Autumn 2023

Autumn Quarter Dissertations (December 2023)

Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine

Apiz Saab, Juan Jose
Cancer Biology
Characterizing Metabolic Adaptations of Pancreatic Cancer to Tumor Nutrient Stress
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10120

Broughton, Augusta Eleanor
Immunology
CD1d-γδ T Cell Receptor Interaction: Adaptations and Function in Tissue Immunity
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10126

Fialko, Kristina
Ecology and Evolution
Building Visual Signal Complexity through Modifications of Color and Motion
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10118

Frith, Mary Eleanor
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
Microbiota-Dependent Early Life Programming of Gastrointestinal Motility
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10100

Glauninger, Hendrik
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Biophysical Sciences
Insights into Stress-Induced Condensation of mRNA and Protein Identifier
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10103

Hackley, Hannah Whitehurst
Ecology and Evolution
Diversity and Heritability in Arabidopsis thaliana Leaf Microbiomes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10119

Heer, Chad Michael
Neurobiology
Dopaminergic Modulation of Hippocampal CA1: Uncovering the Activity Dynamics of VTA and LC Inputs during Behavior and Learning
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10107

Hoshal, Benjamin
Computational Neuroscience
Retinal Coding: Encoding and Decoding in Natural Scenes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10121

Kennedy, Megan
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Ecology and Evolution
Temporal Mechanisms of Population- and Community-Level Microbial Adaptation to Shifting Resource Landscapes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10096

King, Sarah Ann Souljah
Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cell Biology
BAP1 Regulates the Hair Cycle through the TGFβ Signaling Pathway
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10140

Lobb-Rabe, Meike
Cell and Molecular Biology
Exploring Dpr-DIP Function in the Development of the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10123

Lodwick, Jane E
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Structural Insights into Interactions between the Vault Cage and Components of an ADP-ribosyltransferase System
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10122

Molina, Andrew Vincent
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Biophysical Sciences
Uncovering the Mechanism of Potassium Channel Folding and Assembly
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10094

Moore, Dalton D.
Computational Neuroscience
A Network Encoding Model for Natural Forelimb Movements in Marmoset Sensorimotor Cortex
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10110

Natale, Rossy
Integrative Biology
Using Ecomorphology to Understand the Evolutionary History and Spatial Biodiversity of Wading Birds
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10093

Oldstone-Jackson, Caroline Anne
Ecology and Evolution
Microbiome Assembly Processes in Arabidopsis thaliana
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10116

Preusser, Benjamin Martin
Medical Physics
Enhanced Megavoltage Imaging for Radiotherapy by Light-Field Imaging of Scintillators
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10089

Priest, Jessica Marie
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Structural Insights into the Formation of Axon Guidance Complexes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10137

Ratigan, Heather Cassidy
Neurobiology
Memories of Aversive Experiences: Insights from the Thalamic Nucleus Reuniens to Hippocampal CA1 Pathway and CA1 Neuronal Dynamics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10102

Shi, Zhuoyue
Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
The Essential Role of m6A mRNA Methylation and m6A Reader Protein YTHDF1 in Maintaining Cell-Type Specific Functions in the Basal Ganglia
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10129

Tamayo, Lizeth Isabel
Public Health Sciences
Genetic and Environmental Susceptibility to Cancer in Understudied Populations and Novel Interventions to Reduce Risk
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10098

Yamsek, Melvin
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Structural and Functional Characterization of the Multipass Translocon
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10154

Zhong, Frank WANG
Cell and Molecular Biology
Defining Assembly of a Translocon for Multipass Membrane Protein Biogenesis
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10150

Division of the Humanities

Baldassarre, Eufemia
Romance Languages and Literatures
Landscapes of Exile: (Self)-Portrayals of Displacement in Italian Renaissance Literature
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10092

Division of the Physical Sciences

Aitken, Colin Campbell
Mathematics
Model Structures on Infinity-Categories of Filtrations
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10124

Ashwood, Brennan George
Chemistry
Disruptions to the Cooperativity of DNA Base Pairing and Hybridization Probed with Temperature-Jump Infrared Spectroscopy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10128

Barbarioli, Bruno
Computer Science
A Principled Framework for Adaptive Lossy Data Compression with Linfinity Error Guarantees
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10115

Barnett, Megan Nicole de Wit
Geophysical Sciences
How Formation and Evolution Impact the Abundances of Biocritical Elements in Planets and Planetary Environments
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10108

Chiu, Yu Hung
Physics
Hippocampal Cognitive Map Dynamics: Investigating the Fate and Replay of Place Cells
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10147

Colen, Jonathan
Physics
Learning Physical Models of Biological Materials
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10101

Fitz, Stephen
Computer Science
The Shape of Words: Topological Structure in Language Representations
IR: No

Gupta, Aritrajit
Chemistry
Alloyed III-V Nanocrystals as Viable Emitters for Display Applications
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10153

Gupta, Ayush
Chemistry
Developing Emissive Photochemical Reductants from Earth-Abundant Transition Metals
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10130

Itani, Ram Chandra
Chemistry
Developing Rapid Mixing Technologies for Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10146

