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Connor Krolak -Ph.D. Final Exam

Exam Title: Ultrasound and Microbubbles: Modulating and Quantifying Blood Flow in Liver Cancers

Date: May 14, 2026 Time: 10:00am Location: Foege N130

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Makayla Wilson Schmidt – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: Rapid, Near-Patient Seminal Fluid Citrate Biosensor for Prostate Cancer Screening with Specificity Superior to PSA

Date: May 21, 2026 Time: 1:00pm Location: NanoES 291

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Angel Mathew -Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: Angel Mathew PhD Qualifying exam

Date: May 27, 2026 Time: 11:30am Location: S501, SLU Building C, 439 8th Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109

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Emily Sperry -M.S. Final Exam

Exam Title: A Scalable Multi-Probe System for Simultaneous Neuropixel Recordings Across Multiple Cortical Regions in Nonhuman Primates

Date: May 28, 2026 Time: 12:00pm Location: Foege N403

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Christopher Olson – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: TBD

Date: May 28, 2026 Time: 1:00pm Location: Foege N230

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Ike Keku – Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Exam Title: Using AI/ML Models to Predict Cross-Family Ligand Binding to VEGFR

Date: June 10, 2026 Time: 10:30am Location: Foege N130 and Zoom

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Min-Yi You -Ph.D. General Exam

Exam Title: Engineering Polymeric Biomaterials with Controlled Degradation Properties for Long-Acting Drug Depots and Themoresponsive Gel Systems

Date: June 15, 2026 Time: 10:00am Location: Foege N502

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Zihan Li -Ph.D. General Exam

Exam Title: A Structured Approach to Multimodal Foundation Models in Radiology Integrating Imaging and Informatics Data

Date: June 15, 2026 Time: 2:00pm Location: Foege N130, William H. Foege Building

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Ariana Frey – Ph.D. Final Exam

Exam Title: Perfusable Engineered Heart Tissues as Models of Vascular-Myocardial Interaction and Cardiac Repair

Date: June 23, 2026 Time: 10:00am Location: SLU, Building E, Room 130 and Zoom