Spring 2023
Spring Quarter Dissertations (June 2023)
Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine
Allocco Jennifer Brianne
Immunology
Duration of Alloantigen Expression Affects the Induction of Transplantation Tolerance
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6513
Baughan Natalie Marita
Medical Physics
Artificial Intelligence for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Mammography and Methods for Dataset Balancing and Distribution Sampling
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6446
Dohn Ryan Patrick
Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Investigating Cellular Variability in Fungal Pathogens by Developing mDrop-seq, a High Throughput, Single Cell RNAseq Technology for Yeast Species
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6429
Dooley Keven Douglas
Microbiology Investigating Microbial Community Ecology Using Synthetic Bacterial Communities
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6447
Douglas Lindsay Nicole
Medical Physics
Machine Learning of Breast DCE-MRI in Assessing Background Parenchymal Enhancement for Cancer Risk Assessment
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6448
Gartner Samantha Marie
Integrative Biology
Evolution of Biomechanical Novelties and the Mechanical Properties of Cranial Ligaments in Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Family: Labridae)
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6485
Huggins Rosemary Joan
Cancer Biology
Endocrine Therapy Resistance-Associated ERα-Y537S Mutation Alters ERα/PR Crosstalk in Breast Cancer
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6421
Ibarra Juan M.
Cancer Biology
Role of the Unfolded Protein Response in Type I CALR-Mutant Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6523
Kim Soo Ji
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Study of a Novel Cyanobacterial Clock Interactor KidA and the Effect of Rhythmic Glucose on Beta Cells
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6423
Ladd Nicole Anna
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Molecular and Cellular Diversity of the MR1-MR1T Cell Axis in Antimicrobial Immunity
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6525
Li Jin
Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
Hemodynamic Regulation of Endothelial Metabolism and Epigenome
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6789
Nash Chloe Mae
Evolutionary Biology
Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Evolutionary Ecomorphology of the Goatfishes (Family Mullidae)
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6431
Peysakhovich Barbara
Computational Neuroscience
Cortical and Subcortical Contributions to Visual Category Decisions
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6418
Randolph Haley Elizabeth
Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Common Genetic Variation Influences the Immune Response to Viral Infections in Human Populations
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6791
Shah Ankeeta
Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Deciphering the Role of RNA Processing in Human Biology and Disease
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.7012
Slezak Tomasz
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Application of Synthetic Antibodies to Biology: The Engineering of Antibody-Based Tools and Therapeutics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6452
So Chui Wa
Microbiology
Sequential Entry of Hepatitis C Virus into Polarized Hepatoma Organoids
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6524
Sun Xiao
Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cell Biology
Towards a Multi-scale Understanding of Drosophila 3D Retinal Morphogenesis
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6486
Tumuluru Sravya
Cancer Biology
Integrative Genomic Analysis Uncovers Unique Diffuse Large B Cell (DLBCL) Immune Environments and Identifies Associations with Specific Oncogenic Alterations
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6463
Yoon Young me
Immunology
Novel Immune Responses in Lung Injury and Fibrosis
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6422
Division of the Humanities
Borowski Devon J
Music
Navigating Voices: Song, History, and Humanity in the British Imperial Project, 1770–1836
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6465
Dragu Jacqueline
English Language and Literature
"All Is Alike Good": Melancholia and Desire in Medieval Literature
IR: No
Gatdula Anna Beatrice
Music
Spectacles of a Nuclear Empire: Opera and Film in the American Atomic Age, 1945–2018
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6451
Hogue David H.
