<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>The Graduate Program in Biophysics</b> <i>is proud to announce the PhD defense of:</i></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in"><font color="#242424" face="Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><b>Steve Ortiz</b></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b> </b></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>Major Professor:</b></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>Dr. Russ Hille</b></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b> </b></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>Thursday, September 11, 2025</b></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>2:00pm</b></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>Location: Boyce 2476</b></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b><br></b></span></p><img src="cid:ii_med2q58a2" alt="image.png" width="390" height="503"><p style="margin:0in"><br></p></div>