Theses — 2024

• Abouamal, Ismail — Bost–Connes–Marcolli System for the Siegel Modular Variety (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aghlmand, Fatemeh — Adaptive Optoelectronic Systems: From Bio- Sensing to Free-Space Optical Communication (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Akbari, Hamidreza — Characterization and Tuning of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anand, Shreya — Cosmic Gold Mining: Hunting for the Astrophysical Sites of r-Process Nucleosynthesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aralis, Taylor Benjamin — SuperCDMS SNOLAB, HVeV Run 3, and Development of KIPM Detectors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Badithela, Apurva Srinivas — Test and Evaluation of Autonomous Systems: Reactive Test Synthesis and Task-Relevant Evaluation of Perception (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bernal-Choban, Camille Marie — Atomic Dynamics in Solids and Liquids from Inelastic Neutron Scattering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bhamidipati, Pranav Subramanyam — Modeling and Design of Synthetic Biochemical Circuits for Biological Phenotypes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blatnik, Marie Ann — Creating the Electric and Magnetic Fields for the nEDM@SNS Experiment (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Böhme, Annette Ellen — Observation of the Microenvironment Around CO₂ Reduction Electrodes via Fluorescent Confocal Laser-Scanning Microscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brackney, Helen Maya — Structural Analysis of MurG Interactions with Substrates, Inhibitors, and MraY (Senior thesis (Major))
• Bruening, Meaghan Ann — Applications of Synthesis in Copolymer Upcycling, Reduction of CO₂, Ligand Non-Innocence, and New Weakly-Coordinating Anions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Buenconsejo, Reina S. — Clearing the Air: A Chemical Approach to Understanding Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation From Volatile Chemical Products (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burov, Dmitry Anatolyevich — Kernel Methods for Learning About Complex Dynamical Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Buss, Marjorie Theresa — Tools for Noninvasive Imaging and Control of Engineered Bacteria In Vivo (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cagan, David Abraham — Exploring the Photophysics and Reactivity of Nickel–Bipyridine Cross-Coupling Catalysts (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Can, Tran Thanh Trung — On Arithmetic Invariants of Special Families of K3-Type Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cao, Ruizhi — Dealing with Imperfections: From Aberration to Scattering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chan, Tsam Mang Melinda — Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Havellockate and Investigation into Chiral Palladium Enolate: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chang, Benjamin K. — Electron-Phonon Interactions and Charge Transport in Organic Crystals and Transition Metal Oxides from First-Principles Calculations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chang, Cyuan-Han — Energy Correlators, Dispersive Sum Rules, and Modular Bootstrap in Conformal Field Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chang, Yi Hua — Studies of the Evolution and Stability of the Thin Film Equation for Externally Modulated Control of Electrohydrodynamic and Thermocapillary Patterning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chao, Wen — Spectroscopy and Kinetics of Reactive Intermediates in the Atmosphere of Venus: the Catalytic Role of Chlorine Atoms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chari, Tara Varada — Perturbing the Genome: From Bench to Biophysics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Ge — Localized Fast Radio Bursts Using DSA-110 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, James Yuxuan — Enforcing Constraints in Learning-Augmented Online Optimization: Theory and Applications to Energy Systems (Senior thesis (Major))
• Chen, Peiwei — Sexual Dimorphism and Evolutionary Innovation in piRNA-Guided Genome Defense (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Po-Chih — Signal Processing for Large Arrays: Convolutional Beamspace, Hybrid Analog and Digital Processing, and Distributed Algorithms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cherry, Kevin Matthew — Molecular Pattern Recognition and Supervised Learning in DNA-Based Neural Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ciemniecki, John Alan — The Bioenergetics of a Low-Power, Phenazine-Dependent Maintenance Metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Csernica, Timothy Andrew — Exploring Nature’s Fingerprints with Isotopic Distributions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cusumano, Alexander Quinn — Asymmetric Pericyclic Transformations from Reactive Palladium Intermediates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dallas, Brooke Hillary — Intermolecular and Intramolecular Stable Isotope Studies in Alanine (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Davis, Grace — Mountains of Self: Dream Revelations Transcending Frame Narratives (Other)
