Defences held in person have locations listed with the date below. Zoom information for virtual exams is not listed; if you are interested in attending one of these defences, please contact the candidate's department or graduate.doctoral@ubc.ca. Zoom links are available one week prior to the defence.
Monday, 29 April 2024 - 12:30pm - Zoom
Claudio Moller de Freitas
Department: Music
My Madness for Soprano and Small Orchestra
Monday, 29 April 2024 - 12:30pm - Room 200
Maryam Vaseghi-Shanjani
Department: MD/PhD Program
Characterizing the Molecular and Clinical Impact of Two Novel Human Inborn Errors of Immunity Caused by Defects in IKZF2 and ZBTB7B
Monday, 29 April 2024 - 12:30pm - Room 203
Sydne Giselle Guevara Rozo
Department: Forestry
Unraveling Mannan Biosynthesis in Trees: Functional Characterization and Expression of CSLAs and GMPs in Poplar
Thursday, 2 May 2024 - 9:00am - Zoom
Anh Khoa Vo
Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Racial Differences in Pain-Related Health Outcomes and Healthcare Participation
Friday, 3 May 2024 - 9:00am - Room 200
Ihoghosa Iyamu
Department: Population and Public Health
Promoting Equitable Access to Digital Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infection Testing Interventions in British Columbia, Canada
Friday, 3 May 2024 - 10:00am - Zoom
Melissa Sunny Armstrong
Department: Zoology
Materializing the Conditions of Scientific Knowledge Production: (De/Re)constructing, Transforming, and Animating Neuroscience Data with Interdisciplinary Frameworks
Monday, 6 May 2024 - 10:00am - Zoom
Hamid Alizadeh
Department: Mining Engineering
The Effects of Physicochemical Properties of Polyacrylamide-Based Flocculants on Characteristics of Flocculated Quartz
Tuesday, 7 May 2024 - 9:00am - Room 200
Jvala Singh (Sukhdeep) Sembi
Department: Asian Studies
The Splendor of Several Suns: the Gurpratap Suraj Granth and Sikh Intellectual Tradition in the Early 19th Century
Wednesday, 8 May 2024 - 12:00pm - 316, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive
Kushank Bajaj
Department: Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Beyond Borders: Assessing Climate Risks in Globalized Food Systems
Friday, 10 May 2024 - 12:30pm - Zoom
Tram Van Giang May Luu
Department: Psychology
Social Values and Social Motivations as Vulnerability Factors for Excessive Acquisition
Tuesday, 14 May 2024 - 9:00am - Zoom
Hung Chao Mike Chang
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Energy Distribution of Thermal Electron Emission
Wednesday, 15 May 2024 - 12:30pm - Room 200
Nikola Markovic
Department: Music
Between East and West - The Voice of Miloje Milojevic
Thursday, 16 May 2024 - 9:30am - Room 203
Ian David MacPhail-Bartley
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Control of Molecular Rotation in Superfluid Helium
Friday, 17 May 2024 - 10:00am - 2012, Ponderosa Commons Oak House, 6445 University Blvd
Donald Jean Poirier
Department: Educational Studies
Community-University Engagement in Canada: Boundary Spanner Practice
Tuesday, 21 May 2024 - 9:00am - 1410, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Joaquin Henriquez
Department: Cell & Developmental Biology
Characterization and Functional Perturbation of the Adult Dentition of Leopard Gecko
Tuesday, 21 May 2024 - 10:30am - 14th Floor Meeting Room, Bc Cancer Research Centre, 675 West 10th Ave, Vancouver, V5Z 1L3
Shreya Bendre
Department: Oncology
Fibroblast Activation Protein-Targeted Radioligands for Cancer Imaging and Therapy
Wednesday, 22 May 2024 - 9:00am - Room 200
Rik Johannes Gerardus Nuijten
Department: Forestry
Characterizing Ecosystem Attributes Relevant for Restoration Assessment in Early Successional Forests Using Drone-Based Remote Sensing Approaches
Thursday, 23 May 2024 - 9:00am - Room 200
Sabrina Scott
Department: Chemistry
Commodity Polymers to Functional Aminated Materials by Hydroaminoalkylation Postpolymerization Modification
Thursday, 23 May 2024 - 12:00pm - Room 203
Ken Morimoto
Department: Curriculum and Pedagogy
Walking an A/r/tographic Garden: Propositions with Art Education, Curriculum Theory, and Love
Monday, 27 May 2024 - 9:00am - Room 200
Francesca Pegorer
Department: Anthropology
The Eye of the Storm: A Postmigrant Perspective on the Atmospheres of Berlin
Monday, 27 May 2024 - 9:30am - D213, Chemistry D Block, 2036 Main Mall
Katherine Dawn Krause
Department: Chemistry
Spectroscopy and Surface Chemistry in the Design of Fluorescent Nanomaterials for Biosensing
Monday, 27 May 2024 - 12:30pm - Room 200
Brandon Marshall Tomm
Department: Psychology
Psychological Consequences of Financial Scarcity
Thursday, 30 May 2024 - 1:00pm - Zoom
Elodie Sauge
Department: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Pleiotropism of Losartan and its Metabolites Against Cardiopulmonary Diseases: Small Chemical Differences, Major Biological Impacts
Friday, 31 May 2024 - 9:00am - 2108, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 938 W 28th Ave
Shayda Swann
Department: MD/PhD Program
Reproductive Health, Hormones, and Age-Related Conditions Among Women Living with HIV
Monday, 3 June 2024 - 9:00am - 506, Frank Forward Building, 6350 Stores Road
Mohammad Amin Shadi Diznab
Department: Mining Engineering
Energy Effectiveness of Microwave Preconditioning Applications in Mining
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 - 9:00am - Zoom
Corinne Grunder Bassett
Department: Forestry
Bridging Gaps in Urban Forest Management to Achieve Urban Sustainability Goals
Wednesday, 5 June 2024 - 1:00pm - Room 200
Callista Anne Ottoni
Department: Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program
"We Dodge Each Other Smiling": Older Adults' Social Connectedness and Everyday Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Tuesday, 11 June 2024 - 2:30pm - Zoom
Nathalie Suzanne Sagar
Department: Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
"It Doesn't Have to be One Thing or the Other" Stories of Second-Generation Bipolar Disorder
Wednesday, 12 June 2024 - 12:30pm - Room 200
Vincent Guy Clement Billy
Department: Zoology
Diversity of Intestinal Eukaryotes With a Focus on Blastocystis, Its Relationships With Gut Bacteria and Consequences for the Host Health
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 - 12:30pm - D213, Chemistry D Block, 2036 Main Mall
Jerome Sebastian Claveria Lozada
Department: Chemistry
The Development of 18F-Fluorescent-RBF3 PET Tracers, New Radioprosthetic Trifluoroborates, and the Use of Tetrafluoroborate Salts for Organotrifluoroborate Synthesis
Monday, 24 June 2024 - 9:00am - 1312, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Peter Grin
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Protease Regulation of Disease: SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro is Secreted and Cleaves Interferon-Lambdas, and MMP12 Regulates Substrates in Age-Related Fatty Liver Disease