2022 Doctoral Degree Candidates
Name Degree Major Dissertation Title
Michael Mounir Abdelmalak Doctor of Philosophy Electrical Engineering Resilience Enhancement Strategies for Modern Power Systems
Olajumoke D. Adeyiga Doctor of Philosophy Chemistry Activating methane and other small molecules: Computational Study of Zeolites and Actinides
Pramod Adhikari Doctor of Philosophy Atmospheric Science Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interaction based on remote sensing and cloud-resolving modeling over the Central Himalayas
Bashira Akter Anima Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science and Engineering
Valentina Alaasam Doctor of Philosophy Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Artificial light at night on avian behavior and physiology
Abdullah Al-Mamun Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science and Engineering Resource-efficient Blockchains for Reliable Data Management in Large-scale Distributed Systems
Masoud Asgharian Rostami Doctor of Philosophy Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology A quantitative approach to estimating community change parameters in diverse systems: from meiofauna to insects
Hazik Asif Doctor of Philosophy Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Intimations on the Development of Effective Treatment for the Prevention of Preterm Birth: β3 Adrenergic Receptor Signaling in the Human Myometrium
Evangelos Balis Doctor of Philosophy Chemical Engineering An Innovative Membrane Distillation-Crystallization Process for Brine Treatment
Trina Beth Belair Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Fahim Mashroor Bhuiyan Doctor of Philosophy Civil and Environmental Engineering Development of a New Load Analysis Tool and a Unified p-y Method for Lateral Analysis of Large-Diameter Drilled Shafts Validated Using Load Tests
Patricia Joye Britt Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Lauren Brown Doctor of Philosophy Psychology A Behavior Analytic Account of Stereotype Threat
Stephen Michael Buccambuso Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Christopher James Butcher Doctor of Philosophy Physics Experimental Study of X-ray Production and Implosion Dynamics of Low-, Mid-, and High-Atomic-Number Materials on University-Scale Z-pinch Machines of Various Architecture
Demitri D. Call Doctor of Philosophy Physics
Suzette Carlisle Flowers Doctor of Philosophy Judicial Studies Judges Speak Out - Did the Need to Use Distance Technology to Mediate During COVID-19 Outweigh the Potential for Ethical Benefits to Occur During it’s Use?
Luiz Alberto Carneiro Jr. Doctor of Philosophy Mechanical Engineering An Experimental Study of Deformation and Failure of Magnesium Alloys under Multiaxial Stress State
Kefan Chen Doctor of Philosophy Materials Science and Engineering Atomistic Simulation and First Principles Calculation of Interfacial Energetics of Galvanized Advanced High Strength Steels
Adrienne K. Chong Doctor of Philosophy Psychology The Effects of Diagnostic Labeling and Behavioral Attribution on Dementia-Related Stigmatization
Elaine Yih-Ning Chu Doctor of Philosophy Anthropology Explorations into postcranial ontogeny using a cross-sectional, contemporary US population
Laura E. Cirillo Doctor of Philosophy Anthropology Mixed Multivariable Models to Improve Dental Age Estimation in a Worldwide Sample
Stephanie J. Cole Doctor of Philosophy Anthropology Developing Subadult Sex Estimation Standard Using Adult Morphological Sex Traits and an Ontogenetic Approach
Joyce M. Coleman Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Christopher J. Copp Doctor of Philosophy Social Psychology
Maureen Annemarie Craig Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Joshua A. Culpepper Doctor of Philosophy Hydrology The Response of Mountain Lakes to Environmental Change
Brian J. Dankowski Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Brenda A. Delgado Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Nikhil Rahul Dhabarde Doctor of Philosophy Chemical Engineering Photo(electro)catalytic Processes for Producing Value-added Chemicals and Virus Inactivation
Kari Anne Emm Doctor of Philosophy Education American Indian/Alaska Native Transfer Students Experiences into a Four-Year University.
Emerson Epstein Doctor of Philosophy Psychology Moderators of Guided and Unguided Self-Help for Depression: The Role of Self-Regulation
William A. Fleming Doctor of Philosophy Psychology
Jerifaye Basiga Flores Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Andrea N. Forsyth Doctor of Philosophy Education Functional Digital Literacy: Improving Email Skills with Adolescents with Disabilities
Amanda Linn Gant Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Mukesh Gautam Doctor of Philosophy Electrical Engineering
Francine Giotto Doctor of Philosophy Animal and Rangeland Sciences MicroRNAs as biomarkers for meat quality and evidence of absorption of beef-derived microRNAs in the mammalian digestive system.
