Oral Defense

Lia Davido, a candidate for Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia will be defending her thesis titled, "Examining Our Relationship with Death: A Participatory Art Project." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Lia Davido at lia.davido@maine.edu.

Robert Morefield, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biology will be defending his dissertation titled, "REPRODUCTION DYNAMICS OF SALMON LICE (LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS) AND THEIR ROLE IN EPIZOOTIC INFESTATIONS ON THEIR HOST ATLANTIC SALMON (SALMO SALAR)." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Robert Morefield at robert.morefield@maine.edu.

Bryson McDonough, a candidate for Master of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition will be defending his thesis titled, "Consumer and Chef Sensory Perspectives of Green Crab Sauce." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Bryson McDonough at bryson.mcdonough@maine.edu.

Kasey Gerencer, a candidate for Master of Arts in Psychology will be defending her thesis titled, "ORAL CONTRACEPTION AND COGNITION." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Kasey Gerencer at kathleen.gerencer@maine.edu.

Shivangi Pande, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science will be defending her dissertation titled, "ENDOTHELIAL INTERLEUKIN-17 RECEPTOR D PROMOTES WESTERN DIET-INDUCED AORTIC MYELOID CELL INFILTRATION." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Shivangi Pande at shivangi.pande@maine.edu.

Sarah McCallister, a candidate for Master of Science in Microbiology will be defending her thesis titled, "BPs induction drives whiB7 expression in mycobacterial cells carrying the prophage McProf." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sarah McCallister at sarah.mccallister@maine.edu.

Megan Leach, a candidate for Master of Science in Wildlife Fisheries and Conservation Biology will be defending her thesis titled, "Moving from knowledge to action: lessons learned from Maine's Vernal Pool Special Area Management Plan." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Megan Leach at megan.leach@maine.edu.

Walter Greenleaf, a candidate for Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia will be defending his thesis titled, "You Are What You Wear: A Vital Materialism of Textiles" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Walter Greenleaf at walter.greenleaf@maine.edu.

Bea Van Dam, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Climate Sciences will be defending her dissertation titled, "Scaling Up the Relevance of Land-Sea Connections in Coastal Bacteria Pollution Vulnerability." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Bea Van Dam at bea.vandam@maine.edu.

Emma Sperry, a candidate for Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering will be defending her thesis titled, "Designing and Modeling a Fail-Safe Mechanism to Be Used in an Attachment of a Transcutaneous Femoral Implant to a Prosthetic Device." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Emma Sperry at emma.sperry@maine.edu.

DIEGO ZAMUDIO AYALA, a candidate for Master of Science in Animal Science will be defending his thesis titled, " Effects of wilting extent on the phytoestrogen levels of red clover hay and silage across storage phases." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact DIEGO ZAMUDIO AYALA at diego.zamudio@maine.edu.

Lauren Dickson, a candidate for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering will be defending her thesis titled, "THE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS FROM MODELING TO BASIN TESTING" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Lauren Dickson at lauren.dickson@maine.edu.

Miles Chasek, a candidate for Master of Arts in Mathematics will be defending his thesis titled, "A vector-valued trace formula for finite groups." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Miles Chasek at miles.chasek@maine.edu.

Seyedeh Mania Mohseni, a candidate for Master of Arts in English will be defending her thesis titled, "Lost Children: A Postmodern Novella." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Seyedeh Mania Mohseni at seyedehmania.mohseni@maine.edu.

Kate Liberti, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography will be defending her dissertation titled, "High frequency and seasonal controls on aragonite saturation state in two Gulf of Maine estuaries." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Kate Liberti at kate.liberti@maine.edu.

Zoe Benedict, a candidate for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering will be defending her thesis titled, "Chemical Kinetics and optimization of continuous syngas production in a chemical looping scheme over CexZr1-xO2 supported Ni catalysts." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Zoe Benedict at zoe.benedict@maine.edu.

He Feng, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Climate Sciences will be defending his dissertation titled, " Rheological bridge zones: a new perspective to explore strain localization and rock rheological weakening" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact He Feng at he.feng@maine.edu.