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This summer, 26 College of Sciences Ph.D. graduates walked across the stage into futures making an impact in academia and industry. They were celebrated by faculty, staff, supporters and the dean at the COS Pre-Commencement Ph.D. Celebration on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Dean Maggy Tomova, Ph.D., honored their accomplishments with remarks and a toast. She said, \u201cWe wish you great success in your future endeavors and offer our most sincere congratulations.\u201d These graduates are now ready for the next step in their careers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chemistry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Bryant, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Fernando Uribe-Romo, Ph.D.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cLeveraging the Principles of Reticular Chemistry for the Design of Crystallographically and Chemically complex Multivariate Frameworks\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lorianne Shultz-Johnson, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Titel Jurca, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cDesign Principles for Catalyst Probe Reaction Systems\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AJ Sona, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Erin Saitta, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cSupporting the Needs of Graduate Teaching Assistants in Active Learning Chemistry Environments\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinical Psychology <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Emily Bernstein, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisors, Kristi Alexander, Ph.D., Robert Dvorak, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cChildren\u2019s Knowledge of Intravenous Needle Insertion and Distress: The Indirect Effects of Cognitive Appraisals of Threat and Coping\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Flori, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Michael Dunn, Ph.D.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cDefining Sober Harms and Factors that Influence Them: Blame it on the Alcohol?\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John O\u2019Donnell, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Jeffrey Bedwell, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cThe Role of Savoring in the Relationship Between Concussion History and Consummatory Reward\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roselyn Peterson, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Robert Dvorak, Ph.D.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cAssessment of Sexual Protective Behavioral Strategies: Development of the Sexual and Negative Dating Inventory (SANDI)\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservation Biology <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Atkinson, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Anna Savage, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cImpacts of the protist pathogen amphibian Perkinsea on amphibian species and communities\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Konvalina, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Eric Hoffman, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cEvolutionary History and Adaptation to Salinity in American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Integrative and Conservation Biology <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sambadi Majumder, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Chase Mason, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cApplications of Interpretable Machine Learning Oriented Methods in Plant Ecology and Crop Science\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Integrative Anthropological Sciences <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Robkin, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Scott Branting, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cHeterarchy or Hierarchy: Modeling and Simulation Applied to Social Organization at the late Iron Age Site of Kerkenes, Central Anatolia\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachael Root, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Beatriz Reyes-Foster, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201c\u2019They Dare to Continue:\u2019 Identity, Challenges, and Coloniality of Distance at Universidad de Oriente, Yucatan\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathematics <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thialita Moura Do Nascimento, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Eduardo Teixeira, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cOn Quantitative Hessian Estimates for Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physics <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Francis Adoah, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, <\/strong>Enrique del Barco, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cTheo<\/em>retical analysis of charge conduction and rectification in self-assembled monolayers in molecular junctions\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charuni Dissanayake, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Yasuyuki Nakajima, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cExotic ground states in novel quantum magnets\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zachary Felker, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Zhongzhou Chen, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cDue Tomorrow, Do Tomorrow: Measuring and Reducing Procrastination Behavior Among Introductory Physics Students in an Online Environment\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keanna Jardine, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Adrienne Dove, Ph.D.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cTowards understanding cohesion on asteroid surfaces: A Study of Adhesion of micron-sized planetary analogues using an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) with implications for sample return analysis\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ammon Johnston, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisors, Laurene Tetard, Ph.D., Saiful Khondaker, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cDefect Engineering of 2D Materials for Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics Device\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eric Switzer, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Talat Rahman, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cTheoretical Framework of Exchange Coupled Tripartite Spin Systems with Magnetic Anisotropy and Predictions of Spin and Electronic Transport Properties for Their Use in Quantum Architectures\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nusaiba Zaman, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Abdelkader Kara, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cPhysical insight into the catalytic properties of adsorbed bimetallic clusters using Density Functional Theory\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security Studies <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ozgur Kayaalp, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisors, Michael Mousseau, Ph.D., Peter Jacques, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cExploring Regional Dynamics: States, International Civil Society, and Regional Interstate Cooperation\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santosh Sapkota, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisors, Jonathan Powell, Ph.D., Konstantin Ash, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cPeacekeeping for Peace: Effectiveness and Impacts\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sociology <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Taylor Devereaux, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Scott Carter, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cDigital Disconnect: The Relationship Between In-game and Real-world Issues in World of Warcraft\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madelyn Diaz, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisors, Amy Reckdenwald, Ph.D., Jacqueline Woerner, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cDisclosure Experiences and Well-Being Among Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Bisexual Sexual Violence Survivors\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chelsea Mandes, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisors, Elizabeth Grauerholz, Ph.D., Amy Reckdenwald, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201c\u2019All We Know is All We Are\u2019: The Unseen Pain and Potential of Secondary Victims of Contact-Sexual Violence\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacquelyn Reiss, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Amy Donley, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: \u201cLocal-Level Maternal and Infant Health: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Relationship Between Social Determinants of Health, Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes, and Public Health Programs in Florida\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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