This fall, 26 College of Sciences Ph.D. graduates will walk across the stage into futures making an impact in academia and industry. They have dedicated themselves to countless hours of research that have made an impact on both them and those around them. These graduates are now ready for the next step in their careers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is the full list of College of Sciences Ph.D. graduates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ngoc Ty Nguyen, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Larry Tang, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cHomogeneity Test On Error Rates From Ordinal Scores And Application To Forensic Science\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Weiwei Gao, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Xiaohu Xia, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cDeveloping platinum\u2010group metal (PGM) nanostructures as peroxidase mimics for biosensing applications\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pooria Golvari, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Stephen Kuebler, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cSurface engineering of nanoparticles for efficient polymerization inhibition, catalysis, and plasmonic sensing\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n John Lucchi, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Matthieu Baudelet, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cChemical Approach to Tire Mark Analysis\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jordan Stanberry, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Vasileios Anagnostopoulos, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cOxidative Dissolution of Tc(IV) phases by High Valent Manganese Species: Redox Mediated Mobilization of a Risk Driving Radionuclide\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Federico Borghesi, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cDormant propagules in demographic studies: A recurrent bias and potential solutions\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rhyse Bendell, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Florian Jentsch, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cThe Interplay of Spatial Ability, Sex, Training Modality, and Environmental Features: Effects on Spatial Cognition, Mental Map Formation, and Wayfinding\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fernando Montalvo, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Janan Smither, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cPersonality Symmetry: Understanding how Social Robot and User Personality Similarity Affects Para-Friendship and Companion Social Robot Use Intention\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Grace Waldfogle, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, James Szalma, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cRevisiting the Vigilance Taxonomy: Are Findings Consistent in a Remote Environment?\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Anthony Naranjo, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Mindy Shoss, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cPatterns of Risk Behaviors and their Value: A Latent Class Growth Modeling Approach\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Alissa Neal, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Barbara Fritzsche, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cPatterns of Precarity in Older Workers: A Latent Profile Approach\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Victoria Roberts, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Kristy Lewis, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cStudy of Clay as a Control Technique for Karenia brevis: Water Chemistry Dynamics and Physiological Impacts on Benthic Invertebrates\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Xing Fan, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Teng Zhang, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cLow Rank Matrix Estimation\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Didarul Alam, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisors, Volodymyr Turkowski, Ph.D. and Michael Chini, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cProbing Electron Correlations with First-Principles Calculations of The High-Harmonic Spectrum in Solids\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Joshua Forer, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Viatcheslav Kokoouline, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cA theoretical study of elementary processes in interstellar plasma\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tianyi Guo, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Debashis Chanda, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cLow Energy Photon Detection\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Swarnadeep Seth, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Aniket Bhattacharya, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cDNA Capture and Translocation through Nanopore\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tyrone Thames, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Bo Chen, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cSolid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Probing of Structures of the Rous Sarcoma Virus Capsid, Amyloid Beta, and Reflectin Proteins\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thi Tran Chau Truong, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Michael Chini, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cProgress towards Attosecond Science with a Turn-key Industrial-grade Ytterbium Laser\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n T. Augustine Larmin, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Michael Mousseau, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cViolence Against Civilians During Armed Conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lawrence Skelly, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Thomas Dolan, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cLeadership and Military Power \u2013 Can a Leadership Approach Provide a Competitive Advantage?\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Michael Yekple, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisors, Jonathan Powell, Ph.D. and Konstantin Ash, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cDrones, Peacekeeping, and Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Adrienne Mathews, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, J. Scott Carter, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cOriginalist Framing in Two Civil Rights Cases\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Laura Boutemen, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisors, Lindsay Morris-Neuberger, Ph.D. and Timothy Sellnow, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cHolding an Empathic Lantern to Help Depressed Friends Find their Way Out of the Darkness: An Examination of Intention to Offer Social Support Guided by the Reasoned Action Approach\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rebecca Freihaut, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Timothy Sellnow, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cThe Study of Crisis Narratives Over Time: Mayfield, Ky in The Aftermath of The December 2021 Tornadoes\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tracy Gulliford, Ph.D., <\/strong>faculty advisor, Deanna Sellnow, Ph.D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dissertation: \u201cStudent Perceptions of Campus Crime and Victim Services\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This fall, 26 College of Sciences Ph.D. graduates will walk across the stage into futures making an impact in academia and industry. 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