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I would like to thank my thesis mentor, Dr. Eliane Wiese, for guiding me through the research process and supporting me for the past 3 years. I would also like to thank Ph.D. student Noelle Brown, Dr. Alan Kuntz, Dr. Suresh Venkatasubramanian, and Dr. Mu Zhang, who I worked with on this project. Parts of this thesis are borrowed from a manuscript the 6 of us have in progress. I would like to thank my parents for supporting me and my greataunt and great-uncle for taking care of me when I moved to the U.S. five years ago and for giving me good advice when I was struggling with my research. I am also very grateful to my friends for giving me quality music suggestions between the hours of midnight and 3am, encouraging me when I was feeling down, and not judging my erratic-to say the least-sleep/work schedule. |
