Winter 2023

Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine

Brown Jordan Scot
Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Mechanisms of Small RNA-Mediated Genome Surveillance That Distinguish Self from Non-Self Nucleic Acids in Caenorhabditis elegans
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5725

Clay Selene Marilyn
Human Genetics
Characterizing Genetic Risks for Asthma
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5712

Liang Wei
Computational Neuroscience
Space: The Final Frontier in Dynamic Representations in Motor Cortex
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5713

Liao Ruoxi
Cancer Biology
Targeting Regulatory T Cell Plasticity with BCL-2 Inhibition
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5710

Medina Nelson David
Neurobiology
Intrinsic Neuronal Excitability and Learned Temporal Features of Behavior in Zebra Finches
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5717

Otoo Benjamin Kobina Asuantsi
Evolutionary Biology
Tetrapod Evolution and Community Ecology in the Post-Devonian World
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5706

Ross Philipp
Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Structural and Cellular Properties of Archaic and Non-Classical HLA Molecules
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5721

Sundiang Marina Janelle Morales
Computational Neuroscience
Dynamic Structure of Functional Networks During Reaching
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5716

Division of the Humanities

Koschel Mathis Tilman Reinhard
Philosophy
The Idea of Nature: Kant and Hegel on Nature, Freedom, and Philosophical Method
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5731

Taylor Carrie Anne
English Language and Literature
The Re-Making of the English Landscape: Coal, Transport, and the Sense of Place in the Romantic Era
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5733

Division of the Physical Sciences

Bililign Ephraim Solomon
Physics
Odd Dynamics of Colloidal Chiral Matter
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5707

Cai Wenjun
Mathematics and Computer Science
On the Spectrum of Singular Values of Multi-Z-Shaped Graph Matrices
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5728

Chmiel Theresa Ann
Physics
Decoding Epithelial Forces: How Cellular Forces Propagate and Are Regulated from Subcellular to Tissue Scales
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5708

Chou Ming-Han
Physics
Quantum Measurements of Microwave-Frequency Acoustic Resonators with Superconducting Circuits
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5702

Jiang Jingwen
Computer Science
Financial Machine Learning with Alternative Data
IR: No

Lee Hao
Mathematics
Derived Jacquet-Emerton Module Functor
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5724

Lewis Charles Mark
Physics
Particle Physics in the Sub-keV Energy Regime
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5730

Rehman Mohammed Suhail
Computer Science
Reconstructing the Lineage of Artifacts in Data Lakes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5726

Saxberg Brendan
Physics
Creating Compressible Many-Body States of Light through Adiabatic Tuning of Disorder
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5715

Studnitzer Bradley
Chemistry
Engineering the Immune System to Improve Vaccines: Chemical Approaches to Modulating Innate Immunity
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5732

Yao Kaixuan
Physics
Domain Wall Dynamics and Many-body Echo in Driven Bose-Einstein Condensates
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5703

Youngworth Rachael
Chemistry
Modeling Fluorescence Properties of Voltage-Sensitive Probes in Solvent and Embedded in Membrane Using Molecular Dynamics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5704

Zhang Chaojie
Computer Science
Eliminating the Capacity Variation Penalty for Cloud Resource Management
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5719

Zou Chen
Computer Science
High-Performance Architectures for Data Center Computational Storage
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5720

Zou Junyi
Chemistry
Mapping Sodium in Single Organelles In Vivo
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5705

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

White Elizabeth
Biophysical Sciences
Uncovering Cellular Structures and Dynamics with Quantitative Image Analysis and Modeling
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5723

Division of the Social Sciences

Burnett Hannah Eisler
Anthropology
Living on the Edge: Oysters, Life, and Property on Louisiana's Coastal Frontier
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5711

Polan Lake
Anthropology
When Privacy Goes Private: Technological Stewardship in Post-Snowden Silicon Valley
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5709

Division of the Social Sciences and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Fei Yusheng
Economics and Business
The Year-End Effect in the Foreign Exchange Market
IR: No

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Ditta Anthony
Essays in Behavioral and Labor Economics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5718

The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Bennish Levi Y.
Engineering Tumor Binding Polymeric Glyco-Adjuvants for Cancer Immunotherapy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5714

Dearborn Mason Allen
Spontaneous Patterning via Frontal Polymerization
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5722

Wallace Rachel Patricia
Polymeric Delivery Approaches for the Modulation of Humoral Immunity
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5729

Yu Boyuan
Molecular Simulations of Complex Coacervates: Influence of Charge Fraction, Sequence, Chain Stiffness, and Composition on Phase Behaviors
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5727