Spring 2024
Spring Quarter Dissertations (June 2024)
Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine
Acero Bedoya Santiago
Cancer Biology
Dendritic Cell-Intrinsic PTPN22 Negatively Regulates Anti-tumor Immunity and Anti-PD-L1 Efficacy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12315
Banks Briana
Cancer Biology
The Effect of Chronic Psychological Stress during Puberty and Early Adulthood on Mammary Gland Development
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12396
Bi Dehua
Public Health Sciences
Bayesian Parametric and Nonparametric Models for Clinical Trial
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12324
Cabanov Alexandra
Immunology
Withdrawal of β-catenin in an Inducible Genetically Engineered Mouse Model Restores T Cell Infiltration but Not Checkpoint Blockade Efficacy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12428
Cai Chufan
Cancer Biology
From Cancer Cell Intrinsic to Extrinsic Factors
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12412
Casella Gabriel Bonamichi
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Computer Vision and Statistical Methods for the Study of Renal Autoimmunity: The Immune Architecture of Lupus Nephritis and Renal Allograft Rejection
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12416
Correa-Colón Edgar Orlando
Cell and Molecular Biology
Transcriptional Coordination of Neuronal Identity and Synapse Organization in C. elegans Motor Neurons
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12326
DeBrosse Hadley Anna
Medical Physics
Metal Mapping with X-ray Fluorescence Emission Tomography
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12356
Farrell Hannah Nicole
Integrative Biology
Identifying Locomotor Adaptations in the Hominoid Clavicle and the Implications for Interpreting Hominin Behavior
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12389
Hartmann Stella
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a Forms Dynamic Giant Vesicles to Facilitate Viral Transmission
IR: No
Hollinger Maile Kananiokalā
Immunology
Help from an "Old Friend": Bacillus subtilis Exopolysaccharide Interferes with Th2 Priming and Inhibits Allergic Inflammation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12419
Hou Yichen
Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Transfer RNA Cellular Dynamics and Engineering for Therapeutic Applications
IR: No
Huang Sihao
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Investigation of Messenger RNA Modifications in Nanopore Sequencing Data by Machine Learning Methods
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12365
Keskey Robert Charles
Immunology
Host-Pathogen-Gut Microbiota Interactions: The Role of Diet, Microbiota Metabolites, and the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Survival from Sepsis and Surgical Injury
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12405
Kordon Szymon Piotr
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Conformational and Functional Coupling between Extracellular and Transmembrane Regions Define Adhesion GPCR Latrophilin-3 Signaling
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12343
Kremer Linnea Ellen
Medical Physics
MRI Radiomics for Imaging Genomics, Risk Classification, and Prediction of Disease Progression in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12340
Liu Dian
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Transcriptional Profiling of Plant Response to Phytosulfokine Peptide Reveals Novel Signaling Outputs
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12349
Liu Weihan
Cancer Biology
The Epigenetic Regulation Mechanism of CUX1 in Hematopoiesis
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12392
Lu Yihao
Public Health Sciences
Methods for Multi-omics Multi-context Integrative Analysis
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12331
Osuma Anthony
Neurobiology
The PBAF Chromatin Remodeler Controls Motor Neuron Regional Identity in Caenorhabditis elegans
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12333
Panda Arpit
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Immunology
Multi-omic Urine cfDNA Approaches for Detecting Molecular Residual Disease in Bladder Cancer and Single-Cell Mechanisms of Radiation-Induced Metastasis
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12429
Parriott Geoffrey Raymond
Immunology
Determining the Cell Extrinsic Mechanisms Driving E2A Deficient T Cell Leukemogenesis
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12329
Sepulveda Martin Nicolas
Immunology
Impact of the Microbiota and Derived Metabolites on Solid Organ Transplant Outcome
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12417
Shenouda Mena
Medical Physics
Implementation and Analysis of Artificial Intelligence for Pleural Mesothelioma on Computed Tomography Scans and COVID-19 on Chest Radiographs
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12321
Wen Kailong
Neurobiology
Opposing Motor Memories in the Direct and Indirect Pathways of the Basal Ganglia
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12372
Zhang Xingruo
Public Health Sciences
Obtaining More Information from Location Scale Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data: Effect Sizes, Diagnostics, and Latent Classes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12322
Zhao Fangyuan
Public Health Sciences
Bridging the Racial Disparity Gaps in the Survival and Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Cancer
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12336
Division of the Humanities
Fitzgibbon Patrick Shaner
Music
Rule Violation in Early Modern European Music Theory
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12313
Gortmaker Christopher Laurens
English Language and Literature
