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Author:

Zhu, Wanyi

Title:

ASSESSING IMPACTS OF PESTICIDES AND OTHER STRESSORS ON HONEY BEE COLONY HEALTH: EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING APPROACHES

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Honey bee
Pesticide
Toxicity
Synergism
Population dynamics
Nurse-to-forager transition

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_WanyiZhu.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lewis Frazier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Craig Saunders, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Albert Mullin, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member

Author:

Shugrue, Sarah Elizabeth

Title:

Pesticide use, habitat manipulation, and management changes as factors in pollinator sustainability in Pennsylvania apple orchards

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Pollination
Apples
Neonicotinoid
Pesticide
Pesticide Residue
Habitat
Toxicity
IPPM
IPM

File:

Download SES_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Biddinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member
Richard T Roush, Committee Member

Author:

Hubbard, Troy David

Title:

Ligand Selectivity and Evolutionary Divergence of the Human Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

aryl hydrocarbon receptor
AHR
Evolution
Ligand selectivity
PAHs
Toxicity

File:

Download Troy_Hubbard_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Gary Perdew, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Andrew Patterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Jeffrey Peters, Committee Member
Dr. Ming Tien, Committee Member
Dr. Edward Dudley, Outside Member

Author:

Khoo, Weslie Yu

Title:

PREVENTION OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE BY DECAFFEINATED GREEN TEA EXTRACT IN HIGH FAT-FED MICE

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

NAFLD
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease
Decaffeinated green tea extract
Green tea
PPARα
Lipid metabolism
Mitochondrial biogenesis
Inflammation
Toxicity

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Weslie_Khoo.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua D. Lambert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua D. Lambert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ryan J. Elias, Committee Member
Kathleen L. Keller, Committee Member
Donna H. Korzick, Outside Member

Author:

Eskanlou, Amir

Title:

A surface chemistry approach to inhibition of particle-induced hydroxyl radical generation: a case study of respirable coal dust

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal
Pyrite
Quartz
Free radicals
Toxicity
Respirable coal dust
Diesel Particulate Matter

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Eskanlou_Amir.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Nelson Yaw Dzade, Major Field Member
Barbara Arnold, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Mohammad Rezaee, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor