Autumn 2022

Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine

Dolcen, Deniz Nesli
Cancer Biology
The Role of Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Gene Expression and In Vivo Metastatic Potential
10.6082/uchicago.5234

Dong, Can
Neurobiology
Hippocampal CA1 and CA3 Network Dynamics Underlying Episodic Memories
10.6082/uchicago.5217

Frazier, Katya
Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
Circadian Rhythms and Gut Microbiota: Implications of Diurnal Interactions on Host Metabolism and Immunity
10.6082/uchicago.5210

Fuhrman, Jordan Daniel
Medical Physics
Investigation of Computer Vision and Deep Learning on Thoracic CT for Assessment and Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcium, Emphysema, and COVID-19
10.6082/uchicago.5282

Funsten, Matthew Carroll
Immunology
Influence of Dietary Protein Source and the Microbiota on Type-1 Diabetes
10.6082/uchicago.5207

Hu, Yifei
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Identifying, Investigating, and Modulating Anti-CD19 CAR T Cells for Large B-Cell Lymphoma
10.6082/uchicago.5220

Hung, Anthony
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Determining the Genetic Basis of Gene Expression Responses to In Vitro Models of Osteoarthritis
10.6082/uchicago.5215

Lazarevic, Sonja
Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cell Biology
Defining Gene Regulatory Networks in Cardiac Rhythm and Disease
10.6082/uchicago.5248

Lee, Jean
Cancer Biology
Androgen Receptor Mediated Gender Bias in Autoimmunity
10.6082/uchicago.5269

Morgan Jr, Roxroy Costoney
Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Ets1 Promotes Development and Function of Natural Killer T 1 Cells via Tissue-Specific Regulation of the Adhesome
10.6082/uchicago.5267

Rodriguez, Donald Miguel
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Immunology
Defining the Role of T Cell Receptor - Self-Peptide/MHC Class II Interactions in Directing CD4+ T Cell Fate, Function, and Pathogenic Potential
10.6082/uchicago.5226

Sanders, Blake Alexander
Microbiology
Characterizing the Role of Formyl Peptide Receptors during Plague Infection
10.6082/uchicago.5252

Sangani, Kishan A
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Immunology
TET2 Regulates Homeostatic Th2 Immunity in the Small Intestine
10.6082/uchicago.5225

Sepich, Caraline Lee
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Location-Dependent Effects of N6-methyladenosine on mRNA Translation and Stability
10.6082/uchicago.5222

Serman, Taryn Mae
Microbiology
Acetylation of the Zika Virus NS3 Protein by a Single Isoform of Host Enzyme KAT5 (KAT5γ) Promotes Viral Replication
10.6082/uchicago.5219

Sheth, Suraj
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Ecology and Evolution
The Community Human Development Index (CHDI): A Novel Metric for Precision Public Health
10.6082/uchicago.5223

Smith, Daniel J. B.
Evolutionary Biology
Density-Dependent Interactions in Spatially Structured Communities
10.6082/uchicago.5260

Smith, Graham Austin
Computational Neuroscience
Modeling and Characterizing Population-Scale Neural Activity with Applications to Epilepsy
10.6082/uchicago.5254

Sun, Sarah Jie
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Immunology
Mechanisms of Innate Immune Memory in Basic and Clinical Models
10.6082/uchicago.5224

Tokamov, Sherzod A
Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cell Biology
Regulation of Hippo Signaling via Proteolytic Degradation and Actomysin Dynamics
10.6082/uchicago.5232

Wagstaff Jr., William Dion
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Cancer Biology
A Regulatory RNA Based Genome-Wide Investigation of BRAF Inhibitor Resistance in Melanoma
10.6082/uchicago.5209

Yang, Dongbo
Cancer Biology
Analysis of Gene Expression Heterogeneity Reveals Novel Regulators of Metastasis
10.6082/uchicago.5277

Division of the Humanities

Ariav, Talia
South Asian Languages and Civilizations
Intimately Cosmopolitan: Genealogical Poets and Orchestrated Selves in 17-18th Century Sanskrit Literature from South India
10.6082/uchicago.5251

Gass, Arianna B
English Language and Literature and Theater and Performance Studies
The Body in Play: Embodiment in and Through Videogames
10.6082/uchicago.5229

Hawley, Nell Shapiro
South Asian Languages and Civilizations
The War That Wasn't: The Virāṭaparvan, the Pañcarātra, and the Fantasy Life of the Mahābhārata
10.6082/uchicago.5259

Leitner, Cohen Mili Chana
Music
"Sacred in Your Midst": Sounding Israeli Identity Through the Performance of Jewish Liturgy in Jerusalem's Public Spaces
10.6082/uchicago.5218

Lysen, Thalia
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Staging Kingship: A Performance-Oriented Approach to the Hittite 'Theatre of State'
10.6082/uchicago.5227

Rice, Brenna Lauren
Romance Languages and Literatures
Marie NDiaye's Maladjusted World: Strangeness and the Limits of Empathy
10.6082/uchicago.5257

Rogers, Hannah Laurel
Music
Resounding Archipelagoes: Music and Tourism in New Orleans and Havana
10.6082/uchicago.5205

Division of the Physical Sciences

-, Akshima
Computer Science
Time-Space Trade-Offs in Cryptographic Primitives
10.6082/uchicago.5239

Agrawal, Ankur
Physics
Superconducting Qubit Advantage for Dark Matter (SQuAD)
10.6082/uchicago.5213

Baker, Jonathan Mark
Computer Science
Architectural Design for Emerging Quantum Technologies
10.6082/uchicago.5247

Baum, Claire
Physics
Quantum Materials and Multimode Photonics in Twisted Optical Cavities
10.6082/uchicago.5265

Clyde, Austin Robert
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing for Accelerating Structure-Based Drug Discovery
10.6082/uchicago.5266

Devany, John
Physics
Interplay between Cell Proliferation and Collective Behavior in Epithelia
10.6082/uchicago.5264

Duckering, Casey
Computer Science
New Abstractions for Quantum Computing
10.6082/uchicago.5208

Gemmel, Philipp Michael
Chemistry
Harnessing Au(I) Catalysis in the Pursuit of Alkaloid and Terpene Natural Products
10.6082/uchicago.5268

Goldstein, Andrew
Statistics
A Variational Bayesian Approach for Combining Weak Learners into a Strong Learner in Regression Problems
10.6082/uchicago.5238

Greer, Jennika
Geophysical Sciences
Atom Probe Tomography of Lunar Materials
10.6082/uchicago.5235

Hank, Michael Donald
Physics
Searching for New Physics Using di-Higgs Final States with the ATLAS Detector
10.6082/uchicago.5216

Hannah, Jelani
Physics
Methodology for Measurement of Young's Modulus in Free-Standing Polymer Nanocomposite Thin Films
10.6082/uchicago.5262

Hertzog, Jerald
Chemistry
Synthesis of Doubly Threaded [3]Rotaxanes and Poly[3]rotaxanes Through Component Design
10.6082/uchicago.5281

Liu, Chunwei
Computer Science
Fast and Effective Compression for IoT Systems
10.6082/uchicago.5246

Melnychuk, Christopher
Chemistry
Infrared Carrier Dynamics in Mercury Chalcogenide Quantum Dots: from Fundamental Spectroscopy to Next-Generation Optoelectronics
10.6082/uchicago.5244

Miyawaki, Osamu
Geophysical Sciences
Energy Balance and Lapse Rate Regimes in the Modern Climate and Their Response to Warming
10.6082/uchicago.5236

Murphy, Julia G
Chemistry
Polymers in Motion: Observations of Ordering, Fluctuations, and Coarsening in Block Copolymer Films with Atomic Force Microscopy
10.6082/uchicago.5253

Patel, Krutik
Physics
Interactions and Excitations in Quantum Degenerate $^{133}$Cs-$^6$Li Bose-Fermi Mixtures
10.6082/uchicago.5270

Porat, Gal
Mathematics
Topics in Sen theory and Applications
10.6082/uchicago.5261

Scott, Thaïs Renee
Chemistry
Multiconfiguration Pair-Density Functional Theory Developments and Applications to Photo-chemically Relevant Excited States
10.6082/uchicago.5214

Sobrin, Joshua A.
Physics
The SPT-3G Receiver and the First Galaxy Cluster Catalog from the SPT-3G Survey
IR: No

Southall, Daniel John
Physics
Experimental Development Towards the BEACON Prototype Array and the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland
10.6082/uchicago.5212

Stuardo Moraga, Cesar Andres
Computer Science
Towards Scale-Checkable Systems
10.6082/uchicago.5276

To, Kha-I
Physics
Cluster Formation and Relaxation in Particle Rafts under Uniform Radial Expansion
10.6082/uchicago.5271

