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Week of April 28, 2024

Jianfei Shao's PhD Defence

Jianfei will present his thesis, "Experimental studies on the effects of soil nutrients, AM fungi and drought on the evolution of root morphology and function". The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Cortland Griswold Advisor - Dr. Hafiz Maherali Advisory Committee Examiner - Dr. Brian Husband Additional Examiner - Dr. Steve Crawford External Examiner - Dr. Courtney J Murren (College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA)

Pria Mahabir's PhD Defence

Pria will present her thesis, "Environmental and ecological factors, but not agricultural activity, are associated with brain form in a wild stream fish".  The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Kevin McCann Advisor - Dr. Fred Laberge Advisory Committee Examiner - Dr. Ryan Prosser Additional Examiner - Dr. Sarah Alderman External Examiner - Dr. Barbara Zielinski (University of Windsor)

Josip Rudar's PhD Bioinformatics Defence

Josip will present his thesis, "Applying Multivariate Decision Trees to Visualize, Select Features, and Gain Insights into Biodiversity Genomics Datasets ".  The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Sarah Adamowicz  Advisor - Dr. Mehrdad Hajibabaei  Advisory Committee Examiner - Dr. Stefan Kremer Additional Examiner - Dr. Andrew Hamilton-Wright External Examiner - Dr. Robert Beiko, Dalhousie University