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Historians of Abnormality: Anomaly Discourse in Han Dynasty Political Philosophy and Its Antecedents in Warring States Textual Traditions
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6460
Kaoutzani Maria
Music
For a While
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6420
Pensis Eva
Music and Theater and Performance Studies
Mighty Real: Trans Femme Embodiment, Queer Nightlife, and the Cultural Politics of Transmisogyny
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6521
Tan Yuting
Music
Amnesia
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6474
Valyi-Nagy Zsofia
Art History
Vera Molnar's Programmed Abstraction: Computer Graphics and Geometric Abstract Art in Postwar Europe
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6511
Winters Zachary Paul
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Messianism, Occultism, and Poetics in the 15th-Century Persianate World: The Life and Writings of Āẕarī-yi Isfarāyinī (d. 866/1461-2)
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6433
Zhou Zhenru
Art History
Between Virtual and Real: A New Architecture of the Mogao Caves (Dunhuang, China), 781–1036 CE
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6405
Division of the Humanities and the Division of the Social Sciences
Halladay Andrew Dowdle
South Asian Languages and Civilizations and History
A Distant Throne: The British Sovereign in the Mirror of Indian Nationalism, 1919–36
IR: No
Peters Rikkert Jan
Classics and Social Thought
Wonder in Greek and Roman Philosophy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6482
Division of the Physical Sciences
Banerjee Ishan
Mathematics
The Topology of Discriminant Complements
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6469
Chen Jingwen
Mathematics
Mean Curvature Flow on the Three-Sphere
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6434
Chen Yian
Computational and Applied Mathematics
Structured Low-Complexity Matrix and Tensor Approximation with Applications
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6483
Chen Yuming
Computational and Applied Mathematics
Data-Driven Methods for Inverse Problems: Blending Data Assimilation and Machine Learning
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6476
Chesmore Grace Edith
Physics
Next Generation Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background with New Optical Design and Analysis
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6417
Cho Wooje
Chemistry
Synthesis of Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals in Unconventional Circumstances: Heterogeneous Mixtures and High-Pressure Reactors
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6498
Cooperman William
Mathematics
Quantitative Homogenization for Hamilton-Jacobi Equations
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6438
Coyle Nina Mireille
Physics
Hunting for New Physics in the Higgs and Neutrino Sectors
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6443
Dai Zhen
Computational and Applied Mathematics
Complexity and Numerical Stability in Matrix Computations and Nonconvex Optimization
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6455
Falzon Francesca Marie
Computer Science
A Combinatorial Approach to Leakage Abuse Attacks and Their Mitigation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6527
Feinstein Adina Daniela
Astronomy and Astrophysics
A Multi-wavelength Investigation of Young Stellar and Planetary Systems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6444
Franke James Allen
Geophysical Sciences
Spatial Disparities in Climate Impacts on Agricultural Production: A Global Assessment of Some Adaptation Strategies and Applied Nutrient Impacts
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6432
Goyal Pallav
Mathematics
Almost Commuting Scheme of Symplectic Matrices and Quantum Hamiltonian Reduction
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6424
He Yi
Computer Science
Resilient Deep Learning Accelerators
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6495
Jang Seung uk
Mathematics
Hyperkähler Kummer Rigidity and the Vieta Involutions on Tropical Markov Cubics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6453
Jiang Xiaomin
Chemistry
Nanoscale Coordination Polymers Deliver Chemotherapeutics and Innate Immune Modulators for Cancer Therapy
IR: No
Keith Celeste Summer
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Observational Consequences of Hawking Radiation from Primordial Black Holes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6428
Klehfoth Mark Gordon
Physics
Local and Covariant Flow Relations for OPE Coefficients in Lorentzian Spacetimes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6492
Lai Zehua
Computational and Applied Mathematics
Algebraic and Differential Geometry in Modern Optimization
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6409
Lee Yonghoon
Statistics
Robust Estimation and Distribution-Free Inference for Supervised Learning
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6471
Li Huiying
Computer Science
Identifying and Mitigating Vulnerabilities of Deep Neural Networks in the Wild
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6412
Li Yuan Shen
Physics
Transverse Gradient Undulator in a Storage Ring Free Electron Laser Oscillator
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6416
Litteken Andrew Joseph
Computer Science
Adapting Compilation Strategies for Architecture-Specific Features for Quantum Computing
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6411
Liu Yuhan
Physics
Probing Universal Fingerprints of Quantum States: From Quantum Entanglement to Conformal Field Theory
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6480
Liu Yutao
Mathematics
