Doctoral Candidates Scheduled for Final Oral Examinations of the Dissertation

Final oral examinations are open all members of the University community and the public, unless attendance is restricted by the Graduate Studies Committee. Questions should be directed to the Office of the Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, Degree Evaluators at (512) 471-4511.

Student Name Major Chair Name Date, Time, Location Title
ALKAN, OGUZHAN GOVERNMENT Somer-Topcu, Zeynep JULY 23, 2026; 2:15 PM; BATTS 2.120D BARRIERS TO INCLUSION: THREE ESSAYS ON VOTER EVALUATIONS OF MUSLIM CANDIDATES
GUO, KAY ASTRONOMY Jogee, Shardha JULY 23, 2026; 10:00AM CT; ASTRONOMY CLASSROOM EMERGENCE, EVOLUTION AND IMPACT OF STELLAR BARS IN THE LAST 12 BILLION YEARS
HACKMAN, LAVENDER NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES Tiziani, Stefano, Digiovanni, John JULY 23, 2026; 11:00AM CT; DPRI 1.102 TARGETING GLUTAMINE METABOLISM TO ENHANCE DOCETAXEL EFFICACY IN PROSTATE CANCER
HOLOMAN, TYLA RENAY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Truskett, Thomas M, Keitz, Benjamin K JULY 23, 2026; 1:00PM CT; EER 0.806/0.808 NO TITLE PROVIDED
MOSSAYEBI, ALI KINESIOLOGY Stone, Audrey J JULY 23, 2026; 9:00AM CDT; SZB 2.222 EFFECT OF ASIC3 ON EXAGGERATED EXERCISE PRESSOR REFLEX IN TYPE 1 DIABETIC RATS
MOUEDDEN, NADIA PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Torres-Verdin, Carlos JULY 23, 2026; 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM; GLT 3.102 IMPACT OF ROCK HETEROGENEITY ON CO2 TRANSPORT IN LAMINATED SANDSTONES: AN INTEGRATED WORKFLOW OF TIME-LAPSE MICRO-CT CORE-FLOODING EXPERIMENTS, NUMERICAL SIMULATION, AND RESISTIVITY MONITORING
RODRIGUEZ, NESTOR D PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES Lee, Seongmin JULY 23, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM; PHR 2.208 THE FORMATION, ENZYMATIC PROCESSING AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CHEMICAL DNA LESIONS
SOLTANI, NASIM ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) Chowdhury, Kaushik JULY 23, 2026; 9:30 AM TO 11:30 AM; EER 6.702 APPLIED DEEP LEARNING FOR NEXT-G COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
TRAN, JACINTA COMMUNICATION STUDIES (PHD) Donovan, Erin E JULY 23, 2026; 2:00PM CST; CMA 5.136 NO TITLE PROVIDED
WANG, YUYING CHEMISTRY Sessler, Jonathan L JULY 23, 2026; 10:00AM CST; NHB 5.202 LARGE ORGANIC CONFERENCE ROOM THE EXPLORATION OF COORDINATION CHEMISTRY, AROMATICITY AND ANION RECOGNITION ON CONJUGATED OLIGOPYRROLIC MACROCYCLES