May 2026
PhD Dissertation Defense
Direct Air Capture via Moisture Swing for CO2 Enrichment in Desert GreenhousesZulma Lopez Reyes
04:00 PM – 05:00 PM
May 2026
MS Thesis Defense
Transcriptomic Analysis of Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata and Distichlis stricta) Under High SalinityAlina Alejo Vinogradova
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
May 2026
PhD Dissertation Defense
Remote sensing of mangrove dynamics: anthropogenic impacts, seasonality and species differentiationIoana Andreea Ciocănaru
09:00 AM – 10:00 AM
May 2026
PhD Dissertation Defense
Convergent evolution of mechanical chromatin insulators from selfish genetic elementsFaisal Alkhaldi
03:00 PM – 04:00 PM
May 2026
MS Thesis Defense
De Novo Genome Assembly and Functional Annotation of Six Native Saudi Arabian PlantsJuan David Rosas
04:30 PM – 05:30 PM
Apr 2026
PhD Dissertation Defense
Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Novel Energy Storage TechnologiesHolkan Vazquez Sanchez
01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Apr 2026
PhD Dissertation Defense
Circular Carbon E-fuels from Agro-Biomass: A Techno-Economic, Environmental and Combustion Assessment Towards a Nation-Centric Sustainable Fuel StrategyRenston Jake Fernandes
02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Apr 2026
BESE 398 Graduate Seminars Series
Accelerating biological discovery with AIProfessor César de la Fuente
04:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Apr 2026
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Food Security (SFS) Seminar
Toward Autonomous Agriculture: AI and Robotics for Sustainable Food Production in Extreme EnvironmentsProfessor Yiannis Ampatzidis
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Apr 2026
PhD Dissertation Defense
Unlocking regeneration potential in recalcitrant date palm tissues through cellular reprogrammingYasha Zhang
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM