Theses — 2023

• Abellard, Darleine — Michéline (Other)
• Abundo, Maria Paulene Bernal — Ultrasound Controlled Drug Delivery by Acoustically Switchable Hydrogels (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Adams, Danica Jeannine — Habitability Through Time: Photochemistry and Aerosols of Planetary Atmospheres (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Akella, Prithvi — Reliable Controller Synthesis: Guarantees for Safety-Critical System Testing and Verification (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Akerson, Andrew James — Optimal Design of Soft Responsive Actuators and Impact Resistant Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Almhjell, Patrick James — Noncanonical Amino Acid Synthesis by Evolved Tryptophan Synthases (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alshafei, Faisal H. — Enhancing the Ethylene and Propylene Selectivities in the Methanol-to-Olefins Reaction by Exploiting the Intricate Relationship between Framework Topology and Acidity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Amo Alonso, Carmen — Distributed and Localized Model Predictive Control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anand, Emile Timothy — Pseudorandomness of the Sticky Random Walk (Senior thesis (Major))
• Balzer, Christopher James — Polyelectrolytes Near Solid Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barber, Ross William — Mechanophore Strategies for the Development of Polymers with Mechanically Gated Responsive Behavior (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barth, Alexandra Teresa — Electronic Structure and Reactivity of Metal Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bauinger, Christoph — The "Interpolated Factored Green Function" Method (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beery, Sara Meghan — Where the Wild Things Are: Computer Vision for Global-Scale Biodiversity Monitoring (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Behmard, Aida — Planet Host Star Properties as Probes of Planet Formation and Evolution (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bernstein, Jeremy David — Optimisation & Generalisation in Networks of Neurons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bhat, Prashant — On the Role of Three-Dimensional Genome Organization in Gene Regulation and mRNA Splicing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Biswas, Souvik — Electro-Optic Excitations in van der Waals Materials for Active Nanophotonics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blumenfeld, Zachary — Genetically Encoded Biosensors for Ketamine and Other Rapidly Acting Antidepressants in Zebrafish and Cell Culture (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blunt, Sarah — The Orbits of Young Extrasolar Planets as Formation Probes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Breunig, Stephanie Lynne — Incorporation of Non-Canonical Proline Residues into Proteins Expressed in Escherichia coli (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Buarque de Macedo, Robert Andrew — Methods for Control of Granular Material Attributes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Canales Escobedo, Fabricio Gianfranco — Numerical Analysis of Folding and Deployment Dynamics of Thin Shell Structures with Localized Folds (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Casselman, Tyler Daniel — Unveiling Incipient Reactivity via Tandem Hydrosilylation Reaction Cascades and the Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of (–)-Cylindrocyclophane A (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cerri, Olmo — New Physics Tools for Discovery, a New Era of Timing Detector, and Lepton Flavor Universality Test at CMS (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chang, Yen-Yung — SuperCDMS HVeV Run 2 Low-Mass Dark Matter Search, Highly Multiplexed Phonon-Mediated Particle Detector with Kinetic Inductance Detector, and the Blackbody Radiation in Cryogenic Experiments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chari, Celia S. — Degradation of Ceramic Surfaces and its Mitigation: From Electric Propulsion to Cultural Heritage (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Amylynn C. — 3D in situ Chemical Synthesis: Additive Manufacturing of Functional Polymeric Materials via Vat Photo-polymerization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Xinhong — Non-Invasive Functional Gene Delivery to the Central and Peripheral Nervous System Across Species (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Yifan — On Multiscale and Statistical Numerical Methods for PDEs and Inverse Problems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Zhewei — Engineering Conditional Guide RNAs for Cell-Selective Regulation of CRISPR/Cas9 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheng, Rui — Remotely Evaluating the Seasonality of Gross Primary Production at High Latitudes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chittur, Priya K. — A Millifluidic Bulge Test for Multiscale Properties of Engineered Biofilms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chuapoco, Miguel Roberto Estella — Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors for Gene Delivery to the Non-Human Primate Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cole, Elijah Henry John — Visual and Spatial Representation Learning with Applications in Ecology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cui, Zhi-Hao — Towards