Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions
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Why Landfills Endure: Quantifying economic barriers to material and energy recovery from municipal solid waste in the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a heterogeneous mixture of materials discarded by residential and nonresidential generators at end-of-life processing facilities for treatment and disposal. Conventional treatment methods ... -
Enlightening Artificial Intelligence with Science
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Today’s artifciail intelligence (AI) systems, while remarkably capable, are largely black boxes. The black-box nature raises concerns for those who build AI – “How can we construct an understand AI in scientifically grounded ... -
Quantitative modeling of 5' splice site subclass regulation and evolution
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Pre-mRNA splicing is an essential molecular process required for eukaryotic gene expression. In this thesis, I present a previously unknown mechanism of splicing regulation where a family of splicing factors, the LUC7 ...