The Market Architecture of Modernist Fiction
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12335
Kaya Betul
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
A Sociolegal History of Judging Non-Muslim Communal Affairs in Early Seventeenth-Century Greater Istanbul
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12332
Sugrue Pamela
Linguistics
Influences on Irish Initial Consonant Mutations
IR: No
Wilson David Frederick
Music
Media Dominance: Music, Nation, and Pedagogies of Emotion in Modern Taiwan and China, 1928-2022
IR: No
Division of the Physical Sciences
Andriopoulos Faidon
Mathematics
On the Motivic Filtration of TR
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12395
Bao Chengyang
Mathematics
Computing
Crystalline Deformation Rings via the Taylor--Wiles--Kisin Patching Method
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12410
Bryant Andrea Simone
Physics
Hypothetical Icy Moon Seismic Profiles for Comparison to Future Seismic Data
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12430
Chen Binglu
Mathematics
Partial Differential Equations Arising from Topological Insulators
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12408
Chou Ti-Lin
Physics
Improved Measurements of the Temperature and E-mode Polarization of the CMB from the Full 500-Square-Degree SPTpol Dataset
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12319
Chu Chun Pong
Mathematics
Some Results in Mean Curvature Flow and Min-Max Theory
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12350
Doucette Margaret Emily
Mathematics
Smooth Models for Certain Fibered Partially Hyperbolic Systems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12411
Elliott Smith Rosemary Ellen
Mathematics
Measure Rigidity in Smooth Dynamics
IR: No
Fan Angzhi
Statistics
Object Detection and Panoptic Segmentation through Likelihood Optimizations
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12325
Guha Abhirup
Chemistry
Molecular and Instrumental Aspects of Brightness in Fluorescence-Encoded Infrared Spectroscopy
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12427
Hameister Thomas
Mathematics
The Hitchin Fibration for Symmetric Pairs
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12414
Hoover Alexander Stephen
Computer Science
On the Limits of Efficiency and Privacy for Outsourced Computation
IR: No
Huang Benchen
Chemistry
Quantum Simulations for Quantum Technologies
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12403
Iorga Andreea
Mathematics
Constructing Maximal Unramified Extensions and Murphy's Law for Galois Deformation Rings
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12407
Ireland Aurora Nicole
Physics
Phenomenological Model Building in Particle Cosmology
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12424
Kelly Patrick Quinn
Chemistry
Ring Expansion via Nitrogen-Atom and Carbynyl-Cation Transfer from Unconventional Atom Transfer Reagents
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12373
Kim Hwanwoo
Computational and Applied Mathematics
Sparsity, Nonconvexity and Geometric Constraints on Statistical Inverse Problems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12406
King Daniel Sanborn
Chemistry
Developments and Applications of Automated Multiconfigurational Quantum Chemistry
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12339
Kurniawan Daniar Heri
Computer Science
Advanced Storage Optimizations for Deep Recommendation Systems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12351
Levental Maksim
Computer Science
An End-to-End Programming Model for AI Engine Architectures
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12382
Li Youyou
Chemistry
Structural Optimization and Synergistic Combination of Functional Molecules in Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy
IR: No
Liu Minzhao
Physics
High-Performance Computing for Quantum Information Science
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12320
Liu Xin
Physics
Early and Late Cosmic Structure Formation
IR: No
Liu Xinyi
Geophysical Sciences
Evaluating the Application of Elemental and Isotopic Ratios as Paleoredox Tracers in Earth's Oceans and Mars' Aqueous Alteration
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12366
Liu Yuhan Philip
Statistics
Non-parametric Change Point Analysis: Tackling Irregular Conditions in Univariate and Multivariate Data
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12415
Long Jianyu
Physics
Searching for Dark Matter with Ionization Signals in XENONnT
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12344
Luo Yuting
Physics
Search for K_0^L → π^0νν at KOTO
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12401
Mallaby-Kay Maya
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Probing the Large Scale Structure of Our Universe with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope
IR: No
Monkman Tatsu
Geophysical Sciences
Driving Processes Behind the Global Ocean Circulation: Water Mass Transformations and the Effect of Southern Ocean Topography
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12387
Nagasamudram Saispoorthi
Physics
Optical Magnetic Dipole Mie Resonances and Electrodynamic Interactions in High-Index Dielectric Nanoparticle Based Optical Matter Systems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12314
Poh Wei Jie Jason
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Strong Gravitational Lensing Science in the Era of Large Astronomical Surveys
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12362
Putnam Gray Louis Campbell
Physics
Search for New Physics through a Long-Lived Di-Muon Resonance in the NuMI Beam with the ICARUS Detector
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12316
Quan Wei
Physics
