 | Name: Shamsunnahar Suchana |
Compound specific isotope analysis for the bioremediation of NH2- and N02-substituted chlorobenzenes at low concentrations Supervisor(s): Prof. Elodie Passeport Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Jul 6 | Name: Rachel Benett Axtell |
Exploring Reminiscence in Multimodal Digital Spaces Supervisor(s): Prof. Cosmin Munteanu Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Jul 6 | Name: Verne Ross |
THE VOICES AND STORIES OF TWO-SPIRIT PEOPLE Supervisor(s): Prof. Antoinette Gagne Graduate Unit: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
| Jul 6 | Name: Patrick Garon-Sayegh |
Medicine at the Bar: Medical Experts, Lawyers, and the Making of Malpractice in the Courtroom Supervisor(s): Prof. Trudo Lemmens Graduate Unit: Faculty of Law |
| Jul 6 | Name: Ali Cheraghi |
Special Correspondences of Abelian Varieties and Eisenstein Series Supervisor(s): Prof. Stephen Kudla Graduate Unit: Department of Mathematics |
| Jul 6 | Name: Grace Egan |
Hexokinase 2 localizes to the nucleus and regulate s stemness in AML through a kinase independent mechanism Supervisor(s): Prof. Aaron Schimmer Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Jul 6 | Name: Michele Olivieri |
Charting the genetic architecture of the DNA damage response Supervisor(s): Prof. Daniel Durocher Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Jul 6 | Name: Kenana Al Kakouni |
The Role of the Retromer Recycling Complex in Epithelial Cell Rearrangement Supervisor(s): Prof. Ulrich Tepass Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Jul 7 | Name: Mickael Thomas Mendez |
Unsupervised and supervised methods for analysis of human multimodal transcriptome data Supervisor(s): Prof. Michael Hoffman, Prof. Frederick Roth Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Jul 7 | Name: Betul Alaca |
The Role of Mosques in Promoting Well-being in Muslim Communities Supervisor(s): Prof. Angela Pyle Graduate Unit: Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development |
| Jul 7 | Name: Michelle Ly |
Deciphering the Biological Differences between Micro-Metastasis and Macro-Metastasis in Medulloblastoma Supervisor(s): Prof. Michael Taylor Graduate Unit: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Jul 7 | Name: Zahide Alaca |
Schools, Summers, and Educational Inequality Supervisor(s): Prof. Scott Davies Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Jul 8 | Name: Mona Gridseth |
Towards Deep Learning for Long-Term Localization in Visual Teach and Repeat Supervisor(s): Prof. Tim Barfoot Graduate Unit: Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| Jul 8 | Name: Steven McClellan |
German Economists and the Intersection of Science and Politics: A History of the Verein fur Sozialpolitik, 1872-1972 Supervisor(s): Prof. Jennifer Jenkins Graduate Unit: Department of History |
| Jul 8 | Name: Laura Aronoff |
Investigating the Cardiac Immune Response in Viral Myocarditis Supervisor(s): Prof. Slava Epelman Graduate Unit: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Jul 8 | Name: Akihiro Nakamura |
Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor as a Critical Disease Driver and Novel Therapeutic Targ et in Spondyloarthritis Supervisor(s): Prof. Nigil Haroon Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Jul 11 | Name: Wook Yang |
Cognitive and Mental Health in Aging Sexual Minority Populations: Diversifying the Minority Stress Model Supervisor(s): Prof. Shelley Craig, Prof. Shelley Craig Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Jul 11 | Name: Mohamed Mohamed Saad Atia Abdalla |
Rethinking Clinical De-identification Supervisor(s): Prof. Frank Rudzicz, Prof. Graeme Hirst Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Jul 11 | Name: Qi Guan |
New Prescription Opioid Use and Risks of Adverse Events in Ontario Supervisor(s): Prof. Tara Gomes Graduate Unit: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation |
| Jul 11 | Name: Anna Kopec |
The Politics of Homelessness: Poverty, Policy, and Political Participation Supervisor(s): Prof. Linda White Graduate Unit: Department of Political Science |
| Jul 12 | Name: Janna MacLachlan |
Naalagiursaniq Tunnganarnirlu (Learning to Listen and be Welcoming): Engaging Inuit Perspectives on Timimut Ikajuqsivik (Rehabilitation) for Children in the Qikiqtani Region of Nunavut Supervisor(s): Prof. Stephanie Nixon Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Jul 12 | Name: Ramesh Lamsal |
