Department of Biology

Environmental Health Sciences PhD and M.S. Graduates

Posted on May 4, 2020

We’ve had many successful defenses of dissertations and theses over the past few months. Check out the recent topics they defended below.

Rada Petric

Rada Petric defended her Ph.D. dissertation research in March
Title: Do physiological and environmental factors influence vocal communication and associated behaviors in Peromyscus?
Advisor: Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell
Date: 13 March 2020

Peijia Ku

Peijia Ku defended her Ph.D. dissertation research in March
Title: Effects of Forest Fires on Mercury Biogeochemical Cycling in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems
Advisor: Dr. Martin Tsui
Date: 16 March 2020

Chris Hylton

Chris Hylton defended his Ph.D. dissertation research in March
Title: Determining Requirements for Meiotic Pairing in Drosophila melanogaster Spermatogenesis
Advisor: Dr. John Tomkiel Dean
Date: 18 March 2020

Becky Malin

Becky Malin defended her M.S. thesis work in April
Title: Eptesicus fuscus and Nycticeius humeralis Response to Social Call Playback In North Carolina
Advisor: Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell
Date: 2 April 2020

Andrew Dunphy

Andrew Dunphy defended his M.S. thesis work in April
Title: Modulation of Macrophage Polarization by Carbon Nanodots
Advisor: Dr. Zhenquan Jia
Date: 28 April 2020

Sarah Belperain

Sarah Belperain defended her M.S. thesis work in April
Title: A Study of the Effect of Carbon Nanodots on Proinflammatory Cytokine TNF-Alpha Induced Endothelial Dysfunction.
Advisor: Dr. Zhenquan Jia
Date: 27 April 2020