Good luck to Emma Tran as she defends her thesis for her PhD in Chemistry!
Friday, May 27, 2022
1PM in TYKE 140 and via Zoom
The title of her thesis is “Spectroscopic Investigations of Nanoemulsion Surfaces”
Tag: Dissertation
Dissertation Defense – Gauri Ram, May 26th
Good luck to Gauri Ramasubramanian as she defends her thesis for her PhD in Chemistry!
Thursday, May 26, 2022
11:00 am via Zoom
The title of her thesis is ”Development and Evaluation of a Professional Training Module for Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistants”
Future plans – spending time with her family!
Dissertation Defense – Annie Gilbert, May 26th
Good luck to Annie Gilbert as she defends her thesis for her PhD in Chemistry!
Thursday, May 26, 2022
10:00 am – Deschutes 220 and via Zoom
The title of her thesis is “Targeted Delivery of Hydrogen Sulfide: Synthesis and Application of Small Molecule Hydrogen Sulfide Donors”
Dissertation Defense – Kiana Kawamura, May 13th
Good luck to Kiana Kawamura as she defends her thesis for her PhD in Chemistry!
Friday, May 13, 2022
11 am – Deschutes 220 and via Zoom
The title of her defense talk is “The Development and Mechanistic Investigation of Ni(0)/Silane Catalytic Systems for the Transformation of Alkenes”
Dissertation Defense – Christian Gervasi, May 12th
Good luck to Christian Gervasi as he defends his thesis for his PhD in Chemistry!
Thursday, May 12, 2022
12 pm – 340 Tykeson Hall
The title of his defense talk is “Surface Localized Sub-Bandgap States in Lead Chalcogenide Nanocrystals”
Dissertation Defense – Tawney Knecht, May 12th
Good luck to Tawney Knecht as she defends her thesis for her PhD in Chemistry!
Thursday, May 12, 2022
1:00 p.m. – 176 Education and via Zoom
The title of her defense talk is “Examination of Metal Oxide Nanocrystal Formation, Growth and Applications using a Continuous Growth Synthesis”
Up next: Tawney will be starting as a Research Scientist with Tynt Technologies in Boulder, CO.
Dissertation Defense – Raina Krivina, May 2nd
Good luck to Raina Krivina as she defends her thesis for her PhD in Chemistry!
Monday, May 2, 2022
10 am in Deschutes 220
The title of her defense talk is “Understanding degradation pathways in devices for energy conversion and storage”
Up next: Raina will be starting at Moses Lake Industries as the Senior Scientist in the battery research division..
Dissertation Defense – Michael Hurst, March 2nd
Good luck to Michael Hurst as he defends his thesis for his PhD in Chemistry!
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
1:00 PM in 119 (Diamond Lake) EMU and via Zoom
The title of his thesis is “The Oxidative Addition of Palladium(0) to Hydro- and Halo-Silanes: Mechanisms and Applications”
Next up: Michael will be moving to Washington, D.C., to begin as “Content Development Editor, Americas” at the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dissertation Defense – James Sadighian, November 18th
Good luck to James Sadighian as he defends his thesis for his PhD in Chemistry!
Thursday, November 18th, 2021
3:00 PM via Zoom
His thesis title is “Spectroscopic Investigations of Surface-Ligand Binding During Perovskite Nanocrystal Growth”
Dissertation Defense – Marisa Choffel, October 20th
Good luck to Marisa Choffel as she defends her thesis for her PhD in Chemistry!
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
3:00pm via Zoom
Her thesis title is “Design, Formation, and Electrical Properties of Bi-containing Heterostructures”
Up next: Marisa will be working as a Process Sustaining Engineer at Qorvo in Hillsboro, Oregon.