Alex Sanchez Covarrubias
Date: February 19, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Medical Campus. In-Person: Don Soffer Clinical Research Center, CTSI Training Center Suite 710. Virtual: Please contact alex.sanchez@med.miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Breast and Gynecological Cancers in Diverse Populations: From Clinical Outcomes to Pathogenesis
Rachel Northrop
Date: February 21, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Ashe Administrative Bldg., Room 427
Dissertation Title: Choreographies of Value Transfer in 1970s Literature of the United States
Zeyu Ou
Date: March 4, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: Aresty Bldg., Room 327. Virtual: Please contact zxo34@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Regulators as Whistleblowers: Evidence from the SEC Sunshine Speech on Private Equity
Seungju Choi
Date: March 7, 2025
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: Aresty Bldg., Room 532. Virtual: Please contact sxc1993@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Complement or Cover-Up? The Role of Carbon Credits in Corporate Climate Strategies
Craig Peaslee
Date: March 19, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact cwp42@miami.edu.
Doctoral Essay Title: Heaven, Hell and The Blues
Weixing Hao
Date: March 19, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: FICMS, 3rd-floor Conference Room. Virtual: Please contact weixinghao@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: The Role of Aerosol Size in the Evolution and Mitigation of Indoor Bioaerosols
Taylor Ariko
Date: March 21, 2025
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Medical Campus. For online access, please contact txa516@miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Vascular Contributions to Cerebral Microstructure in Ethnically Diverse Individuals with Varying Cognition using Advanced Diffusion MRI Modeling
Mingyue Wu
Date: March 21, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, McArthur Engineering Bldg., Room EB306
Dissertation Title: Leveraging Machine Learning Techniques to Accelerate Material Innovation in Civil Engineering Applications
Edward Shilts
Date: March 24, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Frost South Studio Wing, Patricia L Frost Bldg., Room 320
Doctoral Essay Title: Julie D’Aubigny: Historical Fiction through Rumors and Hearsay
Alexander Margetts
Date: March 24, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Hybrid Defense, Medical Campus. In-Person: Lois Pope Life Center, 7th Floor Apex Center Auditorium. Virtual: Please contact alexmargetts@med.miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Investigating Microglial Chromatin Remodeling in Opioid Use Disorder
Paola Manara
Date: March 24, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Hybrid Defense, Medical Campus. In-Person: SVC, Room 110. Virtual: Please contact pxm646@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Deciphering the Impact of Translation Inhibition in Blood Malignancies
Enzhu Dong
Date: March 28, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact exd516@miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Conceptualizing and Exploring ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) in Public Relations: An Employee Perspective
Nicolas Vitari
Date: April 22, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Medical Campus, RMSB, Room 3109
Dissertation Title: The Intestinal Immunoglobulin Response during Morphine-Induced Microbial Dysbiosis
