130th Annual Commencement
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Friday, June 14, 2024
10 a.m.
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ACADEMIC PROCESSION
Chief Marshal
Elliot Meyerowitz, Ph.D.
Marshals
Nicholas Hutzler (B.S. ’07), Ph.D.
Melany Hunt, Ph.D.
David Chan, Ph.D.
Azita Emami, Ph.D.
Viviana Gradinaru (B.S. ’05), Ph.D.
Faculty Officer
Azita Emami, Ph.D.
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Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Candidates for the Degree of Master of Science
Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
The Faculty Officers
The Faculty
The Chairs of the Divisions
The Deans
The Vice Provosts
The Provost
The Vice Presidents
The Caltech Alumni Association Executive Officers
The Trustees
The Commencement Speaker
The President
The Chair of the Board of Trustees
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O P Leslie J. Deutsch, Ph.D.
(B.S. ’76, Ph.D. ’80)
Celebrating 50 years as Caltech
Commencement organist
P The Caltech Convocation Brass,
Percussion, and Organ Ensemble
Glenn D. Price, D.M.A., Conductor
P David W. Thompson (M.S. ’78)
Chair of the Caltech Board of Trustees
C S Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO of NVIDIA
C S The Caltech Glee Club
“Gaudeamus Igitur” Traditional, Nancy Sulahian, M.M., Conductor
Arranged by Dr. Deutsch Convocation Brass, Percussion, and
(Translation on page 66.) Organ Ensemble
C D Thomas F. Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
President
Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair
and Professor of Physics
P C D
For the Degree of Bachelor of Science Jennifer A. Jahner, Ph.D.
Faculty Dean of Undergraduate Studies
For the Degree of Master of Science David C. Chan, Ph.D.
Faculty Dean of Graduate Studies
PROGRAM
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For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Biology and Biological Engineering Richard M. Murray, Ph.D. (B.S. ’85)
Division Chair
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Dennis A. Dougherty, Ph.D.
Division Chair
Engineering and Applied Science Harry A. Atwater, Ph.D.
Division Chair
Geological and Planetary Sciences John P. Grotzinger, Ph.D.
Division Chair
Humanities and Social Sciences Tracy K. Dennison, Ph.D.
Division Chair
Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy Fiona A. Harrison, Ph.D.
Division Chair
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C R President Rosenbaum
A M
“Hail CIT”
By Manton Barnes (B.S. ’21) The Caltech Glee Club, and the Caltech
Arranged by Raymond Burkhart Convocation Brass, Percussion, and
(The audience may join in; Organ Ensemble
lyrics are on page 67.)
R The Caltech Convocation Brass,
Percussion, and Organ Ensemble
Organ Postlude Dr. Deutsch
“The Throop Institute March,”
composed by E. C. Kammermeyer
in 1900 for the Throop Institute
Guitar and Mandolin Society
Livestreaming of Caltech’s 2024 Commencement ceremony will begin shortly before 10 a.m. on
Friday, June 16, at www.caltech.edu.
Follow along with the day’s events on X (Twitter) and Instagram. Share your photos and join the
celebration by using #Caltech2024. (See page 68 for more information.)
All music for the Caltech Commencement arranged by Dr. Leslie Deutsch.
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ABOUT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jensen Huang is the founder and CEO of technology company NVIDIA. Named the
world’s best CEO by Fortune, The Economist, and Brand Finance, Huang led NVIDIA to
become a pioneer in accelerated computing and the fourth most valuable company in the
world.
Huang was born in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1963. When he was 9, he and his brother
moved to Tacoma, Washington, to live with their uncle. After Huang’s parents were
able to immigrate to the U.S., Huang and his brother reunited with them in Oregon.
Huang attended Aloha High School, where he graduated at the age of 16 while also a
nationally ranked table-tennis player. He completed his undergraduate degree in electrical
engineering from Oregon State University and worked at LSI Logic and Advanced Micro
Devices during the early part of his career. In 1992, he received his master’s degree in
electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Huang co-founded NVIDIA in 1993 with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem to
take advantage of the growing demand for 3D graphics and visualization technology that
accompanied the rapidly expanding PC and gaming industries.
The company initially focused on the development of microprocessors capable of
providing high-quality 3D graphics. It is credited for inventing the graphics processing
unit, or GPU, which leveraged parallel computing to handle mathematical operations more
efficiently than the more general central processing units, or CPUs.
NVIDIA’s success has since extended beyond gaming. Due to its enormous computing
potential, the company’s GPUs catalyzed the advancement of applications other than
graphics, most notably in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). NVIDIA technology
enabled programmers to create AlexNet, a powerful neural network used for image
recognition and classification. NVIDIA’s dedicated AI supercomputers also were
responsible for training models used by ChatGPT.
Huang is listed as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people and has been
elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He is the recipient of the Robert N.
Noyce Award from the Semiconductor Industry Association, the IEEE Founder’s Medal,
and the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award, among many honors.
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Caltech, founded in 1891, is a world-renowned science and engineering institute
that marshals some of the world’s brightest minds and most innovative tools to address
fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges.
A Caltech education is notable for its rigorous curriculum, close collaborations with
faculty, and small class sizes. Caltech students work toward undergraduate and graduate
degrees alongside their intellectual equals in an academic environment that emphasizes
interdisciplinary teamwork, critical thinking, mutual support, and a deep understanding of
core concepts and principles across fields.
Students graduate from Caltech prepared to become world leaders in science,
engineering, academia, industry, and public service. Graduates are well trained in their
ability to identify, analyze, and solve challenging problems within and across science and
engineering disciplines, and are prepared to apply and communicate their expertise broadly
throughout their professional careers.
An independent, privately supported institution, Caltech manages the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA. Together with JPL, Caltech is Pasadena’s largest
employer and a source of programs that benefit the entire region. Caltech also owns and
operates the Seismological Laboratory, more than 50 research centers and institutes,
and a global network of astronomical observatories, including the Palomar and W. M.
Keck observatories. In addition, the Institute co-founded and co-manages the Laser
Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).
Caltech’s faculty, students, postdoctoral scholars, and staff produce transformative
breakthroughs in fields ranging from quantum science and engineering to bioinformatics to
energy and sustainability. Caltech faculty and alumni have earned national and international
recognition, including 47 Nobel Prizes.
We celebrate today the 585 graduates who will earn 236 bachelor’s degrees, 156
master’s degrees, and 200 doctoral degrees, and who will contribute to Caltech’s impressive
legacy and record of achievement around the world.
ABOUT CALTECH
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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Bachelor of Science
Lucas Enrico Abounader Austin, Texas Chemistry.
Christopher Jacob Acosta† Dallas, Texas Computer Science.
Nicholas Stone Adamo Columbia, South Carolina Computer Science.
Agnim Agarwal Charlotte, North Carolina Computer Science and Business, Economics, and
Management.
Gabriel Paiva Aguiar Coconut Creek, Florida Computer Science.
Sarah Jasmine Arellanes† Duarte, California Biology.
Hope Michelle Elizabeth Arnett Torrance, California Electrical Engineering.
Nishka Arora Delhi, India Computer Science.
Julio Cesar Arroyo Ibarra San Salvador, El Salvador Computer Science.
Angel Rodrigo Avelar Menendez Long Beach, California Computer Science.
Beatriz Emilia Avila-Rimer Spring, Texas Computer Science and Information and Data
Sciences (Minor).
Carlos D Ayala† Milwaukee, Wisconsin Astrophysics.
Michael Dimitrov Batchev Anaheim, California Computer Science and Business, Economics,
and Management.
Harris Ahsan Beg San Diego, California Computer Science.
Nachiket Dhiren Bhanushali Dartford, United Kingdom Physics.
Eve Sapphira Blank New York, New York Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Halle Grace Blend Dallas, Texas Computer Science and Business, Economics, and
Management.
Sravani Boggaram Dallas, Texas Mechanical Engineering.
Charlotte Helen Borcherds Berkeley, California Mathematics.
Rishabh Bose Bakerseld, California Electrical Engineering.
Celine G Boucher Tashkent, Uzbekistan Geobiology.
Helen Maya Brackney Aurora, Colorado Chemical Engineering (Biomolecular).
Michael Bregar Aventura, Florida Physics and Aerospace Engineering (Minor).
Turner McNeal Bumbary Fairfax, Virginia Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace
Engineering (Minor).
† Students whose names are followed by a dagger are close to completion and will receive
diplomas at the end of the academic year in which all graduation requirements are met.
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Bryan Christopher Burnell Chino Hills, California Physics.
Amelia Hana Kim Burns San Diego, California Bioengineering.
Alex Burr Chicago, Illinois Biology.
Virginia Mae Canestraight Okemos, Michigan Chemical Engineering (Sustainability).
Ryan Y Chan Arcadia, California Computer Science.
Kevin Chang Sugar Land, Texas Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Sean Chang Diamond Bar, California Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering
(Minor).
Gautam Raghavan Chawla Princeton, New Jersey Applied and Computational Mathematics
and Computer Science (Minor).
Rahul Ignacio Chawlani Katy, Texas Electrical Engineering.
James Yuxuan Chen Irvine, California Electrical Engineering.
Stephanie Yuanying Chen Brookeld, Wisconsin Mathematics.
Yishu (Pearl) Chen North York, Canada Computer Science.
Alice Y Cheng Cupertino, California Computer Science and Astrophysics (Minor).
Carl Xulin Cheng San Diego, California Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences
(Minor).
Emily Hyein Choe Seoul, Republic of Korea Computation and Neural Systems.
Katelyn Leilani Chu Los Gatos, California Computer Science and Business, Economics, and
Management.
omas Henry Clark Hinsdale, Illinois Physics.
Lily Elizabeth Con† Farmingdale, California Mechanical Engineering.
Daniel Christian Collinson West Chester, Pennsylvania Computation and Neural Systems.
Matthew James Cox Dallas, Texas Chemical Engineering (Computational).
Kaylor William Cruz Olathe, Kansas Mechanical Engineering.
Stephen William D'Aquila† McLean, Virginia Electrical Engineering.
Patill Takouhi Daghlian Altadena, California Physics.
Saren Hagop Daghlian† Altadena, California Electrical Engineering.
Neha S Dalia Sammamish, Washington Computer Science.
Suchitra Sakuntala Dara Bakerseld, California Bioengineering and Neurobiology (Minor).
Rajeev Datta South Bend, Indiana Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences
(Minor).
Lily Kathleen DeBell Baltimore, Maryland Biology.
Carlos Eduardo Del Angel Aguilar Tampico, Mexico Chemistry.
Zijun Deng Guanzhou, People's Republic of China Computer Science.
Bachelor of Science continued
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Sreemanti Dey Salt Lake City, Utah Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences
(Minor).
Andrei Călin Diaconu Bucharest, Romania Physics and Computer Science (Minor).
Evan Michael Dicker San Diego, California Mechanical Engineering.
Jay Huang Dong Dunlap, Illinois Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences
(Minor).
Patrick James Donohoe New York City, New York Computer Science and Business, Economics,
and Management.
Olivia Nicole Durrett† Huntersville, North Carolina Astrophysics.
Matthew Gary Earney San Diego, California Mechanical Engineering.
James Diego Estrella Los Angeles, California Mechanical Engineering.
Gabriel Milo Fabre Miami, Florida Physics.
Hannah Mary Fisher Portland, Oregon Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics (Minor).
Joshua Alan Flashner Roslyn, New York Computer Science and Mathematics (Minor).
Ian Edward Fowler Oswego, Illinois Computer Science and Business, Economics, and
Management and Information and Data Sciences (Minor).
Tyler Elizabeth Fox Chevy Chase, Maryland Business, Economics, and Management and
Economics and Environmental Science and Engineering (Minor).
Lucy Yuwei Gao San Diego, California Computer Science and Business, Economics, and
Management.
M Gardner Roseville, California Physics.
Lauren E Garriques Lake Forest, Illinois Mechanical Engineering.
Kevin Douglas Gauld Manhasset, New York Electrical Engineering and Astrophysics (Minor).
Adishree S Ghatare San Jose, California Computer Science and Computation and Neural
Systems.
Joaquín A. Gómez New Orleans, Louisiana Computer Science.
Astral K Grayson Waikoloa, Hawaii Computer Science.
Brandon Guo Saratoga, California Applied and Computational Mathematics and Computer
Science (Minor).
Shivansh Gupta Naperville, Illinois Computer Science.
Tanmay Gupta Chandigarh, India Physics and Aerospace Engineering (Minor).
Emma Celine Gurcan Istanbul, Turkiye Computer Science and Environmental Science and
Engineering (Minor).
Xander James Hall Elmhurst, Illinois Astrophysics and History and Philosophy of Science
(Minor).
Tiba Hussain Hamza Rice, Virginia Chemical Engineering (Biomolecular).
Bachelor of Science continued
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Barron S Han Shanghai, People's Republic of China Electrical Engineering (Intelligent Systems).
Eric Yixuan Han Cerritos, California Computer Science and Business, Economics, and
Management and Information and Data Sciences (Minor).
Sarah Hashash Urbana, Illinois Computer Science and Economics.
Kimia Hassibi San Marino, California Computer Science.
Ilana Hejna Los Altos, California Computer Science.
Valerie Susan Hetherington Bozeman, Montana Computer Science.
Martin Skyler Holmes San Diego, California Bioengineering.
Halle Delgado Holzbauer Torrance, California Bioengineering.
Jerry Yuyang Huang San Diego, California Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Teresa Huang Danville, California Computer Science and Business, Economics, and
Management.
Derek Tian Hua Ing Hong Kong, PRC Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences
(Minor).
Ahamed Raey Iqbal Dhaka, Bangladesh Computer Science and Information and Data
Sciences (Minor).
