Dissertation (Ph.D.) — 2027

• Aenugu, Sneha R. — Building Agency: Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Human Autonomous Goal Pursuit
• Beilinson, Vera Michelle — Multi-Scale Systems Analysis of the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis
• Belyakov, Matthew — Revealing the Early Solar System through Small Body Spectroscopy and Dynamics
• Cao, Shuo — Neural Control of Coordinated Wing and Leg Movements During a Terrestrial Threat Display
• Chiappina, Piero — Interfacing Superconducting Qubits with Light
• Darcy, Matthieu D. — Gaussian Processes for Scientific Machine Learning: PDE Solvers and Operator Learning
• Deng, Wenning — The Computational Basis of Social Decision-Making: From Individual Mechanisms to Group Dynamics
• Dev, Ishaan Joshan — Engineering Multi-Protein Assemblies with Machine Learning and Experimental Optimization
• Foo, Ian M. — Inverse-Designed Volumetric Metaoptics for Multifunctional Nanophotonics
• Geyman, Emily C. — Natural Experiments in Landscape Dynamics and Carbon Cycling
• Gornet, James Andrew — Predictive Coding for Cognitive Mapping
• Gregrowicz, Jan M. — Combinatorial Signaling in the Dopamine Receptor System
• Henning, Thomas L. — Human and Artificial Agents in Social Decision-Making: Experimental, Computational, and Neurobiological Evidence
• Hsieh, Pin-Hsun — Controlling and Characterizing Quantum Material Dynamics via Nonlinear Terahertz Spectroscopy
• Kim, Joon-Hwi — Reimagining Gravity: Generalized Symmetries, Double Copy, and Spinning Black Holes
• Kishi, Yuriko — Hox-Mediated Evolution of a Novel Cell Type in Rove Beetles
• Lasalde-Ramirez, José A. — Non-Invasive Metabolite Profiling Using Sweat Sensing Wearable Platforms Leveraging Continuous Enzymatic Reactions
• Patel, Sahil R. — Materials Driven Advancements in Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors
• Rusley, Calvin James — Context is King: Understanding the Diversity and Evolution of Prokaryotic Metabolism through Comparative Contextual Methods
• Tseng, Yu-Ling — Molecular Design of Advanced Mechanophore Scaffolds for Triggered Release
• Walker, Pierre J. — Nature of Electrostatic Interactions in Macromolecular Systems
• Wang, Zhuoyan — Construction of Carbon–Fluorine Bonds Through Catalytic Nucleophilic Fluorination
• Wihardja, Adeline Emily — Model Discovery in Mechanics: From Conventional to Data-Driven Methods
• Yoshida, Shawn R. — Single-Molecule Characterization of the Dynamics and Regulation of Endogenous Transcription Factor Hubs
• Zheng, Hongkai — Algorithms and Representations for Learning and Inference with Diffusion Models