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Please include the name of the student, the student's institution, the name of the advisor, the title of the thesis and the year the thesis came out. Also provide a link to the thesis on DocDb. All results found in Ph.D. theses should not be considered as approved GlueX results and considered as preliminary.

Theses in 2024

• Andrew Schick, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Supervisor: Rory Miskimen. Photoproduction of e⁺e^- pairs at 8 GeV on proton target at GlueX, 2024.

Theses in 2023

• Hao Li, Ph.D. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, Supervisor: Reinhard Schumacher. Baryon–Antibaryon Photoproduction off the Proton, 2023.
• Karthik Suresh, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Regina, Supervisor: Z. Papandreou, Co-supervisor: C. Fanelli, Partial Wave Analysis of Neutral b1 Meson at GlueX, 2023.
• James Fitches, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Glasgow, Supervisor: K. Livingston, Analysis of unpolarised π+π− photoproduction with the GlueX Experiment, 2023.
• Edmundo Barriga, Ph.D. Thesis, Florida State University, Supervisor: P. Eugenio, Search for Isoscalar Resonances in Omega Eta at GlueX, 2023.
• Jason Barlow, Ph.D. Thesis, Florida State University, Supervisor: P. Eugenio, Study of the Reaction γp --> η'ηp, 2023.
• Lawrence Ng, Ph.D. Thesis, Florida State University, Supervisor: S. Dobbs, Photoproduction of the ηπ0 System off a Proton Target at Eγ = 8.5 GeV, 2023.

Theses in 2022

• Andrew Hurley, Ph.D. Thesis, William & Mary, Supervisor: J. Stevens, Partial Wave Analysis of Strange Mesons Decaying to K+π+π− in the Reaction γp → K+π+π−Λ(1520) and the Commissioning of the GlueX DIRC Detector, 2022.
• Rupesh Dotel, Ph.D. Thesis, Florida International University, Supervisor: Werner Boeglin, Study of the EtaPrimePi0 system in GlueX, 2022.
• Brandon Sumner, Ph.D. Thesis, Arizona State University, Supervisor: M. Dugger, Study of Excited Cascade Baryons and Preliminary Cross-Sections for Ξ(1530) Using Data from the GlueX Experiment, 2022.
• Amy Schertz, Ph.D. Thesis, William & Mary, Supervisor: J. Stevens, Partial Wave Analysis of the ωπ^- Final State Photoproduced at GlueX, 2022.

Theses in 2021

• Ahmed Ali, Ph.D. Thesis, Goethe University Frankfurt and GSI, Supervisor: K. Peters and J. Schwiening, Particle Identification with the PANDA Barrel DIRC and the GlueX DIRC, 2021
• Sebastian Cole, Ph.D. Thesis, Arizona State University, Supervisor: M. Dugger, Partial Wave Analysis of Meson Resonances That Decay To K^∗K^- Using Data from the GlueX Experiment, 2021.
• Yunjie Yang, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Supervisor: M. Williams, Commissioning the DIRC Detector and Searching for Axion-like Particles at GlueX, 2021.
• Ahmed Foda, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Regina, Supervisor: Z. Papandreou, Photoproduction of the b₁(1235) Meson off the proton at E_γ = 6-12 GeV, 2021.

Theses in 2020

• Abdennacer Hamdi, Ph.D. Thesis, Goethe Frankfurt University, Supervisor: Prof. Klaus Peters, Exotic Meson Photoproduction at GlueX – Search for the hybrid candidate Y(2175), 2020.
• Nilanga Wickramaarachchi, Ph.D. Thesis, Old Dominion University, Supervisor: Moskov Amaryan, Measurement of the Photon Beam Asymmetry in γp →K⁺Σ⁰ at E_γ=8.5 GeV with GlueX, 2020.
• Peter Pauli, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Glasgow, Supervisor: Dave Ireland/Ken Livingston, Λ(1520) Measurements at the GlueX Experiment, 2020.
• Mahmoud Kamel, Ph.D. Thesis, Florida International University, Supervisor: Werner Boeglin, Photo-production of Eta Mesons, 2020.
• Ashley Ernst, Ph.D. Thesis, Florida State University, Supervisor: V. Crede, Photoproduction of Cascade Baryons Using the GlueX Detector at Jefferson Laboratory, 2020.

Theses in 2019

• Bradford Cannon, Ph.D. Thesis, Florida State University, Supervisor: P. Eugenio, Search for New and Unusual Strangeonia States Using γp → pφη with GlueX at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 2019.
• Tegan Beattie, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Regina, Supervisor: Z. Papandreou, Measurement of the Beam Asymmetry for the Eta and Eta Prime Mesons with the GlueX Experiment, 2019.
• Jon Zarling, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University, Supervisor: M. Shepherd, Measurement of Pseudoscalar Beam Asymmetry for π^-Δ⁺⁺ Photoproduction on the Proton at E_γ=8.5 GeV with the GlueX Experiment, 2019.
• William McGinley, Ph.D. thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, Supervisor: Curtis A. Meyer. Development of the Barrel Calorimeter Reconstruction and Measurement of the Beam Asymmetry ($\Sigma$) for Photoproduced $\pi^0$ and $\eta$ Mesons with the GlueX Experiment, 2019.

Theses in 2018

• John Hardin, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Supervisor: M. Williams, Upgrading particle identification and searching for leptophobic bosons at GlueX, 2018

Theses in 2017

• Michael Staib, Ph.D. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, Supervisor: C. Meyer, Calibrations for charged particle tracking and measurements of ω photoproduction with the GlueX detector, 2017.
• Alex Barnes, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Connecticut, Supervisor R.T. Jones, Development of the Tagger Microscope & Analysis of Spin Density Matrix Elements in Photon, Proton to Phi, Proton for the GlueX Experiment, 2017.
• Brendan Pratt, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Connecticut, Supervisor R.T. Jones, Diamond Radiator Fabrication, Characterization and Performance for the GlueX Experiment, 2017.

Theses in 2016

• Eric Pooser, Ph.D. Thesis, Florida International University, Supervisor: W. Boeglin, The GlueX Start Counter & Beam Asymmetry In Single Pi Photoproduction, 2016.

Theses in 2013

• Shaun Krueger, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Regina, Supervisor: Z. Papandreou/G. Lolos, SiPM Arrays as Readouts for the GlueX Barrel Calorimeter, 2013.

Theses in 2012

• Igor Senderovich, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Connecticut, Supervisor R.T. Jones, A Polarized High-Energy Photon Beam for Production of Exotic Mesons, September, 2012.

• Mehrnoosh Tahani, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Regina, Supervisors: G.J. Lolos/Z. Papandreou, Large Area MultiPixel Photon Counters on the Search for Exotic Hybrid Mesons at GlueX, 2012.

Theses in 2011

• Stamatios Katsaganis, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Regina, Supervisors: Z. Papandreou/G.J. Lolos, Electromagnetic Calorimeter of the GlueX Particle Detector, 2011.

Theses in 2010

• Micah R. Veilleux, M.S. Thesis, Christopher Newport University, Advisors: D. Lawrence/ E. Brash, The Effects of Non-Flat Cathode Plane Surfaces in Drift Chambers of the GlueX Experiment, 2010.

• Blake Leverington, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Regina, Supervisors: Z. Papandreou/G.J. Lolos, The GlueX Lead-Scintillating Fibre Electromagnetic Calorimeter, 2010.

• Kathryn L. Janzen, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Regina, Supervisors: G.J. Lolos/Z. Papandreou, Optimization of Performance Parameters for Large Area Silicon Photomultipliers for use in the GLUEX Experiment, 2010.

Theses in 2006

• Gergana A. Koleva, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Regina, Supervisors: Z. Papandreou/G.J. Lolos, Beam Tests for the GlueX Barrel Calorimeter Prototype, 2006.

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