• Deng, Weiting — Additive Manufacturing of 3D Micro-Architected Materials for Device Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Denman, William Thomas Plent — The Birth of PICL: New Laboratory Experiments for Understanding Ocean Worlds (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Desai, Niyati K. — Scalar Vortex Coronagraphs for Imaging Habitable Exoplanets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dilanyan, Taleen Gaied — Open-Source Custom Beads for Single-Cell Transcriptomics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dong, Guannan — Taking the Pulse of Life: Intramolecular and Clumped Isotopic Perspectives on the Origins and Evolution of Hydrocarbons in Geological and Prebiotic Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Du, Jiajun — Vibrational Imaging for Chemical Biology: from Label-Free to Molecular probes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Duan, Mengtong (Tom) — Expanding Frontiers in Biomedical Imaging and Synthetic Biology: Dynamic Acoustic Reporter Gene Imaging and Ratio-Tuning of Mammalian mRNA Polycistronic Expression (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ebanks, Daniel C. — Unexpected Partisan Unity Among Congressional Leaders and Legislators Using New Latent Variable Estimation Techniques and Frameworks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Echeverri, Daniel — Vortex Fiber Nulling for Exoplanet Observations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Esho, Iretomiwa — Investigation of Transport Phenomena in Semiconductors and Semiconductor Devices: Drain Noise, Two-Phonon Scattering, and Phonon Drag (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Evans, John Matthew — Impact of Interfacial Chemistry on Corrosion, Sensing, and Catalytic Properties of Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Feder, Richard Moses — Dissecting and Reconstructing the Cosmic Infrared Background with Spaceborne Experiments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fong, Meng-Jhang — Essays in Behavioral Economics and Game Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gailmard, Lindsey Anne — Reputation and Accountability (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gao, Shilong — Engineering Heme Proteins for C(sp³)–H Primary Amination (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goldberg, Max Elliot — Early Dynamics and Evolution of Extrasolar Planetary Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gomez De La Cruz, Salvador Rey — Linear Amplification in Nonequilibrium Turbulent Boundary Layers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goronzy, Isabel Nadine — Higher-Order Chromatin States and Nuclear Structures Regulating Gene Expression (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Graebener, Josefine Berta Marie — Formal Methods for Test and Evaluation: Reasoning over Tests, Automated Test Synthesis, and System Diagnostics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Grayson, Robert Wall — Low-Energy Plasma–Surface Interactions at Airless Icy Bodies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Griffiths, Jessica Anne — Bidirectional Interactions Between the Gut Microbiome and Nervous System (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gu, Shouzhen — Quantum Error Correction Using Low-Density Parity-Check Codes and Erasure Qubits (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gunnarson, Peter John — Autonomous Flow-Based Navigation in Unsteady Underwater Environments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guo, Jimmy Kang — Defining the Universe of Functional RNA-Protein Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guzman, Pedro — Developments in Mössbauer Spectrometry: From Instrumentation to High Pressure Studies on Spins and Phonons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Haghi, Benyamin Allahgholizadeh — Energy-Efficient and Robust Algorithms for Biomedical Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• He, Manni — Entanglement-Enhanced Bioimaging and Sensing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Heim, Gavin Paul — Molecular Tuning of Electrocatalysts for Generation of Commodity Chemicals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hickam, Bryce Patrick — Exploring How Entangled Photon Correlations Can Enhance Spectroscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hightower, Erin Jessica — From Tectonic Evolution to Intraplate Stress: The Role of Structural Inheritance and Long-Wavelength Loading (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hill, Andrew James — The Genetic and Neuronal Substrates of Melatonin Signaling in Zebrafish Sleep (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ho, Dimitar Mi — Control of Unknown Dynamical Systems: Robustness and Online Learning of Feedback Control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Hsin-Yuan (Robert) — Learning in the Quantum Universe (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Wanying — Essays on Rational Social Learning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Yujia — Understanding and Improving Reliability of Inference Dynamics in Deep Neural Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huey, Joanna Nanami — Institutional Design of Criminal Justice Processes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Iton, Zachery William Benjamin — Superionic Conduction of Next-Generation Mobile Ions in Solids Enabled by Coordinating Ligands (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ives, Craig Edward — Subtractive Photonics in Bulk CMOS (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ivy, Tobin William — Implementing and Modeling Gene Drives for Population Modification and Suppression (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jiang, Jialong — Revealing Regulatory Network Organization Through Single-Cell Perturbation Profiling and Maximum Entropy Models (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jin, Yuhui — On the Hecke Module of GLₙ(k[[z]])\GLₙ(k((z)))/GLₙ(k((z²))) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jin, Zhiyang — Acoustic Biosensors for Noninvasive Imaging of Molecular Processes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnston, Kadina Elizabeth — Acquiring Enzyme Sequence-Fitness Data at Scale Toward Predictive Methods for Enzyme Engineering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jones, Christopher Glenn — Development of Microcrystal Electron Diffraction Techniques for the Characterization of Small Molecules and Novel Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jones, Gregory Harrison — From Venus to Mars: Spectroscopy and Kinetics of Reactive Intermediates in Planetary Atmospheres (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jurado Quiroga, Zoila Estefani — Towards a Synthetic Nucleus: Separating Transcription and Translation in Cell-Free Protein Expression Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kaifu, Hiroki — Structural and Dynamical Correlations Linked to Smaller Thermal Resistance at a Classical Liquid/Solid Interface (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kamakari, Hirsh — Investigation of Quantum Computers for Quantum Simulation and Machine Learning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kiliç, Kordağ Mehmet — On the Complexity of Neural Network Representations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Areum — Probing Active Nanophotonic Materials Phenomena Under Electrostatic Modulation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Joseph Hakkyu — Dear Goose (Other)
• Kim, Joseph Hakkyu — Limning Asian American Literature with Social Generationality: Violence and Subversion (Senior thesis (Major))
• Ko, Dennis Lok — Design and Implementation of a Microparticle Delivery Device for the Cornea (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kobayashi, Shunto Jerry — Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Korol, Roman — Development and Applications of Imaginary Time Path Integral Methods (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kulkarni, Neeraja Raghavendra — A Kakeya Estimate for Sticky Sets Using a Planebrush (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kulkarni, Shrishti Pankaj — Beowulf and the Moral Dilemma Between Kingship and Heroism (Other)
• Kutsyy, Alice — Thermomechanical Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers (Senior thesis (Major))
• Laubscher, Emily Chiu — Deep Learning-Enabled Integrated Measurements of Immune Signaling in Primary Human Macrophages (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Le, Linh Nguyen Vuong — Partial Synthetic Models of the FeMoco Nitrogenase Cluster with Bridging C-Based Ligands (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Connor Tinghan — Learning-Based Perception for Robotics in Suboptimal Data Landscapes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Justin — Ultrasound Control and Imaging of Cellular Immunotherapy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leefmans, Christian Richard — Topological Phenomena in Time-Multiplexed Resonator Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lei, Mi — Many-Body Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Spin Dynamics with an Ensemble of Rare-Earth Ions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leibovici, Daniel Victor — General Domain FC-Based Shock Dynamics Solver (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Chen — Ultrafast Optical Studies of Pressure-Tuned Spin-Orbit Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Dongjun — Black Hole Perturbation Theory Beyond General Relativity and Holographic Gravity in Flat Spacetime (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Haoyu — Revisiting U-Pb and ²⁶Al-²⁶Mg Systematics of Calcium Aluminum-Rich Inclusions: Applications on Early Solar System Chronology and Evolution History (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Jing Shuang (Lisa) — Distributed Control Theory for Biological and Cyberphysical Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Ka Yue Alvin — Probing the Higher Redshift Universe by Studying Strong Lensing of Gravitational Waves and Enhancing Search Sensitivity of the GstLAL Search Pipeline (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Yida — I. Dynamics of Subduction Initiation and II. Constraining Sedimentary Basin Structure with Seismic Ambient Noise (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Zhihui — Unveiling the Structure of the Circumgalactic Medium of High-Redshift Galaxies via Emission and Absorption Lines (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Zhuofang — Essays on Trustworthy Online Platforms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liaw, Sarah Yuan Ni — The Paradox of Authentic Happiness and Existential Suffering (Other)
