Student Thesis Proposals and Defenses
Student Thesis Proposals and Defenses
"Identifying biomarkers for early Parkinson’s disease with cognitive-motor interactions" - Thesis Proposal
Emma Bryson - PhD Candidate
Sep 25, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | SMD Lg. Aud. (2-6424)
Host: Advisors: John Foxe, PhD and Edward Freedman, PhD
"Investigating Retinal and Cortical Contributions to Adult Primate Gaze Stabilization" - Thesis Proposal
Yunshan Cai - PhD Candidate
Sep 28, 2026 @ 9:30 a.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Sara Patterson, PhD
"Balancing the (Time) Scales of Feature-Based Attention An Examination of Biased Competition of Visual Features in Humans and Non-Human Primates" - Thesis Proposal
Alesandra Martin - PhD Candidate
Sep 30, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Advisors: Farran Briggs, PhD and Ian Fiebelkorn, PhD
"From Absolute Time to Linguistic Structure: Mapping the Transition of Neural Integration in Speech" - Thesis Proposal
Pavel Rjabtsenkov - PhD Candidate
Oct 01, 2026 @ 12:40 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud. (1-7619)
Host: Advisor: Samuel V. Norman-Haignere, PhD