Measuring and Incorporating Family Spillover Cost and Health Consequences in Economic Evaluation of Child Health Interventions Supervisor(s): Prof. Wendy Ungar Graduate Unit: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation |
| Jul 13 | Name: SiQi Zhou |
Neural Networks as Add-on Modules for Improved Performance of Robot Control Systems Supervisor(s): Prof. Angela Schoellig Graduate Unit: Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| Jul 13 | Name: Emily Deibert |
High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Exoplanet Atmospheres Supervisor(s): Prof. Suresh Sivanandam, Prof. Ray Jayawardhana Graduate Unit: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Jul 14 | Name: Melissa Greeff |
Flying Flat Out: Fast Multirotor Flight Using Vision-Based Navigation in Real-World Environments Supervisor(s): Prof. Angela Schoellig Graduate Unit: Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| Jul 14 | Name: Marie-Lise Drapeau-Bisson |
Reading, Evaluating and Commemorating Feminism: Excluding and reviving dynamics of L’Euguelionne’s reception in Quebec Supervisor(s): Prof. Judith Taylor Graduate Unit: Department of Sociology |
| Jul 14 | Name: Jeffrey Negrea |
Approximations and Scaling Limits of Markov Chains with Applications to MCMC and Approximate Inference Supervisor(s): Prof. Daniel Roy, Prof. Jeffrey Rosenthal Graduate Unit: Department of Statistical Sciences |
| Jul 14 | Name: Fan Wang |
A flexible summary statistics-based colocalization method to integrate omics data Supervisor(s): Prof. Lisa Strug, Prof. Lei Sun Graduate Unit: Department of Statistical Sciences |
| Jul 15 | Name: Sameh Attia |
Hardware Checkpointing and Productive Debugging Flows for FPGAs Supervisor(s): Prof. Vaughn Betz Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Jul 15 | Name: Ruibin Wang |
Hybrid Models for BOF Steelmaking and Continuous Casting Applications Supervisor(s): Prof. Kinnor Chattopadhyay Graduate Unit: Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
| Jul 18 | Name: Andi Leigh Camden |
Opioid Use in Pregnancy in Ontario, Canada- Using Population-Based Administrative Data to Evaluate the Health of Pregnant People and Children Supervisor(s): Prof. Teresa To, Prof. Astrid Guttmann Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Jul 18 | Name: Emile Dirks |
Policing “Target People”: Crime Control and Political Repression in the People’s Republic of China Supervisor(s): Graduate Unit: Department of Political Science |
| Jul 19 | Name: Suraj Ganesh Borkar |
A new perspective on the wetting of a surface by the drops of an emulsion Supervisor(s): Prof. Arun Ramchandran Graduate Unit: Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
| Jul 19 | Name: Shengyang Sun |
Function-Space Bayesian Learning: from Gaussian Processes to Bayesian Deep Learning Supervisor(s): Prof. Roger Grosse Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Jul 19 | Name: Lazar Konforti |
“Nosotros no comemos cana”: Defence of territory and agrarian change in the Polochic Valley, Guatemala Supervisor(s): Prof. Scott Prudham Graduate Unit: Department of Geography and Planning |
| Jul 19 | Name: Bochu Liu |
How the Food Environment, Time Use, and Household Labour Division Influence Dietary Activities: A Case Study of Two Neighbourhoods in Toronto Supervisor(s): Prof. Michael Widener Graduate Unit: Department of Geography and Planning |
| Jul 19 | Name: Daniel Merritt |
A Discriminating Memory: Learning and Chemosensation in C. elegans Supervisor(s): Prof. Derek Van Der Kooy Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Jul 19 | Name: Chi-Hsun Chang |
Visualizing the Vulnerability of Face Processing Across the Lifespan: An Image Reconstruction Approach Supervisor(s): Prof. Andy CH Lee, Prof. Adrian R. Nestor Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Jul 19 | Name: Lu Yu |
Latent Structures Estimation for Panel Data and Theoretical Guarantees for Stochastic Optimization Supervisor(s): Prof. Stanislav Volgushev, Prof. Murat Anil Erdogdu Graduate Unit: Department of Statistical Sciences |
| Jul 20 | Name: Ana Popovic |
The landscape of eukaryotic microbiota in the gut microbiome and their impact on bacterial communities and host health Supervisor(s): Prof. John Parkinson Graduate Unit: Department of Biochemistry |