Rohan Iyer Richmond Hill, New York Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences
(Minor).
Neymika Jain Redwood Shores, California Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Sahil Jain Cupertino, California Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences (Minor).
Neil C Janwani Midland, Michigan Computer Science.
Leo Blatz Jenkins New York City, New York Computer Science.
Nicolas Jimenez-Lozano New York City, New York Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace
Engineering (Minor).
Ian Philip Alexander Johnson Carlsbad, California Physics.
Samir Ian Johnson Portland, Oregon Physics.
Sarah Amal Kabboul Lawndale, California Materials Science.
Shevali Manish Kadakia Saratoga, California Computer Science.
Ishaan Kannan Scarsdale, New York Physics and Computer Science (Minor).
Manav Kant Dublin, California Mathematics and Computer Science (Minor).
Necef Alp Kavrut Istanbul, Turkiye Mathematics.
Mehmet Naci Keskin Istanbul, Turkiye Mechanical Engineering.
Maisha Khanum Los Angeles, California Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
(Minor).
Joseph Hakkyu Kim Irvine, California Computation and Neural Systems and English.
Esme Grace Knabe Vacaville, California Physics.
Bachelor of Science continued
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Catherine Jeanette Ko San Francisco, California Chemistry and Biology (Minor).
Athena Kolli Bualo Grove, Illinois Mechanical Engineering.
Alexander Koutsoukos Wilton, Connecticut Geology and History (Minor).
Patryk Tomasz Kozlowski Irvine, California Chemistry.
Adam Krivka Brno, Czech Republic Computer Science.
Rupa Kurinchi-Vendhan Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey Computer Science.
Alice Kutsyy Los Altos, California Mechanical Engineering and Biology (Minor).
Lucas Lanzendorf Leominster, Massachusetts Mechanical Engineering.
Inhoo Lee Seoul, Republic of Korea Computer Science and Biology (Minor).
Stanton Bennett Lee Los Angeles, California Computer Science.
Simon Jay Lequar Evanston, Illinois Computer Science.
Kyle Andrew Lethander Oakwood, Ohio Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering
(Minor).
Daniel Ziqi Li Overland Park, Kansas Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences
(Minor).
Depei Li Scarsdale, New York Computer Science and Business, Economics, and Management.
Eileen Melody Li Chandler, Arizona Computer Science and Economics.
Shoonhsin Sean Li Horseheads, New York Chemical Engineering (Biomolecular).
Victor Haiwei Li West Chester, Pennsylvania Electrical Engineering.
Damon Lin Atlanta, Georgia Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences (Minor).
Joseph Randall Litvin Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Mathematics.
Joy Liu State College, Pennsylvania Mechanical Engineering.
Carolyn Wei Lu Saratoga, California Computer Science.
Eric Yingke Ma Fremont, California Mathematics.
Ashvin Umasankar Maheshwar Saratoga, California Computer Science and Information and
Data Sciences (Minor).
Tyler Huntington Mapes Portland, Oregon Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace
Engineering (Minor).
Patrick Song Martinez Walnut, California Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Kyle Chang McCandless Lexington, Massachusetts Computer Science and Business,
Economics, and Management and Information and Data Sciences (Minor).
Krish Amit Mehta Mumbai, India Computer Science and Business, Economics, and
Management.
David J. Melisso Palo Alto, California Electrical Engineering.
Ellen Min Boise, Idaho Computer Science and English (Minor).
Joseph Refaat Mina Palos Verdes Peninsula, California Mechanical Engineering.
Bachelor of Science continued
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Bertha Alicia Mireles Cisneros† Columbus, Mississippi Chemical Engineering (Biomolecular).
Anna Mortari College Station, Texas Chemistry (Biochemistry).
Rithvik Reddy Musuku Gilbert, Arizona Mechanical Engineering.
Kai Nakamura Goleta, California Computer Science.
Ankita Nandi Chapel Hill, North Carolina Materials Science and English.
Nathan A Ng† Santa Clara, California Mechanical Engineering.
Tyler-Michael Oribio Honolulu, Hawaii Mechanical Engineering.
Jordan Michael Ostby Brea, California Mechanical Engineering.
Lucas Layne Brass Pabarcius Hailey, Idaho Physics.
Vibha Padmanabhan Bangalore, India Physics and Computer Science (Minor).
Emily Pan Newton, Massachusetts Computer Science and History (Minor).
John Edward Parker Boulder, Colorado Physics.
Andrew Hans Pasco Haddoneld, New Jersey Mechanical Engineering and Business,
Economics, and Management.
Avi Sandeep Patel Los Gatos, California Mechanical Engineering.
Ekta Mukeshkumar Patel Los Angeles, California Biology.
Sneh Mukeshkumar Patel† Los Angeles, California Computer Science.
Pranav Ajit Patil San Diego, California Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences
(Minor).
Winter Zed Pearson Seattle, Washington Computation and Neural Systems and English
(Minor) and Computer Science (Minor).
Jules Marin Adrien Pénot Le Pecq, France Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace
Engineering (Minor).
Julian Boas Peres West Hartford, Connecticut Computer Science.
Claire Marie Perhach Carlsbad, California Chemical Engineering (Process Systems).
Khanh Chu Huy Pham Baton Rouge, Louisiana Computer Science.
Luke David Phillipps Hesperia, California Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace
Engineering (Minor).
Kyle B Piper Louisville, Colorado Mechanical Engineering.
Krishna Kishore Reddy Pochana Baton Rouge, Louisiana Electrical Engineering.
Aditee Amit Prabhutendolkar Arcadia, California Computation and Neural Systems.
Olivers Prānis Riga, Latvia Electrical Engineering.
Christopher Peter Pukszta Irvine, California Biology and Visual Culture (Minor).
Derek Y Qin Plano, Texas Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences (Minor).
Juan Diego Quiroz Jaraba Montelíbano, Colombia Computer Science.
Madison Adriana Ramos Old Westbury, New York Computer Science.
Bachelor of Science continued
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Dennis Raush San Diego, California Information and Data Sciences and Astrophysics (Minor).
Marilyn Abigail Recarte Perdomo Canton, Ohio Mechanical Engineering.
Heidi Elizabeth Redmond Wheaton, Illinois Chemical Engineering (Process Systems).
Kyle Daniel Reese Sammamish, Washington Mechanical Engineering.
Raha Riazati Jacksonville, Florida Electrical Engineering.
Patrick K Rim Fullerton, California Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences
(Minor).
Joshua Jacksy Roberts Bethesda, Maryland Mechanical Engineering.
Megan Laura Robertson Nashville, Tennessee Geochemistry and Environmental Science and
Engineering (Chemistry).
Milan Alera Robinson Whittier, California Bioengineering and Business, Economics, and
Management.
Jonah Brooks Rolfness Cave Creek, Arizona Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace
Engineering (Minor).
Asha Preston Rollins Falls Church, Virginia Chemical Engineering (Biomolecular) and Biology
(Minor).
Maya Youlan Rushlow San Francisco, California Mechanical Engineering.
Snigdha Saha Irvine, California Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences (Minor).
Perry Florent Samimy Miami, Florida Mechanical Engineering and Business, Economics, and
Management.
Megan Olivia Santhumayor Piscataway, New Jersey Computer Science and Information and
Data Sciences (Minor).
Pranay Madimsetty Satya Hyderabad, India Bioengineering.
Cameron Elise Scantlin El Cajon, California Chemistry.
Eli J Seiner Hollywood, Florida Computer Science and Business, Economics, and Management.
Samuel David Senzon Bridgewater, New Jersey Physics.
Yakov Shalunov Lafayette, California Mathematics and Computer Science.
Madeline Weiyi Shao San Jose, California Computer Science.
Junxuan Shen Hangzhou, People's Republic of China Computer Science and Mathematics
(Minor).
Joy Shi Rockville, Maryland Computer Science.
Rachel Shi Fairfax, Virginia Computer Science.
Cole Ke'alohi Shimokaji† Hacienda Heights, California Physics.
Riya Shrivastava Saratoga, California Computer Science and Astrophysics (Minor).
Kaushal Nuggehalli Shyamsundar Cypress, California Electrical Engineering.
Bachelor of Science continued
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Jason Kent Simon Agoura Hills, California Computer Science and Business, Economics, and
Management.
Parul R Singh Tallahassee, Florida Mechanical Engineering.
Jay Patipan Siri Diamond Bar, California Computer Science and English (Minor) and
Information and Data Sciences (Minor).
Saraswati Soedarmadji Los Angeles, California Computer Science and Information and Data
Sciences.
Leah Soa Soldner South Pasadena, California Chemical Engineering (Materials).
Vishvesha Krishna Sridhar Blacksburg, Virginia Physics and Computer Science (Minor).
Andrei Cristian Staicu† Cary, North Carolina Mathematics and Computer Science (Minor).
Aubrey Juliette Stevens Castle Rock, Colorado Bioengineering.
Katelyn Angela Sulett Santa Clarita, California Biology and Geobiology.
Andy Jiawen Sun San Marino, California Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences
(Minor).
Brea Avery Swartwood Honolulu, Hawaii Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Riley Lauren Tam North Vancouver, Canada Astrophysics and Planetary Science.
Nassim Tavakoli Lancaster, California Physics and Philosophy (Minor).
Lasya Tenneti Princeton, New Jersey Computer Science.
Vinny ai Rosemead, California Computer Science.
Kathryn Suzanne ompson Granite Bay, California Mechanical Engineering.
Malcolm George Adams Tisdale London, United Kingdom Mechanical Engineering.
Sasha Nicole Tolsto Los Angeles, California Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Haruna Tomono Hilo, Hawaii Bioengineering and Neurobiology (Minor).
Kayton Khan Truong Baldwin Park, California Physics.
Gabriella Patricia Twombly Weston, Florida Computer Science and Information and Data
Sciences (Minor).
Amy-Doan Phuong Vo Austin, Texas Chemistry.
Alexis Huiyu Wang Brooklyn, New York Computer Science and English.
Angel Wang Colorado Springs, Colorado Computer Science.
Clara Lynn Wang Charlotte, North Carolina Computer Science.
Jesse Jialin Wang Vancouver, Canada Computer Science.
Daniel Zijian Wen McLean, Virginia Computer Science.
Daniel Luca Wendt Madison, Wisconsin Physics.
Tomás Ariel Wexler Columbia, Missouri Mechanical Engineering.
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Amelia Yuna Whitworth Carlsbad, California Information and Data Sciences and Business,
Economics, and Management.
Leo Alexander Williams Beverly Hills, Michigan Bioengineering.
Hector J. Wilson New York City, New York Electrical Engineering and Business, Economics,
and Management.
Juniper Leigh Sweat Woodward Menomonie, Wisconsin Computer Science.
Jia Yue Wu Toronto, Canada Computer Science and Mathematics (Minor) and Information and
Data Sciences (Minor).
Lena Margareta Wu Ithaca, New York Computer Science.
Brian Boan Yang Cupertino, California Mathematics.
Bridget Chaeryn Yang Santa Clarita, California Computation and Neural Systems.
Leo Yang Blacksburg, Virginia Computer Science and Information and Data Sciences (Minor).
Zitian Ye† Beijing, People's Republic of China Physics.
Kyla Qi Yu-Swanson San Diego, California Computer Science.
Ga Eun Yun Auburn, Alabama Computer Science.
Benjamin David Zalla Taylor Mill, Kentucky Physics.
Benjamin Zeng Pleasanton, California Mechanical Engineering.
Claire Keke Zhang Mount Laurel, New Jersey Bioengineering and Neurobiology (Minor).
Emily Lixuan Zhang Sharon, Massachusetts Computer Science and Information and Data
Sciences (Minor).
eresa Zhang Parsippany, New Jersey Applied and Computational Mathematics and Computer
Science (Minor).
Vivian Lu Zhang Green Brook, New Jersey Computer Science.
Wentao Zhang Englewood, Colorado Biology and Chemistry (Minor).
Christopher Xk Zhou Plano, Texas Computer Science.
Lian Zhu Torrance, California Chemical Engineering (Biomolecular).
Anas Zouhar North Bethesda, Maryland Business, Economics, and Management and
Information and Data Sciences (Minor).
Bachelor of Science continued
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Ayomiposi Bayode Adewakun (Neurobiology) B.S., New York University 2021.
Zachary Chase Ahmad (Materials Science) B.S., e University of Southern Mississippi 2022.
Simon Joel Emil Andren (Geochemistry) B.Sc., Minerva University 2022.
Adrián Antón Álvarez (Aeronautics) B.E., Universidad Politécnica de Madrid 2022.
Julie Belleville (Applied Physics) B.A.Sc., University of British Columbia 2022.
Jennifer Marie Berry (Space Engineering) B.E., University of Canterbury 2022.
Radhika R Bhatt (Physics) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2019.
Eli Bird (Geophysics) B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2022.
Chase Siyuan Blanchette (Electrical Engineering) B.S., California Institute of Technology 2023.
Michael Anne Elizabeth Bolene (Medical Engineering) B.S., Columbia University 2020.
Sydney Elizabeth Bottcher (Chemistry) B.S., Samford University 2022.
Katheryn Rose Whitehead Broersma (Control and Dynamical Systems) B.S., University of
California, Santa Barbara 2004.
Jesse W. Brunet (Electrical Engineering) B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis
Obispo 2022.
Jack Noah Caldwell (Space Engineering) B.S., California Institute of Technology 2022.
Yulu Cao (Chemistry) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 2021.
Diego José Causarano Benegas (Electrical Engineering) B.Eng., Universidad Nacional de
Asunción 2019.
Yi Hua Chang (Applied Physics) M.Sc., Imperial College London 2018.
