Dissertation (Ph.D.) — 2020

• Abbasi, Ehsan — Universality Laws and Performance Analysis of the Generalized Linear Models
• Al-Saihati, Zainab Ahmed — C(sp³)–H Activation via Dehydrogenation of Cyclic and Heterocyclic Alkanes by Single-Site Iridium Pincer Ligated Complexes
• Albertson, Theodore Glenn — Simulations of Conic Cusp Formation, Growth, and Instability in Electrified Viscous Liquid Metals on Flat and Curved Surfaces
• Alexy, Eric John — Development of Enantioselective Transition-Metal Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Methodologies
• Allmaras, Jason Paul — Modeling and Development of Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors
• Anderson, Dana Eklund — Tracking Volatile Elements in Protoplanetary Disks and on Planetary Surfaces
• Arora, Harpreet Singh — Superconductivity in Graphene Hetero-Structures: From Fundamental Physics to Functional Devices
• Bedrossian, Manuel M. — A Novel Digital Holographic Microscope (DHM) to Investigate and Characterize Microbial Motility in Extreme Aquatic Environments
• Bogatyrev, Said R. — Development of Analytical Tools and Animal Models for Studies of Small-Intestine Dysbiosis
• Bowkett, Joseph John Douglas — Functional Autonomy Techniques for Manipulation in Uncertain Environments
• Brodnik, Neal Ryan — Fracture and Toughening of Brittle Structures with Designed Anisotropy
• Brugman, Katherine Irene — Pezo-1 Function in Caenorhabditis elegans
• Callister, Thomas Alfred, III — Searching for the Astrophysical Gravitational-Wave Background and Prompt Radio Emission from Compact Binaries
• Candogan, Utkan Onur — Convex Relaxations for Graph and Inverse Eigenvalue Problems
• Chadwick, Austin John — Mechanics of River Avulsions on Lowland River Deltas
• Chalkley, Matthew J. — Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Nitrogen Fixation
• Chen, Kai — Expanding the Catalytic Repertoire of Hemeproteins as Carbene Transferases to Access Diverse Molecular Structures
• Chen, Yu-An — Exact Bosonization in All Dimensions: the Duality Between Fermionic and Bosonic Phases of Matter
• Cheng, Wen-Hui (Sophia) — Towards High Solar to Fuel Efficiency: From Photonic Design, Interface Study, to Device Integration
• Chew, Aaron — Enriching Majorana Zero Modes
• Cho, Hyunjun — Real-Time Biosensing and Energy Harvesting on Human Body
• Chure, Griffin Daniel — The Molecular Biophysics of Evolutionary and Physiological Adaptation
• Citrin, Michael Andrew — Nanomechanical Properties of Electrodeposited Li and Fabrication of 3D Architected Cathodes for Li-Based Batteries
• Coladangelo, Andrea Wei — Quantum Correlations, Certifying Quantum Devices, and the Quest for Infinite Entanglement
• Craiciu, Ioana — Quantum Storage of Light Using Nanophotonic Resonators Coupled to Erbium Ion Ensembles
• Cvitkovic, Michael William (Milan0 — Deep Learning in Unconventional Domains
• Dathathri, Sumanth — Scalable Synthesis and Verification: Towards Reliable Autonomy
• Davis, Hunter Cole Davis — Mechanistic Insights for Magnetic Imaging and Control of Cellular Function
• Deegan, Meaghan Marie — Small Molecule Reactivity of Trisphosphine-Supported Iron and Cobalt Complexes
• Del Ciello, Sarah Anne — Kinetic Studies of Hydrogen Oxidation by Cobaloximes and Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Boronation of a New Heteroleptic Ruthenium Cyanide Complex
• Deshpande, Tejas Makarand — Development of Tools for Probing Order in Single Crystals Using Electron and Photon Spectroscopy
• Douik, Ahmed — Riemannian Optimization for Convex and Non-Convex Signal Processing and Machine Learning Applications
• Duggan, Gina Elizabeth — Signatures of the r-Process in Ancient Stellar Populations Using Barium Abundances
• Escala, Ivanna Ashley — Elemental Abundances in the Local Group: Tracing the Formation History of the Great Andromeda Galaxy
