Defense Announcements

11/4/2025 | Jinjun Liu, PHD, Atmospheric Sciences

1:30PM, Eller O&M 805

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Tropical Cyclones in High-Resolution Model Simulations

Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences

Chair: Robert Korty

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21503


11/5/2025 | Anna Caroline Huff, MS, Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism

9:30AM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Hospitality Hotel Mgmt Tourism

Chair: James Petrick

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21480


11/5/2025 | Merilyn Amy Beebe, PHD, Microbiology

11:00AM, MSC 2501

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
PHENOTYPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PHYLOGENETICALLY DIVERSE PATHOGEN CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE

Arts and Sciences
Biology

Chair: Joseph Sorg

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21499


11/5/2025 | Shannon Leigh Sullivan, MNR, Natural Resources Development

1:00PM, Online (Teams)

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Rangeland Wildlife & Fish Mgmt

Chair: Megan Dominguez

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21504


11/6/2025 | Emma Elaine Rich, MAG, Agricultural Development

10:00AM, AGLS Room 255

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ag Leadership, Educ & Comm

Chair: Theresa Murphrey

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21495


11/6/2025 | Veselin S Kossev, MLP, Land and Property Development

2:15PM, A349 Langford A

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Timothy Early
Co-Chair: Dan Leverett

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21490


11/7/2025 | Chase Austin Lane, 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#da21487


11/7/2025 | Justin Munns, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, 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#da21483


11/7/2025 | Brody Lane Rogers, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Hyun-Woo Lee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21485


11/7/2025 | Karissa Selensky Sluus, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, 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#da21486


11/7/2025 | Riley Danielle Marx, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Hyun-Woo Lee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21489


11/7/2025 | Jasmyne Chardai Cameron, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, 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#da21491


11/7/2025 | Hunter W. Henderson, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Hyun-Woo Lee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21493


11/7/2025 | Adaora Ifeoma Asiegbu, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Hyun-Woo Lee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21498


11/7/2025 | John Michael Forst, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, 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#da21500


11/7/2025 | Kyla Renae Brent, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, 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#da21501


11/7/2025 | Rolando Serna, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, 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#da21502


11/7/2025 | Mallory M. Reynolds, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, 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#da21506


11/10/2025 | Brittni Ann Ming-Whitfield, PHD, Genetics and Genomics

9:00AM, Norman E Borlaug Room 201

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Strain and Sex Effects on blood accumulation of Pb, Cr(VI), or Cd in the Collaborative Cross Mouse Population and Pb Risk Management as a tool in Early Research Education and Community Science

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Nutrition

Chair: David Threadgill

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21482


11/10/2025 | Nathaniel Robert Dyer, MUP, Urban and Regional Planning

9:00AM, A349

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Thomas Sanchez

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21484


11/10/2025 | John F Soukar, PHD, Genetics and Genomics

12:00PM, ETB 3002

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Nanomaterial-Induced Mitochondrial Biogenesis Enhances Intercellular Mitochondrial Transfer for Tissue Repair

Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Chair: Akhilesh Gaharwar

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21497


11/20/2025 | Bryce Clausen, MS, Psychological Sciences

11:00AM, Online Meeting

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Avoidance-Related Behaviors as a Transdiagnostic Factor Linking Electronic Cigarette Dependence and Suicide: A Multivariate SEM Study

Arts and Sciences
Psychological & Brain Sciences

Chair: Brian Albanese

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21492


11/21/2025 | Donald Lester Bowen, PHD, Biomedical Engineering

1:00PM, ETB 5039

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Nuclear magnetic resonance-based methods to enable multi-modality applications

Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Chair: Mary McDougall

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21481


12/2/2025 | David Friedenberg, MS, Physics

2:30PM, CYCL 228

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Arts and Sciences
Physics & Astronomy

Chair: Jeremy Holt

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12/5/2025 | Ian Kirimi Daniel, PHD, Biomedical Sciences

3:00PM, VENI 101 B/C

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advancing Tick-Borne Disease Surveillance: High-throughput Pathogen Detection in the Sahel/Central Africa Region and MALDI-TOF MS for Tick Identification in North America

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology

Chair: Guilherme Gomes Verocai

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21488


12/9/2025 | Steve Jackson, PHD, Toxicology

10:00AM, USDA Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: 2881 F&B Road, College Station, Texas

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
NutriClay strategies against foodborne AMR bacterial pathogens

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences

Chair: Timothy Phillips

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21479


12/10/2025 | Shelby Sophia Umphres, PHD, Pharmaceutical Sciences

12:00PM, Reynolds Medical Building

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigation of the Impact of Thirdhand E-Cigarette Exposure on Platelet Function and Thrombogenicity

Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Sciences

Chair: Fatima Alshbool
Co-Chair: FADI KHASAWNEH

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21494


12/18/2025 | Haley Nicole Ellis, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology

10:30AM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
HABITAT-ASSOCIATED MORPHOLOGICAL VARATION IN POSTCRANIAL ELEMENTS OF THE PEROMYSCUS MANCIULATUS SPECIES GROUP: A 3D GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC APPROACH

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology

Chair: Jessica Light

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21496