Chun-Fu Chen (Electrical Engineering) B.S., National Taiwan University 2022.
Ryan Kaiqi Chen (Electrical Engineering) B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology 2022.
Reeya Chenanda (Electrical Engineering) B.S., California Institute of Technology 2023.
Piero Chiappina (Physics) B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology 2019.
Ellie Seunghee Cho (Electrical Engineering) B.S., California Institute of Technology 2023.
Jin Hyung Chung (Neurobiology) B.S., University of Southern California 2021.
Jessica Rachel Craven (Physics) B.S., Stellenbosch University 2019; M.S., University of
Witwatersrand 2022.
Matthew Raymond Davidson (Applied Physics) A.S., MiraCosta College 2019; B.S., University
of California, Davis 2022.
Polina Detkova (Social Science) B.S., National Research University Higher School of Economics
2017; M.A., New Economic School 2019.
Sijing Du (Applied Physics) B.S., Peking University 2022.
Ethan Robert Eichberger (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., University of Kansas 2022.
Master of Science
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Sergio Arturo Esteban (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona 2020.
Ryan Michael Eusebi (Environmental Science and Engineering) B.S.E., Princeton University
2022.
Jakob Tristan Faber (Astrophysics) B.A., Oberlin College 2021.
Camila Farres Rodriguez (Social Science) B.A., Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology
2020; M.A., 2022.
William Frederick Francis Feasey (Space Engineering) M.Phys., University of Oxford 2023.
Kevin Scott Fleisher (Applied Physics) B.S., Texas A&M University 2021.
Zhiyuan Gao (Electrical Engineering) B.E., ShanghaiTech University 2021.
Jinhao Ge (Applied Physics) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 2022.
Reza Ghane Khiabanian (Electrical Engineering) B.Sc., Sharif University of Technology 2022.
Sandra Elizabeth Glotzer (Materials Science) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2019.
Jonathan Daniel Gomez Barrientos (Planetary Science) B.A., Cornell University 2022.
Emanuel Jordan Green (Applied Physics) B.A., B.S., e University of Chicago 2022.
Pedro Guzman (Materials Science) B.S., University of California, Los Angeles 2016.
Sarah Mary Habib (Physics) B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2020.
James Garrett Hall (Social Science) B.S., Auburn University 2020.
Yuchen Han (Physics) B.A., Cornell University 2020.
Evie Harel (Chemistry) B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2021.
Mohammad Muntasir Hassan (Electrical Engineering) B.Sc., Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology 2019; M.Sc., 2021.
Grigory James Heaton (Physics) B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
2019.
Elizabeth Ann Heiny (Geology) B.S., Case Western Reserve University 2022.
Ricardo Antonio Hernandez (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., Texas Tech University 2022.
Azmain Abrawr Hossain (Applied Physics) B.S., University of California, Los Angeles 2021.
Cheolmin Im (Applied Physics) B.A., University of California, Berkeley 2019.
Shaelyn Iyer (Applied Physics) B.S., Northwestern University 2021.
Valeriya Kachmar (Planetary Science) B.A., Saint Petersburg State University 2013; B.S., Patrice
Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia 2021.
Zhenlin Kang (Social Science) B.S., e University of Sydney 2020.
Oak Arden Kanine (Geology) B.A., Dartmouth College 2020.
Hyunjin Kim (Physics) B.Sc., Seoul National University 2019.
Yoonsoo Kim (Physics) B.Sc., Seoul National University 2020.
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Shunto Jerry Kobayashi (Social Science) B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
2018.
Stella Bieta Wavua Kombo (Applied Physics) B.S., University of Rochester 2021.
Nikita Kosogorov (Astrophysics) B.S., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology 2020; M.S.,
2022.
Abhimanyu Kumar (Electrical Engineering) B.E., apar Institute of Engineering & Technology
2021.
Satvik Guru Kumar (Space Engineering) B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology 2023.
Matthew Alexander Langley (Biology) B.A.Sc., University of Toronto 2015; M.A.Sc., 2018.
William Martin Lawrence (Geochemistry) B.Sc., Yale University 2022.
Isaac Norman Legred (Physics) B.A., Cornell University 2020.
Sze Chai Leung (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2022.
Jiahui Li (Applied Physics) B.S., e College of William & Mary 2022.
Zhuofang Li (Social Science) B.A., B.S., Renmin University of China 2019.
Zihao Li (Electrical Engineering) B.Eng., e Chinese University of Hong Kong 2019.
McCoy Wei Lim (Applied Physics) B.Sc., National University of Singapore 2022.
Yae Chan Lim (Applied Physics) B.S., Seoul National University 2019; M.S., 2021.
Anne Lin (Materials Science) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2023.
Siyu Lin (Electrical Engineering) B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara 2022.
Yiheng Lin (Computing and Mathematical Sciences) B.E., Tsinghua University 2020.
Jin-Yu Liu (Applied Physics) B.S., Peking University 2022.
Peng Liu (Applied Physics) B.S., Peking University 2022.
Amy Lu (Chemical Engineering) B.S., University of California, Riverside 2022.
Meng Luo (Chemistry) B.A., Macalester College 2020.
Yao Luo (Applied Physics) B.S., Nanjing University 2020.
Xiaotian (Frank) Ma (Medical Engineering) B.E., Huazhong University of Science and
Technology 2022.
Ian Alexander Ouellette MacMillan (Physics) B.S., Georgetown University 2019.
Vikrant Malik (Electrical Engineering) B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 2022.
Paulo Cesar Matos Trifu (Social Science) B.A., Ponticia Universidad Católica del Perú 2017.
Logan Kim McGraw (Chemistry) B.S., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2021.
Hayward Julian Melton (Electrical Engineering) B.S., California Institute of Technology 2022.
Jonathan Malte Zschiegner Michelsen (Chemistry) B.S., e University of Chicago 2018.
Ernesto Millan Aceves (Chemistry) B.S., San Diego State University 2021.
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Ankan Mukherjee (Applied Physics) B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 2023.
Raj Shivatej Mukkamala (Chemical Engineering) B.S., Case Western Reserve University 2022.
Rithvik Reddy Musuku (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., California Institute of Technology 2024.
Pranav Nagarajan (Astrophysics) B.A., University of California, Berkeley 2022.
Hritam Nath (Space Engineering) B.Tech., Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
2023.
Kyle C. Nelli (Physics) B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2020.
Aaron Alexander Nelson (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., Texas A&M University 2022.
Franz Romeo O’Meally (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., e Johns Hopkins University 2021.
Yeonsoo Park (Environmental Science and Engineering) B.S., Cornell University 2019.
Ethan Payne (Physics) B.S., Monash University 2020.
Erin Rose Pimentel (Geology) B.A., Hamilton College 2022.
Devika Pokhriyal (Chemistry) B.A., Cornell University 2019.
Elena Ruth Priesen Reis (Materials Science) M.Sc., University College London 2022.
Palak Manish Purohit (Electrical Engineering) B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology
Gandhinagar 2022.
Nimisha Ramprasad (Applied Physics) B.S., e University of Texas at Austin 2022.
Auden Michael Reid-McLaughlin (Geophysics) B.Sc., Cornell University 2022.
Samantha Summer Rose (Astrophysics) B.A., University of California, Berkeley 2022.
Paolo Rosario Sanchez (Geochemistry) B.A., University of California, Berkeley 2022.
Rohan Nimish Sanghavi (Electrical Engineering) B.Tech., University of Mumbai 2022.
Maria Nicole Schmeer (Geology) B.A., Washington University in St. Louis 2022.
Ayantika Sengupta (Applied Physics) B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 2022.
Kritti Sharma (Astrophysics) B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 2022.
Soyoung Shin (Chemical Engineering) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2021.
Veronica Lin Show (Materials Science) B.S., Harvey Mudd College 2022.
Nadine Soliman (Astrophysics) B.Sc., New York University 2019.
Ellis Anna Spickermann (Materials Science) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 2022.
Rohit Srikanth (Medical Engineering) B.E., JSS Science and Technology University 2021.
Jamison Robert Stevens (Electrical Engineering) B.S., University of Virginia 2022.
Egor Stoyan (Social Science) M.S., Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido
Carli 2022.
Dongze Sun (Physics) B.S., Wuhan University 2020.
Shi-Ning Sun (Electrical Engineering) B.S., M.S., e University of Chicago 2018.
Po Hyun Sung (Social Science) B.A., Korea University 2020; M.S., 2022.
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Yuri Tamama (Geophysics) B.A., Princeton University 2022.
Sara Alexandra Taylor (Environmental Science and Engineering) B.S., Portland State University
2017; M.A.T., Pacic University 2018.
Sophia Tevosyan (Physics) B.S., University of Washington 2021.
Iva Ivanova Tomchovska (Geobiology) B.S., University of Miami 2022.
Afonso Guilherme Trindade Bonina de Mesquita (Space Engineering) B.Sc., University of
Lisbon 2023.
eresa Helen Tsaggaris (Mechanical Engineering) B.S.E., University of Pennsylvania 2022.
Nirbhay Tyagi (Electrical Engineering) B.Tech., Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
2023.
Tara Kamala Venkatadri (Space Engineering) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022;
M.Phil., University of Cambridge 2024.
Praveen S Venkataramana (Mathematics) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2017.
Victor Vescu (Mechanical Engineering) M.S., University of Oxford 2022.
Valeria Villa (Geophysics) B.S., University of California, Los Angeles 2021.
Guanli Wang (Geology) B.S., Peking University 2020.
Yingjin Wang (Materials Science) B.E., Tsinghua University 2020.
Ming-Liang Wei (Medical Engineering) B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University 2015.
Billy Welch (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., University of California, Los Angeles 2022.
Fabian Jarrell Williams (Materials Science) B.S., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2023.
James Anthony Williams (Electrical Engineering) B.S., Northwestern University 2020.
Fan Wu (Social Science) B.S., Peking University 2017; M.S., Tsinghua University 2019.
Erina Yamaguchi (Aeronautics) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023.
Natsuko Yamaguchi (Astrophysics) B.S., University of California, Los Angeles 2022.
Hujie Yan (Mechanical Engineering) B.Eng., Tsinghua University 2022.
Reo Yanagi (Materials Science) B.Eng., Nagoya University 2019; M.Eng., 2022.
Lizhi Yang (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 2022.
Teng Ee Yap (Planetary Science) B.A., Colgate University 2022.
Fei Yin (Electrical Engineering) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2022.
Shukun Yin (Medical Engineering) B.E., Wuhan University 2022.
Seijiro Yoshihara (Space Engineering) B.S., University of Massachusetts Lowell 2023.
Yan Yu (Applied Physics) B.S., Peking University 2021.
Qingyuan Zeng (Electrical Engineering) B.S., Columbia University 2022.
Haochen Zhang (Electrical Engineering) B.E., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2022.
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Shiyu Zhang (Social Science) B.Sc., e Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2020;
M.Sc., 2021.
Yiming Zhao (Electrical Engineering) B.S., Emory University 2021.
Maxim Zhelyabovskiy (Chemical Engineering) B.Sc., Georgia Institute of Technology 2022.
Haowen Zhou (Electrical Engineering) M.Sc., University of Dayton 2021.
Wenying Zhu (Computation and Neural Systems) B.A., B.S., Emory University 2019.
Jasen Patrick Zion (Applied Physics) B.S., University of California, Irvine 2022.
Caifeng Zou (Geophysics) B.Sc., Tongji University 2020.
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are minors.
DIVISION OF BIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Pranav Subramanyam Bhamidipati (Bioengineering) B.A., B.S., e University of Texas at Austin
2017.
esis: Modeling and Design of Synthetic Biochemical Circuits for Biological Phenotypes.
Tara Varada Chari (Bioengineering) B.S., Cornell University 2018.
esis: Perturbing the Genome: From Bench to Biophysics.
Peiwei Chen (Biology) B.Sc., e Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2017.
esis: Sexual Dimorphism and Evolutionary Innovation in piRNA-Guided Genome
Defense.
Kevin Matthew Cherry (Bioengineering) B.S., Purdue University 2012.
esis: Molecular Pattern Recognition and Supervised Learning in DNA-Based Neural
Networks.
John Alan Ciemniecki (Microbiology) B.S., University of Richmond 2015.
esis: e Bioenergetics of a Low-Power, Phenazine-Dependent Maintenance Metabolism in
Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Mengtong (Tom) Duan (Bioengineering) B.S., University of Washington 2016.
esis: Expanding Frontiers in Biomedical Imaging and Synthetic Biology: Dynamic Acoustic
Reporter Gene Imaging and Ratio-Tuning of Mammalian mRNA Polycistronic Expression.
Jessica Anne Griths (Bioengineering) B.S., Rice University 2017.
esis: Bidirectional Interactions Between the Gut Microbiome and Nervous System.
Jimmy Kang Guo (Biology) B.A., University of California, Berkeley 2016.
esis: Dening the Universe of Functional RNA-Protein Interactions.
Andrew James Hill (Biology) B.S., California State University, Northridge 2013.
esis: e Genetic and Neuronal Substrates of Melatonin Signaling in Zebrash Sleep.
Tobin William Ivy (Genetics) B.S., Harvey Mudd College 2013.
esis: Implementing and Modeling Gene Drives for Population Modication and
Suppression.
Jialong Jiang (Systems Biology and Applied and Computational Mathematics) B.S., Peking University
2018.
esis: Revealing Regulatory Network Organization through Single-Cell Perturbation
Proling and Maximum Entropy Models.
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Kadina Elizabeth Johnston (Bioengineering) B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison 2018.
esis: Acquiring Enzyme Sequence-Fitness Data at Scale Toward Predictive Methods for
Enzyme Engineering.
