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 亚洲天堂鈥檚 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
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Please bear in mind that the chair cannot be affiliated with the candidate鈥檚 graduate program, or a member of the supervisor's department..
Friday, September 5, 2025 11:00 AM - 288, ICICS, 2366 Main Mall
Junbin Zhang
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Detection, Attribution, and Localization of Manipulated Images
Supervisor(s): Professor Panos Nasiopoulos
Monday, September 8, 2025 1:00 PM - Zoom
Allison Landstedt
(Music)
Beyond the Music: An Embodiment-Based Approach to Song Recital Preparation鈥擨ntegrating Eurhythmics, Laban, and BMC庐
Supervisor(s): Professor J. Patrick Raftery, Professor Leigh Van Handel
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 2:00 PM - Zoom
Zitao Chen
(Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Advancing Privacy and Accountability in Machine Learning
Supervisor(s): Professor Karthik Pattabiraman
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 1:00 PM - 204, Chemical and Biological Engineering Building, 2360 East Mall
Majd Tabbara
(Chemical and Biological Engineering)
Selective Propylene Production: Propane Oxidative Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by Molten Metal Alloys & by a Mixed-Bed of h-BN and Bi2O3
Supervisor(s): Professor Chester (David) Upham
Friday, September 12, 2025 9:00 AM - Room 200
Marco Didone
(Materials Engineering)
Investigation of Low-Velocity Impact Damage in a Discontinuous Long Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite
Supervisor(s): Professor Sergey Kravchenko
Monday, September 15, 2025 9:00 AM - Room 200
Mojgan Gitimoghaddam
(Experimental Medicine)
The Effects of Attending Community-Based Physical Activity Programs on Children and Youth with Neurodevelopment and/or Intellectual Disabilities/Disorders
Supervisor(s): Professor Jean-Paul Collet
Monday, September 15, 2025 12:30 PM - 202, School of Population and Public Health, 2206 East Mall
Alexandra Lukey
(Population and Public Health)
Evolving Strategies for Ovarian Cancer Prevention: Exploring the Acceptability and Feasibility of Risk-Reducing Salpingectomy
Supervisor(s): Professor Michael Law, Professor Gillian Elizabeth Hanley
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 1:00 PM - 202, Chemical and Biological Engineering Building, 2360 East Mall
Xuetong Shi
(Chemical and Biological Engineering)
Sustainable Energy Solutions through Physically and Chemically Modified Wood
Supervisor(s): Professor Orlando Rojas
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 12:30 PM - Room 200
Gareth William Maddock Smith
(Physics and Astronomy)
Detecting Antihydrogen Annihilations in ALPHA-g for Measurement of Gravitational Free Fall
Supervisor(s): Professor Takamasa Momose, Professor Makoto Fujiwara
Thursday, September 18, 2025 12:30 PM - Room 200
Yiling Tang
(Kinesiology)
Moodmover: The Development of an App-Based Behavioural Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity Among People With Depression
Supervisor(s): Professor Guy Faulkner
Monday, September 29, 2025 9:00 AM - Room 200
Po Yuan Fu
(Genome Science and Technology)
Untangling Sources of DNA Methylation Variability in the Context of Developmental and Rare Diseases
Supervisor(s): Professor Michael S Kobor
Thursday, October 2, 2025 4:00 PM - Room 200
Lara Sarlak
(Anthropology)
Disposing the Displaced: The Violent Governance of Waste and Recycling in Istanbul
Supervisor(s): Dr Alexia Bloch