PhD Thesis Examination
Doriana Taccardi
Supervisor: Nader Ghasemlou & Qingling Duan
July 7, 2026 @ 10am
Location:Botterell 449
Thesis Title: Understanding individual differences and circadian rhythmicity in pain and multiple sclerosis
Kody Klupt
July 14, 2026 @ 1pm
Location: Remote
Thesis Title: "Denoising” Phosphorylation Events: Generative-AI-Driven De Novo Protein Design for Atypical Kinase Inhibition and PTM Detection
Katherine Zutautas
Supervisor: Chandra Tayade
July 23, 2026 @ 9:30am
Location:Bracken Library Room 122
Thesis Title: The role of the interleukin-33/group 2 innate lymphoid cell axis in endometriosis pathophysiology
Richard Nauman
Supervisor: Charles Graham
August 10th, 2026 @ 9am
Location: Botterell Hall Room 822
Thesis Title: Investigating the role of systemic innate immune reprogramming in the mode of action of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
Amanda Zacharias
Supervisor: Nader Ghasemlou & Qingling Duan
August 18th, 2026 @ 10am
Location:Bracken Library 128
Thesis Title: Transcriptomics of neuroimmunity and diurnal rhythmicity
Kristin MacLeod
Supervisor: Nicolle Domnik & Alberto Neder
August 21st, 2026 @ 11am
Location: Botterell Hall, Room 449
Thesis Title: The role of sleep on physical activity measures in community-dwelling and clinical populations.
Montserrat Mora Ochomogo
Supervisor: Chris Lohans & Avena Ross
August 24th, 2026 @ 1pm
Location: Bracken Library Room 128
Thesis Title: Contributions of β-Lactamase Activity and Cell Envelope Structure to Antibiotic Sheltering
Julia Barilo
Supervisor: Sam Basta
Sept. 22nd, 2026 @ 1pm
Location:Botterell Hall 449
Thesis Title: Characterization of Alternatively Activated Macrophage Phenotypes and Their Response to Viral Infection
Carla Gallardo Flores
Supervisor: Che Colpitts
Sept. 25th, 2026 @ 10am
Location:Botterell Hall 822
Thesis Title: Regulation and therapeutic targeting of host cell responses in hepatitis C virus and human coronavirus infection