Emily Chiu Laubscher (Chemistry) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 2018.
esis: Deep Learning-Enabled Integrated Measurements of Immune Signaling in Primary
Human Macrophages.
Justin Lee (Bioengineering) B.A., e Johns Hopkins University 2015.
esis: Ultrasound Control and Imaging of Cellular Immunotherapy.
Mengyu Liu (Neurobiology) B.S., Nankai University 2018.
esis: Love and War: Control of Female Social Behaviors by the Hypothalamus.
Laura Luebbert (Biology) B.Sc., Leiden University 2017; M.Sc., 2019.
esis: Complexity of Transcriptomic Data Analysis and Implications for Biological Discovery.
Acacia Michelle Hori Mayeld (Bioengineering) B.A., Pitzer College 2013.
esis: Customized and Modular Control of Gene Expression for Precision Gene erapies.
Andrew Alexander Perez (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) B.S., California State University,
Fullerton 2016.
esis: ChIP-DIP: A Multiplexed Method for Mapping Proteins to DNA Uncovers
Combinatorics Controlling Gene Expression.
Francesca V. Ponce (Biology) B.S., University of Florida 2015.
esis: e Role of Integral Gain and Its Neuromuscular Implementation in the Flight
Control System of Drosophila melanogaster.
Sharan Jagdish Prakash (Biology) B.A., B.Sc., Monash University 2015.
esis: Experimental and Neuroinformatic Denition of Neural Circuits in Caenorhabditis
elegans.
Charles Sanorenzo (Biology) B.S., University of Puerto Rico 2018.
esis: Design and Construction of Bacterial Genomes at the Megabase-Scale.
Morgan Sarah Schwartz (Biology) B.A., Smith College 2018.
esis: Accelerating Biological Discovery with Deep Learning and Spatial Optical Barcodes.
Mackenzie Marie Strehle (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) B.S., University of Nebraska,
Lincoln 2018.
esis: Mechanisms of Xist-Mediated Gene Silencing During the Initiation and Maintenance
of X Chromosome Inactivation.
Varun Spenta Wadia (Neurobiology) B.A., Bowdoin College 2015.
esis: How We Imagine: Insights from Single Neuron Recordings in the Human Brain.
Julian Morgan Wagner (Biology) B.S., Arizona State University 2017.
esis: Uncovering Mechanisms of Host Recognition, Host Finding and Host Specicity.
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Mark Guangde Zhang (Biology) B.A., Pomona College 2017.
esis: Bridging Sensory Perception to Developmental Decision-Making in Caenorhabditis
elegans.
Zikun Zhu (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Computational Science and Engineering) B.S.,
Nankai University 2018.
esis: Spatiotemporal Regulation of Nascent Protein Targeting.
DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Meaghan Ann Bruening (Chemistry) B.S., St. Catherine University 2017.
esis: Applications of Synthesis in Copolymer Upcycling, Reduction of CO, Ligand Non-
Innocence, and New Weakly-Coordinating Anions.
Reina S. Buenconsejo (Chemistry) B.A., Pomona College 2015.
esis: Clearing the Air: A Chemical Approach to Understanding Secondary Organic Aerosol
Formation from Volatile Chemical Products.
Marjorie eresa Buss (Chemical Engineering) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018.
esis: Tools for Noninvasive Imaging and Control of Engineered Bacteria In Vivo.
David Abraham Cagan (Chemistry) B.S., California State University, Los Angeles 2019.
esis: Exploring the Photophysics and Reactivity of Nickel–Bipyridine Cross-Coupling
Catalysts.
Tsam Mang Melinda Chan (Chemistry) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2019.
esis: Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Havellockate and Investigation into Chiral Pd Enolates:
Synthesis, Reactivity, and Applications.
Wen Chao (Chemistry) B.S., National Taiwan University 2015; M.S., 2017.
esis: Spectroscopy and Kinetics of Reactive Intermediates in the Atmosphere of Venus: e
Catalytic Role of Chlorine Atoms.
Timothy Andrew Csernica (Chemistry) B.S., e University of Chicago 2018.
esis: Exploring Nature’s Fingerprints with Isotopic Distributions.
Alexander Cusumano (Chemistry) B.S., North Carolina State University 2018.
esis: Asymmetric Pericyclic Transformations from Reactive Palladium Intermediates.
William omas Plent Denman (Chemistry) B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2016.
esis: e Birth of PICL: New Laboratory Experiments for Understanding Ocean Worlds.
Taleen Gaied Dilanyan (Chemistry) B.A., Smith College 2016; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2023.
esis: Open-Source Custom Beads for Single-Cell Transcriptomics.
Jiajun Du (Chemistry) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 2017.
esis: Vibrational Imaging for Chemical Biology: From Label-Free to Molecular Probes.
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John Matthew Evans (Chemistry) B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2019.
esis: Impact of Interfacial Chemistry on Corrosion, Sensing, and Catalytic Properties of
Materials.
Shilong Gao (Chemistry) B.A., Boston University 2018.
esis: Engineering Heme Proteins for C(sp
3
)–H Primary Amination.
Isabel Nadine Goronzy (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) B.S., Stanford University 2018.
esis: Higher-Order Chromatin States and Nuclear Structures Regulating Gene Expression.
Robert Wall Grayson (Chemical Engineering) B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University 2018.
esis: Low-Energy Plasma–Surface Interactions at Airless Icy Bodies.
Manni He (Chemistry) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 2018.
esis: Entanglement-Enhanced Bioimaging and Sensing.
Gavin Paul Heim (Chemistry) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2018.
esis: Molecular Tuning of Electrocatalysts for Generation of Commodity Chemicals.
Bryce Patrick Hickam (Chemistry) B.A., Occidental College 2018.
esis: Exploring How Entangled Photon Correlations Can Enhance Spectroscopy.
Christopher Glenn Jones (Chemistry) B.S., California State University, East Bay 2013; M.S., San
Jose State University 2017.
esis: Development of Microcrystal Electron Diraction Techniques for the Characterization
of Small Molecules and Novel Materials.
Gregory Harrison Jones (Chemistry) B.S., e University of Tulsa 2016; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 2019.
esis: From Venus to Mars: Spectroscopy and Kinetics of Reactive Intermediates in Planetary
Atmospheres.
Dennis Lok Ko (Chemical Engineering) B.S., e Johns Hopkins University 2008; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2012.
esis: Design and Implementation of a Microparticle Delivery Device for the Cornea.
Roman Korol (Chemistry) B.Sc., University of Toronto 2018.
esis: Development and Applications of Imaginary Time Path Integral Methods.
Linh Nguyen Vuong Le (Chemistry) B.A., Colgate University 2018.
esis: Partial Synthetic Models of the FeMoco Nitrogenase Cluster with Bridging C-Based
Ligands.
Haw-Wei Lin (Chemistry) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 2018.
esis: Nonlinear and Multidimensional Terahertz Spectroscopy of Liquids and Crystalline
Solids.
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Hanwei Liu (Chemistry) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 2016.
esis: Engineered Living Material Based on Protein-Mediated Bacterial Assembly.
Kun Miao (Chemistry) B.S., Pennsylvania State University 2016.
esis: Stimulated Raman Scattering: A Biophysical Perspective for Imaging Cells and Tissues.
Jonathan Malte Zschiegner Michelsen (Chemistry) B.S., e University of Chicago 2018.
esis: Measuring Charge Carrier and Structural Photodynamics at Solar Energy Material
Surfaces using Transient Extreme Ultraviolet Reection Spectroscopy.
Anand Kumar Muthusamy (Chemistry and Biology) B.A., University of Pennsylvania 2014.
esis: Neuropsychiatric Drug Biosensors in Organelles, Cells, Biouids, & Behaving Animals.
Anna Karen Orta (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) B.S., e University of Texas at El Paso
2017.
esis: Leveraging the ΦX174 Lysis Protein to Study MraY Structure, Function, and
Regulation.
Katharine Rose Page (Chemistry) B.A., Pomona College 2017.
esis: Using Functional Genomics to Characterize Biogenesis and Quality Control Pathways
in the Mammalian ER.
Youngkyu Park (Chemical Engineering) B.S., Seoul National University 2019.
esis: Altering Framework Topology and Heteroatom Distributions of Molecular Sieves by
Designed Organic Structure-Directing Agents.
Michael Koizumi Porter (Chemical Engineering) B.S., e Johns Hopkins University 2017.
esis: Improvement of Microbial Detection and Analysis Techniques in Complex Biological
Environments.
Laura Katherine Quinn (Chemistry) B.S., Rice University 2019.
esis: Freeze-Cast Porous Ceramics: Tailoring Chemistry and Porosity for Functionality.
Shyam Madhukar Saladi (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) B.S., B.S., University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign 2014.
esis: Some Computer Studies of Membrane Proteins, Molecular Chaperones, and Color.
Allison Michelle Stanko (Chemistry) B.S., University of Rochester 2019.
esis: Assembly of Complex Carbocyclic Architectures via Palladium and Nickel-Catalyzed
Cyclizations.
Taylor Anthony Stevens (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) A.Sc., Nashville State Community
College 2014; B.S., e University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2015.
esis: Characterization of a Novel Membrane Protein Insertase in the Mitochondrial Outer
Membrane.
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Xiaoyu Tong (Chemistry) B.A., Vanderbilt University 2019.
esis: Novel Reactivity and Applications of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic
Substitution Reactions.
Kyle Allen Virgil (Chemistry) B.S., North Carolina State University 2016.
esis: Polarization-Resolved, Oblique Incidence Terahertz Spectroscopy of Highly Uniform
2D Hybrid Perovskite Films.
Daniel Joseph Wackelin (Chemical Engineering) B.S.E., University of Connecticut 2018.
esis: New to Nature C–C Bond Forming Cyclases: Pushing the Boundaries of Ring
Forming Reactions.
Grace Zimu Wang (Chemistry) B.S., Duke University 2017.
esis: Chemo-Selective Proteomics for Discovery of Polymicrobial Interactions.
Skyler Danielle Ware (Chemistry) B.S., e Ohio State University 2018.
esis: Nonaqueous Electrolyte Design for Energy Storage and Electrosynthesis.
Nicholas Bret Watkins (Chemistry) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 2019.
esis: Organic Films at the Electrode-Electrolyte Interface in CO
2
Reduction.
Tian Zeng (Chemistry) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2018.
esis: Masked 2-Furylcarbinol Derivatives: A Modular and General Platform for
Mechanically Triggered Molecular Release.
Wanji Zhang (Chemistry) B.S., e College of William & Mary 2015; M.S., 2016.
esis: Eorts Towards C-C Bond Formations: From Ni Catalysis to Transition-Metal Free
Electrolysis.
DIVISION OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Fatemeh Aghlmand (Electrical Engineering) B.S., University of Tehran 2008; M.S., Sharif
University of Technology 2011; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Adaptive Optoelectronic Systems: From Bio-Sensing to Free-Space Optical
Communication.
Hamidreza Akbari (Applied Physics) B.S., Sharif University of Technology 2014; M.S., 2017; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Characterization and Tuning of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride.
Benyamin Allahgholizadeh Haghi (Electrical Engineering) B.S., Sharif University of Technology
2016; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2018.
esis: Energy-Ecient and Robust Machine Learning for Biomedical Applications.
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Apurva Srinivas Badithela (Control and Dynamical Systems) B.S., University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities 2018.
esis: Test and Evaluation of Autonomous Systems: Reactive Test Synthesis and Task-
Relevant Evaluation of Perception.
Camille Marie Bernal-Choban (Materials Science) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2016;
M.S., California Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Atomic Dynamics in Solids and Liquids from Inelastic Neutron Scattering.
Annette Ellen Böhme (Applied Physics) B.Sc., University of Stuttgart 2016; M.Sc., 2019; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2022.
esis: Observation of the Microenvironment Around CO
2
Reduction Electrodes via
Fluorescent Confocal Laser-Scanning Microscopy.
Dmitry Anatolyevich Burov (Applied and Computational Mathematics) B.Sc., Lomonosov Moscow
State University 2013.
esis: Kernel Methods for Learning About Complex Dynamical Systems.
Ruizhi Cao (Electrical Engineering) B.E., Zhejiang University 2018; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2021.
esis: Dealing with Imperfections: From Aberration to Scattering.
Benjamin K Chang (Applied Physics and Computer Science) B.S., National Tsing Hua University
2015; M.S., National Taiwan University 2017; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Electron-Phonon Interactions and Charge Transport in Organic Crystals and
Transition Metal Oxides from First-Principles Calculations.
Yi Hua Chang (Applied Physics) M.Sc., Imperial College London 2018.
esis: Studies of the Evolution and Stability of the in Film Equation for Externally
Modulated Control of Electrohydrodynamic and ermocapillary Patterning.
Po-Chih Chen (Electrical Engineering) B.S., National Taiwan University 2015; M.S., 2017.
esis: Signal Processing for Large Arrays: Convolutional Beamspace, Hybrid Analog and
Digital Processing, and Distributed Algorithms.
Weiting Deng (Medical Engineering) B.Eng., University of Science and Technology of China 2017;
M.S., California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Additive Manufacturing of 3D Micro-Architected Materials for Device Applications.
Niyati Desai (Space Engineering) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2019; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Scalar Vortex Coronagraphs for Imaging Habitable Exoplanets.
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Iretomiwa Esho (Materials Science) B.S., e University of Texas at Arlington 2018.
esis: Investigation of Transport Phenomena in Semiconductors and Semiconductor Devices:
Drain Noise, Two-Phonon Scattering, and Phonon Drag.
Salvador Rey Gomez (Aeronautics) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 2018; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Linear Amplication in Nonequilibrium Turbulent Boundary Layers.