Ab Initio Simulations of High-Temperature Superconductivity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dam, Kim-Marie Anh — Structural Insights into the Conformational Plasticity and Antibody Recognition of HIV-1 Env (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Date, Aditya Ghanashyam — Coupled Oscillators with Generalized Dissipation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• De Rose, Lucía Belén — Nanoscale Field Emission Devices for High-Temperature and High-Frequency Operation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dibrell, Sara Elise — Development of Oxidation and Transition Metal-Mediated Reactions and Application to Natural Product Synthesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ding, Xiaozhe — Computation-Aided Protein Engineering for Targeted Therapeutic Delivery (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dixit, Anushri C. — Risk-Aware Planning and Control in Extreme Environments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dong, Dillon Zhejun — Shocks, Jets, and Emerging Nebulae: Direct Detection and Characterization of Extragalactic Radio Transients in the VLA Sky Survey (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dong, Heng — Optimization of Electrodes Towards More Practical Electrochemical Water Treatment (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dorobantu, Victor David — Geometry and Dynamical Systems in Machine Learning and Control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Douglas, Madison Marie — Mechanics of River Erosion and its Effects on Floodplain Biogeochemistry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dove, Lilian Aja — Impacts of Zonal Asymmetry on Southern Ocean Dynamics and Biogeochemistry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dowling, Jacqueline Anne — Long-Duration Energy Storage in Reliable Wind and Solar Electricity Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dutka, Przemysław — Cryo-ET Reveals Molecular Details of Multi-Megadalton Bacterial Protein Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dutta, Irene — Rare Higgs Processes at CMS and Precision Timing Detector Studies for HL-LHC CMS Upgrade (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dutton, Sarah Emily — Chirped Pulse Rotational Spectroscopy of Small Molecule Clusters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Eldjarn Hjoerleifsson, Kristjan — Graph Modeling for Genomics and Epidemiology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Friedman, Andrew Collin — Scalable Fabrication of Micro-Architected Water Filtering Membranes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gallivan, Rebecca Anne — The Role of Boundaries and Other Microstructural Features on Emergent Mechanical and Mechanically-Coupled Phenomena at the Nanoscale (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Galton, Riley — Co-Option of the piRNA Pathway to Regulate Neural Crest Specification (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gálvez Merchán, Ángel — Studies of mRNA Expression and Degradation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gan, Quan — Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers by Ring Expansion and Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gandhi, Vatsa Bhupeshkumar — Shock Compression of Body-Centered Cubic Metals from the Atomistic to Continuum Scale: Iron and Molybdenum (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gehlhar, Rachel — Model-Based Lower-Limb Powered Prosthesis Control: Developing and Realizing Nonlinear Subsystem Control Methods for Generalizable Prosthesis Control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gholamin, Sharareh — Mechanism of Response and Resistance to CAR T Cell Therapies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goel, Sumit — Essays in Mechanism Design and Contest Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goertsen, David Gerald — Expanding Adeno-Associated Viral Capsid Engineering to Multiple Variable Regions for Diversified Tropism (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gordon, Spencer Lane — The Identification of Discrete Mixture Models (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gorin, Gennady — Stochastic Foundations for Single-Cell RNA Sequencing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gorokhovsky, Elia Peter — Convergence of Time-Inhomogeneous Random Walks on Finite Groups with Applications to Universality for Random Groups (Senior thesis (Major))
• Griggs, Whitney Scott — Listening to the Internal Representation of Actions Within the Posterior Parietal Cortex (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gruen, Angus Fred Wilkinson — Regularities, Resurgence and R-Matrices in Chern Simons Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gu, Zichen — Interparticle Forces and Stress Transfer in Saturated and Unsaturated Granular Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guan, Charles — Neural Coding of Finger Movements in Human Posterior Parietal Cortex and Motor Cortex (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guo, Nian — Causal Sampling, Compressing, and Channel Coding of Streaming Data (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gupta, Anchal — Next-Generation Technologies for Gravitational Wave Detectors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guth, Daniel Robert — Essays in Health Economics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hägeli