02/3/2026 | Kuan-Ling Liu, PHD, Entomology
8:30AM, ZOOM
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
NAVIGATING A CHANGING WORLD: MULTIDIMENSIONAL RESPONSES OF TWO ANT SPECIES TO HUMAN-ALTERED LANDSCAPES
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Entomology
Chair: Edward Vargo
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22544
02/5/2026 | Christopher Evan Van Pelt, MS, Materials Science and Engineering
9:00AM, RDMC 202
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Electrochemical Characterization of Redox-Active Copolymers for Energy Storage
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Emily Pentzer
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22520
02/5/2026 | Brent Michael Stout, PHD, Nuclear Engineering
9:00AM, AIEN, Room 211
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Reactor Selection Discipline: An Evaluation and Decision Framework for the Best-Choice Selection of Advanced Nuclear Systems
Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Chair: Mark Kimber
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22535
02/9/2026 | Morgan James Chapman, PHD, Medical Sciences
10:00AM, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN (in-person) Zoom available
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OF INNATE IMMUNE TRANSCRIPTS AND ITS IMPACT ON MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION
Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Carolyn Cannon
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22522
02/10/2026 | Kaylee Raye Kipp, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
12:00PM, VENI 106A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES RELATED TO PARASITE CONTROL AND ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE IN RANCHED AND WILD BISON HERDS IN THE UNITED STATES
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Guilherme Gomes Verocai
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22515
02/10/2026 | Nahom Habtemariam, PHD, Nuclear Engineering
1:00PM, College station
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Modeling of Radiation-Induced Effects in Thick Liquid Wall Inertial Fusion Energy Chambers
Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Chair: Carlo Fiorina
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22541
02/10/2026 | Olivia Faith Dingus, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
1:00PM, tbd
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Adhesive Multi-Network Hydrogels for Cartilage repair
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Melissa Grunlan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22543
02/11/2026 | Kyler Ray Scott, PHD, Computer Engineering
3:00PM, WEB 333C
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Flash-based Deep Neural Network Acceleration
Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng
Chair: Sunil Khatri
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22533
02/12/2026 | Paco Eudes Fontaine, PHD, Marine Biology
9:00AM, MAIN 410 (RGSO Conf Room)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Habitat use and trophic ecology of three estuarine predatory fishes in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Marine Sci & Maritime St
Marine Biology
Chair: Robert Wells
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22547
02/16/2026 | Megan Elizabeth Miller, MS, Physiology of Reproduction
9:30AM, KLCT 126 (Animal Science Faculty Lounge)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Maternal Nutrient Restriction Programs Fetal Hepatic DNA Methylation in Ovine Monozygotic Twins
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science
Chair: Michael Satterfield
Co-Chair: Jennifer Zoller
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22538
02/16/2026 | Lei Wang, PHD, Statistics
4:00PM, https://tamu.zoom.us/j/95970636027
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advances in Truncated Latent Gaussian Copula Models: Dimension Reduction for Microbiome Data and Correlation Estimation in Sparse Multivariate Longitudinal Settings
Arts and Sciences
Statistics
Chair: Xiaoqing Wang
Co-Chair: Irina Gaynanova
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22551
02/17/2026 | Maureen Kelly, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
12:00PM, VENI 106 A (Open); VIDI 349 (Closed)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EVALUATING THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CUTANEOUS AND BLOOD-BORNE FILARIAL NEMATODES IN COMPANION ANIMALS
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Guilherme Gomes Verocai
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22514
02/17/2026 | Junhua Huang, PHD, Agricultural Economics
1:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Three Essays on The Impact of COVID-19 Nutrition Policies on Grocery Shopping Behavior of Low-income Households
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Agricultural Economics
Chair: Henry Bryant
Co-Chair: Pourya Valizadeh
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22552
02/18/2026 | Benjamin Maurice Thomas, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
3:00PM, MREB2 room 1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Development of Protein Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Shiga Toxin producing E. Coli
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Zhilei Chen
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22516
02/19/2026 | Paige Graves Seitz, PHD, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
9:00AM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Adult Learner Motivation and Engagement: An Exploratory Study of Agricultural Nonprofit Members' Participation in Asynchronous Online Learning
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ag Leadership, Educ & Comm
Chair: Theresa Murphrey
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22524
02/19/2026 | Samantha Dyanne Aguilar, PHD, Educational Psychology
1:00PM, EDCT 715B
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Cultural Congruity for Latino Students in STEM: Fostering STEM and Ethnic Identity
Education and Human Development
Educational Psychology
Chair: Jeffrey Liew
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22517
02/20/2026 | Karissa L. Palmer, PHD, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
9:00AM, AGLS 129
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
GOT MILK!: USING RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS TO INVESTIGATE HOW LABELING INFLUENCES CONSUMERS’ DECISION TO PURCHASE DAIRY AND PLANT-BASED MILK
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ag Leadership, Educ & Comm
Chair: Holli Leggette
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22521
02/20/2026 | Hannah Rose Stalb, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
10:00AM, Zoom: https://tamu.zoom.us/j/91948346762?pwd=DVtwE7vOYzT9n9STpNa2a0hnC7QJRr.1 Meeting ID: 919 4834 6762 Passcode: 299304
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
WELDER FLATS: MEASURING, MODELING, AND INFORMING HYDROLOGIC RESTORATION IN A HYPERSALINE SALT MARSH
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Russell Feagin
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22526
02/20/2026 | Poojashree Boopathyraj Chettiar, PHD, Medical Sciences
1:00PM, MREB 2 - Room 1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
PKC-dependent NMDAR depression by striatal glutamate delta-1 (GluD1) receptor underlies cognitive flexibility
Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Shashank Dravid
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22537
02/20/2026 | Madison Marie Weinrich, PHD, Kinesiology
1:00PM, Rudder Tower - Room 404
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Lissajous feedback utilization in Parkinson's Disease: A bimanual coordination perspective
Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management
Chair: Deanna Kennedy
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22553
02/24/2026 | Kerim U. Kizil, PHD, Business Administration
2:30PM, Wehner 304
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Essays on Managing Operational Performance in Complex Systems
Mays Business School
Information & Operations Mgmt
Chair: Chelliah Skriskandarajah
Co-Chair: Jon Stauffer
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22548
02/25/2026 | Junho Moon, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
12:30PM, RDMC 208
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Stimuli-responsive, Programmable Shape Morphing Materials via Stereochemical Control and Microgel Assembly
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Svetlana Sukhishvili
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22534
02/25/2026 | Chimuanya Princess Osuji, DRPH, Public Health Sciences
1:30PM, TBA
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Examining delayed care and its associated factors among U.S. adults with chronic diseases
School of Public Health
School of Public Health
Chair: James Burdine
Co-Chair: Ellisa Jones-Mckyer
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22527
02/26/2026 | Kiran Alla, MS, Horticulture
1:00PM, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Centre, Uvalde, TX
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Genome-Wide Association Study of Southern Native Tepary Beans and Rhizosphere Microbiome Dynamics of Summer Cover Crops
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Horticultural Sciences
Chair: Vijay Joshi
Co-Chair: Shuyang Zhen
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22549
03/2/2026 | Wesley Allen Arend, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
10:00AM, Wildlife, Fisheries, & Ecological Sciences Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Systematics of the mud darter 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦 and the gumbo darter 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪 (Teleostei: Percidae).
