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Hybrid Defense on September 23 2025 at 1 pm  via Microsoft Teams 

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Meeting ID: 231 063 241 990 3
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Matthew Gamache

Ph.D. Defense

Title of dissertation is; 

"Improving Coral Restoration Outcomes through Novel Molecular Applications"

John Parkinson, Ph.D., Andrew Kramer, Ph.D., Kathleen Scott, Ph.D.,    Ryan McMinds, Ph.D.

 

Virtual Defense on October 7, 2025 2025 at 12 Noon via Microsoft Teams  

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Meeting ID: 210 636 255 604
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Jana Wieschollek

Ph.D. Defense

Title of dissertation is; 

鈥淒issolved Inorganic Carbon Metabolism in Bacteria鈥

 

Kathleen Scott, Ph.D., Valerie Harwood, Ph.D., John Parkinson, Ph.D. George Philippidis, Ph.D.

Virtual Defense on October 21, 2025 2025 at 2 pm via Microsoft Teams 

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Meeting ID: 214 497 824 512 5
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Nathali Jimenez Quiroga

MS Defense  

Title of thesis is; 

"Phylogenetic signal in the effects of seed-infecting fungi on seeds of two tropical pioneer species".

Camilo Zalamea, Ph.D.,  John Parkinson, Ph.D.  A. Elizabeth Arnold, Ph.D.

Virtual Defense on October 24, 2025 2025 at 12 pm via Microsoft Teams 

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Meeting ID: 211 124 876 760
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 Samuel Hirst

Ph.D. Defense

The title of his defense is

鈥淯sing Rattlesnake Venom to Model Complex Trait Evolution Across Ecological and Evolutionary Scales鈥

Mark Margres, Ph.D.    John Parkinson, Ph.D.    YuSan Yang, Ph.D.  Andrew Storfer, Ph.D.

 

Virtual Defense on October 29, 2025  at 9 am via Microsoft Teams 

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Meeting ID: 248 618 381 690 0
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Jeanette Calarco

Ph.D. Defense

The title of her defense is

鈥淎 Multi-Faceted Study of Antibiotic-Resistant, Opportunistic Pathogens in Wastewater and Environmental Water鈥

 

Valerie Harwood, Ph.D.   Mark Margres, Ph.D.    Kathleen Scott, Ph.D.  Amy Pruden, Ph.D.