Josene Berta Marie Graebener (Space Engineering and Computer Science) B.Eng., Aachen
University of Applied Sciences 2017; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Formal Methods for Test and Evaluation: Reasoning over Tests, Automated Test
Synthesis, and System Diagnostics.
Peter John Gunnarson (Aeronautics) B.S., University of Virginia 2019; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2020.
esis: Autonomous Flow-Based Navigation in Unsteady Underwater Environments.
Pedro Guzman (Materials Science) B.S., University of California, Los Angeles 2016.
esis: Developments in Mössbauer Spectrometry: From Instrumentation to High Pressure
Studies on Spins and Phonons.
Dimitar Mi Ho (Control and Dynamical Systems) B.S., Technical University of Darmstadt 2011.
esis: Control of Unknown Dynamical Systems: Robustness and Online Learning of
Feedback Control.
Hsin-Yuan Huang (Computing and Mathematical Sciences) B.S., National Taiwan University 2018.
esis: Learning in the Quantum Universe.
Yujia Huang (Electrical Engineering) B.Eng., Zhejiang University 2017; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2021.
esis: Understanding and Improving Reliability of Inference Dynamics in Deep Neural
Networks.
Zachery William Benjamin Iton (Materials Science) B.A., B.S.E., University of Pennsylvania 2017.
esis: Solid State Conduction of Next-Generation Mobile Ions Enabled by Coordinating
Ligands.
Craig Edward Ives (Electrical Engineering) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2017; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Subtractive Photonics in Bulk CMOS.
Zhiyang Jin (Medical Engineering) B.S., Nanjing University 2017; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2018.
esis: Acoustic Biosensors for Noninvasive Imaging of Molecular Processes.
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Zoila Estefani Jurado Quiroga (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., University of Connecticut 2015;
M.S., California Institute of Technology 2017.
esis: Towards a Synthetic Nucleus: Separating Transcription and Translation in Cell-Free
Protein Expression Systems.
Hiroki Kaifu (Applied Physics) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2016; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: Structural and Dynamical Correlations Linked to Smaller ermal Resistance at a
Classical Liquid/Solid Interface.
Hirsh Kamakari (Applied Physics) B.Sc., University of British Columbia 2019; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2023.
esis: Investigation of Quantum Computers for Quantum Simulation and Machine
Learning.
Kordag Mehmet Kilic (Electrical Engineering) B.S., Bilkent University 2018; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: On the Complexity of Neural Network Representations.
Areum Kim (Applied Physics) B.E., Chung-Ang University 2014; M.E., 2016; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Probing Active Nanophotonic Materials Phenomena Under Electrostatic Modulation.
Connor Tinghan Lee (Space Engineering) B.S., California Institute of Technology 2017; M.S.,
2019.
esis: Learning-Based Perception for Robotics in Suboptimal Data Landscapes.
Christian Richard Leefmans (Applied Physics) B.S., Cornell University 2018.
esis: Topological Phenomena in Time-Multiplexed Resonator Networks.
Mi Lei (Applied Physics) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 2017.
esis: Many-Body Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Spin Dynamics with an Ensemble
of Rare-Earth Ions.
Daniel Victor Leibovici (Applied and Computational Mathematics) M.S., HEC Paris 2018.
esis: General Domain FC-Based Shock Dynamics Solver.
Jing Shuang Li (Control and Dynamical Systems) B.A.Sc., University of Toronto 2018.
esis: Distributed Control eory for Biological and Cyberphysical Systems.
Mingchen Liu (Electrical Engineering) B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology 2018.
esis: Nonlinear Enhancement of Optical Spectroscopy in the Mid-infrared.
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Chen-Hsuan Lu (Materials Science) B.S., National Taiwan University 2018; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Strategic Advances in 2D Materials: Low-Temperature Plasma-Enhanced Chemical
Vapor Deposition Growth of Graphene and Complementary Insights into MoS
2
.
Bijan Henrik Socrates Mazaheri (Computing and Mathematical Sciences) B.A., Williams College
2016.
esis: Combining Sources and Leveraging Contexts.
Jihong Min (Medical Engineering) B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2017; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Innovations in Wireless Bioelectronics for Precision Medicine, from Sustainable Sweat
Sensing to Ingestible Gut Monitoring.
Rigoberto Moncada Lopez (Civil Engineering) B.Sc., Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana
2009; M.Sc., Tohoku University 2012; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Sea Ice Discrete Element Modeling: Melt and Fracture of Floes and Sheets.
Andrew Sterling Mueller (Applied Physics) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2017.
esis: Quantum Measurements with Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors.
Nachiket Ramchandra Naik (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology 2017;
M.S., California Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Charge Transport Phenomena in Cryogenic SiGe Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors.
Nicholas Hao Nelsen (Mechanical Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics) B.S.,
Oklahoma State University 2018; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Statistical Foundations of Operator Learning.
Alexander Charles Ogren (Mechanical Engineering) B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison 2018;
M.S., California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Machine Learning and Inference Methods for Surrogate Modeling and Inexpensive
Characterization of Elastodynamic Systems.
Ayush Pandey (Control and Dynamical Systems) B.Tech., M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur 2017; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Modeling Frameworks for Modular and Scalable Biological Circuit Design.
Benjamin Pierre Riviere (Aeronautics) B.S., Stanford University 2017; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2018.
esis: What Do Robots Dream Of? Monte Carlo Tree Search for Dynamical, Partially-
Observable, and Multi-Agent Systems.
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Gregory David Roberts (Applied Physics) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 2014; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Design, Realization, and Applications of 3D Multifunctional Nanophotonics.
Andrei Ruskuc (Applied Physics) B.A., M.Sc., University of Cambridge 2017.
esis: Single Rare-Earth Ions in Solid-State Hosts: A Platform for Quantum Networks.
Kuang-Ming Shang (Medical and Electrical Engineering) B.S., National Taiwan University 2017;
M.S., California Institute of Technology 2018.
esis: Oxygen-Regulating MEMS Devices for Cell Transplantation to Cure Type 1 Diabetes.
Christopher Simon (Applied Physics) B.S., Stanford University 2014; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2021.
esis: Non-Equilibrium Quantum Dynamics in a Disordered Ising Magnet.
Yousuf Soliman (Applied and Computational Mathematics) B.Sc., M.S., Carnegie Mellon University
2018.
esis: Discrete Constrained Willmore Surfaces.
Jean-Sébastien Alexandre Spratt (Space Engineering) B.A., Vassar College 2016; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2018.
esis: Numerical Simulations of Cavitating Bubbles in Elastic and Viscoelastic Materials for
Biomedical Applications.
Magel P. Su (Materials Science) B.S.E., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2018.
esis: Exploring ermal Photonics for Sustainability: From Selective Solar Absorbers to
Terrestrial Radiative Cooling.
Jennifer Jianing Sun (Computing and Mathematical Sciences) B.A.Sc., University of Toronto 2017.
esis: AI for Scientists: Accelerating Discovery rough Knowledge, Data, and Learning.
Shi-Ning Sun (Applied Physics) B.S., M.S., e University of Chicago 2018.
esis: Digital Quantum Simulation of Quantum Many-Body Systems.
Yuchun Sun (Materials Science) B.S., University of California, Berkeley 2018; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: 3D Micro-Architected Materials for Batteries.
Jiaobing Tu (Medical Engineering) B.Eng., Imperial College London 2017; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 2020.
esis: Wearable Sweat Sensors for Disease Monitoring and Management.
Fernando Joaquin Villafuerte (Materials Science) B.A., Hunter College of the City University of
New York 2017; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Additive Manufacturing of Batteries and IR-Active Microparticles: Polyborane-Based
Electrolytes for Solid State Batteries and Additively Manufactured, TiN-Coated Microbridges.
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Cameron Voloshin (Computing and Mathematical Sciences) B.S., California Institute of Technology
2017.
esis: Guaranteed Policy Performance in Reinforcement Learning.
Skylar Xueyao Wei (Control and Dynamical Systems) B.S., M.S., University of California, Los
Angeles 2018.
esis: Data-Driven Safety-Critical Autonomy in Unknown, Unstructured, and Dynamic
Environments.
Alexander Huai-Cheng Wen (Space Engineering) B.A., B.S., University of California, Berkeley
2013; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2018.
esis: Vibration Damping of Coiled Structures rough Frictional Slip.
Steven Andrew Wood (Applied Physics) B.S., Temple University 2018; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2020.
esis: Quantum Microwave to Optical Transduction with Light-Robust Superconducting
Circuits. Part I: Light-Robust Aluminum Nitride Transducer. Part II: Light-Robust Lithium
Niobate Transducer.
Parker Ryan Wray (Electrical Engineering) B.S., e University of Texas at Austin 2015; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2018.
esis: How to Make Small ings do Big ings: Exploring Engineered Disorder for
Massively Scalable Metasurfaces and Metamaterials.
Lue Wu (Applied Physics and Quantum Science and Engineering) B.S., Tsinghua University 2016; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Greater than One Billion Optical Q Factor for On-Chip Microresonators.
Changhao Xu (Medical Engineering and Computer Science) B.S., Fudan University 2018; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Electronic Skin in Robotics and Healthcare: Towards Multimodal Sensing and
Intelligent Analysis.
Matthew Xuhuai Yao (Mechanical Engineering) B.A.Sc., University of Waterloo 2018; M.A.Sc.,
2019; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: Lean Premixed Hydrogen Flames: Turbulence, Chemistry, and Modelling.
Wesley Minlai Yu (Aeronautics) B.S., e University of Texas at Austin 2017; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2018.
esis: Experiments on Separation Shear Layer Instabilities in Hypervelocity Flows.
Zhiquan Yuan (Applied Physics and Quantum Science and Engineering) B.E., Tsinghua University
2018; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: Physics and Applications of Optical Nonlinearity in High-Q Microresonators.
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Yang Zhang (Applied Physics) B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology 2018; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 2021.
esis: Understanding the Plasma Universe through Laboratory Experiments and Related
Models.
Tianzhe Zheng (Applied Physics) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 2018; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2023.
esis: Recongurable Metasurfaces in Nanoelectromechanical and Silicon-Organic Systems.
DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND PLANETARY SCIENCES
Brooke Hillary Dallas (Geology) B.S., University of California, Davis 2011; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2016.
esis: Intermolecular and Intramolecular Stable Isotope Studies in Alanine.
Guannan Dong (Geochemistry) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 2017; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Taking the Pulse of Life: Intramolecular and Clumped Isotopic Perspectives on the
Origins and Evolution of Hydrocarbons in Geological and Prebiotic Systems.
Erin Jessica Hightower (Geophysics) B.A., Colorado College 2016; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2020.
esis: From Tectonic Evolution to Intraplate Stress: e Role of Structural Inheritance and
Long-Wavelength Loading.
Haoyu Li (Geochemistry) B.S., Nanjing University 2018; M.S., California Institute of Technology
2021.
esis: Revisiting U-Pb and
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Mg Systematics of Calcium Aluminum-Rich Inclusions:
Applications on Early Solar System Chronology and Evolution History.
Yida Li (Geophysics) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 2018; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: I. Dynamics of Subduction Initiation and II. Constraining Sedimentary Basin Structure
with Seismic Ambient Noise.
Sujung Lim (Geobiology) B.S., University of Washington 2008; M.S., 2012; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2018.
esis: e Impact of Energy Availability and Substrate Complexity on Anaerobic Microbial
Communities in Marine Sediment.
Ren omas Caburnay Marquez (Geochemistry) B.Sc., University of the Philippines Diliman
2014; M.Sc., 2017; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: Primitive Stellar Remnants and their Signatures as Probes to the Nascent Solar System.
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Freya K. Morris (Geology) B.S., Lafayette College 2017; M.S., California Institute of Technology
2019.
esis: Depositional and Structural History of the Pavian and Kudu Nappes in the Naukluft
Mountains, Namibia.
Elliott Patrick Mueller (Geobiology) B.S., Northeastern University 2017; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 2020.
esis: Carbon Currencies: Isotopic Constraints on the Biogeochemistry of Organic Acids.
Newton Huy Nguyen (Environmental Science and Engineering) B.A., University of California,
Berkeley 2016; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: From Source to Sink: Modeling and Measuring Methane Emissions and Loss.
William Richard Palfey (Geochemistry) B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2017; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Hydrogen Incorporation in Rutile- and Perovskite-Structured Minerals and eir
Analogues.
Shirui Peng (Environmental Science and Engineering) B.S., Peking University 2017; M.S., Stanford
University 2019.
esis: Seismic ermometry of the North Pacic and Equatorial Indian Oceans.
Clare Emilie Elmendorf Singer (Environmental Science and Engineering) B.A., e University of
Chicago 2018; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: e Role of Small-Scale Cloud, Aerosol, and Radiation Processes for Earth’s Climate.
Krittanon Sirorattanakul (Geophysics and Computational Science and Engineering) B.S., Lehigh
University 2018; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Response of Earthquakes to Transient Stresses, in Laboratory and Nature.
Emma Soa Sosa (Geology) B.S., Lafayette College 2017; M.S., California Institute of Technology
2019.
esis: Composition, Structure, and Formation of the Lower Crust in Continental and
Oceanic Arc Settings: Insights from the Xenolith Record.
Carl Raymond Swindle (Geology) B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara 2018; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Fluid-Rock Interactions from the Lithosphere to Earth’s Surface.
Renee Zurui Wang (Geochemistry) B.S., University of Southern California 2016; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: From Photosynthesis to Detoxication: Microbial Metabolisms Shape Earth’s Surface
Chemistry.
