The oral doctoral examination of Nancy Cham, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Friday, June 5, at 10 a.m. in the Center for Science and Technology, room 1-132. Nancy Cham’s advisor is Professor Robert Doyle. The dissertation examining committee will be composed of Professors Xiaoran Hu, Weijun Gui, Weiwei Zheng, and Joseph Chaiken. Professor Jesse Bond will serve as chair of the defense. The title of the candidate's dissertation is: “Peptide and Peptide bioconjugate based drug development for the treatment of metabolic diseases.”