Defences held in person have locations listed with the date below. Exams held via Zoom are by invitation only and are listed here for information.
Monday, 28 November 2022 - 9:00am - 5104, Earth Sciences Building, 2207 Main Mall
Sam Anderson
Department: Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Mountain Glaciers as Modifiers of Streamflow in Western Canada: Insights from Data Analysis and Machine Learning
Monday, 28 November 2022 - 11:30am
Reka Elizabeth Pataky
Department: Population and Public Health
Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Personalized Medicine: A Case Study in Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Monday, 28 November 2022 - 12:00pm - 309, Hennings Building, 6224 Agricultural Road
Robin Newhouse
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Using Displaced Tracks to Search Sterile Neutrinos in the ATLAS Detector
Monday, 28 November 2022 - 12:30pm - D215, Chemistry Building, 2036 Main Mall
Yi Ren
Department: Chemistry
Exploration of Factors that Influence Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation: Laboratory Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Monday, 28 November 2022 - 4:00pm - 311, Advanced Materials Process Engineering Laboratory, 2355 East Mall
Tianxiao Ma
Department: Chemistry
A Comparative Study of DNA Self-Assembled Monolayers Made with Potential Control and Open-Circuit Potential on Their Thermal Stability and Functionality Using Electrochemical Techniques and In-Situ Fluorescence Microscopy
Monday, 28 November 2022 - 4:00pm - 335, Allard Hall, 1822 East Mall
Jason Stuart Leslie
Department: Allard School of Law
The Financialization of Housing in Canada and Federally-Backed Mortgage Securitization: Public Risks, Private Benefits
Tuesday, 29 November 2022 - 11:00am
Celina Guadalupe Solis-Becerra
Department: Agricultural Sciences
Decolonizing Palates: Indigenous Foods in the Culinary Scene of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico. Opportunities to Promote Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Biocultural Diversity Conservation in a Post-Pandemic World
Tuesday, 29 November 2022 - 12:30pm - 3038, MacLeod Building, 2356 Main Mall
Robert C Fuller
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Blurring Boundaries: Towards the Collective Team Grokking of Software Product Requirements
Tuesday, 29 November 2022 - 12:30pm - 316, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive
Madison Paige Stevens
Department: Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Exploring Complexity in Changing Practices of Care: A Mixed Methods Inquiry into Rights, Relations, and Knowledge in Protected Area Conservation
Wednesday, 30 November 2022 - 12:30pm
Anjum Khan
Department: Educational Studies
The Meaning of Home: Untold Stories of People From Dadaab Refugee Camp Studying at Canadian Postsecondary Institutions
Wednesday, 30 November 2022 - 2:00pm - 15th Floor meeting room, BC Cancer Research Centre, 675 W 10th Ave
Susanna Shu Xian Tan
Department: Experimental Medicine
A Novel Oncogene-Induced de Novo Model of Triple Negative Human Breast Cancer
Thursday, 1 December 2022 - 9:00am - Allard B101, 822 East Mall
Rivkah Gillian Glass
Department: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
A Daughter of Hebrew and Hellenes. Epiphany in Aseneth and Contemporary Ancient Greek Literature
Thursday, 1 December 2022 - 9:30am - D213, Chemistry D Block, 2036 Main Mall
Kristian Jeffrey Kiland
Department: Chemistry
The Temperature and Relative Humidity Dependence of Molecular Diffusion and Viscosity in Organic Aerosols and Films Relevant for Kitchens, Cities, Forests, and Fires
Thursday, 1 December 2022 - 12:30pm
Florian Lueskow
Department: Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Hidden Diversity in Gelatinous Zooplankton Assemblages from Selected Pacific Ocean Ecosystems
Friday, 2 December 2022 - 9:00am
Lisa Ruth Brunner
Department: Educational Studies
The Ethics of Edugration: Canada's Higher Education-Migration Nexus
Friday, 2 December 2022 - 9:00am
Elie Ritch
Department: Genome Science and Technology
Identification and Characterization of DNA Repair Deficiencies with Circulating Tumor DNA in Prostate Cancer
Friday, 2 December 2022 - 10:30am - 4114, Pharmaceutical Sciences Building, 2405 Wesbrook Mall
Siyue Yu
Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Development of Reporter Mouse Models to Evaluate and Optimize CRISPR/Cas9 Base Editing Therapeutics
Friday, 2 December 2022 - 12:30pm - 323, Buchanan Tower, 1873 East Mall
Craig Paul Stensrud
Department: English Language and Literatures
Scorching Irony: Anti-Hypocrisy in Antebellum U.S. Literature
Friday, 2 December 2022 - 1:00pm - 2202, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 6250 Applied Science Lane
Seyed Arman Abtahi
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Hydrodynamic Interactions: Microswimmers Near Boundaries
Friday, 2 December 2022 - 1:30pm
Sara Victoria Press
Department: English Language and Literatures
Diagnosing Disparities: Unsettling Settler-Colonial Standards of Health and Normality in Canada and the United States
Monday, 5 December 2022 - 9:00am
Egor Larionov
