07/14/2025 | Dhruv Rathod, MS, Visualization
1:00PM, ARCC 307
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts
College of Perf Vis Fine Arts
Chair: Edgar Rojas Munoz
Co-Chair: Jinsil Seo
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18587
07/14/2025 | Ana Maria Velasquez Escobar, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
2:00PM, AGLS 113 & https://tamu.zoom.us/j/98577060017
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Developing a Gene Drive Approach for Island Mouse Eradication and Biodiversity Conservation
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Nutrition
Chair: David Threadgill
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18564
07/16/2025 | Kay Renee Phelps, MS, Marine Biology
11:00AM, online
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Marine Sci & Maritime St
Marine Biology
Chair: Daniel Roelke
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18576
07/16/2025 | Ashfaq Iftakher, PHD, Chemical Engineering
1:30PM, JEB 256
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
MODELING AND COMPUTING APPROACHES FOR COMPUTER-AIDED MOLECULAR AND PROCESS DESIGN
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: M M Faruque Hasan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18590
07/17/2025 | Gabriella Grace Mazzapica, MED, Curriculum and Instruction
10:00AM, Virtual
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture
Chair: Susan Fields
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18575
07/17/2025 | Kasandra Giselle Thatcher, MS, Visualization
10:00AM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts
College of Perf Vis Fine Arts
Chair: Courtney Starrett
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18580
07/17/2025 | Alexandra Lane Prouse, PHD, Marine Biology
11:00AM, OCSB 142
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Trophic Ecology and Contaminant Body Burdens of Marine Predators Across Ocean Basins
Marine Sci & Maritime St
Marine Biology
Chair: Jay Rooker
Co-Chair: Antonietta Quigg
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18578
07/18/2025 | Meredith Gayle Sheets, MED, Curriculum and Instruction
11:00AM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture
Chair: JOHN WILLIAMS
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18581
07/18/2025 | Rorey Mattingly Yates-Iannelli, 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#da18563
07/18/2025 | Jordan Kenneth Marks, 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
Co-Chair: Paul Keiper
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18565
07/18/2025 | Whitney Paige Tanner, 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#da18566
07/18/2025 | Jose De Santiago, 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#da18567
07/18/2025 | Thomas Jeremy Adams, 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#da18569
07/18/2025 | Robert Charles Perez, 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#da18589
07/18/2025 | Joy Yamilex Lopez, MS, Visualization
12:30PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts
College of Perf Vis Fine Arts
Chair: Tianna Uchacz
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18582
07/21/2025 | Jonathan Alexander Kerman, MS, Soil Science
9:00AM, HEEP 440
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Assessing soil functional recovery on a recently rewilded Fly Ash Deposit
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences
Chair: Felipe Andres Aburto Guerrero
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18583
07/21/2025 | Weifang Liang, PHD, Agricultural Economics
10:00AM, AGLS 301
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Essays on Risk Management and Price Forecasting in Agricultural and Food Economics
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Agricultural Economics
Chair: Yong Liu
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18574
07/21/2025 | Julia Ann Minter, MS, Horticulture
2:00PM, HORT 203
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Potential of Fall Seeded Cover Crops for Vineyard Floor Management in Texas
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Horticultural Sciences
Chair: Justin Scheiner
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18573
07/21/2025 | Robert Shane Corkren, MNR, Natural Resources Development
2:30PM, HFSB Room 303
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Rangeland Wildlife & Fish Mgmt
Chair: Stephen Webb
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18579
07/22/2025 | Ammon Salvatore Hoffman, MS, Biology
10:00AM, remote
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Angela Hawkins
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18585
07/22/2025 | Lauren E. Tompkins, MED, Curriculum and Instruction
10:00AM, Virtual - Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture
Chair: Susan Fields
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18588
07/23/2025 | Dylan Monteiro, MS, Physics
12:00PM, MIST M102
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Arts and Sciences
Physics & Astronomy
Chair: David Toback
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18591
07/29/2025 | Sarita Neupane, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
9:00AM, VENI 101 A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigating the role of glucose and diabetic-associated metabolites during urinary tract infection
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Sargurunathan Subashchandrabose
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18570
08/11/2025 | Shweta Kailani, PHD, Educational Psychology
9:00AM, HECC 715B conference room
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Meeple-Centered Learning: Using Collaborative Games To Enhance Ill-Structured Problem-Solving Skills In Undergraduate Students
Education and Human Development
Educational Psychology
Chair: Susan Pedersen
Co-Chair: Tugce Aldemir
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18571
08/21/2025 | Max Errickson Simons, PHD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
2:00PM, ILSB 3143
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Biosynthesis of UDP-L-Arabinofuranose, CDP-Fucofuranose and CDP-6-deoxy-Altrofuranose for the Capsular Polysaccharides of Campylobacter jejuni
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Tatyana Igumenova
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18572
08/21/2025 | Sunder Neelakantan, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
2:00PM, tbd
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigating the biomechanical alteration in the right ventricle and pulmonary system in pulmonary hypertension
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Reza Avazmohammadi
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18577
08/28/2025 | Claudia A Collier, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
11:00AM, 5039
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ANALYZING ENTERIC NEUROINFLAMMATION IN GULF WAR ILLNESS: EX VIVO AND IN VITRO STUDIES
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Shreya Raghavan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18586
10/2/2025 | Xiner Li, PHD, Computer Science
12:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Robust Artificial intelligence for Life Science: Graphs, Geometries, and Sequences
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Shuiwang Ji
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18568
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#da18584