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  Essays in Macroeconomics and Entrepreneurship 

  Tan, Jun Jie Eugene (2019)

  This dissertation is comprised of three chapters in macroeconomics, entrepreneurship, and heterogeneous agent models. In the first chapter, I answer two main questions --- What are the empirical facts regarding entrepreneurial ...
• Harnessing the Reactivity of Sulfamate Esters and Sulfamides to Enable Position-Selective C-H Halogenation Processes 

  Short, Melanie Ann (2019)

  Synthetic technologies that enable transformation of typically inert carbon–hydrogen (C–H) bonds into diverse functional groups have streamlined access to complex molecules. These processes, defined as C–H functionalization ...
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  The Modernization of Honor in Eighteenth-Century Political Theory 

  Liu, Antong (2019)

  In this dissertation, I investigate the efforts in eighteenth-century political theory to modernize the sense of honor. Contrary to the belief that influential thinkers of this century—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, ...
• Using CRISPR/Cas9 Screens to Define Organizing Principles that Govern Drug Sensitivity in Acute Myeloid Leukemia 

  Lin, Kevin H. (2020)

  In 2019, the cornerstone of the clinical management of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is chemotherapy. In fact, for the majority of patients diagnosed with AML, their best chance at achieving complete remission is a regimen ...
• Forecasted Afrotropical Forest Responses to Climate Change Diverge from Neotropical Predictions with Consequences for Biodiversity Conservation and Carbon Storage 

  Nuñez, Chase Lemond (2019)

  Understanding how tropical forests respond to changes in the abiotic environment and human disturbance is critical for preserving biodiversity, mitigating climate change, and maintaining ecosystem services in the coming ...

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