Winter 2024

Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine

Farris, Kathryn Marie
Human Genetics
Characterizing Alternative Splicing in Adipose Tissue Function and Metabolic Disease
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11338

Lee, Christopher William
Cancer Biology
Reciprocal Regulation of Cell Signaling by Reactive Central Glycolytic Metabolites
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11354

Lin, Xiaoxuan
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Hydrogen/Mass Spectrometry Elucidates Dynamics of Membrane Proteins Both In Vitro
and In Vivo
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11329

Mu, Zepeng
Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Human Immune-Related Diseases
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11323

Ramesh, Amrita
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Novel α-BTN Antibodies Modulate Vγ9Vδ2 Activation and Reveal Insights into the
Extracellular Architecture of the Phospho-Antigen Signaling Complex
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11346

Satterwhite, Rebecca
Ecology and Evolution
Ecological Adaptation in the Ubiquitous Plant-Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11330

Division of the Humanities

Lopez, Kirsten
Romance Languages and Literatures
Words to Remember: Crafting Epitaphic Environments In Medieval and Contemporary
Commemorative Art
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11345

Morriss, Veronica
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
The Islamic Maritime Frontier: Trade and Transformation along the Coast of Bilād al-
Shām (Syria-Palestine) during the Early Islamic Period
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11350

Rothschild, Nathan
Philosophy
Defending One's Own: Plato's Account of Thumos
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11352

Sabetrohani, Siavash
Music
Music Theory between the Public Sphere and Nationalism in Eighteenth-century Berlin
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11324

Division of the Physical Sciences

Anferov, Alexander Vladimir
Physics
Millimeter-Wave Superconducting Quantum Devices
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11336

Grorud, Andrew Peter
Chemistry
Ordered Monolayers and Supramolecular Assemblies on 2D TMDs and Graphite Using Monomeric and Dimeric Porphyrins
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11325

Hong, Zhi
Computer Science
Enabling Scientific Information Extraction with Natural Language Processing
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11351

How, Peng Hui
Mathematics
On Vanishing Conditions of Minimal Volume of Closed Locally Homogeneous Riemannian Manifolds
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11344

Jin, Yu
Chemistry
First-Principles Study of Excited States and Optical Properties of Quantum Materials
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11348

Kokesh, Broc Stephen
Geophysical Sciences
Integrating Molluscan Dead-Shell Assemblages with Long-Term Biological Monitoring: Archives of Spatio-Temporal Gradients in Puget Sound, Southern California, and Jamaica
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11349

Kurihana, Takuya
Computer Science
Democratizing Access to Extensive Climate Datasets via Deep Learning-Powered Techniques
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11340

Li, Nan
Chemistry
Polymer Semiconductors for Bioelectronic-Tissue Interfaces
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11326

Lian, Xinran
Chemistry
Data-Driven Interpretation and Design of Orthologs and Paralogs of a Signaling Protein
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11337

Liu, Qinzhe
Chemistry
Novel Approaches in DNA Methylation Analysis: Sequencing Strategy Development and Application to Cancer Metastasis Studies
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11335

Maltseva, Sofiya
Chemistry
Characterizing the Lipid Membrane-Bound Structures of Peripheral Membrane Proteins
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11333

Schneider, Joseph
Chemistry
Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for Diverse Thermodynamic Influences on Transition Metal-Oxo Mediated C–H Activation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11356

Shi, Jiuyun
Chemistry
Towards Life-like Biointerfaces for Bioelectronics and Regenerative Medicine
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11331

Strahan, John Champlin
Chemistry
Short Trajectory Methods for Rare Event Analysis and Sampling
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11358

Xu, Fei
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Peeking into the Future of Dark Matter Searches
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11339

Division of the Social Sciences

Crimmins, Timothy
History
From Rehabilitation to Incapacitation: Social Scientists, Crime, and Incarceration in the 1960s and 1970s
IR: No

Gordon, Talia
Comparative Human Development
The Double Binds of Crisis and Recovery: Constituting Space, Place, and Subjecthood in Flint, Michigan
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11355

Manente Nunes, Hanna
History
Stolen, Contested, Networked: A Material Culture History of Modern São Paulo
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11359

Stevenson, Catherine Frances
Psychology
Navigating Negativity in the Social World: An Investigation of A) Retaliation Evaluations, B) Misogyny in Comparison to Black Racism, and C) Misogyny within the Context of Home and Work Dynamics
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11343

Xue, Ji
Political Science
Price and Perils of Pivotality
IR: No

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Hurtado, Agustin
Essays on Banking and Inequality
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11328

Irvine, Krin
Paradoxes and Probabilities: The Conjunction Problem and Lay Strategies for Combining Elements in Legal Claims
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11342

Lyu, Boxiang
Optimal Mechanism Design for Sequential Decision Making Processes
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11341

The Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

Velazquillo Franco, Angelica Marlen
Experiences of Living in a Sanctuary City
IR: No

The Divinity School

Marinho, Vinicius Pintas
A Theology of Human Dignity: The Act and the Body of the Poor and Black Person in Brazil
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11347

The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies

Lozinski, Maya
Essays on the Economics of Scale and Complexity in Healthcare
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11353

Montenegro Helfer, Laura
Forging Apartheid: Market Access and the Rise of National Identity in Colonial South Africa
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11327

The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Budina, Erica
Engineering Approaches for the Treatment of Neuroinflammation
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11357

Huang, Chao-Wei
Piezoelectric Polymeric Composite with Programmable Stiffness
IR: No

Paul, Harrison Richard
Enhanced Transport Phenomena in Cellulose Nanocrystal Polymer Composites
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11332

Reda, Joseph
Recombinant Fusions of Antigen with Mediators of Efferocytosis Modulate Antigen-Specific Immune Responses
https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.11360

Rosenberger, Matthew Glenn
Identifying and Engineering Immunomodulators to Control Vaccine Adjuvanticity
https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/11334?ln=en