• Fajardo, Javier, Jr. — Transition Metal Complexes for Challenging Reductive Transformations: From Nitrogen Fixation Catalysts to Photoreductants
• Fan, Chengcheng — Structure, Function, and Application of Bacterial ABC Transporters
• Fang, Michael Tianyu — Suspended Trace Air-Gap Resonators for Low Loss Superconducting Circuits
• Farhadi, Arash — Acoustic Reporter Genes for Noninvasive Imaging of Cellular Function
• Feng, Sean S. L. — Development of a Modular Strategy Towards the Total Synthesis of (+)-Pleuromutilin and Progress Towards the Synthesis of (–)-Merrilactone A
• Fernandez-Lado, Agustin Gabriel — Wave-Scattering by Periodic Media
• Ferraro, Serena — Topology Optimization and Failure Analysis of Deployable Thin Shells with Cutouts
• Figueroa-Schibber, Erika — High-Cycle Dynamic Cell Fatigue with Applications on Oncotripsy
• Finke, Cody Enslin — An Experimental and Economic Analysis of Electrochemical Technologies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• García Suárez, Antonio Joaquín — Application of Path-Independent Integrals to Soil-Structure Interaction
• Garza Gonzalez, Emmanuel — Boundary Integral Equation Methods for Simulation and Design of Photonic Devices
• Giesler, Matthew David — Probing the Nature of Black Holes with Gravitational Waves
• Goldstein, Elizabeth Lee — Synthesis of Enantioenriched (Poly)Fluorinated Building Blocks, 2,2-Disubstituted Pyrrolidines and [7,7]Paracyclophanes
• Gu, Nina Xiao — Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Thiolate-Supported Metalloradicals
• Gugel, Zhannetta V. — Effects of Sensory Experience on Early Stages of Olfactory Processing in the Fruit Fly
• Gurriet, Thomas — Applied Safety Critical Control
• Hanewich-Hollatz, Mikhail Henning — Conditional Guide RNAs: Programmable Conditional Regulation of CRISPR/Cas Function via Dynamic RNA Nanotechnology
• Herriman, Jane Elizabeth — Phonon Thermodynamics and Elastic Behavior of GaN and GaAs at High Temperatures and Pressures
• Hesse, Janis Karan — Neural Construction of Conscious Perception
• Hirscher, Nathanael Allen — Investigation of Ethylene Tetramerization Catalysis from Structurally-Defined Organochromium Compounds
• Hsu, Chen-Chih — Physics and Applications of Graphene-Based Nanostructures and Nano-Meta Materials
• Huang, De — Positive Definite Matrices: Compression, Decomposition, Eigensolver, and Concentration
• Huang, Jinglin Alice — Investigations of Different Methods to Promote Drug Mixing in the Eye
• Hunacek, Jonathon Robert — TIME: A Millimeter-Wavelength Grating Spectrometer Array for [CII] / CO Intensity Mapping
• Ireland, William Thornton — A Quantitative and High-Throughput Approach to Gene Regulation in Escherichia coli
• Iverson, Joseph Kramer — Aspects of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation
• Jencson, Jacob Edmund — Hunting for Hidden Explosions: Exploring the Transient Infrared Sky with the Spitzer Space Telescope
• Johnson, Robert Francis — Formal Design and Analysis for DNA Implementations of Chemical Reaction Networks
• Jue, Erik Bradley — Improved Tools for Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing
• Jung, Yonil — Neurons that Control Social States in Drosophila melanogaster
• Kim, Dong-Wook — Multimodal Analysis of Cell Types in a Hypothalamic Node Controlling Social Behavior in Mice
• Kim, Seo-young Silvia — Three Essays in the Dynamics of Political Behavior
• Krueger, Rachel Ann — Theoretical Characterization of Aromatic Exciplex Fluorescence
• Kwong, Anthony Herman Fu-Hao — Mechanical Properties of Small-Scale Sputtered Metallic Glasses
• Lai, Voon Hui — Seismic Waveform Modeling of Natural Hazards and Sharp Structural Boundaries
• Le, Hoang Minh — New Frameworks for Structured Policy Learning
• Leask, Ellen Kathleen — Investigating the Evolution of Surface Water on Mars through Spectroscopy of Secondary Minerals
