Amanda King, Adele Ricciardi, and Young-Eun Seo all passed their area exams during the fall semester of 2015. The area exam is the admission to candidacy exam for doctoral students at Yale. During an oral exam, the students defend their plans for doctoral research, as described in their written thesis prospectus.
Amanda King: Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Radiosensitizer-Loaded Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Pediatric Brainstem Gliomas
Adele Ricciardi: Nanoparticles for site-specific genome editing in utero
Young-Eun Seo: Multifunctional Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme