Be a hero; Chair a Doctoral Exam!
Among the most critical elements of any doctoral exam, from the perspective of those who coordinate these complexities, is the search for a strong Chair. Yet this search serves as a perennial challenge to the Doctoral Examinations team. We consider ourselves very lucky indeed if we issue fewer than 10 invitations before confirming 1 chair for an upcoming exam. It is not at all unusual in some disciplines to invite 30 or more chairs before some gracious faculty member agrees to help us out.
If you would like to contribute your time and wisdom to UBC’s doctoral exams:
- Please have a look at the list of upcoming exams below and if one interests you, please send us an email to graduate.doctoral@ubc.ca or call us at (604) 822-5681
- Or send us an email detailing the areas that interest you and days/times that you might be generally available and we'll contact you as new exams are scheduled. Again, send an email to graduate.doctoral@ubc.ca
Please bear in mind that the chair cannot be affiliated with the candidate’s graduate program.
Friday, June 15, 2012 12:30 PM - Room 203
David Christopher Steinberg
(Mathematics)
Curve-Counting Invariants and Crepant Resolutions of Calabi-Yan Threefols
Monday, June 18, 2012 9:00 AM - Room 200
Jennifer Megan Gray
(Neuroscience)
Endocrine Adaptation to Repeated Psychological Stress in the Adult Male Rat Depends on Central Activation of Vasopressin V1a Receptors
Monday, June 18, 2012 12:30 PM - Leon's Lounge
Kaveh Shafiee
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Application-Based Packet Routing in Vehicular Networks
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:00 AM - Room 203
Patricia Anne Fraser
(Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education)
Postcards to the Beloved: An Inquiry Into Our Shared Worldliness Through the Practice of a Story Mentor
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:00 AM - Room 200
Andrea Elizabeth Alice Stephens
(Zoology)
Distributions and interactions of insect herbivores as influences on host plant density and performance
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:00 AM - Room 200
Brett Theodore van Poorten
(Zoology)
Effects of Interspecific Competition on Recruitment Processes for Rainbow Trout in Simple Two-Species Lakes
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:30 PM - Room 200
Frank Khan Huynh
(Physiology)
Regulation of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism by Hepatic Leptin Signalling
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:30 PM - Room 203
Chia-yu Angel Yu
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Structural analysis of an enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli metalloprotease effector
Friday, June 29, 2012 12:30 PM - Room 200
Keivan Ronasi
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Resource Allocation and Scheduling in Wireles Mesh Networks
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 9:00 AM - Eye Care Centre Auditorium (2550 Willow Street)
Alicia Nicole McMurchy
(Experimental Medicine)
The Role of Human Forkhead Box P3 in CD4+T Cell Subsets
Thursday, July 5, 2012 12:30 PM - Room 200
Angshul Majumdar
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
A Sparsity Based Approach Towards Fast MRI Acquisition
Friday, July 6, 2012 12:30 PM - Room 200
Labros George Meimetis
(Chemistry)
Function oriented synthesis of bioactive marine natural products and their pharmacophore analogues
Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:30 PM - Room 200
Wendy Anne Boivin
(Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
Extracellular Granzyme B and Pathophysiological Implications