• Leclerc, Christophe — Mechanics of Ultra-Thin Composite Coilable Structures
• Lee, Kyu Hyun — Visual Computations in the Superior Colliculus
• Lee, Sangjun — The Neural Basis of Sodium Appetite
• Leibowitz, Matthew Gregory — Hypervelocity Shock Tunnel Studies of Blunt Body Aerothermodynamics in Carbon Dioxide for Mars Entry
• Li, Jiaming — Concise Total Syntheses of ∆¹²-Prostaglandin J Natural Products Using Stereoretentive Metathesis
• Li, Liuchi — Linking Micro-Structure to Macro-Behavior of Granular Matter: From Flowing Heterogeneously to Morphing Adaptively
• Lim, Yu Xian — L-Band Multi-Polarization Radar Scatterometry over Global Forests: Modelling, Analysis, and Applications
• Lin, Li — Photoacoustic Tomography: From Bench to Bedside
• Liu, Xinran — Cell-Selective Proteomic Profiling in Complex Biological Systems
• Liu, Yang — From Restoring Human Vision to Enhancing Computer Vision
• Lu, I-Te — First-Principles Calculations of Electron-Defect Interactions and Defect-Limited Charge Transport
• Luan, Xingsheng — Towards Atom Assembly on Nanophotonic Structures with Optical Tweezers
• Lunny, Elizabeth Margaret — High-Resolution Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of the Oxygen A-Band
• Luo, Jie — Integrating Quantum Optical and Superconducting Circuits with Quantum Acoustics for Scalable Quantum Network and Computation
• Mac Donald, Kimberley Ann — Three-Dimensional Quantitative Visualization for Mechanics of Discontinuous Materials
• Marshall, Ryan Scott — Developing Plasma Spectroscopy and Imaging Diagnostics to Understand Astrophysically-Relevant Plasma Experiments: Megameters, Femtometers, and Everything in Between
• Martin, Peter Eckels — Detection and Analysis of Martian Low-Temperature Geochemistry
• Martynov, Vadim Vadimovich — Essays on Social Learning and Networks
• McMullen, Ryan Michael — Aspects of Reduced-Order Modeling of Turbulent Channel Flows: From Linear Mechanisms to Data-Driven Approaches
• McNicholas, Brendon James — New Electrolytic Media and Methods for Energy Storage and Conversion
• Mitskovets, Anna — Using DNA Origami to Create Hybrid Nanophotonic Architectures for Single-Photon Emitters
• Mittelstein, David Reza — Modifying Ultrasound Waveform Parameters to Control, Influence, or Disrupt Cells
• Moon, Jaeyun — Thermal Conduction in Amorphous Materials and the Role of Collective Excitations
• Naviaux, John David — Chemical and Physical Mechanisms of Calcite Dissolution in Seawater
• Neumann, Adam Patrick — Towards Single Molecule Imaging Using Nanoelectromechanical Systems
• Ng, Ryan Cecil — Nanophotonic Phenomena in Dielectric Photonic Crystals
• Nguyen, Kien Trung — Reduced-Order Model for Dynamic Soil-Pipe Interaction Analysis
• Oniyama, Tomoyuki — Shock Compression of Molybdenum Single Crystals to High Stresses
• Pajunen, Kirsti Mari — Dynamics of Lightweight Tensegrity-Inspired Metamaterials Fabricated with 3D-Printing
• Panda, Corina Bianca — Generalizations of a Theorem of Hecke
• Pohoata, Andrei Cosmin — Extremal Results in and out of Additive Combinatorics
• Porubsky, Nicholas James — Enhanced Algorithms for Analysis and Design of Nucleic Acid Reaction Pathways
• Qi, Song — Decision Making Under Threat: An Ecological Framework
• Quinodoz, Sofia Agustina — Higher-Order RNA and DNA Hubs Shape Genome Organization in the Nucleus
• Rah, Kyupaeck Jeff — Derivation of Realistic Forcing Schemes to Reproduce Turbulent Characteristics of Round Jets on Centerline
• Ravindra Kumar, Sripriya — Engineering Vectors for Non-Invasive Gene Delivery to the Central Nervous System using Multiplexed-CREATE
• Reichermeier, Kurt Michael — Quantitative Characterization of Composition and Regulation of Cullin-RING Ubiquitin Ligases
• Ren, Hengjiang — Cavity Optomechanics for Hybrid Quantum Systems
• Robinson Cortés, Alejandro — Essays on Market Design and Industrial Organization
