05. 17. 2021
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2021 Best Dissertation Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Best Dissertation Award! A student from each of four groups – arts and humanities, biological and life sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and social sciences and education – was chosen by faculty from the broad disciplinary area. Selections were based on the originality and importance of the research, as well as the potential for the student to make an unusually significant contribution to their field.
BIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCES
SATHI WIJEYESINGHE, MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER BIOLOGY
- Advisor: David Masopust
- Dissertation: Expansive residence decentralizes immune homeostasis
- Current Position: MSTP Student, University of Minnesota - Medical School
SOCIAL SCIENCES & EDUCATION
KARA KOSCHMANN, NURSING
- Advisor: Casey Hooke
- Dissertation: Urban, Low-Income, African American Well-Child Care: Parent and Provider Experiences and Expectations
- Current Position: Associate Professor, DNP-NP Program Director, St. Catherine University
PHYSICAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING
JULES ANH TUAN NGUYEN, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
- Advisor: Zhi Yang
- Dissertation: A High-Precision Bioelectric Neural Interface Toward Human-Machine Symbiosis
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
ARTS & HUMANITIES
BEVERLY FOK, ANTHROPOLOGY
- Advisor: Jean Langford
- Dissertation: Chattel Land: Legal and Labor Histories of Reclamation in Singapore
- Current Position: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Legal Humanities, Humanities Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- Kari Campeau, Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication; Advisors: Lee-Ann Breuch & Mary Schuster
- Talita Resende, Veterinary Medicine; Advisor: Connie Gebhart
- Ibrahim Sabek, Computer Science; Advisor: Mohamed Mokbel
- Brie Reid, Child Psychology; Advisors: Megan Gunnar & Michael Georgieff