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
VAIDYULA, RINISH REDDY CHEMISTRY MULLINS, CHARLES B JULY 29, 2026; 10:30 AM TO 12:00 PM; CPE 2.802F ENGINEERING ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERFACES AND POROUS ARCHITECTURES FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION
WANG, ZIQING CHEMISTRY MULLINS, CHARLES B JULY 29, 2026; 9:00 AM TO 10:00 AM; CPE 2.802F (CHAIR'S CONFERENCE ROOM) ELECTROLYTE ENGINEERING AND INTERFACIAL ELECTROCHEMISTRY IN AQUEOUS ZINC METAL BATTERIES
ANDERSON, JOHN CLASSICS White, Stephen A, Gurd, Sean JULY 30, 2026; 11:00 AM; WAG 123 INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE LYCEUM: FRAGMENTS OF ARISTOTLE'S EXOTERICA
ARORA, SRISHTY HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH EDUCATION Loukas, Alexandra JULY 30, 2026; 2:30PM CT; GEORGE SANCHEZ BLDG. RM 3.326 LONGITUDINAL ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND CANNABIS SMOKING AND CANNABIS VAPING AMONG MEXICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
LEEDOM, STEPHANIE MICROBIOLOGY Keiler, Kenneth C JULY 30, 2026; 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM; MBB 1.210 CLEARING COLLISIONS: RESCUE OF BACTERIAL RIBOSOMES IN BLOCKED TRANSCRIPTION-TRANSLATION COMPLEXES
OSA, GOD'SWILL GOVERNMENT Shaw, Daron R JULY 30, 2026; 1:30 PM; BATTS 5.108 AS ABOVE, SO BELOW: PARTISAN GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE EMOTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN POLITICS
SALIDO MOULINIE, RODRIGO HISTORY Garfield, Seth W, Tenorio-Trillo, Mauricio JULY 30, 2026; 10:00AM CT; GARRISON HALL 1.102 COVARRUBIAS' CROSSINGS: ART, SCIENCE, AND THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC IMAGE-MAKING
WOOTEN, ANNE GERMANIC STUDIES Gindner, Jette, Belgum, Kirsten L JULY 30, 2026; 11:00AM CT; BUR 337 WHAT'S SO FUNNY ABOUT COMING-OUT?: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN COMING-OUT FILM COMEDIES
WRIGHT, JACQUELYN BIOCHEMISTRY Dickinson, Daniel J, Taylor, David W JULY 30, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM; NHB 1.720 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANISTIC DETERMINANTS OF CRISPR-CAS12A FUNCTION REVEALED BY ORTHOLOG DIVERSITY
YU, ALBERT COMPUTER SCIENCE Mooney, Raymond J, Martin-Martin, Roberto JULY 30, 2026; 12:00PM; GDC 5.516 AUGMENTING ROBOTIC MANIPULATION THROUGH NATURAL LANGUAGE