• Ronchi, Matteo Ruggero — Vision for Social Robots: Human Perception and Pose Estimation
• Rooney, Brigitte Lee — Modeling the Impact of Biomass Combustion on Atmospheric Aerosol
• Saunders, Scott Harrison — Mechanisms of Phenazine-Mediated Extracellular Electron Transfer by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Schill, William Joseph — Variational and Multiscale Modeling of Amorphous Silica Glass
• Schuman, David Phillip — Development and Mechanistic Investigation of Potassium Tert-Butoxide Catalyzed C–H Silylation
• Schwan, Lars Josef — Electronic Structures of Perfunctionalized Dodecaborate Clusters
• Shen, Yang — Phonon Anharmonicity at the Limits of Perturbation Theory
• Silva, Rebekah Miriam Brawer — Attributes of the [4Fe4S] Cofactor Coordinated by UvrC, a DNA Repair Enzyme
• Silverman, Bradley Ross — Protein-Mediated Colloidal Assembly
• Singh, Ashmeet — Quantum Mechanical Vistas on the Road to Quantum Gravity
• Stein, Nathaniel Thomas — Investigation of Past Habitable Environments through Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces
• Su, Yapeng — Resistance is Futile: Physical Science, Systems Biology and Single-Cell Analysis to Understanding the Plastic and Heterogeneous Nature of Melanoma and Their Role in Non-Genetic Drug Resistance
• Taeb, Armeen — Latent-Variable Modeling: Algorithms, Inference, and Applications
• Talon, Thibaud — Surface Reconstruction from Distributed Angle Measurements
• Tanner, Melissa Midori — Tethered Motion Planning for a Rappelling Robot
• Theios, Rachel Lauren — Leveraging the Rest-Ultraviolet and Rest-Optical Spectra of Galaxies at 2 < z < 3
• Thompson, John Warren Lenzi — Chemical Tools for Studying O-GlcNAc Glycosylation at the Systems Level
• Tinyanont, Samaporn — Insights Into Stellar Explosions From Infrared Light
• Tokpanov, Yury — Towards Next Generation of Optoelectronics: from Quantum Plasmonics and 2D Materials to Advanced Optimization Techniques of Nanophotonic Devices
• Vahidi Ferdowsi, Pooya — Strongly Amenable Groups, Choquet-Deny Groups, and the Infinite Conjugacy Class Property
• Vyatskikh, Andrey — Additive Manufacturing of 3D Nano-Architected Metals and Ceramics
• Wang, Chuting — On-Chip Photonic Devices for Coupling to Color Centers in Silicon Carbide
• Wang, Shuai — Co-Translational Protein Targeting and Insertion by SecA
• Weaver, Sara Jean — Visualizing Small Proteins with the cryoEM Platform and The Structure of the Vibrio cholerae Type IV Competence Pilus Secretin PilQ
• Wongwaitayakornkul, Pakorn — Dynamics of an Arched Magnetically-Twisted Current-Carrying Plasma
• Wright, Austin Cameron — Evolving Strategies Toward the Synthesis of Curcusone C
• Xiao, Xiao (Luciena) — On The Hecke Orbit Conjecture for PEL Type Shimura Varieties
• Yanes, Nelson Javier — Ultraviolet Radiation of Hypervelocity Stagnation Flows and Shock/Boundary-Layer Interactions
• Yee, Daryl Wei Liang — Additive Manufacturing of 3D Functional Materials: From Surface Chemistry to Combustion-Derived Materials
• Yoo, Bryan B. — Host-Microbe Interactions Impacting and Mediated by Nervous Systems
• Yoon, Young Dae — Probing the Progression, Properties, and Progenies of Magnetic Reconnection
• Yu, Jize — The Integral Coefficient Geometric Satake Equivalence in Mixed Characteristic and its Arithmetic Applications
• Zhang, Yongliang — Information Scrambling in Quantum Many-Body Systems
• Zhou, Chengzhe — Collection of Solved Nonlinear Problems for Remote Shaping and Patterning of Liquid Structures on Flat and Curved Substrates by Electric and Thermal Fields
• Zhu, Yanzhe — 3D Microfluidics for Environmental Pathogen Detection and Single-cell Phenotype-to-Genotype Analysis
• Zhukov, Dmitriy Vladimirovich — Facilitating Miniaturized Bioanalytical Assays in Microfluidic Devices
• Zocchi, Dhruv Sergio — Processing at Primary Chemosensory Neurons