Upcoming Announcements
This list of scheduled Ph.D. dissertation defenses is posted so that faculty and others may attend the defense. If you wish to attend, please contact the committee chair in advance as a courtesy.
Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Maya Shraddha Krishnan
The impact of IL-9 on disease in murine models of systemic lupus erythematosus
R3 203
Chair: Mark H. Kaplan, Ph.D., 317-278-3696
Friday, January 16, 2026, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Matthew Clarke Austin
Autophagy-dependent regulation of beta cell stress and immunogenicity
MS 326
Chair: Amelia K. Linnemann, Ph.D., 317-274-1568
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Alexandria Morgan Carter
Multi-D\disciplinary approaches to mosquito-transmitted virus prevention: Dissecting the correlates of immune evasion by an epidemic Zika virus isolate and community acceptance of new biorational larvicide technologies
R3 203
Chair: Martin Richer, Ph.D., 317-274-7874
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Science
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Ore Zoe Kristianne Cherebin
Enhanced paper-based electroanalytical sensors by leveraging magnetic fields
TBA
Chair: Frederique Deiss, Ph.D., 317-278-5507