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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 2025 2025

Multimodal Characterization of Systems-Level Robustness in the Cellular Organelle Network, Aline Arra

Adaptive Noise Estimation and Denoising with Deep Learning for NMR Spectroscopy, Naveen Asokan

Lines of Thought: The Cartoon as a Phenomenological Object and a Philosophical Tool, Thomas Attwood

Froggy People: Anthropomorphism and Slice-of-Life in Autobiographical Comics, Maddie Baker

Trust and Learning in Early Childhood, Anjuii Barrett

Bias Regulation Strategy Selection in Daily Life: Using Daily Diary Methodology to Study Personal Bias Regulation Strategies, Jennifer Frances Beatty

Reducing Measurement Error in Three-Point Bend Test Using Linear Gradient Correction Model, Juan J. Becerra-Garcia

A Subset of Senescent Myofibroblasts Orchestrates Immunosuppression in Pancreatic Cancer., Jad Belle

Multi-Layer Support for Component-Based Cyber-Physical Systems Applications, Oren Bell

Transmutation, Sam Berger

Exploring the Structure, Dynamics, and Pharmacology of Opioid Receptors, Sarah Maria Bernhard

Coming of Age in the Ancient Andes: A Bioarchaeological Evaluation of Adolescence, Puberty, and Gender in Late Pre-Hispanic Andean Society (800-1400 CE), Bridget Coredlia Bey

Single-Cell Analysis of Clonal and Transcriptional Dynamics During Direct Reprogramming, Brent Biddy

Structure and function of type 1 pilus assembly machinery in uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Ryan Bitter

Emotions and narrative in Sophocles' fragmentary tragedies "Tyro" (A’ and B’) and "Tereus", Maria Eugenia Bonaparte Gimenez

Investigating the Differential Effects of Narrativization and Causal Structure of Stories on Memory, Savannah J. Born

Baubles, Claire S. Boyer

Biomarker and age at onset endophenotypes offer new insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s Disease, Joseph Bradley

A Mechanistic Exploration of How Neighborhood Crime Exposure Relates to Neonatal Brain Function, Early Externalizing Behaviors, and Callous-Unemotional Traits, Rebecca Brady

Targeting Cyst(e)ine Dependence and Redox Metabolism in Genetically Distinct Sarcomas, Caitlyn Brook Brashears

Do all Components of Psychological Wellbeing Predict Cognitive Function?, Karysa Britton

Parapinopsin: a Photoswitchable Inhibitory GPCR for Two-photon Optogenetics, Bobbie J. Brown

Innovation and Advocacy in Perinatal Harm Reduction by Birth Workers and Perinatal Workforce Providers: A Qualitative Study Utilizing Narrative Inquiry, Kyria R. Brown

The Search for Correlated Topology in Quantum Materials, Christopher Patrick Broyles

Faith’s Midwest Modern Forms: Midcentury Catholic Churches in St. Louis by Murphy and Mackey, Architects, Mary Reid Brunstrom

Circuit-specific vulnerability in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease, Samuel Brunwasser

Bayesian Uncertainties: A Post-Modern Development in Nuclear Interactions, Jason Michael Bub

Effects of ANGPTL3 Deficiency on the Regulation of Hepatic Lipoprotein Production and Lipid Metabolism, Kendall Helene Burks

Development of a Light-Based Platform to Assess Cervical Mucus Barrier Function and Physical Mucus Properties, Elizabeth J. Buzbee

Targeting Nonsense-Mediated RNA Decay in Splicing Factor Mutant Myeloid Malignancies, Claudia Cabrera

Whole-Blood RNA-seq in Adult-Onset Focal Dystonia: Differential Expression, Cell-Type Deconvolution, and Pathway Analyses, yaoyuan cao

Discovery and Functional Characterization of Biomarkers in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, Wagma Caravan

Evaluation and Calibration of Coupled Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors, Tyler Cargill

Vivisection: Essays, Monmita Chakrabarti

Developing Microelectrode Arrays as Multiplex Point-of-Care Diagnostics, Yu-Chia Chang

Dissecting Macrophage Metabolism in Metabolic Liver Disease, Mandy Mei-Ying Chan

Disrupting NRF2-Driven Cancer Biology through One-Carbon Metabolism Inhibition, Julius Chembo

Essays on Social Media Algorithms and Causal Inference Methods, Guangying Chen

Characterization of Atmospheric Particles and Gases Based on Mass Spectrometry, Jhao-Hong Chen

Essays on Macroeconomic Frictions and Policy, Siyu Chen

Optimization of Research Pipeline to Characterize the Effects of ATP-sensitive Potassium Channels Mutations on Native Skeletal Muscle Fibers and Evaluate Potential Drug Therapy, Yuezhou Chen

A Role for the Actin Cytoskeleton and Plastin-3 in Osteoblast Mineralization and Mechanosensation, Samantha Meagan Chin

A Role for the Actin Cytoskeleton and Plastin-3 in Osteoblast Mineralization and Mechanosensation, Samantha Meagan Chin

The Making of the Mental and Material Map of the Pacific Ocean in Early America, 1740-1819, Heesoo Cho

Diverse Cell Types Establish a Pathogenic Immune Environment in Peripheral Neuropathy, Julie Choi

Understanding the role of E1OGDH1 in Root System Architecture and Nitrogen Response in Maize, Michelle Sungkyung Cho

Behavioral Decision-Making in Platform Operations, Nicholas Clyde

The Hill We Climb: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Stress and Depression in a Community Sample, Akilah Collins-Anderson

Two Problems: Hankel Operators and Dyadic Paraproducts, Ana Čolović

Spectral Mixture Analyses of Hematite-Rich and Clay-Bearing Terrains in Meridiani and Oxia Planum, Mars, Thomas Jake Condus