Callan Jaymes Glover Doctor of Philosophy Chemical Engineering Assessing Environmental Impacts of Resource Recovery from Wastewater Treatment and Dairy Manure Management Using Life Cycle Assessment
Beatrice Gordon Doctor of Philosophy Hydrogeology A Socio-Hydrologic Assessment of Vulnerability to Changing Mountain Water Supplies
Jeffrey A. Griffin Doctor of Philosophy Political Science From Epidemic to Endemic: Leadership Decision-Making and Policy Adaptation in Response to Chronic Health Epidemics
Cayla Harvey Doctor of Philosophy Materials Science and Engineering Micro-mechanical Investigations of Irradiation Tolerance in Nanostructured Ferritic Alloys Processed into Thin-walled Tubing
Sarah Marie Peterson Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Lindsey Virginia Bogason Hogue Doctor of Philosophy Education Making Caseloads Manageable: A Mixed Methods Study of Special Education Resource Teachers
Steven John Hromada Doctor of Philosophy Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology The genes must flow: using movement ecology to understand connectivity of Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) populations in altered landscapes
Christina Igono Doctor of Philosophy Environmental Sciences and Health
Maria Sandra Jimenez Doctor of Philosophy Education Chingonas in STEM: Latinas enhancing their superpower through community cultural wealth
Laura M. Johnson Doctor of Philosophy Public Health Do No Harm' Meets Harm Reduction: A Theory-Driven Investigation of Provider-Based Stigma Among Medical Students
Zachary Karmiol Doctor of Philosophy Materials Science and Engineering Exposure and Characterization of Candidate Materials for Use in Supercritical Water Reactors
Stephanie Erin King Doctor of Philosophy Speech Pathology Relationship of Parent-Child Temperament and Parent Responsivity on Language Outcomes in Autistic Children
Duncan Langguth Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Yunchuan Liu Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science and Engineering Towards Automated Machine Learning on Imperfect Data for Situational Awareness in Power System
Laurielyn Loa Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Srinidhi Lokesh Doctor of Philosophy Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kendra Lynn Look Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Courtney Elizabeth Lyons Doctor of Philosophy Social Psychology Risk, Need, and Racial Inequality: A Machine Learning Analysis of Rearrest in Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts and Traditional Juvenile Courts
Tengfei Ma Doctor of Philosophy Mechanical Engineering Understand Lattice Thermal Transport in Hierarchical Structures
Kelsie M. Magiera Doctor of Philosophy Chemistry Chiral and Achiral Nanographenes: Tuning the Properties via Molecular Design
Hammad Malik Doctor of Philosophy Materials Science and Engineering
Mitiku Asfaw Mengistu Doctor of Philosophy Biochemistry Genetic Improvement, Genomic Resources Enrichment, and Phenotypic Diversity Assessment of Teff [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter]: A Forage, Fodder, and Highly Nutritious and Gluten-free Grain Crop for Dryland Agriculture
Staheli L. Meyer Doctor of Philosophy Psychology
Danielle C. Miles Doctor of Philosophy Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Measuring the Regional Impacts of Pinyon and Juniper Removal on Northern Great Basin Faunal Communities
Tahmina A. Milly Doctor of Philosophy Chemistry Elucidating the Role of Quorum Sensing (QS) and Developing QS Modulators for Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its Close Commensal Relative, Streptococcus mitis
Amir Mirzanejad Doctor of Philosophy Chemistry Quantum Mechanical Study of Spin-Forbidden Reactions in Organometallic Catalysis and Astrochemistry
Ali Molaie Doctor of Philosophy Psychology The Context of Loneliness in Young Adulthood: An Exploratory Examination of the Construct of Thwarted Belongingness
Jeremy Trevor Moon Doctor of Philosophy Materials Science and Engineering Understanding the Structure and Speciation of Lanthanides Dissolved in LiCl-KCl Eutectic Molten Salt Using Absorption Spectroscopy
Aghata Elins Moreira Da Silva Doctor of Philosophy Animal and Rangeland Sciences
Brian Morra Doctor of Philosophy Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Michelle Thomasina Morrison Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Evan Murphy Doctor of Philosophy Social Psychology A Social Psychological Investigation of Community Sentiment Toward COVID-19 Mitigation Policies in the Justice System
Daniel P. Nielsen Doctor of Philosophy Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Diet related adaptions across a woodrat hybrid zone
Anuoluwapo Ogunleye Doctor of Philosophy Environmental Sciences and Health Semiarid Land Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Evaluation of Annual Cover Cropping Systems Influence on Forage Productivity and Short-Term Soil Health Impact.