Lohaus, Stefan P. — Experimental Study on the Thermodynamic Interactions of Phonons and Magnetism in Fe Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Han, SooJean — Control and State-Estimation of Jump Stochastic Systems by Learning Recurrent Spatiotemporal Patterns (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hann-Caruthers, Wade Daniel — Essays on Social Learning and Social Choice (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hashemi Talkhooncheh, Arian — Holistic Design in High-Speed Silicon Photonics and Low-Power Electronics Platforms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• He, Liyin — Agriculture and Its Role in the Global Carbon Cycle (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hemo, Tamir — On the Categorical Approach to the Frobenius Trace (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hirokawa, Soichi — Dynamics of Protein-Mediated Polymer Coupling and their Implications in Antibody Production and Emergent Patterning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hsieh, Hao-Hsuan — Coordination Between Mammalian Nascent Protein Targeting and Cotranslational Chaperones (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hsu, Alice — Neurotechnology for Multiplexed Interrogation of Brain Circuits and Synaptic Activity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hu, Peng — Computational Compensation for Model Imperfections in Photoacoustic Computed Tomography (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Jining — Applications of Dynamic Nucleic Acid Nanotechnology in Closed-Loop Genetic Circuits and Detection of Viral Pathogens (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Shan — DNA-Guided Genome Manipulation in Escherichia coli (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hui, Yue — Applications of Genetically Engineered Bacillus subtilis in Biocatalysis and Functional Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hurt, Robert Cooper — Engineering of Second-Generation Acoustic Reporter Genes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Husic, Corey Christopher — Strategies for the Mechanically Triggered Release of Small Molecules (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ifkovits, Zachary Philip — Strategies for Enabling Stable and Efficient (Photo)Electrochemical Water Splitting (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jadbabaie, Arian — Measuring Fundamental Symmetry Violation in Polyatomic Molecules (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jiang, Abigail Yuan-Shan — Who’s Chinatown, Whose Chinatown? Visions of Urban Progress in Los Angeles Chinatown, 1970-2020 (Senior thesis (Major))
• Jorgensen, Victoria Lynn — Stem Cell-Derived Embryo Models in Mouse and Human to Illuminate the “Black Box” of Pre- to Post-Implantation Development (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kamal, Omar — Optimal Receptivity and the Generalization of the One-Way Navier-Stokes (OWNS) Equations to Complex High-Speed Boundary Layers and Jets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kann, Claudia Kenyon — Computational Methods in the Study of Political Behavior (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kefeli, Sinan — Constraints on the Polarized Dust and the Cosmic Microwave Background Using BICEP / Keck Array Series of Telescopes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kerkovius, Jeffrey Kevan — Total Synthesis of Lupin Alkaloids, Diterpenoid Alkaloids, and Progress Towards the Myrsinane Diterpenes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Alexia Nahyun — Enantioselective Syntheses of Tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) via Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of (+)-Cyanocycline A (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Brian Lee Kiwon — Dynamics of Time-Varying and Nonlinear Phononic Lattices (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Gunho — Wave Propagation in Periodic Acoustic Metamaterials: from 1D to 3D (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Hojin — New Long End-Associative Polymers for Mist Control in I. Aqueous Solutions and II. Hydrocarbon Solvents (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Seong Shik (Steve) — Design Rules for Multi-Electron Systems in Next-Generation Batteries: From Mg Electrode-Electrolyte Interface to Anion Redox Activation in Li-Rich Sulfides (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Klein, Isabel McMillan — Understanding the Origins of Photoexcited XUV Spectra (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Korner, Kevin Andreas — Modeling Deformations of Active Rods, Ribbons, and Plates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kuintzle, Rachael Christine — Diversity in Notch Ligand-Receptor Signaling Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kunnam, Shwetha S. — The Influence of Négritude and Black Postcolonial Thought on Derek Walcott’s The Odyssey: A Play (Other)
