Beth Kern
Somatic FGF non-autonomously regulates germline F-actin to control homeostasis, regeneration, and disease in the Drosophila testis
Major: Biological Sciences
Chair: Felice Elefant
Committee Members: Ryan Petrie, Kari Lenhart, Erfei Bi, Lauren Anllo
Date and Time: September 04, 2026 1:00 PM
Location: Papadakis Integrated Science Building, Room 106
Elana Schips
A Program Evaluation of Strategic Systems Onboarding Program: An Induction Program for a Defense Contractor
Major: Educational Leadership and Management
Chair: Kristine Grant
Committee Members: Ague Manongsong, William Lynch
Date and Time: August 24, 2026 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ecs342@drexel.edu for link.
Ife Albert
Characterizing Functional Disability in African Informal Settlements
Major: Community Health and Prevention
Chair: Alex Ezeh
Committee Members: Ann Klassen, Allison Groves, Emmanuel Koku, Abigail Akande
Date and Time: August 21, 2026 11:00 AM
Location: Nesbitt Hall, Room 440
Rachel Finogle
Navigating Support: Perspectives of Rural Teachers on Effective Strategies for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Major: Educational Leadership and Management
Chair: Kate Piselli
Committee Members: Sarah Ulrich, Christina Steinbacher-Reed
Date and Time: August 17, 2026 3:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact rf526@drexel.edu for link.
Ana Peralta Garcia
Health impacts of tropical cyclones in Latin American cities: exposure, mortality, and disparities
Major: Epidemiology
Chair: Usama Bilal, Mariana Lazo Elizondo
Committee Members: Brisa Sanchez Loya, Josiah Kephart, Ana Diez Roux
Date and Time: August 12, 2026 1:00 PM
Location: Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
Mary Lucas
A Framework for Fair and Robust Clinical Risk Prediction through Collaborative Learning and Localized Uncertainty Quantification
Major: Information Science
Chair: Christopher Yang
Committee Members: Bhupesh Shetty, Erjia Yan, Judy Gichoya, Grace Lu Yao, Quyen Ngo
Date and Time: August 07, 2026 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact mml367@drexel.edu for link
Ruxu Zhai
Mechanistic Role of CX3CR1 Surface Expression in Driving Metastatic Progression of Prostate Cancer
Major: Pharmacology and Physiology
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Date and Time: August 04, 2026 11:00 AM
Location: New College Building, Room 8312
Nahia Urturi Ortiz
Characterization of a CRISPR/Cas9-based molecular recorder for HIV-1
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
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Date and Time: July 29, 2026 11:00 AM
Location: New College Building, Geary A