Whaley-Mayda, Lukas
Chemistry
Fluorescence-Encoded Infrared Spectroscopy for Single-Molecule Vibrational Investigation in Solution
10.6082/uchicago.5274

Xue, Yibin
Chemistry
Transition Metal Catalyzed C−C Activation: Natural Product Synthesis and Polymer Degradation
10.6082/uchicago.5221

Yi, Hannah Suejung
Chemistry
Multiscale Trajectory Analysis and Snapshot 3D Microscopy Studies Elucidate Functional Consequences of Heterogeneous Insulin Granule Trafficking
10.6082/uchicago.5241

Zhang, Lefan
Computer Science
End-User Programming in Smart Homes with Trigger-Action Programs
10.6082/uchicago.5243

Zhao, Norman
Chemistry
Synthesis and Reactivity of Pseudo-tetrahedral Cobalt and Nickel Complexes
10.6082/uchicago.5249

Division of the Physical Sciences and the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine

Moya Rodríguez, Andrés
Biophysical Sciences
Design and Fabrication of Cephalic Vein Models of End Stage Renal Disease Patients for Hemodynamics Characterization
10.6082/uchicago.5230

Risbud, Amar
Biophysical Sciences
Cuttlefish Camouflage Quantification via Novel Neural Network Approaches and Hyperspectral Imaging
10.6082/uchicago.5245

Division of the Social Sciences

Cholli, Neil Ashok
Economics
Essays on Social Policy Reforms and Human Capital
10.6082/uchicago.5273

DePoyster, Jonathan R.
Political Science
Conflict and Coercion within African Political Parties
10.6082/uchicago.5272

Hayat, Syed Muhammad Faraz
Economics
Essays in Public Economics
IR: No

He, Rui
Psychology
Smelling from the Mouth: Perceptual Experience, Learning and Neurodynamics of Retronasal Olfaction
10.6082/uchicago.5237

Kashner Jr., Daniel Lee
Economics
Preempting Polarization: An Experiment on Opinion Formation
10.6082/uchicago.5211

Mardini, Ramzy Aldo
Political Science
Rebel in Society: Explaining Wartime Consolidation in the Islamic State
10.6082/uchicago.5278

Park, Hyejin
Economics
Does Growth Lead to Labor Reallocation?
10.6082/uchicago.5250

Shea, Joshua
Economics
Essays on Econometrics
10.6082/uchicago.5242

Smith, Alyssa Corinne
History
Witnesses to Murder: A History of Spectacle Violence in the United States Since 1969
10.6082/uchicago.5280

Thomas III, John
Political Science
Black Politics in Peru and Ecuador from 1980-2016: Social Movements and Government Response
10.6082/uchicago.5206

Wei, Kevin Yun
Psychology
Slicing the Social Pie: How Scarcity and Competition Shape Symbolic Zero-Sum Belief
10.6082/uchicago.5279

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Rowsey, Donovan Scott
Seeking Advice in the Workplace: Attributions to Competence, Credit, and Collaboration
10.6082/uchicago.5240

Zhao, Yanyang
Inventory Strategies and Online Order Fulfillment in a Multi-Tier Network
10.6082/uchicago.5256

The Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

Irsheid, Sireen
Understanding the Impact of Educational and Noneducational Structures of Opportunity and Disinvestment on Students Overage for Grade
10.6082/uchicago.5275

The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Antane, Jennifer
Evaluation of Glycosylated Antigen Therapies for B Cell-Mediated Autoimmune Disease
10.6082/uchicago.5228

Glen, Elena Okushi
Single-shot Readout of the Neutral Divacancy in Silicon Carbide for Quantum Networks
10.6082/uchicago.5255

Gomez Medellin, Jorge Emiliano
Pulmonary Lymphangiogenesis in Chronic Allergic Asthma
10.6082/uchicago.5258

Mintun, Peter James
Molecular Engineering Optically Addressable Spin Qubits
10.6082/uchicago.5204

Oriani, Andrew Enrique
Multimodal and Ultra High-Q Superconducting Niobium Cavities for Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
10.6082/uchicago.5233

Weathered, Rachel
Engineering Ex Vivo Models for Probing Tumor, Lymphatic, and Immune Interactions in Metastasis and Immunotherapy
10.6082/uchicago.5231

Xia, Zijing
Engineering Material Interfaces for Selective Transport in Aqueous Systems
10.6082/uchicago.5263

Zhou, Ruolan
Development and Validation of an Organotypic in vitro Model of the Tumor-Lymph-Immune Interface for Predicting Immunotherapy Responses
IR: No