TITLE OF DISSERTATION GOES HERE UNDERLINED AND IN ALL CAPS by (Student name) A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of George Mason University in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (choose either Biosciences or Bioinformatics and Computational Biology here) Committee: _________________________________________ Dr. Abc Def, Dissertation Director _________________________________________ Dr. Ghi Jkl, Committee Member _________________________________________ Dr. Mno Pqr, Committee Member _________________________________________ Dr. Stu Vwx, Committee Member _________________________________________ Dr. James D. Willett, Director, School of Systems Biology _________________________________________ Dr. Donna M. Fox, Associate Dean, Office of Student Affairs & Special Programs, College of Science _________________________________________ Dr. Peggy Agouris, Dean, College of Science Date: __________________________________ Fall Semester 2015 George Mason University Fairfax, VA