Kamath, Ananth
Chemistry
Bright Infrared Nanocrystals: Synthesis and Nonradiative Mechanisms
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10095

Kannan, Tejas
Computer Science
Privacy, Error, and Energy Tradeoffs in Embedded Systems and Internet-of-Things Devices
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10135

Kelley, Elizabeth Wells
Chemistry
Inside the Lab and Out: Studies Toward the Total Syntheses of Strained, Stereochemically-Rich Polycyclic Skeletons and Analyses of Systems for the Learning and Doing of Chemistry
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10158

Li Kai
Physics
Nonlinear X-ray Propagation Phenomena in Dense Gases
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10136

Lin, Zhan
Statistics
Distributionally Robust Control with Statistical Methods
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10131

Liu, Rui
Computer Science
Resource-Aware Optimizations for Data-Intensive Systems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10112

Nash, Geoffrey Tristram
Chemistry
Molecular Material Design of Nanoscale Metal-Organic Frameworks for Cancer Therapy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10090

Panetta, Margaret Gorham
Physics
Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics in a Topological Photonic Metamaterial
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10113

Roberts, Gabrielle Lya Castiaux
Physics
Quantum Fluids in a Bose-Hubbard Circuit
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10138

Sheng, Nan
Chemistry
Multiscale Methods for Quantum Many-Body Systems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10157

Smith, Emily Ann
Physics
A Global View of Jets with the ATLAS Detector: From Hardware Triggers to Precision Measurements and Beyond
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10134

Swadba, Kellie Elizabeth
Geophysical Sciences
Disproportionation of Iron in Earth's Lower Mantle
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10151

van der Naald, Michael Reeves
Physics
Solvation Forces and Rigidity in Dense Suspension Flows
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10155

Zhang, Jisheng
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Thermal and Magnetic History of Rocky Extra-Solar Planets
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10117

Zhang, Xu
Computer Science
User-Centric Optimizations for Internet Applications
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10143

Division of the Social Sciences

Ahn, Jae Wan
Sociology
The Post-machine Reality: Fragmentation of Politics and Economy in a Peripheralized City
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10091

Azar Denecken, Ariel
Sociology
Living Institutions: Dynamic Contexts and Health Over the Life Course
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10105

Beach, Dana Elise
Psychology
Environmental Coordination in Health and Disease
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10097

Bellinson, Nicholas Andrei Giovanni
Social Thought
Shakespeare's Songs as Extensions of the Drama
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10152

Cohen, Aylon Assael
Political Science
Sodomy, Equality, Fraternity: Bodily Practice and the Rise of Modern Democracy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10142

Covkin, Serena
History
Fighting in Court: Women, War, and the Law in Twentieth-Century America
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10127

Gogola, Joseph Vincent
Psychology
Sex-Specific Synaptic Specializations Supporting and Suppressing Song
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10109

Ilamaran, Arvind Varadharajulu
Comparative Human Development
Noncompliance in Randomized Experiments: A Stochastic Perspective
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10114

Morrow, Sean Michael
Political Science
Shifting To Win: How Leaders Shift Blame to Exit a Losing Conflict
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10156

Oh, Jeong Hyun
Sociology
Economic and Demographic Formations of Inequality in the Era of Education for All (EFA) in Sub-Saharan Africa
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10104

Pierce, Grey
Sociology
An Ethnographic Study of Aging and Health Experiences of LGBT Elders: Understanding Discriminatory Contexts and Strategies
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10139

Tezer, Zeynep
History
The Poet Smiles to the Fool: Critical Discourse and Marginalization in the Ottoman Empire, ca. 1550‒ca. 1650
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10159

Yu, Zeyang
Political Science
Essays on Causal Inference and Its Applications in Empirical Political Economy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10145

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Unlu, Gorkem
Design and Analysis of Flexible Server Systems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10111

Wald, Kristina Ann
Knowing Thyself: Essays on the Role of Self-Awareness in Interpersonal Contexts
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10133

Zhong, Yueyang
Many-Server Queueing Models with Applications to Modern Service Operations Management
IR: No

The Divinity School

Merlin, Jacob
A Snapshot of Jewish Exegesis (900-1300 C.E.): Two Patriarchs Sojourn in Shechem, as Interpreted by Medieval Commentators
IR: No

The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies

Loring, Scott Charles Hauser
Essays on the Economics of Healthcare and Competition
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10141

The Law School

Niedmann, Alvarez Natalia
Belonging Beyond Rights: Community, Inequality and the Public
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10099

The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Coraor, Aria Eesti
Chemically-Specific Molecular Simulation of Oligonucleosomal Chromatin Structure
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10148

Deng, Chuting
Molecular Simulation of Ion Containing Soft Materials for Sustainability Applications
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10144

Hoenig, Eli
Ionic and Molecular Transport in 2D Material Membranes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10125

Kurtanich, Trevin Robert
Manipulating the VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 Axis to Modulate Vaccine Outcomes and Antitumor Immunity
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10132

Ye, Zifan
First-Principles Studies of Water at Semiconductor Interfaces
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.10149