A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.
| Year | Citation | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dr. Hendy developed computational frameworks to design novel materials for green energy applications. His work advances the optimization of material properties for radiation resistance and catalytic performance, contributing to the development of next-generation materials that support sustainable energy solutions and environmental resilience. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Jensen studied experiment and experience through Georges Bataille’s proposal that "inner experience" constitutes the field of transformation as we struggle for social change. In French the word experience also means experiment. Adjoining Bataille, I argue that the experiment of thinking together contributes to our ability to practice transformation. | Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Ko studied how perfectionism develops in children and adolescents. Her research showed that psychologically controlling and uninvolved parenting predicted greater perfectionism in children two years later, highlighting the clinical significance of involving parents in the treatment of childhood perfectionism. | Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Black developed a novel method for tele-ultrasound exams, to improve healthcare access for remote communities. Instead of using an expensive and complex robot, he built and studied a system in which a novice person is remotely guided with similar precision and efficiency, but much improved practicality, through mixed reality and haptics. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Feujofack investigated the structural behavior of hybrid steel-grout connectors for mass timber panels. High-fidelity models were developed to predict connector performance. The study showed that the presence of a grout layer can increase performance by up to tenfold. These connectors could enable the construction of taller timber buildings. | Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Colín Moreno studied Baroque’s repressive system in the 20th and 21st century. This will aid to understand Baroque’s modus operandi as a morbid phenomenon within culture, politics, art, religion, and society. His finding contributes to understand Baroque's legacy from a different expanded field. | Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Choi's research examines Korean folding screen primarily produced between the nineteenth and early 20th centuries. Her study explores their materiality, cross-media nature, and their position within art historical categories while challenging conventional boundaries in the field. | Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Badihi's research focused on improving how developers detect and explain issues in software, known as regression failures, which occur when updates unintentionally break functionality. She developed methods to help developers identify relevant code quickly, saving time during debugging. This work will improve software debugging efficiency. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Sack studied how electrical activity develops in newly generated neurons as they mature in the brain. She found that critical features of their activity are shaped by proteins called calcium channels at key maturational stages. This provides insights into how calcium channels contribute to processes like memory and disorders like epilepsy. | Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD) |
| 2025 | Climate change affects biodiversity through complex ecological processes. Dr. Stark used computer models and experiments with aquatic microbes to study how warming affects biodiversity through species’ growth, competition, and movement. Her work offers tools for predicting how many species we might gain or lose with temperature change. | Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD) |
| 2025 | How do cells stick together and move around within embryos? Dr. Venkatesh used mouse embryos to study the processes that regulate cell adhesion as the embryo develops into an adult. | Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Developmental Biology (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Rostam developed a new method to improve the accuracy of control systems, especially in situations with unpredictable factors. This method, tested on a domestic solar energy system, could lead to more efficient energy use | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Holland studied the effect of electrophilic stress on macrophages. Their work led to the development of a novel compound, its cellular mechanism, and its demonstrated efficacy in a model of neurodegenerative disease. This provides the groundwork for the compound to be clinically translated to in-human use. | Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Developmental Biology (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Ndateba studied how team-based primary care impacts patient outcomes. He found team-based care and how team functions matter in improving health outcomes—mental health, general health, and disease management, especially in people with multimorbidity and those with social vulnerabilities. Facilitating team-based care would support health equity. | Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Park analyzed three distinct green transition pathways in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. She found these economies treated climate change less as a threat and more as a rare opportunity to lead green industrial change. Her findings offer insights for policymakers who aim to turn challenges into competitive advantage. | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Ross designed a novel solution for real time collections provenance tracking in gallery, library, archive, and museum institutions using distributed ledger technologies, hardware controllers, and monitoring sensors. Positioned at the intersection of engineering and humanities, this design is currently being implemented in an industry setting. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Kirmizibayrak developed and applied novel timing methodologies for astronomy to probe astrophysical objects through their timing variability and time lags. She examined black holes, neutron stars and supernova remnants through novel approaches in timing, spectral and polarimetry analyses. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Bayasi developed artificial intelligence techniques that enable autonomous medical image analysis systems to continuously learn and improve over time. Her work enhanced the accuracy, robustness and fairness of disease detection from imaging data helping doctors make accurate diagnoses for diverse patient populations and scanning systems. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Shirvani investigated the use of two-dimensional nano-catalysts for chemical reactions relevant to clean energy. Her work demonstrated that these materials improved catalyst performance in hydrogen storage and transportation and greenhouse gas mitigation technologies — offering efficient solutions for clean energy and environmental protection. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Shi transformed our understanding of cross-coupling reactions through real-time monitoring techniques. By capturing the temporal signatures of all dynamic processes of a reaction, she revealed hidden reaction pathways and developed more efficient synthetic methods that dramatically reduce the manufacturing costs. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2025 | Health care works best when it centers patients. Yet, it is challenging to include patients and their loved ones in decision-making for health interventions. Dr. Nichols' research explores how to overcome these challenges by integrating implementation science into Research-based Theatre (RbT) to facilitate meaningful collaboration and real-world solutions. | Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Zhang studied the existence, long-time behavior, and singularity formation of solutions to partial differential equations in Euclidean space and on conical singular manifolds. She proved a class of logarithmic nonlinearity is important for solutions to blow up in finite time. Her research advanced our understanding of the behavior of solutions. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Ricca studied how racial and ethnic diversity impacts public finances and political representation in U.S. cities. His research highlights how racial disparities persist in governance and markets, with important implications for the political representation of Minorities and the provision of local public goods. | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Kinach studied particle-like objects called 'solitons' which arise in many areas of Nature. Using supercomputer simulations, he showed that electromagnetic fields can significantly alter the behaviour of these objects in some mathematical models. This research advances our understanding of solitons in fundamental theories of physics. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2025 | Dr. Zhu examined two applications of oscillatory integral techniques, both analytic and geometric. One area of his research contributes to classifying geometric properties captured by various approaches to measure sets. The other promotes identifying geometric and algebraic patterns in rough sets. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (PhD) |