| Jul 20 | Name: Garion Hicks |
Redox Doping and Assembly of Pi-Conjugated Polymer Supervisor(s): Prof. Dwight Seferos Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Jul 20 | Name: Jessica Ruth Copley |
Forms of War: Capitalism, Representation and the State in Post-45 Literatures from France, Japan and the United States Supervisor(s): Prof. Eric Cazdyn Graduate Unit: Centre for Comparative Literature |
| Jul 20 | Name: Amna Liaqat |
Digitally Mediated Support for Lifelong Culture and Language Learning Supervisor(s): Prof. Cosmin Munteanu Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Jul 20 | Name: Ziad Alostaz |
A Diagnostic Evaluation of Physical Restraint Practices in An Adult Intensive Care Unit: A Mixed Method Study Supervisor(s): Prof. Linda Johnston, Prof. Craig Dale Graduate Unit: Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing |
| Jul 21 | Name: Eric Donders |
Escaping the Endosome with Colloidal Drug Aggregates Supervisor(s): Prof. Molly Shoichet Graduate Unit: Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
| Jul 21 | Name: Xiaoke Zeng |
Neurodegenerative diseases in two Ontario mining cohorts Supervisor(s): Prof. Paul Demers, Prof. Victoria Arrandale Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Jul 21 | Name: James Santangelo |
Evolutionary Processes in Urban Environments Supervisor(s): Prof. Marc Johnson, Prof. Rob Ness Graduate Unit: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Jul 21 | Name: Shrestha Roy Goswami |
Ionic Liquid Mediated Synthesis of Starch Maleates and their Application in Biodegradable Polymer Composites. Supervisor(s): Prof. Ning Yan Graduate Unit: Faculty of Forestry |
| Jul 21 | Name: Shrestha Roy Goswami |
Ionic Liquid Mediated Synthesis of Starch Maleates and their Application in Biodegradable Polymer Composites. Supervisor(s): Prof. Ning Yan Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Forestry |
| Jul 21 | Name: Yi Zou |
Neuroimaging Phenotypes of Oxidative Stress and Thermoregulation in Youth Bipolar Disorder Supervisor(s): Prof. Benjamin Goldstein Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Jul 21 | Name: Mikaela Katherine Dimick |
Neurostructural, Neurofunctional, and Neurocognitive Phenotypes of Self-harm among Youth with Bipolar Disorder Supervisor(s): Prof. Benjamin Goldstein Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Jul 21 | Name: Meiling Man |
Soil Organic Matter Compositional Change in Response to Cropping Practices and Environmental Factors in Agricultural and Forest Ecosystems Supervisor(s): Prof. Myrna Simpson Graduate Unit: Dept. of Physical & Environmental Sci (UTSC) |
| Jul 22 | Name: Keith Adrian Colaco |
Development of a Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Model for Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Supervisor(s): Prof. Dafna Gladman, Prof. Lihi Eder Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Jul 22 | Name: Diala Lteif |
One Hundred Years of Refuge: Migrants and the Making of Karantina, Beirut (1918-2018) Supervisor(s): Prof. Kanishka Goonewardena, Prof. Jens Hanssen Graduate Unit: Department of Geography and Planning |
| Jul 22 | Name: Nathan Leonhardt |
How do I Show Gratitude to God? Paying it Back Versus Paying it Forward Supervisor(s): Prof. Emily Impett Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Jul 22 | Name: Bethany Lassetter |
Evaluating Others’ Relevance: Dimensions, Levels, and Interdependence Supervisor(s): Prof. Rebecca Neel Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Jul 25 | Name: Zehra Melike Polat |
(Re)conceptualizing Integration: An Arts-Informed Study of Kurdish-Turkish Asylum Claimants’ Post-migration Experiences in Canada Supervisor(s): Prof. Antoinette Gagne Graduate Unit: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
| Jul 25 | Name: Natalia Ivone Sandoval Herrera |
Sublethal Effects of Pesticides on Bats: from Cells to Behaviour Supervisor(s): Prof. Kenneth Collins Welch Jr. Graduate Unit: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Jul 25 | Name: Connor Grant Christopher Sebestyen |
The Allied War Crimes Programs and the Struggle to to enact Justice in Germany 1945-58: Prisons, Prisoners, and the Fight for Legitimacy Supervisor(s): Prof. Rebecca Wittmann Graduate Unit: Department of History |
