Ph.D. Thesis Defense

July 30, 2025

10:00 a.m. ET

2327 Wean Hall

"The Data Driven Discovery of Singlet Fission Materials"

CANDIDATE: Siyu Gao

COMMITTEE: 
Professor Noa Marom, Advisor, MSE
Professor Thomas O’Connor, MSE
Professor Rachel Kurchin, MSE
Professor Olexandr Isayev, MSE/Chemistry

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Meeting ID: 987 4284 8042
Passcode: 707456

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