Upcoming Doctoral Dissertations

"Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) is an industrial chemical that has been widely used for decades in products such as stain repellents, firefighting foams, and food packaging. Its chemically inert and highly stable nature prevents it from breaking down efficiently in the environment or in human tissues, leading to significant bioaccumulation. As a result of this persistence, PFOS is widely detected in human serum. Growing evidence links PFOS exposure to health problems such as infertility, pregnancy complications, and certain cancers, but how it affects the reproductive system at the cellular level remains poorly understood." Read more

"There has been a great amount of speculation on how gravity works on a quantum level, but very little experimental input. Here, we discuss how gravitons are derived from gravitational waves, how gravitational waves are detected through spacetime measurements and absorption of energy, and how gravitons can be resolved with the right kind of detector. We will compare this detector with historical detectors, both to show how the difference in methodology corresponds to greater sensitivity to gravitons as well as to indicate optimal graviton sources and detector properties." Read more