Computing Equivariant Homotopy with a Splitting Method
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6415
Loose Timothy David
Chemistry
Advanced Coarse-Grained Models of Lipid and Liquid Systems Analyzed from the Perspective of Accuracy and Practicality
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6466
Miller Katrina Renee
Physics
Measurements of the Exclusive Differential Charged Current Cross Section for Electron Neutrinos on Argon with the NuMI Dataset in MicroBooNE
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6481
Mulder Elizabeth J
Physics
Probing Individual and Collective Macrophage Responses with Fluidic Force Microscopy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6510
Pal Anshuman Sankar
Physics
Faceted Wrinkling at a Contracted Curved Boundary: Isometry and Hysteretic Wavelength Selection
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6449
Pandey Bipul
Physics
Power Series Correction to Single Particle Electron Green's Function: Application to 1D Holstein Chain
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6413
Park Soohyun
Mathematics
Connections between Euler Characteristic Invariants, H-Vector Problems, and Algebro-Geometric Properties of (Poly)matroids
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6462
Pervaiz Ahsan
Computer Science
Frameworks for General-Purpose Adaptation in Computing Systems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6439
Portner Joshua Charles
Chemistry
Electrostatic Stabilization and Self Assembly of Charged Colloidal Nanocrystals
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6414
Shreiner Robert Todd
Physics
Two-Dimensional Semiconductors for Chiral Nanophotonics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6516
Snodgrass Harrison
Chemistry
Methods and Applications for the Identification and Directed Evolution of Biocatalysts for Chemical Synthesis
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6790
Wang Xiao
Mathematics
Multiplicative Hitchin Fibration and Fundamental Lemma
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6410
Weiss Adam Michael
Chemistry
Biomacromolecular Constructs for Immunomodulation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6512
Wenger Emily Joy
Computer Science
Reclaiming Data Agency in the Age of Ubiquitous Machine Learning
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6457
Zhang Carolyn Chuchu
Physics
Exactly Solvable Models: Quantum Criticality, Dynamics, and Topology
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6489
Zhou Lijia
Statistics
A Statistical Learning Theory for Models with High Complexity
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6497
Zuchniarz Joshua
Chemistry
Proton Transport in Biomolecular Systems: Modeling and Applications to Mitochondrial Respiratory Complex I
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6496
Division of the Social Sciences
Arun Jain Uday
Social Thought
From Abolishing Untouchability to a Philosophy of Liberatory Education: W.E.B. Du Bois and B.R. Ambedkar in Dialogue
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6499
Baik Jongyoon
Political Science
Politics of the Administrative Litigation System in China
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6450
Bayraktar Oguz
Economics
Essays on Education Market Design
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6467
Bazylik Sergei
Economics
Complementarity of Broadband Internet and College Majors: Lessons from Norwegian Vacancy Data
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6459
Brandman Mariana Elise
History
Take Back the Mic: The Rise of Feminist Stand-Up Comedy in American Culture
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6514
Choi Andrew Bongjune
Economics
I'll Tell You Tomorrow: Committing to Future Commitments
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6437
Crews Levi Garrett
Economics
A Dynamic Spatial Knowledge Economy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6436
Gutierrez Agustin
Economics
Essays in International Economics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6440
Habu Takuma
Economics
Essays on Strategic Communication
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6408
Heck Isobel Azani
Psychology
Children's Thinking about Societal Power and Status Hierarchies
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6475
Herstad Eyo Alexander Ildahl
Economics
Essays on Applied Econometrics
IR: No
Hite Emma Elizabeth
Anthropology
Into the Pastoral Fold: Assembling a Xiongnu Social World at Elst Ar
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6407
Ichiba Sota
Economics
Essays in Behavioral Economics
IR: No
Johnson Urrutia Esperanza
Economics
Essay on Economics of Higher Education
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6456
Lieber Jonas
Economics
Essays on Econometrics and Industrial Organization
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6522
Light Jack David Armstrong
Economics
Essays in Labor Economics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6426
Liu Jiarui
Economics
Demand Estimation and Policy Design under Network Effects in the Electric Vehicles Market
IR: No
Marie Aron Seegers
Comparative Human Development
Precarious Interdependence: Sign Language Interpreting in Hà Nội, Việt Nam
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6478
Mattia Andrea
Economics
Essays in Labor Economics: Value of Time and Spousal Earnings Gap
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6427
Oskarson Kindstrand Karl H. Love
Anthropology
Bodies That Shatter: Populist Performances in Postdisaster Japan
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6518
Pageau-St-Hilaire Antoine
Social Thought
A German Second Sailing: Dialogical Platonism after Heidegger
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6517
Palazzo Stephanie L.