• Lale, Ali Sahin — Learning and Control of Dynamical Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lawniczak, James Joseph — Computational Investigations of Organometallic Catalysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Learsch, Robert Whitson — Droplet Control in Aqueous and Hydrocarbon Fluids: Long, End-Associative Polymers Dictate Fluid Behavior Under Elongational Flows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ledezma, Luis M. — Towards Universal Integrated Laser Sources with Nonlinear Photonics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Chao-Jung — The Effects of Disorder and Interaction in Metallic Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Levine, Matthew Emanuel — Machine Learning and Data Assimilation for Blending Incomplete Models and Noisy Data (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Tongxin — Learning-Augmented Control and Decision-Making: Theory and Applications in Smart Grids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Xiang — Topics in Gravitational Wave Physics: Quantum Theory for Detector Improvement and High-Precision Modeling of Binary Black Hole Ringdown Waveform (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liaw, Eric Jer-Jiun — A Novel, Rapid Phenotypic Assay for a Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Susceptibility and an Analysis of its Theoretical Limits (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Han-Hsin — Transient Behavior of Granular Material (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ling, Bill — Acoustic Biomolecules for Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Grace — “It’s Our War Too”: Barriers to Authorship by Women Writing Vietnam War Poetry (Senior thesis (Major))
• Liu, Grace — The Reproduction of Homosocial Domesticity Aboard the Pequod in Melville’s Moby Dick (Other)
• Liu, Xinyan — Bioorthogonal Noncanonical Amino Acid Tagging for Understanding Bacterial Persistence (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• López Gómez, Ignacio — A Unified Data-Informed Model of Turbulence and Convection for Climate Prediction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lucas, Éowyn — Advancement of Asymmetric Bipolar Membranes for Tailoring Chemical Environments in Electrochemical Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Yangcheng — Tracer Transport in Three Dimensions: Dispersion of Methane on Mars, Coupled Chemistry and Dynamics on Exoplanets, and Submesoscale Mixing in the Ocean (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Yicheng — Maternally Inherited siRNAs Initiate piRNA Cluster Formation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ma, Sizheng — Topics in Gravitational Wave Physics: Black-Hole Spectroscopy, Neutron Star Dynamical Tides, and Numerical Relativity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ma, Xiuqi — Fractonic Orders from Lattice Models and Field Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ma, Yitong — Multicellular Synthetic Biology in Mammalian Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Macioce, Theodore Kenneth — Mock Observations of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect in Massive Galaxy Clusters and a Six-Layer Integral Antireflective Structure for Silicon Optics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maggiolo, Ailiena Okumura — Crystallographic Studies of Nitrogenase (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mao, Jiajing — Search for Supersymmetry Using Higgs Boson to Diphoton Decays and Search for Long-Lived Particles Using Out-of-Time Trackless Jets at √s = 13 TeV (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marken, John Paul — Experimental and Theoretical Frameworks for Enabling Environmental Synthetic Biology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martin, Conor Daniel — Experiments in Thermal Ignition: Influence of Natural Convection on Properties of Gaseous Explosions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Matsuka, Kai — Vision-Based Navigation and Large-Scale Estimation for Spacecraft Swarms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McFadden, Molly Elizabeth — The Emerging Mechanochemistry of Naphthopyran (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McGehee, James Mitchell — Optogenetic Approaches for Determining the Temporal Role of Morphogen Inputs on Target Gene Expression (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mehio, Omar — Ultrafast Dynamics of Photo-Doped Mott Antiferromagnets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meier, Madeline Claire — Inorganic Phototropism: Emergent Properties Directing Growth of Mesostructured Semiconductors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Melis, Johan Matthijs — A Neural Network Model of an Insect's Wing Hinge Reveals How Steering Muscles Control Flight (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mendoza, Aramis Josephine — Dismantling The Help: The Hollywoodization of The Civil Rights Movement in 1963 (Other)
• Mendoza, Lark — Good Expectations: The Paradox of Expecting Great Things (Other)
• Meyerowitz, Joseph Toshiro — Engineering and Rapid Prototyping for Biology in Extreme Conditions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, David Ryan — Developing Dalotia coriaria, the Greenhouse Rove Beetle, as a Novel Model Organism (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moestopo, Widianto Putra — Design, Fabrication, and Mechanical Analysis of Intertwined and Frictional Micro-Architected Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mohamed Soliman, Ahmed Mohamed — BICEP Array Detectors and Instrumentation at 30/40 GHz: Design, Performance, and Deployment to the South Pole for Constraining Primordial Gravitational Waves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morla, Maureen Baradi — Redox-Activated Covalent Functionalization of Semiconductor Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moses, Lambda — Computation Foundations of Spatial Transcriptomics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moss, Alexander Lorenzo — Ultraviolet Scalar Unification and Gravitational Radiation Reaction from Quantum Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ni, Yu-Li — Developing Tools for Neurobiology: The Retina as a Neuropharmacology Testbed & Electrode Pooling to Boost Extracellular Array Recording (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ning, Honglie — Ultrafast Optical Control of Order Parameters in Quantum Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nistanaki, Sepand K. — Application of Dewar Heterocycles and Vinyl Carbocations in Organic Synthesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Connell, Michael Thomas — Methods for Robust Learning-Based Control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Rourke, Matthew John — Towards High-Accuracy Simulations of Strongly Correlated Materials Using Tensor Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ober, Douglas Clifford — Laser Spectroscopy of Hydrocarbons for Applications in Atmospheric and Space Science (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ocegueda, Eric — Physics-Based and Data-Driven Computational Models of Inelastic Deformations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Oshima, Emile Kazuo — Experimental Studies of Flow Control Techniques for Future Aircraft (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Osorio Rodríguez, Daniela — Microbial Transformations of Sulfur: Environmental and (Paleo) Ecological Implications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ousey, James Anthony — Gut Microbiota Modulation of Host Feeding Behavior (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Overholts, Anna Camille — A Novel Platform for Mechanochemical Multicolor Lithography and Models for Solution-Phase Mechanophore Activation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Palmer, Emily Hope — Locomotory Control Algorithms and Their Neuronal Implementation in Drosophila melanogaster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pardo, Olivia Sabine — The Elastic, Electronic, and Structural Properties of Hydrous, Sulfur-Bearing Minerals in Planetary Environments: from the Surface to Deep Interiors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Parker, Harrison Alexander — A Novel Algorithm for Inferring the Vertical Distribution of Trace Gases Using Remote Sensing Measurements (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pennington, Elyse Ann — Development of Numerical Models to Advance the Understanding of Air Quality in Los Angeles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Phelan, Megan Elisabeth — Optimization of Photovoltaic Performance for Luminescent Solar Concentrator Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pike, Sean Nicholas — Exploring the Mass Accretion Rates of Neutron Star X-Ray Binaries and the Properties of Cadmium Zinc Telluride for Hard X-Ray Astronomy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pilgram, Nickolas Hovanec — Production and Characterization of Ytterbium Monohydroxide (YbOH) for Next-Generation Parity and Time-Reversal Violating Physics Searches (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pinton Tomaleri, Giovani — Structure and Mechanism of the Human ER Membrane Protein Complex (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Polski, Robert Michael — Electronic Correlations and Topology in Graphene Moiré Multilayers and InAs/GaSb-Derivative Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Poremba, Alexander Mario — Revocable Cryptography in a Quantum World (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Qiao, Zhuoran — Physics-Informed Neural Approaches for Multiscale Molecular Modeling and Design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Quine, Cullen Mackenzie — Tunability of Gas Adsorption Enthalpies in Carbonaceous Materials for Energy-Related Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Raghavan, Guruprasad — Engineering Artificial Systems with Natural Intelligence (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan — Folding and Dynamic Deployment of Ultralight Thin-Shell Space Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Renn, Peter Ian James — Applied Machine Learning for Prediction and Control of Fluid Flows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rosakis, Alexandros Yiannis — The Hemodynamics of Native and Surgical Aortic Valves with Regards to Wall Shear Stress and Residence Time (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rosenthal, Isabelle Anna — The Representation of Multimodal Tactile Sensations in the Human Somatosensory System (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roy, Arkadev — Parametrically-Driven Nonlinear Optical Resonators and their Networks for Sensing and Computing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sanders, Cecilia Brooke — Geological and Geochemical Explorations of the Salitre Formation Phosphorite, Eastern Brazil (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sarai, Nicholas Singh — Engineering Cytochrome P450BM3 for Oxidation and Silicon–Carbon Bond Cleavage of Volatile Methylsiloxanes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sarma, Anish Anandsai — Multicellular Control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sarraf, Namita — Towards Integrated Molecular Machines: Structural, Mechanical, and Computational