| Jul 25 | Name: Andrew Fares |
Effects of Cannabis Alone and Combined with Alcohol on Simulated Driving Supervisor(s): Prof. Bruna Brands Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Jul 26 | Name: Hannah Kozlowski |
Strategies for Moving Multi-Target Nucleic Acid Assays Towards Clinical Use Supervisor(s): Prof. Warren Chan Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
| Jul 26 | Name: Shun Liao |
Methods and Applications of Deep Learning in Sequential Medical Data Supervisor(s): Prof. Zhaolei Zhang Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Jul 26 | Name: Philippe Gray |
The current shaping modular multi-level converter Supervisor(s): Prof. Peter Lehn Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Jul 26 | Name: Katharina Pabst |
Putting “the Other Maine” on the Map: Language Variation, Local Affiliation, and Co-occurrence in Aroostook County English Supervisor(s): Prof. Sali Tagliamonte Graduate Unit: Department of Linguistics |
| Jul 27 | Name: Seyedkianoush Mousavichashmi |
Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Decision Making in Crowd-Shipping Supervisor(s): Prof. Matthew Roorda, Prof. Merve Bodur Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Jul 27 | Name: Matthew Warkentin |
Risk stratification for lung cancer screening using an epidemiologic, molecular, and quantitative imaging approach Supervisor(s): Prof. Rayjean Hung, Prof. Kieran Campbell Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Jul 27 | Name: Sinthu Pathmanapan |
Characterizing Metabolomic Activity in mutant IDH Chondrosarcomas & Chondrocytes Supervisor(s): Prof. Jay Wunder, Prof. Benjamin Alman Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Jul 27 | Name: Sinthu Pathmanapan |
Characterizing Metabolomic Activity in mutant IDH Chondrosarcomas & Chondrocytes Supervisor(s): Prof. Jay Wunder, Prof. Sevan Hopyan Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Jul 27 | Name: Timothy Ng |
CRISPR/Cas9 screens reveal the consequences of genome stability factor inhibition by small molecules Supervisor(s): Prof. Daniel Durocher Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Jul 27 | Name: Samantha Angelo Ing Esteves |
Clustered Protocadherins: A Molecular Barcode for Neuronal Wiring and Survival Supervisor(s): Prof. Julie Lefebvre Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Jul 27 | Name: Andrea Terri Greenblatt |
Meaning-Making and Mental Health: Capturing Youth’s Voices Supervisor(s): Prof. Eunjung Lee Graduate Unit: Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work |
| Jul 28 | Name: Jeanne Masson-Makdissi |
Transition Metal-Catalyzed Sequential and Tandem Allylation and Isomerization Reactions Supervisor(s): Prof. Mark Lautens Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Jul 28 | Name: Derek Peter Wolf |
The Positional Logic of Technological Innovation in the Canadian Bioenergy Sector Supervisor(s): Prof. John Caspersen Graduate Unit: Faculty of Forestry |
| Jul 28 | Name: Derek Peter Wolf |
The Positional Logic of Technological Innovation in the Canadian Bioenergy Sector Supervisor(s): Prof. John Caspersen Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Forestry |
| Jul 28 | Name: Xinyang Young Zhou |
Development of a Novel Assay to Quantify Inflammation for Investigating Mitochondrial Health and White Matter Integrity in Mood Disorders Supervisor(s): Prof. Ana Cristina Andreazza Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Jul 28 | Name: Meng Yi Xu |
Effects of miR-137 on Pyramidal Neuronal Morphology and GABA Interneuron Neurogenesis Supervisor(s): Prof. Albert Wong Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Jul 28 | Name: Wing Yeung Vivian Leung |
Cultural Socialization Among Chinese Parents in Canada and the United States: Role of Racism, Co-ethnic Social Capital, and Regional-level Characteristics Supervisor(s): Prof. Lin Fang Graduate Unit: Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work |
| Jul 29 | Name: Beibei Zhang |
New Modes of Housing Consumption: Financialization Multi-Scalar Governance, and the Transformation of Tenure Supervisor(s): Prof. Jun Zhang, Prof. Alan Walks Graduate Unit: Department of Geography and Planning |
| Jul 29 | Name: Tess Allegra Forest |
Statistical Learning Changes Across Development Supervisor(s): Prof. Amy Finn Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |