The oral doctoral examination of Ricky Laishram, candidate for the Ph.D. degree will be held on Friday, May 29, at 12 p.m. via Zoom.

Laishram’s advisor is Professor Sucheta Soundarajan. The dissertation examining committee will be composed of Professors Jae Oh, Chilukuri Mohan, Fanxin Kong and Garrett Katz. Professor Graham Leuschke will serve as chair of the defense. The title of the candidate’s dissertation is: “The Resilience of k-Cores in Graphs.”