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Sarah Soojin Zeichner (Geochemistry) B.S., e University of Chicago 2016; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: Fates of Carbon.
Qicheng Zhang (Planetary Science) B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara 2017; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2019.
esis: Sampling the Evolution of Solar System Cometoids.
DIVISION OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Daniel Ebanks (Social Science) B.A., Princeton University 2015; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2021.
esis: Unexpected Partisan Unity Among Congressional Leaders and Legislators Using New
Latent Variable Estimation Techniques and Frameworks.
Meng-Jhang Fong (Social Science) B.B.A., National Taiwan University 2014; M.A., 2016.
esis: Essays in Behavioral Economics and Game eory.
Lindsey Anne Gailmard (Social Science) B.A., University of California, Berkeley 2012; M.P.P., e
University of Chicago 2014; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2018.
esis: Reputation and Accountability.
Wanying Huang (Social Science) B.A., e University of Queensland 2017; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2023.
esis: Essays on Rational Social Learning.
Joanna Nanami Huey (Social Science) A.B., Harvard University 2006; J.D., M.P.P., 2010.
esis: Institutional Design of Criminal Justice Processes.
Shunto Jerry Kobayashi (Social Science) B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2018.
esis: Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization.
Zhuofang Li (Social Science and Applied and Computational Mathematics and Computer Science) B.A.,
B.S., Renmin University of China 2019.
esis: Essays on Trustworthy Online Platforms.
Po-Hsuan Lin (Social Science) B.A., National Taiwan University 2016; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2023.
esis: Essays in Behavioral Game eory Solution Concepts.
Aldo Lucia (Social Science) B.S., Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi 2016; M.S., 2018.
esis: An Experimental and eoretical Investigation of Decision-Making Under Risk.
DIVISION OF PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY
Ismail Abouamal (Mathematics) B.Sc., Université de Montréal 2015; M.Sc., 2017.
esis: Bost-Connes-Marcolli System for the Siegel Modular Variety.
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Shreya Anand (Physics) B.S., University of Maryland, College Park 2017.
esis: Cosmic Gold Mining: Hunting for the Astrophysical Sites of r-process
Nucleosynthesis.
Taylor Benjamin Aralis (Physics) B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara 2016.
esis: SuperCDMS SNOLAB, HVeV Run 3, and Development of KIPM Detectors.
Marie Ann Blatnik (Physics) B.S., Cleveland State University 2015.
esis: Creating the Electric and Magnetic Fields for the nEDM@SNS Experiment.
Can Tran anh Trung (Mathematics) B.A., Duke University 2018.
esis: On Arithmetic Invariants of Special Families of K3-Type Surfaces.
Cyuan-Han Chang (Physics) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018.
esis: Energy Correlators, Dispersive Sum Rules, and Modular Bootstrap in Conformal Field
eories.
Ge Chen (Physics) B.Sc., McGill University 2015.
esis: Localized Fast Radio Bursts Using DSA-110.
Daniel Echeverri (Physics) B.S.E., Princeton University 2017.
esis: Vortex Fiber Nulling for Exoplanet Observations.
Richard Moses Feder (Physics) A.B., Harvard College 2018.
esis: Dissecting and Reconstructing the Cosmic Infrared Background with Spaceborne
Experiments.
Max Elliot Goldberg (Astrophysics) B.S., e University of Chicago 2019; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 2022.
esis: Early Dynamics and Evolution of Extrasolar Planetary Systems.
Shouzhen Gu (Physics) B.Math., University of Waterloo 2018.
esis: Quantum Error Correction Using Low-Density Parity-Check Codes and Erasure
Qubits.
Yuhui Jin (Mathematics) B.S., University of California, San Diego 2017.
esis: On the Hecke Module of GL
n
(k[[z]])GL
n
(k((z)))/GL
n
(k((z²))).
Neeraja Raghavendra Kulkarni (Mathematics) B.A., Carleton College 2018.
esis: A Kakeya Estimate for Sticky Sets Using a Planebrush.
Chen Li (Physics) B.S., Peking University 2017; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: Ultrafast Optical Studies of Pressure-Tuned Spin-Orbit Materials.
Dongjun Li (Physics) B.A., Cornell University 2019.
esis: Black Hole Perturbation eory Beyond General Relativity and Holographic Gravity
in Flat Spacetime.
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Ka Yue Alvin Li (Physics) B.Sc., e Chinese University of Hong Kong 2019; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2023.
esis: Probing the Higher Redshift Universe by Studying Strong Lensing of Gravitational
Waves and Enhancing Search Sensitivity of the GstLAL Search Pipeline.
Zhihui Li (Astrophysics) B.S., Peking University 2018; M.S., California Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: Unveiling the Structure of the Circumgalactic Medium of High-Redshift Galaxies via
Emission and Absorption Lines.
Aike Liu (Physics) B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2019.
esis: Bootstrapping the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa Archipelago and the Skydiving Algorithm.
Ka Lok Lo (Physics) B.Sc., e Chinese University of Hong Kong 2018.
esis: Gravitational Wave Exotica - Advancing the Search for Signatures of Exotic Compact
Objects and Gravitational Lensing from Data-Analysis and eoretical Perspectives.
Linhao Ma (Physics) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 2019; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2022.
esis: Dissipative Dynamics of Stars, Planets, and Black Holes.
Aaron Gregory Markowitz (Physics) A.B., Harvard University 2016.
esis: Interferometric Precision Measurement with Macroscopic Silicon Optomechanics.
Lorenzo Minutolo (Physics) B.S., Sapienza Università di Roma 2015; M.S., 2017; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2023.
esis: ermal Kinetic Inductance Detector (TKIDs) Camera: A Pathnder mm-Wave
Polarimeter.
Keefe Edward Alden Mitman (Physics) B.A., Columbia University 2019; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2022.
esis: Asymptotics with Numerical Relativity: Gravitational Memory, BMS Frames, and
Nonlinearities.
Kathryn Annette Plant (Astrophysics) B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz 2016; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2020.
esis: A New Sensor for Milky-Way Particle Accelerators: e Standalone-Radio Cosmic
Ray Detector at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array.
Ryan Asa Rubenzahl (Astrophysics) B.S., University of Rochester 2018; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2021.
esis: From the Sun to the Stars: A Solar Calibrator for the Keck Planet Finder and New
Frontiers in Exoplanet Obliquities.
Nabha Shah (Physics) M.S., Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 2018.
esis: Scattering and Gravitational Eective Field eory.
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Adam Lawrence Shaw (Physics and Quantum Science and Engineering) B.S., Harvey Mudd College
2018.
esis: Learning, Verifying, and Erasing Errors on a Chaotic and Highly Entangled
Programmable Quantum Simulator.
Christina Wenlu Wang (Physics) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: Search for New Physics with the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment and QIS-
enabled Technology.
Yijun Wang (Physics) B.A., Pomona College 2019.
esis: Topics in Gravitational Wave Physics: Lensing, Detection with Astrometry and Dark
Siren Hubble Measurement.
Samantha Chloe Wu (Astrophysics) B.A., University of California, Berkeley 2018; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: e Interplay of Waves and Stellar Evolution.
Nitika Yadlapalli Yurk (Astrophysics) B.S., Rutgers, e State University of New Jersey 2018; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 2021.
esis: Interferometric Millimeter Observations of the High Energy Universe.
Yi Zeng (Physics) B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara 2018; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 2022.
esis: Progress Toward Precision Measurements Using Polyatomic Molecules.
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PRIZES AND AWARDS
Prizes and awards are listed only for those students participating in commencement this year, and
include prizes and awards received by them in previous years.
MABEL BECKMAN PRIZE
Given in memory of Mabel Beckman’s many years of commitment to Caltech’s
educational and research programs, this prize is awarded to an undergraduate woman
(or women) who, upon completion of her junior or senior year at Caltech, has achieved
academic excellence and demonstrated outstanding leadership skills, a commitment to
personal excellence, good character, and a strong interest in the Caltech community.
2024 Rupa Kurinchi-Vendhan
FREDERIC W. HINRICHS, JR., MEMORIAL AWARD
This award, established by the Board of Trustees, is in memory of Frederick W. Hinrichs,
Jr., who served for more than 20 years as dean and professor at Caltech. In remembrance of
his honor, courage, and kindness, the annual award is given to the senior (or seniors) who,
throughout their undergraduate years, made the greatest contribution to the student body
and whose qualities of character, leadership, and responsibility have been outstanding. At
the discretion of the dean, more than one award may be made in any year.
2024 Gabriella Patricia Twombly
GEORGE W. HOUSNER PRIZE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
This prize is given annually to a senior or seniors in the upper 20 percent of their class
who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship and in the preparation of an outstanding
piece of original scientific research. The students are selected by the deans and the
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee. At the discretion of the
deans, more than one award may be given in any year. This prize is made possible by a gift
from the late George W. Housner, Carl F Braun Professor of Engineering, Emeritus.
2024 Joseph Hakkyu Kim
MILTON AND FRANCIS CLAUSER DOCTORAL PRIZE
This prize is given to a Ph.D. candidate* whose thesis is judged by a committee of the
Faculty Board to exhibit significant new work, ingenuity, and originality, and to have the
greatest potential to open new avenues of human thought and endeavor.
2024 Hsin-Yuan Huang
The previous four prizes are announced at the commencement ceremony.
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ADVOCATING CHANGE TOGETHER (ACT) AWARD
Given by the Caltech Y, this award allows students to learn about a global, national, or
local issue by immersing themselves with activists working on a cause over the summer
and then challenges them to educate others by creating and leading programs designed
to raise awareness on campus the following year.
2022 Peiwei Chen
2023 Rupa Kurinchi-Vendhan
2024 Tyler Elizabeth Fox, Alice Kutsyy
APOSTOL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING IN
MATHEMATICS
Named in honor of Tom Apostol, who taught at Caltech for over 50 years, this award
recognizes excellence in teaching by graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants in
mathematics.
2021, 2023 Neeraja Raghavendra Kulkarni
2023 Andrei Cristian Staic
CHARLES D. BABCOCK AWARD
Voted on by members of the aeronautics faculty, this award is given to a graduate
student whose achievements in teaching or other assistance to students have made a
significant contribution to the aeronautics department.
2019 Wesley Minlai Yu
2020, 2022 Salvador Rey Gomez
ROBERT P. BALLES CALTECH MATHEMATICS SCHOLARS AWARD
This award is given to the mathematics major finishing their senior year who has
demonstrated the most outstanding performance in mathematics courses completed in
the student's time at Caltech.
2024 Stephanie Yuanying Chen
WILLIAM F. BALLHAUS PRIZE
This prize recognizes aeronautics students for outstanding doctoral dissertations.
2024 Salvador Rey Gomez, Benjamin Pierre Riviere
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ERIC TEMPLE BELL UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS RESEARCH
PRIZE
This prize is given to one or more juniors or seniors for outstanding original research in
mathematics.
2024 Brian Boan Yang
THE BHANSALI FAMILY PRIZE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Established in 2001 by Vineer Bhansali (B.S. ’87, M.S. ’87) in memory of his
grandfather, Mag Raj Bhansali, this prize is given to an undergraduate student for
outstanding research in computer science in the current academic year. Awardees are
selected by a committee of computer science faculty.
2024 Manav Kant, Eric Yingke Ma, Andrei Cristian Staicu
RICHARD G. BREWER PRIZE IN PHYSICS
This prize recognizes a first-year with the most interesting solutions to the Physics 11
“hurdles,” demonstrating intellectual promise and creativity at the very beginning of
their Caltech education.
2021 Kevin Chang
ROLF D. BUHLER MEMORIAL AWARD IN AERONAUTICS
This award is given to an aeronautics student for outstanding academic achievement in
the master’s program.
2024 Erina Yamaguchi
THE CALTECH Y RISE SERVICE AWARD
Established in 2021, the Caltech Y Rise Service Award recognizes exceptional service
provided by Rise Program tutors. This award highlights the dedication and outstanding
contributions of individuals who exemplify the Caltech Y’s commitment to service.
2024 Zoila Estefani Jurado Quiroga
THE W. P. CAREY & CO. PRIZE IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Established by William P. Carey and W. P. Carey & Co., Inc., this prize is awarded to
outstanding doctoral dissertations in applied mathematics in the current academic year.
Awardees are selected by a committee of applied mathematics faculty.
2024 Daniel Victor Leibovici, Nicholas Hao Nelsen
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BONNIE CASHIN PRIZE FOR IMAGINATIVE THINKING
Awarded annually, this prize is given to the entering first-year who wrote the most
imaginative essays in the application for their first-year admission.
2021 Leah Sofia Soldner
IAN CAMPBELL AWARD
The Ian Campbell Award is for outstanding performance in field geology courses
during this academic year.
2024 Paolo Rosario Sanchez, Maria Nicole Schmeer
CENTENNIAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST THESIS IN MECHANICAL AND
CIVIL ENGINEERING
This prize, awarded annually to a Ph.D. candidate in applied mechanics, civil
engineering, or mechanical engineering, is given to a student whose doctoral thesis
is judged to be the most original and significant by a faculty committee appointed
annually by the executive officer for mechanical and civil engineering. This prize was
established with gifts from alumni following the Mechanical Engineering Centennial
Celebration in 2007.
2024 Nicholas Hao Nelsen
RICHARD BRUCE CHAPMAN MEMORIAL AWARD
This award is given to a graduate student in hydrodynamics who has distinguished
themselves in research in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science.
2024 Peter John Gunnarson, Matthew Xuhuai Yao
BEN P.C. CHOU DOCTORAL PRIZE IN IST
This prize recognizes outstanding doctoral dissertations in the broad area of
information science and technology. The prize was established by Ben P.C. Chou’s wife,
June, and his son, Scott (B.S. ’86), as a lasting tribute to his lifetime dedication to the
pursuit of scholarly research and foregoing personal gain in favor of always doing the
right thing for society.
