Dissertation Defenses

Seminars & Events

Graduates students present his/her research, including laying out the rationale behind choices and decisions, for example, regarding theory selection and research methods.

Please contact Torye Nguyen (toryen@stanford.edu) for location or Zoom info.

Watch short videos showcasing some of the previous dissertation defenses of our Immunology graduate students.


  • January 09, 2025 Dissertation Defense Jason Nideffer, Pras Jagannathan and Maria Grazia Roncarolo Labs, "The pediatric CD4+ T cell response to malaria"
  • January 13, 2025 Dissertation Defense Katherine Nico, Michael Howitt Lab, "CD8+ T cell depletion by commensal type 2 immune stimuli"
  • March 04, 2025 Dissertation Defense Josselyn Peña Defense, Sheri Krams Lab, "Investigating the Role of NKG2A+ Natural Killer Cells in the Control of Latent Epstein-Barr Virus Infection"
  • April 09, 2025 Dissertation Defense Kalani Ratnasiri, Catherine Blish and Purvesh Khatri Labs, "Defining the Human Immune Response Across Viruses Using Single-Cell Data"
  • April 11, 2025 Dissertation Defense Camilo Espinosa Bernal, Nima Aghaeepour Lab, "AI and Multiomic Profiling to Bridge Clinical Research and Therapeutic Interventions in LMICs"