Name: Svilen Kolev Title: Spatiotemporal Imaging and Quantitative Analysis of Early Gut Microbiome Assembly in C. elegans Date: 07/29/2026 Time: 02:00:00 PM Committee Members: Prof. Rebecca Carrier (Advisor) Prof. Sara Hashmi Prof. Erel Levine Prof. Javier Apfeld Location: 610 EXP Abstract: Understanding host-associated microbiomes requires explaining not only which microbes are present, but how community […]
Name: Sabrina Marnoto Title: Dynamics of Droplet and Soft Particle Systems in Confined Microflows Date: 08/06/2025 Time: 12:00:00 PM Committee Members: Prof. Sara M. Hashmi (Advisor) Dr. Petia Vlahovska Prof. Xiaoyu Tang Prof. Ambika Bajpayee Prof. Mansoor Amiji Location: EXP-610A Abstract: Droplets and soft particles are ubiquitous, exhibiting behavior in nature through rainfall and in […]
Name: Chao Xu Title: Towards Automated Heterogeneous Catalysis Design: Integrating Activation Energy Estimation, Uncertainty Quantification, and Coverage-dependent Thermodynamics in Microkinetic Modeling Date: 1/15/2025 Time: 12:00:00 PM Committee Members: Prof. Richard West (Advisor) Prof. Qing Zhao Dr. Franklin Goldsmith Dr. Zack Ulissi Location: EXP 610-A Abstract: In the context of climate change, reducing CO2 emission and […]