Ariany Oliveira Santos Nicolich Doctor of Philosophy Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Muscular dystrophy: from mouse models to small molecule therapies
Stephanie R. Otto Doctor of Philosophy Psychology Using open-source data sharing initiatives to investigate altered white matter connectivity in autism spectrum disorder
Dipak Panthi Doctor of Philosophy Chemistry Small Molecule Activation by Actinide Species and Transition Metal Species
Camilo Andres Pena Bello Sr. Doctor of Philosophy Animal and Rangeland Sciences Characterization of phthalate presence in cattle environment and its effects on epigenetic markers expression and steroidogenesis in bovine granulosa cells
Heyang Qin Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science and Engineering Scalable and Efficient Machine Learning as a Service
Megan Radenhausen Doctor of Philosophy Psychology Trauma Skills Program in a Youth Detention Facility
Jonathan B.R. Lau Doctor of Philosophy Education Effectiveness of Mandatory Online Supplemental Instruction in an Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology Course
William Charles Richardson Doctor of Philosophy Animal and Rangeland Sciences
Rosetta Romero Williams Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Natalie A. Rosenquist Doctor of Philosophy Public Health
Danielle M. Salcido Doctor of Philosophy Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Multi-trophic Interactions and Long-term Volunteer Collected Data: Networks of plant-caterpillar-parasitoid interactions across time, the Americas, and a changing climate
Lovdeep Singh Sandhar Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Swasti Saxena Doctor of Philosophy Civil and Environmental Engineering Toward Development of Site-Specific Vertical Ground Motions for Resiliency of Nuclear Facilities
Nichole Nex Schultz Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Adarsh Sehgal Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science and Engineering Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Tasks: Manipulation and Sensor Odometry
Richard Charles Shiery Doctor of Philosophy Chemical Engineering Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of lanthanide coordination structures in water and in faujasite
Nicholas A. Silva Doctor of Philosophy Chemical Engineering
Cassie E. Skipper Doctor of Philosophy Anthropology Skeletal phenotypic variation and modern human evolution in Asian populations
Beau J. Smith Doctor of Philosophy Mathematics On the Solvability of Inverse Problems Arising From the Two-Layer Lorenz '96 System
Patrick M. Smith Doctor of Philosophy Psychology
Rebecca S. Smith-Engh Doctor of Philosophy Education High Leverage Practices and Early Career Teachers
Katie May Snider Doctor of Philosophy Social Psychology
Mingrui Song Doctor of Philosophy Civil and Environmental Engineering Improving Potable Reuse Water Quality by Understanding Bulk Organic Matter Present during Advanced Oxidation and N-nitrosodimethylamine Precursors
Jennifer E. Story-Salacup Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Kodi L. Summers Doctor of Philosophy Materials Science and Engineering Development of a Novel, Cost-Effective, Open-Source Flow-type Electrochemical Microcell for Localized Corrosion Analysis using Additive Manufacturing Technology
Rachel Surryhne Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Renee Todd Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Jordan Lowell Traller Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Mona Pradip Tramont Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Duc Tran Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science and Engineering
Erin K. Tuttle Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Kathryn A. Uckele Doctor of Philosophy Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology The Roles of Divergence and Hybridization in Shaping Patterns of Genetic and Phenotypic Variation Across the Evolutionary Continuum in Juniperus and Piper
Robyn Lynn Underhill Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Saeed Vahed Qaramaleki Doctor of Philosophy Chemical Engineering Nutrient Recovery from Biomass and Agricultural Wastes by Hydrothermal Carbonization Process
Ashley H. Vazeen Doctor of Philosophy w88 slot
Edgar Santiago Villamarin-Cortez Doctor of Philosophy Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Nature's Stories Preserved in Museums: The value and utility of Natural History Collections and their implications in Ecology, Biogeography and Biodiversity
Phoebe D. Wagner Doctor of Philosophy English Gathering Futures: Speculative Fiction as a Map for Transforming the Climate Crisis
Margarete A. Walden Doctor of Philosophy Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Body Condition, Hatchling Sex Identification, and Somatic Growth of the Mojave Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii
Junli Wang Doctor of Philosophy Civil and Environmental Engineering Thermal Decomposition Mechanisms of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Application to Analysis of Total Organofluorine
Kimberly A. Wasik Doctor of Philosophy Chemistry Catalytic Oxygen Atom Transfer Reactions
Spencer K. Whitman Doctor of Philosophy Hydrogeology
Chelsea Wilhite Doctor of Philosophy Psychology Systematic Examination of the Additive Effects of Humorous Verbal Stimuli on Cooperative Responding During an Analogue Data Entry Work Task
Caleb J. Worker Doctor of Philosophy Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology The Role of the Neuronal (Pro)Renin Receptor in the Regulation of Blood Glucose
Jiaming Yang Doctor of Philosophy Geology Mass and heat transfer processes in magmatic orogens driven by magmatism, tectonic deformation, and surface erosion
Yang Yang Doctor of Philosophy Materials Science and Engineering
Amirhessam Yazdi Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science and Engineering
Mohammad Yazdi Doctor of Philosophy Civil and Environmental Engineering Reducing the Uncertainties in Ground Motion Prediction Equations by Incorporating the Frequency and Amplitude of the Fundamental Peak of the Earthquake Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratios
Jun Yi Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science and Engineering Towards the Next Generation Highly Scalable Distributed Machine Learning
Zachary Michael Young Doctor of Philosophy Geophysics GPS Studies of Subtle Deformation Signals in the Western United States
Amir H. Zahiri Doctor of Philosophy Mechanical Engineering Twinning in nanocrystalline materials: an atomistic scale modelling
Syed A. Zawad Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science and Engineering
Hannah N. Zogg Doctor of Philosophy Cellular and Molecular Biology miR-10b Rescues Diabetes and GI Dysmotility Associated with a Leaky Gut