Doctoral Candidates Scheduled for Final Oral Examinations of the Dissertation

Final oral examinations are open all members of the University community and the public, unless attendance is restricted by the Graduate Studies Committee. Questions should be directed to the Office of the Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, Degree Evaluators at (512) 471-4511.

Student Name Major Chair Name Date, Time, Location Title
SHULUK, JULIA CHEMISTRY ANSLYN, ERIC V APRIL 10, 2026; 12:00 PM TO 2:00 PM; NHB 5.202 DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF HIGH-THROUGHPUT WORKFLOWS FOR SYNTHESIS AND SEQUENCING OF SEQUENCE-DEFINED OLIGOURETHANES
SUN, SHA COMMUNICATION STUDIES (PHD) Ganesh, Shiv, Ballard, Dawna APRIL 10, 2026; 10:00AM CST; LBJ ROOM CMA 5.136 COMMUNICATING "ACCELERATION" IN THE FAST-FASHION SUPPLY CHAIN: A SPATIOTEMPORAL LENS ON FLUID ORGANIZATIONS
TADESSE, MERON CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Ganesan, Venkat APRIL 10, 2026; 2:00PM CST; EER 0.806/0.808 MULVA MPR UNDERSTANDING ION TRANSPORT IN ZWITTERION-SUPPORTED ELECTROLYTES
TIMILSINA, SUJANA CIVIL ENGINEERING PASSALACQUA, PAOLA APRIL 10, 2026; 10:00 AM TO 12:30 PM; ECJ ECJ 5.442 CONF ON IMPROVING STREAMFLOW PREDICTIONS AT LARGE SCALES: MEASUREMENTS, MODELING, AND DATA ASSIMILATION
WEN, JIAYUAN COMMUNICATION STUDIES (PHD) Dailey, Rene M APRIL 10, 2026; 10:00 AM; CMA 7.106 NO TITLE PROVIDED
WRIGHT, JOSEY PHYSICS Markert, Christina APRIL 10, 2026; 2:00PM; PMA 5.124 INVESTIGATING HEAVY-FLAVOR QUARK PRODUCTION IN HARD AND SOFT SCATTERING USING ANGULAR CORRELATIONS OVER VARYING MULTIPLICITY CLASSES WITH THE ALICE DETECTOR AT THE LHC IN P-PB COLLISIONS AT SQRT(SNN) = 5.02 TEV
CHEN, YOUGUANG COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS BIROS, GEORGE APRIL 13, 2026; 12:00 PM TO 2:00 PM; POB 6.304 FAST ALGORITHMS FOR MINIMALLY SUPERVISED LEARNING
CLIFFORD, NAMUUN NURSING SCIENCE (PHD) Radhakrishnan, Kavita APRIL 13, 2026; 12:00-2:00PM CST; SON 4.174 PRECISION DIGITAL HEALTH IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE: PHENOTYPING DIGITAL H TECHNOLOGY ENGAGEMENT AND PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES
LONGO, AUGUST KELBY CHEMISTRY Anslyn, Eric V APRIL 13, 2026; 12:00 PM TO 1:30 PM; MBB OR EER 1.210 OR 3.640/3.642 CHEMICAL STRATEGIES FOR CIRCULAR POLYMER MATERIALS: REGENERABLE POLYETHER SYSTEMS AND DYNAMIC COVALENT DESIGN
WOOLLEY, PHILLIP R CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Paull, Tanya T APRIL 13, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM; MBB 3.204 TWO STUDIES IN MOLECULAR AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY: ATM LOSS DRIVING TRANSCRIPTIONAL DISRUPTION, AND THE PRACTICAL LIMITS OF ZERO-SHOT EVOLUTIONARY MODELS