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All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

This collection compiles theses and dissertations from all schools and departments at Washington University in St. Louis. Public access policies vary by school.

Theses/Dissertations from 2026 2026

Beyond Attachment: Endolysosomal Determinants of New World Arenavirus Entry and Fusion, Cassandra E. Thompson

Genetic Tool Development and Pathway Elucidation in Non-model Bacteria for Biological Upcycling of Plastic Waste, Yuxin Tian

Bacterial Colonization of Medical Devices in the Urogenital Tract, Morgan Rose Wilt Timm

Non-Gaussian Thermostatting and Heavy-Tailed Velocity Statistics in Supercooled Lennard–Jones Liquids, Giorgi Tsereteli

Musically Rendering (Dis)ability in Hollywood Cinema: Experiencing the Sonically Disabled Film Body, Andrew Tubbs

Essays in Household and International Finance, Tatiana Vdovina

Grounding in Place and Space, Levi Anthony Walker

Genetic and Observational Insights into Metabolic Alterations in Alzheimer’s Disease, Ciyang Wang

Unraveling Metabolic Determinants of Isoniazid Susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Erin Rilu Wang

Interaction-Aware Safe Planning for Human-Robot and Multi-Robot Systems, Haoyi Wang

Energetic Heterogeneity in Retinal Ganglion Cells: Role of Neuronal Activity and Implications for Resilience, Zelun Wang

Cloud-Deployed RNA-Seq Analytics for Identifying Imaging and Therapeutic Targets in Chemotherapy-Induced Toxicities, Zhimu Wang

Age, income, and the discounting of delayed and probabilistic rewards: The roles of financial resources and attribute salience, Haoran Wan

Understanding the Biological Functions of Dual-Localized Mitochondrial Phosphatase PPTC7, Lianjie Wei

Care as Method: Sound, Duration, Relation in Contemporary Art Practice, Violet L. White

The Physiological and Behavioural Responses of Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) to Social and Anthropogenic Stressors, Lauren Marilyn Wiseman-Jones

Quantitative HAADF-STEM Enabled Detection of Antisites in Multiferroic h-LuFeO₃, Jianan Wu

Essays in Human and Machine Biases in Financial Markets, Jimmy Wu

Legal Protection of Private Equity Investors in Chinese Limited Partnership: A Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Deficiencies and Reform Approaches, Keying Wu

Characterization of New Particle Formation and Aerosol In-cloud Scavenging in the Marine Atmosphere, Qian Xiao

Biodegradable and Recyclable PLA-based Polyurethanes with Tunable Crystallinity and Mechanical Properties, Mo Xiaotian

Dynamic Individualized Latent Trait (DILT) Model: Bridging Nomothetic and Idiographic Psychometrics, Muchen Xi

Children of the State: Coming-of-Age Narratives in the Third Reich and the Cultural Revolution, Shinan Xu

Quiet Change, Close Attention, Tianqing Xu

Temporal Logic Planning in Semantic Maps of Unknown Environments using TL-RRT, Dongrui Yang

Temperature and environmental implications on Ti_{3C_{2Cl_{2 MXene degradation process}}}, Yang Yang

Towards Understanding Robust Neural Coding Through Representational Geometry, Zeyuan Ye

Narrating Power: How Organizations Can Shape Power Holders’ Perceptions and Behaviors Through Promotion Narratives, Hyun Jung Yoon

Multidimensional MRI Maps Histology-Defined Phosphorylated Tau Burden in Alzheimer’s Disease, Hongyi Zhang

If life were only as our first encounter, Yixiao Zhang

Data-Driven Decision Making in Digital Platforms, Zhiqi Zhang

Characterization of Ebola Virus VP24-Host Protein Interactions, Junjie Zhao

Study of Complex Biological Systems through AI-Empowered Metabolomic Analysis and Modeling, Runyu Zhao

Multifunctional Self-Healing and Shape-Adaptive Soft Electronics Based on Immiscible Dynamic Polymers, Sirui Zhao

Dietary Manipulations of the Undernourished Infant Microbiome, Cyrus Zhou

Data-Driven Multimodal MRI Representation Learning for Subtype Discovery and Disease Progression Modeling in Parkinson’s Disease, zihan zhou

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)-Based Performance Prediction of Transcatheter Microvascular Plugs in Single-Ventricle Patients, Zhuhuan Zou

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

Montane β-diversity: Biodiversity through Space and Time in Earth’s Most Biodiverse Regions, Ethan Ray Abercrombie

Studies in Algebraic Cycles: Hodge Theory of Degenerations, Regulators, and Cluster Varieties, Ricardo Jaime Acuna

Unmeasured, detached, and isolated: The legitimation of a domesticated identity, Eva M. Agüero

A Neuroimmune Circuit Mediates Chemo Brain Pathology, Daniel Ahmadi

Top-down Control and Bottom-up Salience Guide Attention During Visual Search, Christopher Ahn

Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Regulates ITAM-Dependent Platelet Activation, Jehiel Abigail Ajanel Gomez

Exploring DDR2’s role in CAF extracellular matrix production and tumor progression, Favour Ayomide Akinjiyan

Defining B cell responses to emerging viral pathogens, Wafaa Al Soussi

Defining B cell responses to emerging viral pathogens, Wafaa Al Soussi

Soft, Adhesive Dry Electrodes for Improved Electrophysiological Signal Acquisition with Motion Tolerance and Long-Term-Recoverability, Ryan Andersen

In the Field of Nothingness, Ameen Animashaun

Staging Suffering: Depictions of the Family Space in German Naturalist Drama, Kimberly Annas

Essays in Monetary Economics and Financial Frictions, Martin Arazi