Motifs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schulte, Samuel Jordan — New HCR Technologies: 10-Plex Quantitative Spectral Imaging of RNAs and Proteins; Multiplexed Quantitative Imaging of Protein:Protein Complexes; and Sensitive, Instrument-Free, At-Home Pathogen Detection (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schulze, Benjamin Christopher — Insights into the Sources of Atmospheric Aerosols and Greenhouse Gases in California (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scott, Anna Gustavus — MFeS Clusters as Models for Complex Multimetallic Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sercel, Zachary Patrick — Synthesis of Organic Building Blocks and Synthetic Strategies Toward Aleutianamine (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sharma, Saransh — Low-Power and Miniaturized Medical Electronics for In-Vivo Localization and Tracking (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shen, Cheng — Computational Imaging for Phase Retrieval and Biomedical Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shen, Xuejian — Explore the Nature of Dark Matter in the Context of Galaxy Formation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shi, Guanya — Reliable Learning and Control in Dynamic Environments: Towards Unified Theory and Learned Robotic Agility (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shi, Yanlong — Assembly of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Along Star Formation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shiau, Angela Ann — Tetranuclear CaMn₃O₄ and Mn₄O₄ Complexes as Spectroscopic Models of the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shimozono, Alexander Mitsuo — The Development of Ni-Catalyzed Methods for Application in Total Synthesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sopenko, Nikita A. — Topological Invariants of Gapped Quantum Lattice Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stephenson, Oliver Laurent — Investigating the Earthquake Cycle on Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales Using Satellites and Simulations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sui, Margaret Yanzhu — Dance Before the Music Stops (Other)
• Sun, Guochao — Understanding the Cosmological Evolution of Galaxies with Intensity Mapping (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tamborini, Alessio — A Novel Approach to Cardiac Health Assessment Using a Redesign of the Brachial Cuff Device (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tan Teck Keng, Adrian — Digital Quantum Simulation of Physical Systems on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Computers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tan, Fayth Hui — Animal Regeneration and its Loss: the Mouse as a Model of Limited Regeneration (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tang, Ellande — Studies on Off-Nominal Rotor Aerodynamics for eVTOL Aircraft (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tao, Yujia — Synthetic Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Enterocin (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Taylor, Andrew James — Robust Safety-Critical Control: A Lyapunov and Barrier Approach (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Taylor, Kelsie — A Deep Dive into the Connections Between the Renormalization Group and Deep Learning in the Ising Model (Senior thesis (Major))
• Tibrewal, Vansh — The Chinese Room Argument (Other)
• Torok, Zsofia Erzsebet — Resilience of a Precise Motor Behavior (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tribby, Ariana Linnae — Inference of Global Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Production (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tsukamoto, Hiroyasu — Contraction Theory for Robust Learning-Based Control: Toward Aerospace and Robotic Autonomy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tsypin, Lev Maximovich — The Discovery and Biological Mechanisms of a Widespread Phenazine's Oxidation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tucker, Maegan Lindsay — Enabling Robust and User-Customized Bipedal Locomotion on Lower-Body Assistive Devices via Hybrid System Theory and Preference-Based Learning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Turro, Raymond Farnon — Mechanistic Investigations and Development of Ni-Catalyzed Cross- Electrophile Coupling Reactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ubamanyu, Kanthasamy (Uba) — Time-Dependent Failure of Thin-Ply Composite Laminates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Versaw, Brooke Ann — Thermally and Mechanically Responsive Platforms for Functional Polymeric Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wandelt, Sarah Kim — Grasp, Speech, and Internal Speech Representation in the Human Cortical Grasp Circuit (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Linghui — Ion Transport in Temperature Sensitive Polyelectrolytes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Sheng — Synthetic Circuits for Multicellular Spatial Patterning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Tian — Lorentz Symmetry and Non-Unitary Quantum Field Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Ziyi — Temperature Dependence of Gas Physisorption Energy: Experimental and Computational Studies of Krypton on Porous Carbon (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
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