Comparative Human Development
Domesticating Uncertainty: The Nuclear Afterlives of Three Mile Island
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6509
Reed Allison Schuyler
Sociology
Surviving Social Movements: Repertoires of Care in US Social Justice Activism
IR: No
Sahai Harshil Kumar
Economics
Essays in Development Economics
IR: No
Shim Younghun
Economics
From Adoption to Innovation: State-Dependent Technology Policy in Developing Countries
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6419
Shin Myungkou
Economics
Essays on Econometrics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6430
Stalinski Mateusz
Economics
Essays in Behavioral Political Economy
IR: No
Sward Brandon
Sociology
The Colonization of Media: Indigeneity, Aesthetics, and Social Science between the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Centuries
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6458
Tahvilian Mehrdad
Economics
Bargaining in Matching Markets
IR: No
Division of the Social Sciences and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Zhuang Yuhao
Sociology and Business
The Architecture of Grassroots-Oriented Corporate Philanthropy in China
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6515
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Akturk Tahsin Deniz
Essays on Managing Resources in the Sharing Economy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6425
Banerjee Akshina
Linguistic Cues Can Affect Decision-Making in the Absence of Full Comprehension
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6491
Cassidy William
Elections Have Consequences: The Impact of Political Agency on Climate Policy and Asset Prices
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6494
Chaudhry Aditya
Do Subjective Growth Expectations Matter for Asset Prices?
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6473
Fei Lin
Impact of Mental Representation on Consumer Behaviors: Implications for Mental Budgeting and Prediction Algorithm Preferences
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6442
Gao Zuguang
Essays on Applied Optimization Models
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6477
Huang Junfan
The Politics of CSR Activity: Evidence from Press Releases
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6470
Jain Kalash
Processing Industry Classification
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6472
Munguia Gomez David Mauricio
Fairness and Merit in the Selection of Advantaged and Disadvantaged Applicants
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6493
Park Seongjin
Flexible Rent Setting and Rental Income
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6479
Su Yang
Local Government Financial Constraint and Spending Multiplier in China
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6490
Sussek Sinja
Minority Whistleblowers: Evidence from the LGBTQ+ Community
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6468
Vats Nishant
Safety Nets, Credit, and Investment: Evidence from a Guaranteed Income Program
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6526
Wang Yuexi
Deep Approximate Bayesian Inference
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6487
Winet Aaron Matthew Yuji Katsumata
Essays on Novelty and Familiarity Seeking in Temporal and Social Contexts
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6461
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Division of the Social Sciences
He Xindi
Business and Economics
Non-fungible Cash in the Stock Market
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6435
Li Fulin
Business and Economics
Retail Trading and Asset Prices: The Role of Changing Social Dynamics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6464
The Divinity School
Llanes Christina Kathryn
The Darkness in Christ's Eyes: The Incarnational Theology of Divine Union in Angela of Foligno's Memorial
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6528
Picio Diane Elizabeth
A Series of Family Resemblances: Interrogating Hollywood's Trope of the US-American Family
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6484
The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
Escobar Salce Diego
Essays on the Economics of Education
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6454
Kumar Chinmaya
Essays in Development Economics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6530
Lakhote Devika
Essays in Development Economics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6441
Martinez Cabrera Maria Adelaida
Essays on Development Economics in Latin America
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6488
Song Yuqi
Essays on Environmental Policies in China
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6445
The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Grebel Joel
Bidirectional Multi-Photon Communication between Remote Superconducting Resonators
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6406
Hart Laura Frances
Translating Doubly-Threaded [3]Rotaxanes into Advanced Materials
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6792
Hesser Lauren Anders
The Development of a Synbiotic Butyrate-Producing Bacterial Therapeutic for Food Allergy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6520
Lauterbach Abigail Leigh
Engineering Approaches for the Treatment of Non-healing Diabetic Wounds
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6519
Matthews Jonathan Martin
Molecular and Computational Platforms for Cancer Drug Screening and Precision Therapy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6529
Zhang Haozhi
Synthetic Control of Mercury Telluride Quantum Dots and Its Improvement in Electrical and Optical Properties
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6508