Analysis of Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature and E-mode Polarization Anisotropies with 2019 and 2020 Data from the South Pole Telescope
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12312
Quinn Samuel Francis Michael
Mathematics
Compatible Families of Galois Representations of Level One and Weight Zero with Big Image
IR: No
Rochman Muhammad Iqbal Cholilur
Computer Science
Performance Evaluation of Wireless Networks Using Device-Based Measurement
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12379
Scott Isabella
Mathematics
A Computability-Theoretic Investigation into Existentially Closed Groups
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12391
Slipper Aaron Arthur Gordon
Mathematics
Non-Abelian Fourier Transforms and Normalized Intertwining Operators over Finite Fields for General Parabolic Subgroups
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12420
Sohoni Siddhartha
Chemistry
Observation of Environment-Mediated Mechanisms of Effective Energy Transfer in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12426
Stephens Haynes Forest
Geophysical Sciences
Climate Change Impacts on Crop Production: Advancements in Future Projections for U.S. Corn
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12346
Stern Jesse
Computer Science
On Volume Leakage Based Attacks against Secure Outsourced Databases and Their Relation to the Turnpike Problem and Tilings
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12364
Su Boyang
Mathematics
Global Solutions for Systems of Quadratic Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations in 3D
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12404
Wang Oliver Hao
Mathematics
Exotic Smooth Equivariant Manifolds
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12393
Wang Ziwei
Geophysical Sciences
Understanding Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) in Current and Future Climates with Simple Frameworks
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12328
Wu Haoqi
Chemistry
Direct Optical and Thermal Lithography of Inorganic Nanomaterials for Optics and Optoelectronics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12402
Zhang Zhuowen
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Forward modeling of optical observables for galaxy cluster cosmology
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12432
Zhu Wanrong
Statistics
Modern Statistical Inference: Parameter Estimation in Online Settings and Goodness-of-fit Testing
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12383
Division of the Physical Sciences and the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine
MacDonald Margo Elizabeth
Biophysical Sciences
Inflammation-Mediated Lymphatic Coagulation: A New Role for Neutrophil Extracellular Traps
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12425
Division of the Social Sciences
Di Behmer Scott Francis
Economics
Essays on Economic Policy Design in the Presence of Political Constraints
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12367
Choe Hwikook
Economics
Quantity Surcharge
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12377
Çınar İpek
Political Science
Rhetorical Chess: Understanding the Playbook of Democratic Backsliders
IR: No
Cuevas de Saint Pierre Maria Ignacia Paz
Economics
Supply Chain Uncertainty and Diversification
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12385
Cuppernull Peter Brennan
Political Science
Essays on Computational Technologies in International Relations
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12375
Elder Timothy Burke
Sociology
Winning at a Losing Game: Divergent Ontologies and Shared Practices in Medicine
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12361
Franco Santiago
Economics
Output Market Power and Spatial Misallocation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12355
Galperin Michael
Economics
Who Benefits from College Grant Aid and Why? Evidence from Texas
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12358
Hsu Shanon Hsuan-Ming
Economics
Essays on Economic Geography and Development
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12359
Istomina Elena
Economics
Essays on Information Transmission in Buyer-Seller Relationships
IR: No
Komatsu Toshiaki
Economics
Essays on the Production Network and Labor Market
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12368
Lucas Nadia
Economics
The Competitive Effects of Multi-Store Shopping: Uncovering Complementarities across Bundles
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12381
Mirza Saadia
Anthropology
The Liminal Terra Firma: Inhabiting More-than-Human Environmental Sensing
IR: No
Nasser Yasser Ali
History
Creating 'New Asia': Sino-Indian Friendship and the Promise of Asian Solidarity in the Early Cold War, 1947-1962
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12330
Oskolkov Aleksei
Economics
Heterogeneous Impact of the Global Financial Cycle
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12345
Rubio Estéfano
Economics
Power Distribution and Efficiency: Theory and Evidence from Unionized Firms
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12388
Ruggieri Francesco
Economics
Essays on the Economics of Local Public Goods
IR: No
Sah Sidharth
Economics
Essays in the Economics of Higher Education
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12390
Silver Benjamin Gordon
Social Thought
Constitutionalism and Publius' Critique of Popular Government
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12352
Sorá Marcos Gabriel
Economics
Labor Reallocation during Booms: the Role of Duration Uncertainty
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12353
Van Zee Benjamin Coleman
History
The Underdog Imperialists: Poles, Germans, and Interwar Emigrant Colonialism
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12413