2023 Jennifer Jianing Sun
2024 Hsin-Yuan Huang
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ROBERT F. CHRISTY PRIZE FOR AN OUTSTANDING FIRST-YEAR IN
PHYSICS
This prize is awarded annually to a first-year who has demonstrated excellence in
physics. Established in 2018, this prize honors the memory of Robert F. Christy, former
provost and professor of theoretical physics at Caltech.
2022 Stephanie Yuanying Chen
ROBERT F. CHRISTY PRIZE FOR AN OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN
THEORETICAL PHYSICS
This prize is awarded annually to a senior who has demonstrated excellence in
theoretical physics through research and/or coursework. Established in 2018, this prize
honors the memory of Robert F. Christy, former provost and professor of theoretical
physics at Caltech.
2024 Thomas Henry Clark, Andrei Călin Diaconu
ROBERT F. CHRISTY PRIZE FOR AN OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL
THESIS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS
This prize is given annually to a student who has produced an outstanding thesis in
theoretical physics. Established in 2018, this prize honors the memory of Robert F.
Christy, former provost and professor of theoretical physics.
2024 Shouzhen Gu, Keefe Edward Alden Mitman
DONALD S. CLARK MEMORIAL AWARD
This award is given to two juniors in recognition of service to the campus community
and academic excellence. Preference is given to students in the Division of Engineering
and Applied Science and to those in chemical engineering. The awards honor the work
of Professor Clark, class of 1929, both in the field of engineering and in his service to
the Alumni Association.
2023 Heidi Elizabeth Redmond, Parul R Singh
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CMS AND IST GRADIENT FOR CHANGE AWARD
The CMS and IST Gradient for Change Awards honor students, postdocs, staff,
and faculty in the Caltech community who demonstrate exceptional efforts to make
Caltech and/or the broader scientific community a more diverse, equitable, and
inclusive environment. The awards recognize and highlight individual contributors
or small teams who are considered agents of change, community leaders, and/or allies
to historically marginalized group(s) in the information sciences, including computer
science, applied mathematics, and beyond.
2022 Apurva Srinivas Badithela, Joy Shi
DONALD COLES PRIZE IN AERONAUTICS
This prize is given to the graduating Ph.D. student in aeronautics whose thesis
displays the best design of an experiment or the best design for a piece of experimental
equipment.
2024 Wesley Minlai Yu
FRANCE A. CÓRDOVA GRADUATE STUDENT FUND
This fund provides resources for one to three graduate students annually to support
research-related expenses. Each awardee shall be recognized as either a Neugebauer,
Garmire, or Tombrello Scholar. Preference shall be given to student(s) studying
broadly in areas in which professors Gerry Neugebauer, Gordon Garmire, and Thomas
Tombrello made contributions.
2022 Nitika Yadlapalli Yurk, Garmine Scholar
JAMES A. CULLEN MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP FUND
This memorial fund is awarded annually to a graduate student or students who have
demonstrated outstanding academic achievement in physics.
2019 Cyuan-Han Chang
2023 Adam Lawrence Shaw
2024 Isaac Norman Legred
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DEANS’ CUP
This award is presented to undergraduates whose concern for their fellow students has
been demonstrated by their persistent efforts to improve the quality of undergraduate
life and by effective communication with members of the faculty and administration.
2023 Alexis Huiyu Wang
2024 Lucas Layne Brass Pabarcius, Winter Zed Pearson, Heidi Elizabeth Redmond
DEMETRIADES-TSAFKA-KOKKALIS PRIZE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY OR
RELATED FIELDS
This prize, awarded annually, recognizes a Ph.D. candidate for the best thesis,
publication, or discovery in biotechnology or related fields at the Institute in the
preceding 12 months. This prize is made possible by a gift from Anna Kokkalis
Demetriades and Sterge T. Demetriades (Eng. ’58).
2024 Anand Kumar Muthusamy
DEMETRIADES-TSAFKA-KOKKALIS PRIZE IN NANOTECHNOLOGY OR
RELATED FIELDS
This prize, awarded annually, recognizes a Ph.D. candidate for the best thesis,
publication, or discovery in nanotechnology or related fields at the Institute in the
preceding 12 months. This prize is made possible by a gift from Anna Kokkalis
Demetriades and Sterge T. Demetriades (Eng. ’58).
2024 Andrei Ruskuc
CONSTANTIN G. ECONOMOU MEMORIAL PRIZE
This prize is awarded to a chemical engineering graduate student distinguished
by outstanding research accomplishments and exemplary attitude while fulfilling
candidacy requirements for the Ph.D. degree.
2019 Marjorie Theresa Buss
EVERHART DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE STUDENT LECTURER
AWARD
This award recognizes graduate students for their exemplary presentation skills and
research ability. Awardees participate in the Everhart Lecture Series, a forum that is
meant to encourage interdisciplinary interaction among graduate students and faculty,
to share ideas about recent research developments.
2023 Kathryn Annette Plant
2024 Peiwei Chen, Keefe Edward Alden Mitman
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DORIS EVERHART SERVICE AWARD
This award is given annually to an undergraduate who has actively supported and
willingly worked for organizations that enrich not only student life, but also the campus
and/or the community as a whole, and who has, in addition, exhibited care and concern
for the welfare of students on a personal basis. The award was established in 1999 by
Martin and Sally Ridge in honor of Doris Everhart.
2023 Bertha Alicia Mireles Cisneros, Catherine Jeanette Ko
LAWRENCE L. AND AUDREY W. FERGUSON PRIZE
The Ferguson prize is awarded to the graduating Ph.D. candidate in biology and
biological engineering who has produced the outstanding doctoral thesis for the past year.
2024 John Alan Ciemniecki
RICHARD FEYNMAN PRIZE IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS
This prize is awarded to a senior on the basis of excellence in theoretical physics.
2024 Ishaan Kannan
HAREN LEE FISHER MEMORIAL AWARD IN JUNIOR PHYSICS
This recognizes a junior physics major who demonstrates the greatest promise of future
contributions in physics.
2023 Nachiket Dhiren Bhanushali
HENRY FORD II SCHOLAR AWARD
This award recognizes either the engineering students with the best academic record at
the end of the third year of undergraduate study or the engineering students with the
best first-year record in the graduate program.
2023 Kyle Andrew Lethander, Kyle Chang McCandless, Rithvik Reddy Musuku,
Patrick K Rim
JACK E. FROEHLICH MEMORIAL AWARD
This award, established by the family and friends of the late Jack E. Froehlich (B.S. ’47,
Ph.D. ’50), who did his undergraduate and graduate work at Caltech and was later the
project manager for Explorer I for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, provides an award to
one or two juniors in the upper 5 percent of their class who show outstanding promise
for a creative professional career. The recipients are selected by the deans and the
Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee.
2023 Virginia Mae Canestraight
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DR. ALLEN AND CHARLOTTE GINSBURG SCHOLARS
This award is given to rising seniors demonstrating academic excellence and outstanding
leadership skills as well as a commitment to the visual and performing arts program.
2024 Tanmay Gupta, Riley Lauren Tam
BARRY M. GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship program honoring Senator Barry Goldwater was designed to foster
and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics,
the natural sciences, and engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier
undergraduate award of its type in these fields.
2021 Patryk Tomasz Kozlowski
2023 Thomas Henry Clark, Lily Kathleen DeBell, Krishna Kishore Reddy Pochana
GPS AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
Awarded to a GPS graduate student for outstanding research achievements.
2024 Krittanon Sirorattanakul, Sarah Soojin Zeichner
GRADUATE DEAN’S AWARD
This award is given to a Ph.D. candidate or candidates who, throughout their graduate
study at the Institute, have made great contributions to graduate life and whose qualities
of leadership and responsibility have been outstanding.
2024 David Abraham Cagan
GEORGE W. AND BERNICE E. GREEN MEMORIAL PRIZE
This prize, awarded annually, recognizes an undergraduate student in any class for
original research, an original paper or essay, or other evidence of creative scholarship
beyond the normal requirements of specific courses. The student is selected by the
deans and the Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee.
2024 Cameron Elise Scantlin, Amy-Doan Phuong Vo
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THE LUCY GUERNSEY SERVICE AWARD
This award is awarded to one or two students who have provided exceptional service
to the Caltech Y and/or the community, are involved with service projects, have
demonstrated leadership in community and volunteer service efforts, and exemplify a
spirit of service.
2018 Zoila Estefani Jurado Quiroga
2019 Kyle Allen Virgil
2023 Peiwei Chen, Suchitra Sakuntala Dara
HANS G. HORNUNG PRIZE
This prize is awarded for the best oral Ph.D. defense presentation by a student advised
by aerospace faculty. The decision is made by a committee of students who attend all
thesis presentations for the year.
2024 Alexander Huai-Cheng Wen
THE HOUSES AND RESIDENCES IDEA INCLUSION, DIVERSITY,
EQUITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY AWARD
The Houses and Residences Award celebrates exceptional individuals who excel in
fostering a vibrant and inclusive environment within the houses and residences. Their
unwavering commitment ensures that each resident feels a deep sense of belonging and
support. These leaders drive positive transformation by nurturing inclusive dialogues and
instilling a strong sense of community through their advocacy. Through their efforts,
they create an environment where everyone can flourish in houses and residences.
2024 Emily Hyein Choe, Suchitra Sakuntala Dara, Cameron Elise Scantlin
PATRICK HUMMEL AND HARRY GRAY TRAVEL FUND
Established as a joint gift from Carla and Paul Hummel, Patrick Hummel, and Shirley
and Harry Gray, Caltech’s Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and founding
director of the Beckman Institute, the endowed fund supports undergraduate and
graduate travel opportunities that promote professional and leadership development and
broaden students’ perspectives as engaged, responsible citizens of the world.
2022 Turner McNeal Bumbary, Brandon Guo
2023 Niyati Desai
2024 Elliott Patrick Mueller, Riley Lauren Tam
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RICHARD H. JAHNS TEACHING AWARD
The Richard H. Jahns Teaching award is given in recognition of outstanding
achievement as a graduate teaching assistant. Dick Jahns got his B.S. and Ph.D. in
Geology from Caltech and from 1946–1960 was faculty here. He was known for giving
superb lectures, legendary field trips, and spending long hours mentoring students. Dick
said, “the most exciting and rewarding aspect of teaching is seeing already able young
people come alive intellectually and seeing the emergence in them of a basic drive,
enthusiasm, and enjoyment.”
2020 William Richard Palfey
2021 Ren Thomas Caburnay Marquez, Clare Emilie Elmendorf Singer
BIBI JENTOFT-NILSEN MEMORIAL AWARD
Family and friends of Bibi Jentoft-Nilsen (B.S. ’89) have provided this award in her
memory. This award recognizes a junior or senior who exhibits outstanding qualities of
leadership and who actively contributes to the quality of student life at Caltech.
2024 Suchitra Sakuntala Dara
IDEA INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY
ALLYSHIP & ADVOCACY AWARD
This award is given to an individual who promotes the needs and experiences of all
members of the Caltech community and challenges systemic barriers that impede
members of marginalized identities from contributing their skills and talents at Caltech.
Such actions include raising awareness, inspiring action, cultivating an inclusive
environment, advocating for an equitable campus climate, and leading efforts to
dismantle structural barriers that uphold oppression and discrimination.
2024 Tsam Mang Melinda Chan
IDEA (INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY)
OUTREACH & EDUCATION AWARD
This award is given to an individual who teaches and inspires interest in inclusion,
diversity, equity, and accessibility in the community at large through learning
experiences and service. This person takes the initiative to participate in civic
engagement through volunteerism, service-learning, and teaching initiatives as a change
agent in the community outside of Caltech.
2024 Joy Shi
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SCOTT RUSSELL JOHNSON GRADUATE DISSERTATION PRIZE IN
MATHEMATICS
This prize is awarded for the best graduate dissertation in mathematics.
2024 Ismail Abouamal
KALAM PRIZE FOR AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
This prize, made possible by Dr. Abdul Kalam, the 11th president of India and an
aerospace engineer, is awarded to a student in the aerospace engineering master’s
program whose academic performance was exemplary and who shows high potential for
future achievements at Caltech.
2024 William Frederick Francis Feasey, Tara Kamala Venkatadri
R.K. KAR AWARD FOR RESEARCH IN PHYSICS
This award is given annually to an outstanding graduate student who is exceptional in
their physics studies and research (emphasis on condensed matter physics).
2023 Yuchen Han
DR. JAMES KING JR. STUDENT DIVERSITY AWARD
The Dr. James King Jr. award is given to individuals who stand out as strong supporters
of diversity within the Caltech student body. Dr. King is the first African American
to receive a Ph.D. from Caltech in chemical physics (at that time it was chemistry
and physics). Along with his many accomplishments as a scientist and the Assistant
Laboratory Director at JPL, he had a reputation for mentoring students and encouraged
diversity in the Caltech student body.
2021 Renee Zurui Wang
D. S. KOTHARI PRIZE IN PHYSICS
This prize is awarded to a graduating senior in physics who has produced an
outstanding research project during the year.
2024 Patill Takouhi Daghlian, John Edward Parker, Zitian Ye
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MARGIE LAURITSEN LEIGHTON PRIZE
This prize is awarded to one or two undergraduate women who are majoring in physics
or astrophysics, and who have demonstrated academic excellence.
