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 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, or a member of the supervisor's department..
Friday, July 22, 2022 2:00 PM - 1416, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Hanqi Zhao
(Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
The Evaluation of Cold-stored Platelets
Supervisor(s): Professor Dana Devine
Monday, July 25, 2022 12:30 PM - 1346, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Jessica Ashley Frias Da Silva
(Microbiology and Immunology)
Patrolling Monocyte Development and Regulation of Obesity, Tumor Metastases and Alzheimer's Disease
Supervisor(s): Professor Kenneth W. Harder
Monday, July 25, 2022 4:00 PM - 2202, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 6250 Applied Science Lane
Mohammed Farooq
(Civil Engineering)
Robust IoT-Enabled Sensors for Bridge Scour Monitoring: Laboratory and Field Studies
Supervisor(s): Professor Nemkumar Banthia
Tuesday, July 26, 2022 12:30 PM - 337, Michael Smith Laboratories, 2185 East Mall
John Zhong shi Chen
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Mutational Scanning of Metallo-B-Lactamases to Probe Functional Determinants, Selection Pressure Dependence and Homolog Incompatibilities
Supervisor(s): Professor Nobuhiko Tokuriki
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 9:00 AM - Zoom
Mohammad Khaled Dashti
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Towards Understanding and Mitigating Memory Access Challenges in Computing Systems
Supervisor(s): Professor Alexandra Fedorova, Professor Margo Seltzer
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 1:00 PM - Zoom
Forough Pourhossein
(Sauder School of Business)
Assortment Planning and Price Optimization with Satisficing Customers
Supervisor(s): Professor W. Tim Huh, Professor Steven M Shechter
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 3:30 PM - 2010, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building, 6250 Applied Science Lane
Jiankang Yang
(Civil Engineering)
Symmetric and Asymmetric Holmboe Instabilities in Stratified Shear Flows
Supervisor(s): Professor Gregory A Lawrence
Friday, July 29, 2022 10:00 AM - Zoom
Ni Gusti Ayu Nanditha
(Experimental Medicine)
Burden of Chronic Comorbidities among People Living with and without HIV in British Columbia, Canada: an Epidemiological Assessment of Aging with HIV
Supervisor(s): Professor Viviane Dias Lima
Friday, July 29, 2022 12:30 PM - 1510, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Enoli Shannon De Silva
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
The Role of the Actin Cytoskeleton in Regulating Platelet Lifespan and Function
Supervisor(s): Professor Hugh Kim
Friday, July 29, 2022 12:30 PM - Zoom
Hung Yu Ling
(Computer Science)
Techniques in Learning-based Approaches for Character Animation
Supervisor(s): Professor Michiel Van De Panne
Friday, July 29, 2022 1:00 PM - Zoom
Emma George
(Botany)
The Evolutionary Bacterial Symbionts & Bacteriophages in Microbial Eukaryotes
Supervisor(s): Professor Patrick John Keeling
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 10:30 AM - Zoom
Arwa Zohair Gazzaz
(Dentistry)
Family Socioeconomic Status, Psychosocial Factors, and Oral Health in Children and Adolescents
Supervisor(s): Professor Jolanta Aleksejuniene
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 9:00 AM - Zoom
Xuejing Guan
(Sauder School of Business)
Essays in Empirical Corporate Finance: The Impact of Economic Uncertainty on the Financial Markets
Supervisor(s): Professor Jan Bena, Professor Murray D Carlson
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 12:30 PM - 202, ICICS Building, 2366 Main Mall
Susanne Michelle Bradley
(Computer Science)
Analysis and Preconditioning of Double Saddle-Point Systems
Supervisor(s): Professor Chen Greif
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 12:30 PM - Zoom
Ilan Naftali Rubin
(Zoology)
Evolution and Maintenance of Diversity in Ecological Communities
Supervisor(s): Professor Michael Walter Doebeli
Thursday, August 4, 2022 12:30 PM - Zoom
Pramila Khatri Chhetri
(Forestry)
Modelling Forest Carbon Dynamics in Two Physiograpic Regions of Nepal
Supervisor(s): Professor Peter L Marshall
Friday, August 5, 2022 3:00 PM - 1133, Buchanan Tower, 1873 East Mall
Jihyun Shin
(History)
Building the Model Man: Money, Media, and Gender in South Korea, 1961-1972
Supervisor(s): Professor Steven Lee
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 9:30 AM - 4001, Forest Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall
Paul William Hacker
(Forestry)
Evaluating the Spatial Distribution of Plant Function in Prairie-Oak Savanna using Spectroscopy
Supervisor(s): Professor Nicholas Coops
Monday, August 15, 2022 9:00 AM - Zoom
Shaoxuan Ren
(Chemistry)
Fast CO2 Conversion by Molecular Electrocatalysts
Supervisor(s): Professor Curtis Berlinguette
Monday, August 15, 2022 12:00 PM - Zoom
Arthur Constantijn Wolf
(Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education)
Intensive Resonances: A Deleuzian Pedagogy of Difference in Philosophizing with Children
Supervisor(s): Professor Barbara Weber
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 9:00 AM - Zoom
Marika Margaret St. Rose Yeo
(Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice)
Moving Outside Spacetime: Clay + Creative Praxis
Supervisor(s): Professor Denise Ferreira da Silva