Department: Computer Science
Constrained Dynamics with Frictional Contact on Smooth Surfaces
Monday, 5 December 2022 - 9:00am
Daljit Kaur Gill-Badesha
Department: Educational Studies
What’s at Stake and What’s at Play: A Case Study of Government and Non-Profit Stakeholders and Their Experiences of Power in the Early Stages of Collaboration
Monday, 5 December 2022 - 11:00am
Faten Farouk Abdelhafez Ahmed
Department: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Role of Myostatin Signaling in Human Trophoblast Cell Invasion
Monday, 5 December 2022 - 2:00pm - 506, Frank Forward Building, 6350 Stores Road
Ali Fahrettin Kuyuk
Department: Mining Engineering
Numerical and Experimental Study of the Performance of Bulk-Air Spray Coolers and Renewable Cooling Systems for Application in Mine Ventilation
Monday, 5 December 2022 - 4:00pm - Room 200
Nicole Williamson
Department: Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Geochemistry of Shield Basalts from Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i: Exploring the Emergence of the Hawaiian Geochemical Trends
Monday, 5 December 2022 - 4:00pm - 3340, Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2405 Wesbrook Mall
Louis Lin
Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences
An Oral Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Model to Predict Drug Absorption and Disposition of Vismodegib
Tuesday, 6 December 2022 - 9:00am
Ferhan Saleem
Department: Experimental Medicine
Optimizing Implementation of Adult Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease
Tuesday, 6 December 2022 - 2:00pm - 224, Biodiversity Research Centre, 2212 Main Mall
Elizabeth Natola
Department: Zoology
Reproductive Isolation Among Sphyrapicus Sapsuckers
Wednesday, 7 December 2022 - 9:00am
Tunc Morova
Department: Bioinformatics
Deciphering Non-coding Driver Mutations in Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, 7 December 2022 - 12:30pm - ANGU 435, Henry Angus, 2053 Main Mall
Liliana Patricia Castaneda Lopez
Department: French, Hispanic and Italian Studies
Imagenes Afro: Las Politicas de Representacion de la Subjetividad Negra en el Cine Colombiano Contemporaneo (2009-2017)
Thursday, 8 December 2022 - 10:00am - D215, Chemistry Building, 2036 Main Mall
Siwei Luo
Department: Chemistry
Coarse-Grained Theories for Fluids
Thursday, 8 December 2022 - 10:00am
Sarah Elizabeth Dickson-Hoyle
Department: Forestry
Restor(y)ing Fire Landscapes: Wildfire Recovery, Co-management and Restoration in Secwepemcul'ecw
Thursday, 8 December 2022 - 12:00pm
Arash Nikzad
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Modelling and Simulation of Chiral and non-Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals Between Cylinders
Thursday, 8 December 2022 - 12:30pm - 3074, Ponderosa Commons Oak House, 6445 University Boulevard
Katarzyna Barbara Siedlaczek
Department: Educational Studies
Quality Assurance in British Columbia Higher Education: A Policy Analysis
Thursday, 8 December 2022 - 4:00pm - D324, Buchanan Block D, 1866 Main Mall
Graham Seth Moore
Department: Philosophy
Metasemantics, Moderate Inflationism, and Correspondence Truth
Friday, 9 December 2022 - 9:00am - 350, MacMillan, 2357 Main Mall
Thomas Matthew Brenner
Department: Food, Nutrition & Health
Formulating a Broad-Spectrum Bacteriophage Cocktail Against Pervasive Poultry-Associated Salmonella Enterica Serovars
Friday, 9 December 2022 - 9:00am
Luca Egoriti
Department: Chemistry
Transport Phenomena in Radioisotope Beam Production Targets
Friday, 9 December 2022 - 9:00am
Kristen Susan Cooke
Department: Music
From "Doubtful Privilege" to "The Solo in Every Concert": The Oboist's Tuning-A in John Corigliano's "Tuning Game"
Friday, 9 December 2022 - 9:15am
Shivani Gupta
Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Engineering Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Recombinant Protein Glycosylation
Friday, 9 December 2022 - 11:00am
Shahed Khan Mohammed
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bi-convex Model Based Reconstruction Methods for Magnetic Resonance Elastography
Friday, 9 December 2022 - 12:30pm - D215, Chemistry Building, 2036 Main Mall
Hayden Owen Scheiber
Department: Chemistry
Lithium Halide Structural Chemistry: Computational Analysis with Machine Learning, Quantum Chemistry, and Molecular Dynamics
Friday, 9 December 2022 - 12:30pm - 310, Neville Scarfe Building, 2125 Main Mall
Chelsea Dawn Beyer
Department: Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
From Disenfranchisement to Integration: Young Women's Narratives of Embodiment and Sexual Satisfaction
Friday, 9 December 2022 - 1:00pm - 223, Geography Bldg, 1984 West Mall
David Lawson Adams
Department: Geography
Gravel-Bed River Behaviour: Modelling and Analysis of Process Feedbacks over Spatio-Temporal Scales
Monday, 12 December 2022 - 9:00am - 246, ICICS, 2366 Main Mall
Vaden Masrani
Department: Computer Science
Advancing Variational Inference via Thermodynamic Integration
Monday, 12 December 2022 - 10:00am
Linda Elaine Pickthall
Department: Educational Studies
Promoting Transformational Learning in Nursing International Field Schools
Monday, 12 December 2022 - 12:00pm
Shelley Anne Moore