• Lim, Sujung — The Impact of Energy Availability and Substrate Complexity on Anaerobic Microbial Communities in Marine Sediment (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Haw-Wei — Nonlinear and Multidimensional Terahertz Spectroscopy of Liquids and Crystalline Solids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Po-Hsuan — Essays in Behavioral Game Theory Solution Concepts (Other)
• Liu, Aike — Bootstrapping the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa Archipelago and Skydiving Algorithm (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Hanwei — Engineered Living Material Based on Protein-Mediated Bacterial Assembly (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Mengyu — Love and War: Control of Female Social Behaviors by the Hypothalamus (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Mingchen — Nonlinear Enhancement of Optical Spectroscopy in the Mid-infrared (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lo, Ka Lok (Rico) — Gravitational Wave Exotica - Advancing the Search for Signatures of Exotic Compact Objects and Gravitational Lensing from Data-Analysis and Theoretical Perspectives (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Chen-Hsuan — Strategic Advances in 2D Materials: Low-Temperature Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Graphene and Complementary Insights into MoS₂ (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lucia, Aldo — An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Decision-Making Under Risk (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luebbert, Laura — Complexity of Transcriptomic Data Analysis and Implications for Biological Discovery (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ma, Linhao — Dissipative Dynamics of Stars, Planets, and Black Holes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Markowitz, Aaron Gregory — Interferometric Precision Measurement with Macroscopic Silicon Optomechanics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marquez, Ren Thomas Caburnay — Primitive Stellar Remnants and their Signatures as Probes to the Nascent Solar System (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mayfield, Acacia Michelle Hori — Customized and Modular Control of Gene Expression for Precision Gene Therapies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mazaheri, Bijan Henrik Socrates — Combining Sources and Leveraging Contexts (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miao, Kun — Stimulated Raman Scattering: a Biophysical Perspective for Imaging Cells and Tissues (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Michelsen, Jonathan Malte Zschiegner — Measuring Charge Carrier and Structural Photodynamics at Solar Energy Material Surfaces Using Transient Extreme Ultraviolet Reflection Spectroscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Min, Jihong — Innovations in Wireless Bioelectronics for Precision Medicine, from Sustainable Sweat Sensing to Ingestible Gut Monitoring (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Minutolo, Lorenzo — Thermal Kinetic Inductance Detector (TKIDs) Camera: A Pathfinder mm-Wave Polarimeter (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitman, Keefe Edward Alden — Asymptotics with Numerical Relativity: Gravitational Memory, BMS Frames, and Nonlinearities (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moncada Lopez, Rigoberto — Sea Ice Discrete Element Modeling: Melt and Fracture of Floes and Sheets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morris, Freya Kurt — Depositional and Structural History of the Pavian and Kudu Nappes in the Naukluft Mountains, Namibia (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mueller, Andrew Sterling — Quantum Measurements with Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mueller, Elliott Patrick — Carbon Currencies: Isotopic Constraints on the Biogeochemistry of Organic Acids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Muthusamy, Anand Kumar — Neuropsychiatric Drug Biosensors in Organelles, Cells, Biofluids, & Behaving Animals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Naik, Nachiket Ramchandra — Charge Transport Phenomena in Cryogenic SiGe Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nandi, Ankita — Characterizing the Molecular Structure of Preceramic Polysiloxanes for Freeze Casting of Silicon Oxycarbide Ceramics (Senior thesis (Major))
• Nandi, Ankita — Thinking Queerness and Forming Intimacies: Understanding Identity, Relationships, and Queerness in South Asian Diasporic Contemporary Literature, 1981–2022 (Senior thesis (Major))
• Nelsen, Nicholas Hao — Statistical Foundations of Operator Learning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nguyen, Newton Huy — From Source to Sink: Measuring and Modeling Processes Affecting Methane Emissions and Loss (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nkurumeh, Emeka — Qital and Jihad: The Faces of Holy War in Islam (Other)