Williams Christopher
Sociology
Thinking Abolition: Ending Cash Bail
IR: No
Yang Yuchen
Sociology
Indefinite Accomplishments: Gender, Childhood, and the Making of Difference
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12337
Zheng Chengwen
Comparative Human Development
From Liability to Asset: Understanding the Mutually Beneficial Relationship between Seniors with Dementia and Highly Vulnerable Young Adults
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12318
Division of the Social Sciences and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fu Zhiyu
Economics and Business
Capital Flows and the Making of Risky Currencies
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12341
Varley Michael
Economics and Business
Contractual Lock-In: Mortgage Prepayment Penalties and Mobility
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12394
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Alwan Amir Anastasios
Essays on Stochastic Models for Ridesharing and Online Systems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12409
Bordeu Gazmuri Olivia
Commuting Infrastructure in Fragmented Cities
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12421
Cockriel William Mark
Technological Disruption in the 19th Century United States
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12378
Da Rui
Essays in Financial Economics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12423
Guttman-Kenney Benedict Andrew
Essays on Household Finance
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12338
Hashemi Arshia
Capital Gains Taxation in Private Business
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12317
Huang Shuo-Chieh
Analysis of Big High-Dimensional Dependent Data: Unit-Roots and Distributed Computation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12348
Jang Minkwang
Inconsistencies in Consumer Intertemporal Decisions and Marketplace Inferences
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12370
Jang Young Soo
Are Direct Lenders More Like Banks or Arm’s-Length Investors?
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12380
Keloharju Roope Patrik Benjamin
Hidden Ownership: Money Laundering Enforcement and Its Impact on Tax Haven Firms’ Ownership Disclosures
IR: No
Mourot Pauline
Essays on the Organization of Production in Healthcare
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12357
Nagel Fabian
Consumer Bankruptcy Audits
IR: No
Rusk Lillian Clare
The Origins of Parenting
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12397
Srinivasan Karthik
Paying Attention
IR: No
Vidinova Hristiana Valentinova
Forward-Looking Loan Loss Provisioning under Imperfect Forecasts
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12384
Zhang Dake
Weak Factors and Supervised Principal Components
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12354
Zhang Walter Wang
Optimal Comprehensible Targeting
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12376
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Division of the Social Sciences
Oh Sangmin
Business and Economics
Social Inflation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12369
Zheng Jingtao
Business and Economics
Essays in Financial Economics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12342
The Divinity School
Coban Izzet
The Islamic Meontological Tradition: Language, Ontology, and Apophasis in the Classical Period
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12431
Swanson Joel Howard
A Sickness of Tradition: Ambivalence and Identity in Early Twentieth Century French Jewish Thought
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12327
The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
Harrison Emileigh Anne
What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Formal, Informal, and Non-Traditional Educational Content
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12399
Vinnakota Mythili
Essays in the Economics of Natural Disasters
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12398
Yi Ruochen
Behavior and Incentives of Political Players in Non-Democratic Systems
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12386
The Law School
Roy Shubho
Unexpected Consequences: Three Papers on How Law Can Shape Behaviour
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12422
The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Chen Lifeng
Intraperitoneal Administration of PLGA Lipid Nanoparticle for Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Peritoneal Metastasis
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12400
Dai Alvin
Next Generation Cathode Materials for High Voltage Applications
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12323
Grubbe William Sanders
Solution and Analysis of the IFNλ4 Receptor Complex Using CryoEM Enabled by Protein Engineering and Molecular Simulation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12347
Guo Xinghan
Single Crystal Diamond Membrane for Quantum Technologies
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12360
Kim Jeremiah Yoonsung
Making Every Vaccine Better: Discovery and Development of Vaccine Immunomodulators
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12374
Rozyyev Vepa
Atomically Engineered Surfaces via Atomic Layer Deposition and Vapor-Phase Grafting: Water Treatment Applications
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12371
Slezak Anna
Therapeutic Cancer Vaccination via Thiol-Mediated Adjuvant Delivery
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12334
Xu Qian
Towards Practical Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12363
Zhu Yizhi
First-Principles Investigation of Spin Defects in Silicon Carbide for Quantum Information Technologies
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12418