Introducing Our New COS Ph.D. Graduates
May 8, 2015 the College of Sciences celebrated 17 new Ph.D’s at a special graduation reception. The event was held in the afternoon in the Physical Sciences building. Student’s family members and faculty advisers were in attendance. Associate Dean Teresa Dorman hosted a presentation that individually recognized each graduate with their faculty adviser and read a brief description of their dissertation research. A champagne toast followed the presentation to cheer the continued success of these graduates.
The graduates come from a variety of departments within the College of Sciences.
Congratulations to our Spring 2015 Ph.D. Graduates!
Chemistry
- Alejandra Flores, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Michael Sigman, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Forensic Application of Chemometric Analysis to Visible Absorption Spectra Collected from Dyed Textile Fibers”
- Ebrahim Ghazvini Zadeh, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Kevin Belfield, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Investigating New Guaiazulenes (gwhy-) and Diketo-pyrrolo-pyrroles (dye-key-to-pie-rolo-pie-rolls) for Photonic Applications.”
- Grace Githaiga, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Kevin Belfield, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Synthesis of Fluorene based Derivatives, Characterization of Optical Properties and their Applications in Two-Photon Fluorescence Imaging and Photocatalysis”
- Bosung Kim, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Kevin Belfield, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Photophysics of Organic Probes and their Applications in Bioimaging and Photodynamic Therapy”
- Balasubramaniam Lingam, Ph.D.
Faculty Advier: Michael Sigman, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Mass Spectral Studies to Investigate Fragmentation Pathways of Butylbenzene and Pyrolysis Products.”
- Simon Tang, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Kevin Belfield, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Synthesis and Characterization of New Probes for Use in Fluorescence and X-Ray CT Bioimaging.”
Math
- Angela Siple, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Piotr Mikisinski, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Integral Representations of Positive Linear Functionals.”
Physics
- Muhammad Islam, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Saiful Khondaker, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Parallel Fabrication and Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotube Single Electron Transistor”
- Alamgir Kabir, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Talat Rahman, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Density-Functional Theory and Dynamical Mean-Field Theory Study of the Magnetic Properties of Transition-Metal Nanostructures.”
- Sergiy Kaim, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Boris Zeldovich, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Theoretical Study of Laser Beam Quality and Pulse Shaping in Schemes with Volume Bragg Gratings.”
- Narae Kang, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Saiful Khondaker, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Nanoelectronic Devices using Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Electrodes: Fabrication and Electronic Transport Investigations.”
- Deep Panjwani, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Robert Peale, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Gold Black and Its Application to Un-Cooled Infrared Detector Arrays.”
- Ryuichi Tsuchikawa, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Masahiro Ishigami, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Electronic Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes: The Impact of Atomic Charged Impurities.”
Psychology
- Carla Landsberg, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Mustapha Mouloua, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Tailoring Instruction to the Individual: Investigating the Utility of Trainee Aptitudes for use in Adaptive Training”
- Catherine Pearte, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Kimberly Renk, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Temperament, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance as Related Correlates of Psychological Systems.”
Sociology
- Meghan Harte Weyant, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: James Wright, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Collegiate Concerted Cultivation: The Influence of Class and Family on Higher Education.”
- Racine Jacques, Ph.D.
Faculty Adviser: Elizabeth Grauerholz, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Women on the Line: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experience of Work in the Meat Industry”