Autumn 2022
Autumn Quarter Dissertations (December 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