• Ogren, Alexander Charles — Machine Learning and Inference Methods for Surrogate Modeling and Inexpensive Characterization of Elastodynamic Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Orta, Anna Karen — Leveraging the ΦX174 Protein Antibiotic to Study MraY Structure, Function, and Regulation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Page, Katharine-Rose — Using Functional Genomics to Characterize Biogenesis and Quality Control Pathways in the Mammalian ER (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Palfey, William Richard — Hydrogen Incorporation in Rutile- and Perovskite-Structured Minerals and Their Analogues (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pandey, Ayush — Modeling Frameworks for Modular and Scalable Biological Circuit Design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Park, Youngkyu — Altering Framework Topology and Heteroatom Distributions of Molecular Sieves by Designed Organic Structure-Directing Agents (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Peng, Shirui — Seismic Thermometry of the North Pacific and Equatorial Indian Oceans (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Perez, Andrew Alexander — ChIP-DIP: a Multiplexed Method for Mapping Proteins to DNA Uncovers Combinatorics Controlling Gene Expression (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Plant, Kathryn Annette — A New Sensor for Milky-Way Particle Accelerators: The Standalone-Radio Cosmic Ray Detector at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ponce, Francesca V. — The Role of Integral Gain and its Neuromuscular Implementation in the Flight Control System of Drosophila (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Porter, Michael Koizumi — Improvement of Microbial Detection and Analysis Techniques in Complex Biological Environments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Prabhutendolkar, Aditee Amit — The Role of Kinetochores in Mammalian Neural Development (Senior thesis (Major))
• Prakash, Sharan Jagdish — Experimental and Neuroinformatic Definition of Neural Circuits in Caenorhabditis elegans (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Quinn, Laura Katherine — Freeze-Cast Porous Ceramics: Tailoring Chemistry and Porosity for Functionality (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Redmond, Heidi — The Woman Who Waits No More (Other)
• Rivière, Benjamin Pierre — Do Robots Dream of Random Trees? Monte Carlo Tree Search for Dynamical, Partially Observable, and Multi-Agent Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roberts, Gregory David — Design, Realization, and Applications of 3D Multifunctional Nanophotonics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rubenzahl, Ryan Asa — From the Sun to the Stars: A Solar Calibrator for the Keck Planet Finder and New Frontiers in Exoplanet Obliquities (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ruskuc, Andrei — Single Rare-Earth Ions in Solid-State Hosts: A Platform for Quantum Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saladi, Shyam Madhukar — Some Computer Studies of Membrane Proteins, Molecular Chaperones, and Color (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sanfiorenzo, Charles John — Design and Construction of Bacterial Genomes at the Megabase-Scale (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schwartz, Morgan Sarah — Accelerating Biological Discovery with Deep Learning and Spatial Optical Barcodes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shah, Nabha Niranjan — Scattering and Gravitational Effective Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shang, Kuang-Ming — Oxygen-Regulating MEMS Devices for Cell Transplantation to Cure Type 1 Diabetes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sharkey, Domani — The Angel (Other)
• Shaw, Adam Lawrence — Learning, Verifying, and Erasing Errors on a Chaotic and Highly Entangled Programmable Quantum Simulator (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Simon, Christopher — Non-Equilibrium Quantum Dynamics in a Disordered Ising Magnet (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Singer, Clare Emilie Elmendorf — The Role of Small-Scale Cloud, Aerosol, and Radiation Processes for Earth's Climate (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sirorattanakul, Krittanon — Response of Earthquakes to Transient Stresses, in Laboratory and Nature (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Soliman, Yousuf Mounir — Discrete Constrained Willmore Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sosa, Emma Sofia — Composition, Structure, and Formation of the Lower Crust in Continental and Oceanic Arc Settings: Insights from the Xenolith Record (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Spratt, Jean-Sébastien Alexandre — Numerical Simulations of Cavitating Bubbles in Elastic and Viscoelastic Materials for Biomedical Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stanko, Allison Michelle — Assembly of Complex Carbocyclic Architectures via Palladium and Nickel-Catalyzed Cyclizations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stevens, Taylor Anthony — Characterization of a Novel Membrane Protein Insertase in the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Strehle, Mackenzie — Mechanisms of Xist-Mediated Gene Silencing During the Initiation and Maintenance of X Chromosome Inactivation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Su, Magel Powei — Exploring Thermal Photonics for Sustainability: From Selective Solar Absorbers to Terrestrial Radiative Cooling (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Jennifer Jianing — AI for Scientists: Accelerating Discovery Through Knowledge, Data, and Learning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Shi-Ning — Digital Quantum Simulation of Quantum Many-Body Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Yuchun — 3D Micro-Architected Materials for Batteries (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swindle, Carl Raymond — Fluid-Rock Interactions from the Lithosphere to Earth’s Surface (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tong, Xiaoyu — Novel Reactivity and Applications of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tu, Jiaobing — Wearable Sweat Sensors for Disease Monitoring and Management (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Villafuerte, Fernando Joaquin — Additive Manufacturing of Batteries and IR-Active Microparticles: Polyborane-Based Electrolytes for Solid State Batteries and Additively Manufactured, TiN-Coated Microbridges (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Virgil, Kyle Allan — Polarization-Resolved, Oblique Incidence Terahertz Spectroscopy of Highly Uniform 2D Hybrid Perovskite Films (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Voloshin, Cameron — Guaranteed Policy Performance in Reinforcement Learning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wackelin, Daniel Joseph — New to Nature C–C Bond Forming Cyclases: Pushing the Boundaries of Ring Forming Reactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wadia, Varun Spenta — How We Imagine: Insights from Single Neuron Recordings in the Human Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wagner, Julian Morgan — Uncovering Mechanisms of Host Recognition, Host Finding and Host Specificity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Christina Wenlu — Search for New Physics with the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment and QIS-enabled Technology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Grace Zimu — Chemo-Selective Proteomics for Discovery of Polymicrobial Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Renée Zurui — From Photosynthesis to Detoxification: Microbial Metabolisms Shape Earth’s Surface Chemistry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Yijun — Topics in Gravitational Wave Physics: Lensing, Detection with Astrometry and Dark Siren Hubble Measurement (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ware, Skyler Danielle — Nonaqueous Electrolyte Design for Energy Storage and Electrosynthesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Watkins, Nicholas Bret — Organic Films at the Electrode-Electrolyte Interface in CO₂ Reduction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wei, Skylar Xueyao — Data-Driven Safety-Critical Autonomy in Unknown, Unstructured, and Dynamic Environments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wen, Alexander Huai-Cheng — Vibration Damping of Coiled Structures Through Frictional Slip (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wood, Steven Andrew — Quantum Microwave to Optical Transduction with Light-Robust Superconducting Circuits (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wray, Parker Ryan — How to Make Small Things Do Big Things: Exploring Engineered Disorder for Massively Scalable Metasurfaces and Metamaterials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Lue Leo — Greater Than One Billion Optical Q Factor for On-Chip Microresonators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Samantha Chloe — The Interplay of Waves and Stellar Evolution (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xu, Changhao — Electronic Skin in Robotics and Healthcare: Towards Multimodal Sensing and Intelligent Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yadlapalli Yurk, Nitika — Interferometric Millimeter Observations of the High Energy Universe (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yao, Matthew Xuhuai — Lean Premixed Hydrogen Flames: Turbulence, Chemistry, and Modelling (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Wesley Minlai — Experiments on Separation Shear Layer Instabilities in Hypervelocity Flows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yuan, Zhiquan — Physics and Applications of Optical Nonlinearity in High-Q Microresonators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zeichner, Sarah Soojin — Fates of Carbon (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zeng, Tian — Masked 2-Furylcarbinol Derivatives: A Modular and General Platform for Mechanically Triggered Molecular Release (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zeng, Yi — Progress Toward Precision Measurements Using Polyatomic Molecules (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Mark Guangde — Bridging Sensory Perception to Developmental Decision Making in Caenorhabditis elegans (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Qicheng — Sampling the Evolution of Solar System Cometoids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Wanji Wendy — Efforts Towards C-C Bond Formations: From Ni Catalysis to Transition-Metal Free Electrolysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Yang — Understanding the Plasma Universe through Laboratory Experiments and Related Models (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zheng, Tianzhe — Reconfigurable Metasurfaces in Nanoelectromechanical and Silicon-Organic Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhu, Wenying — Investigating the Dual Processes Underlying Human Recognition Memory (Master's thesis)
• Zhu, Zikun — Spatiotemporal Regulation of Nascent Protein Targeting (Dissertation (Ph.D.))