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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

Characterization of Long-Noncoding RNAs in Prostate and Pancreatic Cancer Through Single Cell Transcriptomics, Debanjan Saha

The Kinship of Creatives, Saba Saif Ur Rehman

Exploring the Thermal Physiology Evolution Across Mountain Slopes, Jhan Carlos Salazar Salazar

The Indoorsman, Fernando Sanjenis Gutierrez

Transfer Learning for Temporal Logic Objectives, Lucas M. Santana Rovira

Robust Embeddings of Genetics, Anatomy, and State Decoded from a Neuron’s Activity, Aidan Schneider

From Desegregation to BLM: Racial Threat, Discourse, and Consolidation of Power in a Missouri Public School District, Molly A. Schneider

An Enzyme-Coupled Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry Assay for Non-adjacent DNA Photoproducts as Intrinsic Probes for G-quadruplexes in vitro, Savannah Sharee Scruggs

Optimizing Massively Parallel Reporter Assays for In Vivo Neurogenomics: Tools to Decode Enhancer Function in the Brain, Din Selmanovic

Comics as Confrontation : A Case for Breaking Silence around Sexual Abuse in Comics, Manimanjari Sengupta

Mechanisms of ssDNA Gap Resection in BRCA1-proficient and -deficient Cells, Isabelle Seppa

Leveraging AI for Marketing Decisions: Algorithmic Targeting and Healthcare Applications, Annie Shi

Sea of Luxuries: Oceanic Knowledge, Environment, and the Making of Commodity Frontiers in Southern Maritime China, 1500–1900, Kejian Shi

Examining emotion regulation in individuals with social anxiety disorder using nomothetic and idiographic approaches, Jin Shin

Ultra-Sensitive Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators for Photoacoustic Bio-Sensing and Imaging, Dipayon K. Sikder

Dynamic Spectral and Systems-Theoretic Approaches for Inference and Control of Heterogeneous Complex Networks, Bharat Kumar Singhal

Dynamic Spectral and Systems-Theoretic Approaches for Inference and Control of Heterogeneous Complex Networks, Bharat Kumar Singhal

Developing Aerosol Representation in Atmospheric Modeling, Inderjeet Singh

Computational Complexity of Soundness Verification for Neural Networks, Scott Sirri

Strategic Reactor Allocation for Deadlock-Free Execution, Jeevan Sivamohan

Probing the Mechanisms of Reinforcement Learning: Reinforcement Learning, Ventral Striatal Astrocytes, and the Dynamic Coordination of Information Seeking with Learning, Fatih Sogukpinar

ACLY Is Required for NK Cell Effector Function by Regulating the Epigenome, Stacey Sohn

Automated Beam Stitching and Segmentation Procedure for Space Division Multiplexing Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography, Andrew J. Song

Essays on Macroeconomic Growth in an Open Economy, Min Young Song

Generic FPGA Preprocessing for Astrophysics Instruments in HLS, Qinzhou Song

Entanglement-Enhanced Metrology With Superconducting Circuits, Xingrui Song

Rotavirus Pathogenesis and Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Exploration: Insights from Molecular and Cellular Studies, Juhee Son

Cumulative Lifespan Stress and Inflammation are Associated with Black-White Racial Disparities in Mortality Among Americans, Isaiah Spears

Depalmitoylation regulates metabolism and mitochondrial function, Sarah Lilly Speck

Microfluidic platforms for multiplexed studies of bacteria: design, fabrication, and applications in bacterial research, Andreea Stoica

Needle in the Z-stack: Mapping the 3D Transition to Malignancy, Erik Storrs

Parental Guidance Suggested: Genetic, Epigenetic, and Environmental Factors Shape Allele-Specific Gene Regulation in Metabolic Traits, Celine Louise St. Pierre

Functional Equivariance and Backward Error Analysis, Sanah Suri

Red Nothing, Tola Sylvan

Essays on Macroeconomics, Masaki Tanaka

Plant-Microbe Interactions Across Scales: Diversity, Disease, and Stress in Herbaceous Plant Communities, Philippa Tanford

Validation of the National Institutes of Health Toolbox for Use in Phenylketonuria Clinical Trials: A Pilot Study, Clarissa Thin Tardiff

Échos culturels : Dynamique et évolution de la langue française dans les œuvres littéraires et cinématographiques francophones de la Louisiane et de l’Afrique, du XIXe siècle à nos jours, Maurice Tetne

Oxycodone Self-Administration Modulates Ventral Pallidal Neuron Activity and Plasticity, Jessica Tooley

Using “Click” Chemistry and Post-Polymerization Modification to Synthesize Well-Defined Linear Oligocatenanes and Polyacrylonitrile, Sheila Tran

Synthesis of Well-defined Acrylamide-based Polymers and Related Materials for Water Treatment and the Fabrication of Carbon Fiber, Tarryn Trick

The Role of IL-33 in Itch, Anna M. Trier

Exploring Social Connectedness Through The Perspectives Of Latina Adolescents At Risk For Suicide, Their Families, And Providers In The Life Is Precious Program, Daniela Tuda

Cortical Functional Organization in Early Childhood, Jiaxin Tu

Constitutional limitations and the rule of law: an Indian perspective, Sankalp Tyagi

A Dissertation on Belonging in Occupational Therapy Education with Students from Historically Minoritized Identities, Quinn P. Tyminski

Computational Dissection of Innate Immune Cell States: Tissue-Driven Heterogeneity Across Human Development, Alina Ulezko Antonova

Hauntological Warfare: Explorations in Propaganda, Influence Campaigns, and Online Affect, Roy Uptain

Learning-Based Strategic Monitoring in Prospective Memory, Madeline R. Valdez

Direct and Indirect Factors Render LPS Essential to Gram-negative Bacterial Physiology, Ryan Adam Valdez