Among the most critical elements of any doctoral exam, from the perspective of those who coordinate these complexities, is the search for a strong Chair. Yet this search serves as a perennial challenge to the Doctoral Examinations team. We consider ourselves very lucky indeed if we issue fewer than 10 invitations before confirming 1 chair for an upcoming exam. It is not at all unusual in some disciplines to invite 30 or more chairs before some gracious faculty member agrees to help us out.
If you would like to contribute your time and wisdom to UBC’s doctoral exams:
- Please have a look at the list of upcoming exams below and if one interests you, please send us an email to graduate.doctoral@ubc.ca
- Or send us an email detailing the areas that interest you and days/times that you might be generally available and we'll contact you as new exams are scheduled. Again, send an email to graduate.doctoral@ubc.ca
Please bear in mind that the chair cannot be affiliated with the candidate’s graduate program, or a member of the supervisor's department..
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 200
Bradford Morrison
(Psychology)
The Relationship Between Political Leaders' Integrative Complexity and the Use of Violence in International Crises
Supervisor(s): Professor Peter Suedfeld, Professor Kristin Laurin
Thursday, July 25, 2024 4:00 PM - Zoom
Youngeun Jee
(Language and Literacy Education)
Beliefs and Practices in Teaching English as an International Language: A Multiple Case Study of Secondary English Teachers in South Korea
Supervisor(s): Professor Guofang Li
Friday, July 26, 2024 9:00 AM - Zoom
Debora Petry Moecke
(Rehabilitation Sciences)
Advancing Telehealth Physiotherapy for Indigenous People: Navigating Virtual Therapeutic Relationships
Supervisor(s): Professor Patricia Camp
Monday, July 29, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 200
Bharath Antarvedi Goda
(Mechanical Engineering)
Cutting Mechanics of Soft Solids
Supervisor(s): Mattia Bacca
Monday, July 29, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 200
Calem Kenward
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Structural and Functional Characterization of Key Proteins Essential to the Lifecycle of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
Supervisor(s): Professor Natalie Strynadka
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 10:00 AM - X836, ICICS Building, 2366 Main Mall
Victor Sanches Portella
(Computer Science)
Privacy, Experts, and Martingales: An Investigation on the use of Analytical Tools
Supervisor(s): Professor Nicholas Harvey
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 4:00 PM - Room 200
Madhureeta Das Gupta
(Chemistry)
Precise Length and Morphology Control of Metal-Containing Supramolecular Assemblies
Supervisor(s): Professor Mark MacLachlan
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 203
Kurtis Hanlon
(Asian Studies)
Why Play This Way: An Examination of Heian-Period Poetry Matches that Break the Mold of Uta-awase
Supervisor(s): Professor Joshua S. Mostow, Professor Christina Laffin
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 9:00 AM - 3340, Pharmaceutical Sciences Building, 2405 Wesbrook Mall
Belal Tafech
(Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Facilitating Gene Delivery and Genome Editing in Obstructive Lung Disease using Lipid Nanoparticles
Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Hedtrich, Professor Colin Ross
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 12:00 PM - 202, Chemical and Biological Engineering Building, 2360 East Mall
Xun Niu
(Chemical and Biological Engineering)
Valorization of Wood Bark Towards Value-added Chemicals, Structures, and Bioproducts
Supervisor(s): Professor Orlando Rojas
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 203
Ryan Stillwagon
(Sociology)
Queer Food Insecurity: National Predictors and Urban Realities
Supervisor(s): Professor Thomas M Kemple, Professor Becki Ross
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 1:00 PM - Zoom
Jin-Hui Wen
(Psychology)
Reciprocal Associations Between Nightly Sleep and Daily Stress: Individual Differences and Mechanisms
Supervisor(s): Professor Nancy Sin
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 2:00 PM - 101, Michael Smith Laboratories, 2185 East Mall
Ching Pan Chu
(Bioinformatics)
Preservation and Detection of Dynamic Transcriptional Regulatory Signals in Gene Co-Expression Analysis
Supervisor(s): Professor Paul Pavlidis
Thursday, August 1, 2024 9:00 AM - 3340, Pharmaceutical Sciences Building, 2405 Wesbrook Mall
Petar Iliev
(Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Venturing into the Undruggable: A Quest from STAT3 to TrkA Inhibition in Anticancer Drug Discovery
Supervisor(s): Brent Page
Thursday, August 1, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 200
Wentao Wu
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Development of Compact Multimodal Two-Photon and Three-Photon Microscopy
Supervisor(s): Professor Shuo Tang
Friday, August 2, 2024 9:00 AM - Zoom
Katherine Carbeck
(Forestry)
Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences Of Spatial and Temporal Environmental Heterogeneity in Song Sparrows
Supervisor(s): Professor Peter Arcese
Friday, August 2, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 203
Mohammad Khalifa
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Parametric Amplification and Conversion with Superconducting Nanowire Resonators
Supervisor(s): Professor Joseph Salfi, Professor Joshua Folk
Friday, August 2, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 200
Crystal Penner
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Organic Fibre-Based Arrays for Proton Radiotherapy Applications
Supervisor(s): Professor Boris Stoeber, Dr Cornelia Hoehr
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 203
Anthony Oppedisano
(Medical Genetics)
Functional Analysis of the MUS81 Structure Selective Endonuclease with Dominant Genetics
Supervisor(s): Professor Philip Hieter
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 203
Matteo Ferraresso
(Mechanical Engineering)
Active Contractility of Polymeric Gels and a Model for Clot Retraction-Driven Wound Closure
Supervisor(s): Mattia Bacca
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 1:30 PM - Zoom
Daniel Perez Gamez
(Geography)
Republic of Atlapulco: The Politics of Autonomy in the Mexican Metropolis
Supervisor(s): Professor James Glassman, Professor Juanita Sundberg
Thursday, August 8, 2024 12:30 PM - Zoom
Mostafa Darabi
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Resource Allocation for eMBB and URLLC Use Cases in 5G and Beyond Cellular Networks
Supervisor(s): Professor Lutz Hans-Joachim Lampe
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 200
Mostafa Hagar
(Chemistry)
Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Caveamides via Hybrid Genome-Mining and 15N-NMR Screening
Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine Ryan, Professor Raymond J Andersen
Thursday, August 15, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 200
Patrick Pow
(Soil Science)
Measurements of Evapotranspiration and Greenhouse Gas Exchange Over a Conventionally Managed Forage Crop
Supervisor(s): Professor Thomas Andrew Black
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 1:00 PM - Zoom
Jan Hammer
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Printed Circuit Board Parasitics in Wide-Bandgap Applications: Estimation, Mitigation, and Exploitation
Supervisor(s): Professor Martin Ordonez
Monday, August 26, 2024 12:30 PM - Zoom
Aaron Molnar
(History)
Proceeding to Mongolia, Proceding to the Yuan: Goryeo’s Human And Material Integration in the Mongol Eurasian World, 1206-1392
Supervisor(s): Professor Timothy Brook