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Kevin Conway
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22540
03/2/2026 | Karina Lee Hissen, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
11:00AM, VIDI 106
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigating Dietary L-glutamate Effects on the Intestinal Mucosa of Hybrid Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis ♀ × Morone chrysops ♂)
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Michael Criscitiello
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22525
03/2/2026 | Sahir Gagan, PHD, Atmospheric Sciences
12:00PM, Eller O&M, TAMU, College Station
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ADVANCING METHODS TO QUANTIFY AND ELUCIDATE THE CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF EMERGING POLLUTANTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE
Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences
Chair: Yue Zhang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22550
03/2/2026 | Nereyda Yovana Ortiz Osejo de Lemus, PHD, Sociology
2:00PM, West Campus Social Science Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Push–Pull, Herd Effects, and Spatial Context in U.S. Residential Mobility: Evidence from County-to-County Flows
Arts and Sciences
Sociology
Chair: Ernesto Amaral
Co-Chair: Mary Campbell
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22523
03/2/2026 | Ruifeng Chen, PHD, Toxicology
3:00PM, HPEB LL46
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
THE ROLE OF STRIATAL NEURONS AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN ACTION-OUTCOME CONTINGENCY
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Physiology & Pharmacology
Chair: Jun Wang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22528
03/2/2026 | Siddhesh Sunil Sabnis, PHD, Medical Sciences
3:00PM, MREB 2 - Room 1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Gain-of-function of GluD1 signaling in the spinal cord underlies neuropathic pain
Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Shashank Dravid
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22531
03/4/2026 | Robert Matthew Stellbauer, PHD, Water Management and Hydrological Science
1:30PM, https://tamu.zoom.us/j/5202321740
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
BEYOND INFRASTRUCTURE: MULTIPLE USE WATER SERVICES AND EXPERIENCES WITH HOUSEHOLD WATER INSECURITY
Arts and Sciences
Geography
Chair: Wendy Jepson
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22546
03/4/2026 | Zhongjia Gao, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
1:40PM, MEOB 224
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Additive Manufacturing and Solvent-free Battery Electrode Manufacturing by Processing Dry Fine Powders
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Heng Pan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22539
03/4/2026 | Bailey Grace Sizemore, MS, Biomedical Engineering
2:00PM, 600 Discovery Dr, College Station, TX 77845
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A TUNABLE SILICONE PHANTOM ARM WITH EMBEDDED ARTERIES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICE TESTING
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Gerard Cote
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22542
03/5/2026 | Vanessa D. Verner, PHD, Sociology
1:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
"Not By the Commission of Men's Hands": Gender, Race and Class Politics within Black Pentecostalism
Arts and Sciences
Sociology
Chair: Sarah Gatson
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22532
03/5/2026 | Yufei Huang, PHD, Neuroscience
2:00PM, MREB2 Room1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Neural Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Inflexibility in Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Jun Wang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22545
03/6/2026 | Richard Edmund Rosas, PHD, Oceanography
9:00AM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
AN EXAMINATION OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES AND THE INFLUENCE ON SE AWATER CARBONATE CHEMISTRY PARAMETERS
Arts and Sciences
Oceanography
Chair: Niall Slowey
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22530
03/6/2026 | Rusali Saha, MS, Computer Science
2:00PM, PETR 314
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A COMPREHENSIVE MULTILINGUAL, MULTICULTURAL INVESTIGATION OF BIAS IN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Kuan-Hao Huang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22536
03/19/2026 | Niaz Azeez, MS, Mathematics
10:00AM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Arts and Sciences
Mathematics
Chair: Oksana Shatalov
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22518
03/27/2026 | Regan N. Gardner, MS, Sport Management
11:00AM, Online
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management
Chair: Paul Keiper
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22529
05/5/2026 | Jeong Jae Han, PHD, Interdisciplinary Engineering
1:00PM, WEB232
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGH-THROUGHPUT DRUG SCREENING PLATFORM TARGETING ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT MICROBES BASED ON DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS TECHNIQUE
Engineering
Multidisciplinary Engineering
Chair: Arum Han
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da22519