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..
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 200
Amirhossein Omidvarpashesar
(Biomedical Engineering)
Flexible Polymer-Based Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (Flexible PolyCMUTs) for Conformal Sonography
Supervisor(s): Professor Antony J Hodgson, Professor Edmond Cretu
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 2:00 PM - Zoom
Micheal David Don Jerowsky
(Geography)
Comparing the Use of Virtual, Augmented, and Outdoor Field Trips in the Environmental Education of Children
Supervisor(s): Professor Brian Klinkenberg, Professor Loch Brown
Thursday, April 4, 2024 9:00 AM - Zoom
Manuel Ruivo de Oliveira
(Mathematics)
Free Boundary Minimal Submanifolds in Geodesic Balls of Simply Connected Space Forms
Supervisor(s): Professor Ailana Fraser
Thursday, April 4, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 203
Lisa Raquel Trainor
(Kinesiology)
Olympic and Paralympic Athletes' (De)construction of Athlete Psychological Well-Being
Supervisor(s): Professor Andrea Bundon, Professor Peter Crocker
Monday, April 8, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 200
Ronan Denyer
(Neuroscience)
An Investigation into the Functional Role of Dorsal Premotor Cortex in the Control of Rhythmic Bimanual Movements
Supervisor(s): Professor Lara A Boyd
Monday, April 8, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 203
Hugo Pineda
(Forestry)
Modeling the Mat Formation and Consolidation of Engineered Bamboo Composites
Supervisor(s): Professor Chunping Dai
Monday, April 8, 2024 2:00 PM - 1416, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Analise Katrina Hofmann
(Genome Science and Technology)
Proteome-wide Localization Analysis of Yeast with Defects in Endoplasmic Reticulum-Plasma Membrane Contact Sites & Undergraduate Biology Students' Attitudes Towards Biology and Math
Supervisor(s): Professor Christopher Loewen
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 9:00 AM - Zoom
Sebastiano Montante
(Bioinformatics)
Machine Learning Algorithms in Flow Cytometry Data Analysis
Supervisor(s): Professor Ryan Brinkman
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 9:00 AM - 226, Michael Smith Laboratories, 2185 East Mall
Cynthia Shaheen
(Physics and Astronomy)
Studies of Supercoiling-Induced Denaturation within DNA Plasmids Using Single-Molecule Convex Lens-Induced Confinement Microscopy
Supervisor(s): Professor Sabrina Leslie
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 200
Taixiang Wang
(Oncology)
Combining DNA-PK Inhibitors with DNA-Damaging Therapies Expands the Targeted Cell Population to Kill More Cancer Cells but also Elevates Toxicities in Normal Cells
Supervisor(s): Professor Andrew Minchinton
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 200
Xinyao Fan
(Statistics)
Dependence Modeling in High Dimensions with Latent Variables
Supervisor(s): Professor Harry Sue Wah Joe
Friday, April 12, 2024 10:00 AM - Room 200
Behnam Karimi
(Mechanical Engineering)
Virtual Blade Machining
Supervisor(s): Professor Yusuf Altintas
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 9:30 AM - 2004, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building, 6250 Applied Science Lane
Chung-Yu Tai
(Mechanical Engineering)
Model-Based Spindle Health Monitoring
Supervisor(s): Professor Yusuf Altintas
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:30 PM - 3200, Biological Sciences Building, 6270 University Blvd
Anna Cho
(Botany)
Evolution and Diversity of Stramenopiles
Supervisor(s): Professor Patrick John Keeling
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 200
Menglin Zhou
(Statistics)
Extreme Value Modelling with Application to Reverse Stress Testing
Supervisor(s): Professor Natalia Nolde
Friday, April 19, 2024 12:00 PM - 1410, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Emel Islamzada
(Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
Deformability Based Cell Sorting Enabling Quality Control of Donated Red Blood Cells
Supervisor(s): Professor Hongshen Ma, Professor Mark Scott
Friday, April 26, 2024 11:00 AM - 350, MacMillan, 2357 Main Mall
Erin Bridget Ryan
(Applied Animal Biology)
Impediments to and Possibilities for Respectful Human-Animal Relationships in Agriculture
Supervisor(s): Professor Daniel Weary
Thursday, May 2, 2024 9:00 AM - Zoom
Anh Khoa Vo
(Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Racial Differences in Pain-Related Health Outcomes and Healthcare Participation
Supervisor(s): Professor Jacquelyn Cragg, Professor Brian Cairns
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 200
Jvala Singh (Sukhdeep) Sembi
(Asian Studies)
The Splendor of Several Suns: the Gurpratap Suraj Granth and Sikh Intellectual Tradition in the Early 19th Century
Supervisor(s): Professor Anne Murphy