Winter 2024
Winter Quarter Dissertations (March 2024)
Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine
Farris, Kathryn Marie
Human Genetics
Characterizing Alternative Splicing in Adipose Tissue Function and Metabolic Disease
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11338
Lee, Christopher William
Cancer Biology
Reciprocal Regulation of Cell Signaling by Reactive Central Glycolytic Metabolites
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11354
Lin, Xiaoxuan
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Hydrogen/Mass Spectrometry Elucidates Dynamics of Membrane Proteins Both In Vitro and In Vivo
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11329
Mu, Zepeng
Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Human Immune-Related Diseases
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11323
Ramesh, Amrita
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Novel α-BTN Antibodies Modulate Vγ9Vδ2 Activation and Reveal Insights into the Extracellular Architecture of the Phospho-Antigen Signaling Complex
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11346
Satterwhite, Rebecca
Ecology and Evolution
Ecological Adaptation in the Ubiquitous Plant-Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11330
Division of the Humanities
Lopez, Kirsten
Romance Languages and Literatures
Words to Remember: Crafting Epitaphic Environments In Medieval and Contemporary Commemorative Art
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11345
Morriss, Veronica
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
The Islamic Maritime Frontier: Trade and Transformation along the Coast of Bilād al-Shām (Syria-Palestine) during the Early Islamic Period
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11350
Rothschild, Nathan
Philosophy
Defending One's Own: Plato's Account of Thumos
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11352
Sabetrohani, Siavash
Music
Music Theory between the Public Sphere and Nationalism in Eighteenth-century Berlin
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11324
Division of the Physical Sciences
Anferov, Alexander Vladimir
Physics
Millimeter-Wave Superconducting Quantum Devices
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11336
Grorud, Andrew Peter
Chemistry
Ordered Monolayers and Supramolecular Assemblies on 2D TMDs and Graphite Using Monomeric and Dimeric Porphyrins
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11325
Hong, Zhi
Computer Science
Enabling Scientific Information Extraction with Natural Language Processing
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11351
How, Peng Hui
Mathematics
On Vanishing Conditions of Minimal Volume of Closed Locally Homogeneous Riemannian Manifolds
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11344
Jin, Yu
Chemistry
First-Principles
Study of Excited States and Optical Properties of Quantum Materials
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11348
Kokesh, Broc Stephen
Geophysical Sciences
Integrating Molluscan Dead-Shell Assemblages with Long-Term Biological Monitoring: Archives of Spatio-Temporal Gradients in Puget Sound, Southern California, and Jamaica
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11349
Kurihana, Takuya
Computer Science
Democratizing Access to Extensive Climate Datasets via Deep Learning-Powered Techniques
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11340
Li, Nan
Chemistry
Polymer Semiconductors for Bioelectronic-Tissue Interfaces
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11326
Lian, Xinran
Chemistry
Data-Driven Interpretation and Design of Orthologs and Paralogs of a Signaling Protein
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11337
Liu, Qinzhe
Chemistry
Novel Approaches in DNA Methylation Analysis: Sequencing Strategy Development and Application to Cancer Metastasis Studies
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11335
Maltseva, Sofiya
Chemistry
Characterizing the Lipid Membrane-Bound Structures of Peripheral Membrane Proteins
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11333
Schneider, Joseph
Chemistry
Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for Diverse Thermodynamic Influences on Transition Metal-Oxo Mediated C–H Activation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11356
Shi, Jiuyun
Chemistry
Towards Life-like Biointerfaces for Bioelectronics and Regenerative Medicine
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11331
Strahan, John Champlin
Chemistry
Short Trajectory Methods for Rare Event Analysis and Sampling
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11358
Xu, Fei
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Peeking into the Future of Dark Matter Searches
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11339
Division of the Social Sciences
Crimmins, Timothy
History
From Rehabilitation to Incapacitation: Social Scientists, Crime, and Incarceration in the 1960s and 1970s
IR: No
Gordon, Talia
Comparative Human Development
The Double Binds of Crisis and Recovery: Constituting Space, Place, and Subjecthood in Flint, Michigan
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11355
Manente Nunes, Hanna
History
Stolen, Contested, Networked: A Material Culture History of Modern São Paulo
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11359
Stevenson, Catherine Frances
Psychology
Navigating Negativity in the Social World: An Investigation of A) Retaliation Evaluations, B) Misogyny in Comparison to Black Racism, and C) Misogyny within the Context of Home and Work Dynamics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11343
Xue, Ji
Political Science
Price and Perils of Pivotality
IR: No
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Hurtado, Agustin
Essays on Banking and Inequality
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11328
Irvine, Krin
Paradoxes and Probabilities: The Conjunction Problem and Lay Strategies for Combining Elements in Legal Claims
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11342
Lyu, Boxiang
Optimal Mechanism Design for Sequential Decision Making Processes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11341
The Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Velazquillo Franco, Angelica Marlen
Experiences of Living in a Sanctuary City
IR: No
The Divinity School
Marinho, Vinicius Pintas
A Theology of Human Dignity: The Act and the Body of the Poor and Black Person in Brazil
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11347
The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
Lozinski, Maya
Essays on the Economics of Scale and Complexity in Healthcare
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11353
Montenegro Helfer, Laura
Forging Apartheid: Market Access and the Rise of National Identity in Colonial South Africa
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11327
The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Budina, Erica
Engineering Approaches for the Treatment of Neuroinflammation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11357
Huang, Chao-Wei
Piezoelectric Polymeric Composite with Programmable Stiffness
IR: No
Paul, Harrison Richard
Enhanced Transport Phenomena in Cellulose Nanocrystal Polymer Composites
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11332
Reda, Joseph
Recombinant Fusions of Antigen with Mediators of Efferocytosis Modulate Antigen-Specific Immune Responses
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11360
Rosenberger, Matthew Glenn
Identifying and Engineering Immunomodulators to Control Vaccine Adjuvanticity
https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/11334?ln=en