Department: Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education
Transforming Inclusive Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Secondary Academic Classrooms: A Multiple Case Study
Monday, 12 December 2022 - 12:30pm - Room 203
Nola Vera Accili
Department: Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program
Statue, Bear or Rogue: Ecological Objects in Shakespeare and Jonson
Monday, 12 December 2022 - 12:30pm - 204, Chemical and Biological Engineering Building, 2360 East Mall
Ehsan Banayan Esfahani
Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Photodegradation of Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) using Vacuum-UV (VUV) Radiation
Monday, 12 December 2022 - 1:00pm - 1330, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Aarya Vaikakkara Chithran
Department: Neuroscience
Maintenance of Neural Circuits in the Adult Nervous System
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 - 9:00am - Room 200
Richard Angelo Bergen
Department: English Language and Literatures
The "Nature" of Allegory: Spatial Tropes in Medieval and Early Modern Allegorical Narratives
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 - 9:00am
Yusuke Sato
Department: Chemistry
Development of Process Analytical Technologies and Application for Complicated Reaction Conditions
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 - 9:30am
Andreas Pilarinos
Department: Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder among Young People: Evidence to Improve Treatment Experiences and Outcomes in Vancouver, Canada
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 - 10:00am
Hyeone Park
Department: Forestry
Multifunctionality of Community Gardens and Food Forests in Vancouver, Canada
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 - 9:00am
Derek Anthony Somo
Department: Zoology
An Integrative Analysis of Respiratory Capacity, Osmoreregulatory Function, Body Size, and Metabolism in Intertidal Fishes
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 - 9:00am
Alaa Eldin Magdy Abdelaal
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Human Skill Augmentation in Robot-Assisted Surgery
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 - 9:00am - 1416, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Shihao Wang
Department: Cell & Developmental Biology
The Cell Autonomous and Cell Non-Automous Roles of YAP1 During Pancreatogenesis
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 - 9:30am
Vishnu Rajendran Chandrika
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Enhancing Low-Cost Cellular IoT Networks on the Sidelink and Satellite Links
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 - 9:30am
Sarah Elizabeth Woodward
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Using Population Dynamics to Uncover Key Barriers and Signals Involved in Enteric Infection
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 - 12:30pm
Mihai Serban Cirstea
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
The Gut Microbiota in Parkinson’s Disease
Thursday, 15 December 2022 - 9:00am - Room 200
Jorge Arturo Pena
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Exploring Bacterial Communication Signaling in the Context of the Intestinal Microbiota
Thursday, 15 December 2022 - 9:00am
Qi Zeng
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Volumetric Real-Time Shear Wave Vibro-Elastography with Matrix Array Transducer - Imaging System Validation and Preliminary Results for the Liver
Thursday, 15 December 2022 - 12:30pm - Room 200
Andrew Stanislaw Santos
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Characterizing Host Protein Post-Translational Modification in Pathogenic Escherichia Coli Infection
Thursday, 15 December 2022 - 12:30pm
Yigong Guo
Department: Food, Nutrition & Health
Nanoencapsulation and Buccal Delivery Systems to Augment Bioavailability of Insulin
Thursday, 15 December 2022 - 3:00pm - BC Hydro Theatre, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), 2260 West Mall
Sarah Crosby
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Towards Improved Thermal Comfort Predictions and Building Energy Savings: Bayesian Modelling of Indoor Environmental Design Conditions
Friday, 16 December 2022 - 9:00am - Room 200
Sreeparna Vappala
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Polycationic Inhibitors to Target Prothrombotic Nucleic Acids in vitro and in Mice Models.
Monday, 19 December 2022 - 12:00pm
Margarita Elizabeth MacAldaz
Department: Oncology
Identification and Characterization of Primitive Fetal Hematopoietic Cells
Monday, 16 January 2023 - 12:30pm - Room 200
Fraser Kendrick GermAnn
Department: Anthropology
In the Footsteps of a Demon King: An Ethnography of Ramakien's Tosakan within Bangkok, Thailand
Thursday, 26 January 2023 - 9:00am - Room 200
Caterina Minniti
Department: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
Glocalizing Archaic Sicily: Aegyptiaca and Mediterranean Entanglements
Friday, 27 January 2023 - 9:00am - Room 200
Gage Karahkwi:io Diabo
Department: English Language and Literatures
Who Hears the Listeners: Decolonizing the Process of Dialogue in First Peoples' Literatures