2023 Riley Lauren Tam
JOHN O. LEDYARD PRIZE FOR GRADUATE RESEARCH IN SOCIAL
SCIENCE
The prize rewards the best second-year paper by a graduate student in Social Science
or Social and Decision Neuroscience. The prize was established by Susan G. Davis
in recognition of John O. Ledyard’s dedication to developing graduate students as
independent researchers and his service to the Division of the Humanities and Social
Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by a committee of social science faculty to a
sole-authored work.
2019 Joanna Nanami Huey
2020 Meng-Jhang Fong
2021 Po-Hsuan Lin
2023 Zhenlin Kang
MARI PETERSON LIGOCKI ’81 MEMORIAL AWARD
This award is given to a student who has improved the quality of student life at Caltech
through their personal character. It recognizes the student who provides quiet support
and kind encouragement to peers. This fund was established by Mr. Jose F. Helu
Jr. (B.S. '79) to honor the memory of Mari Peterson Ligocki, who possessed these
qualities.
2024 Cameron Elise Scantlin
GORDON MCCLURE MEMORIAL COMMUNICATIONS PRIZE
This prize is awarded to undergraduate students for excellence in written and oral
communication skills. Awards will be given in the following fields: English, history, and
philosophy.
2024 Heidi Elizabeth Redmond, English
THE HERBERT NEWBY MCCOY AWARD
This award is given to one or more chemistry doctoral students for outstanding
contributions to the science of chemistry.
2024 Marjorie Theresa Buss, Alexander Cusumano
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MARY A. EARL McKINNEY PRIZE IN LITERATURE
The Mary A. Earl McKinney Prize in Literature was established in 1946 by Samuel P.
McKinney, M.D., of Los Angeles. Its purpose is to promote proficiency in writing. The
terms under which it is given are decided each year by the literature faculty. It may be
awarded for essays submitted in connection with regular literature classes or awarded on
the basis of a special essay contest.
2022 Lily Kathleen DeBell, poetry
2024 Joseph Hakkyu Kim, prose
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AWARD
This award recognizes a B.S. candidate in mechanical engineering whose academic
performance has demonstrated outstanding original thinking and creativity, as judged by a
faculty committee appointed each year by the executive officer for mechanical engineering.
2024 Kyle Andrew Lethander
MERCK INDEX AWARD
This award is given to one or more graduating students who have demonstrated
outstanding achievement in the field of chemistry.
2024 Carlos Eduardo Del Angel Aguilar
NEW HORIZONS DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION AWARD
With the New Horizons Award, the Division of Engineering and Applied Science
annually recognizes and honors individuals within the EAS community who have
actively contributed to our goal to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive engineering
community. The award is available to members of the EAS community, including
current students, postdoctoral scholars, staff, and faculty, whose activities have impact
and may include demonstrated leadership, advocacy and community organizing,
development of equity and inclusion resources, and engagement in engineering outreach
to local schools or communities.
2024 Ankita Nandi
PARK S. NOBEL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN BIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL
ENGINEERING
This prize recognizes one or two undergraduate students demonstrating outstanding
achievements within the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering at Caltech.
2024 Alex Burr, Christopher Peter Pukszta
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ROBERT L. NOLAND LEADERSHIP AWARD
This award is given to one or more undergraduate students who exhibit qualities of
outstanding leadership, which are most often expressed as personal actions that have helped
other people and that have inspired others to fulfill their capabilities. The scholarship was
set up by Ametek in 1978 in honor of its president, Robert L. Noland (BS ’41), a Caltech
alumnus.
2023 David J. Melisso, Gabriella Patricia Twombly
2024 Alex Burr, Nachiket Dhiren Bhanushali, Emily Hyein Choe
OFFICE OF STUDENT EXPERIENCE AWARDS
These awards recognize student leaders who have made a significant impact on their
Caltech community by demonstrating their efforts to improve the quality of campus
life by displaying effective communication with Caltech administration and their peers.
These leaders can be at any student level or within a team. They are determined by and
at the discretion of the Office of Student Experience. The Office of Student Experience
has presented awards such as: Student (Residential) Experience Leadership Award,
Student (Residential) Experience Team Award, Student (Residential) Experience
Outstanding Leader, Student (Residential) Experience Emerging Leader, Student
Residential Life Award, and Student Experience Emerging Leadership.
2023 Cameron Elise Scantlin—Residential Experience
2024 Sarah Amal Kabboul, Katelyn Angela Sulett, Kayton Khan Truong—Outstanding
Leadership Awards
2024 Eric Yingke Ma—Outstanding Club/Organization Award, Science Olympiad
2024 Rishabh Bose. Emily Hyein Choe, Andrew Hans Pasco,
Aditee Amit Prabhutendolkar, Megan Laura Robertson, Parul R Singh,
Tomás Ariel Wexler, Leo Alexander Williams—Outstanding Team Award, IHC
DR. NAGENDRANATH REDDY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES THESIS PRIZE
The Reddy prize is awarded to the graduating female Ph.D. candidate in the Division
of Biology and Biological Engineering who has produced the outstanding thesis in the
biological sciences or bioengineering for the past year.
2024 Mengyu Liu
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HOWARD REYNOLDS MEMORIAL PRIZE IN GEOLOGY
This prize is awarded to an undergraduate student who demonstrates the potential
to excel in the field of geology and who actively contributes to the quality of Caltech
student life.
2022 Megan Laura Robertson
2024 Alexander Koutsoukos
HERBERT J. RYSER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship is awarded to undergraduate students for academic excellence,
preferably in mathematics.
2022 Necef Alp Kavrut
2023 Charlotte Helen Borcherds, Yakov Shalunov
SANPIETRO TRAVEL PRIZE
This prize is awarded to one or more sophomores, juniors, or seniors to fund an
adventurous and challenging summer travel experience that expands the recipients’
cultural horizons and knowledge of the world.
2022 Lily Kathleen DeBell, Hannah Mary Fisher
2024 Andrew Hans Pasco, Perry Florent Samimy
RICHARD P. SCHUSTER MEMORIAL PRIZE
This prize is awarded to one or more juniors or seniors in chemistry or chemical
engineering on the basis of financial need and academic promise.
2024 Tiba Hussain Hamza, Catherine Jeanette Ko
ELEANOR SEARLE PRIZE IN LAW, POLITICS, AND INSTITUTIONS
The Eleanor Searle Prize was established in 1999 by friends and colleagues to honor
Eleanor Searle, who was the Edie and Lew Wasserman Professor of History at Caltech.
The prize is awarded annually to an undergraduate or graduate student whose work in
history or the social sciences exemplifies Eleanor Searle’s interests in the use of power,
government, and law.
2024 Sarah Hashash
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ERNEST E. SECHLER MEMORIAL AWARD IN AERONAUTICS
This award recognizes an aeronautics student who has made the most significant
contribution to the teaching and research efforts of GALCIT (Graduate Aerospace
Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology). Preference is given to students
working in structural mechanics.
2022 Josefine Berta Marie Graebener
RENUKA D. SHARMA AWARD
This award recognizes a sophomore chemistry major for outstanding performance as a
first-year.
2022 Lucas Enrico Abounader, Catherine Jeanette Ko
C. S. SHASTRY PRIZE
This prize is awarded to a sophomore Ph 11 alumnus, majoring in physics,
to provide support for a summer research project conducted at Caltech. The
winner is chosen based on passion, curiosity, and demonstrated ability.
2021 Patill Takouhi Daghlian
JOHN STAGER STEMPLE MEMORIAL PRIZE IN PHYSICS
This prize is awarded annually to a graduate student in physics for outstanding progress
in research as demonstrated by an excellent performance on the oral Ph.D. candidacy exam.
2022 Keefe Edward Alden Mitman
2023 Hyunjin Kim, Nabha Shah
PAUL STUDENSKI MEMORIAL FUND
This travel grant is awarded by the Caltech Y to a Caltech undergraduate who would
benefit from time away from the academic community in order to obtain a better
understanding of self and of their plans for the future.
2023 Ekta Mukeshkumar Patel
2024 Athena Kolli, Ellen Min
TAUSSKY-TODD MATHEMATICS PRIZE FUND
This prize provides support to a female undergraduate math major for a summer
experience to enrich their mathematical education.
2022, 2023 Stephanie Yuanying Chen
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THREE MINUTE THESIS
Originally conceived by the University of Queensland and jointly sponsored by the
Caltech Library and the Graduate Studies Office, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)
competition challenges Caltech graduate students to explain their research in an
engaging and clear three-minute talk intended for a non-specialist audience.
2022 Skyler Danielle Ware, Third Place
2023 Niyati Desai, First Place
Skyler Danielle Ware, Second Place
2024 Elliott Patrick Mueller, Third Place
Ryan Asa Rubenzahl, People’s Choice
THOMAS A. TISCH PRIZE FOR UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING IN
COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
The Undergraduate Teaching in CMS Awards were established in 2016 with a gift from
Microsoft and then endowed through the generosity of Thomas A. Tisch (BS ’61). The
prize and honorarium are awarded to an undergraduate student for outstanding teaching
and course development in computing and mathematical sciences. Awardees are selected
by a committee of CMS faculty members.
2024 Neil C Janwani
FREDRICK J. ZEIGLER MEMORIAL AWARD
The Fredrick J. Zeigler Memorial Award was established in 1989 to honor Fredrick J.
Zeigler (B.S. ’76), an applied mathematics major. This award recognizes an outstanding
sophomore or junior in pure or applied mathematics for their excellence in scholarship
as demonstrated in class activities or in the preparation of an original paper or essay in
any subject area.
2022 Brian Boan Yang
2023 Stephanie Yuanying Chen, Theresa Zhang
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Congratulations, 2024 graduates! Through hard work and talent, you have earned a degree
that places you among the most accomplished and dynamic communities in the world. The
resilience and agility you demonstrated to persevere through the COVID-19 pandemic
adds to the already solid foundation for your success in this ever-changing world. Since
1891, Institute alumni have been making profound and positive impacts on the world. Your
experience at Caltech has prepared you to carry on the legacy, and the Caltech Alumni
Association (CAA) is honored to help you with your journey. We keep you connected to
a community of 25,757 Techers living around the world who share your experiences and
know your capabilities. We also believe that our best work results from living our best lives,
so the Caltech alumni community uplifts the human element of the Caltech experience.
We are dedicated to offering Techers more than just connection. Are you looking for the
right job? Do your relationships foster your inspiration? Through programs like the Techer
Professional Network, Caltech In… (regional events), Tables for Techers, Seminar Day,
Alumni Weekend and Reunions, Techer Alumni Tours, and so much more, the CAA
will help you realize the full potential of your extended Techer family, personally and
professionally. We encourage you to get involved with the CAA and stay connected with
your Caltech community. When your efforts are multiplied by the power of this community,
so much more is possible.
On behalf of the Caltech Alumni Association, I welcome you as members of the alumni
community. Please visit alumni.caltech.edu to see how the CAA can help in this next phase
of your Caltech journey.
Jennifer Lee, PhD (PhD ’10)
Chair, Board of Directors, Caltech Alumni Association
alumni.caltech.edu
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ACADEMIC REGALIA AT CALTECH
e symbolism in the academic regalia worn by graduates at Commencement
dates back many centuries. Although some aspects of the costume vary among
academic institutions, many basic elements are similar. e cap or mortarboard is
based on the medieval biretta worn by scholars and artists. e gown’s cut and velvet
trimming indicate academic rank. e doctoral hood may display the academic eld
of the wearer’s degree and the institution from which it was received. In addition,
tassels, cords, and medallions denote various honors awarded by the institution or
academic societies.
Caltech graduates receiving a doctorate wear a black velvet cap, robes trimmed in
blue velvet, and a blue velvet doctoral hood lined in a chevron pattern of orange and
white. ose receiving a bachelor’s or master’s degree wear a simple black gown and a
black mortarboard or cap.
In addition to these traditional items, an undergraduate may also choose to wear a
colored stole to the graduation ceremony. While orange stoles denote Caltech pride,
other colors may be chosen to represent the undergraduate’s residential aliation.
ere are currently eight undergraduate houses at Caltech (Avery, Blacker,
Dabney, Fleming, Lloyd, Page, Ricketts, and Venerable), and three undergraduate
residences (Bechtel, Braun, and Marks).
• e students of the Bechtel, Braun, and Marks residences who aliate with
a house may choose to wear that house’s tassel or stole.
• A purple stole or a purple and white tassel designates Avery House; Avery’s
house color is purple.
• A silver stole or a black and white tassel designates Blacker House; Blacker’s
house color is black.
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• A green stole or tassel designates Dabney House; Dabney’s house color is
green.
• A red stole or tassel designates Fleming House; Fleming’s house color is red.
• A gold stole or a yellow and white tassel designates Lloyd House; Lloyd’s
house color is gold.
• A blue stole or tassel designates Page House; Page’s house color is blue.
• A maroon stole or tassel designates Ricketts House; Ricketts’s house color is
maroon.
• A navy blue stole or tassel designates Venerable House; Venerable’s house
color is navy blue.
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GAUDEAMUS IGITUR (LET US REJOICE, THEREFORE)
e song Gaudeamus igitur has become an academic standard, sung around the world
at graduations and other university ceremonies. Some verses of this anthem go back to
13th-century France, where they appear in a Latin hymn on the transitory nature of life. By
the middle of the 18th century, students at German universities had combined the original
medieval verses with new ones—including the now famous opening verse that begins
Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus (“Let us rejoice, therefore, while we are young”)—to
create a song that celebrated youth and the student life, in all of its highbrow (and lower-
brow) aspects. In the mid-19th century, the song crossed the Atlantic to Yale, where still
more verses were added for use at academic ceremonies.
Since then, verses have been added or subtracted for dierent occasions. e song also
has been translated into many dierent languages, sometimes faithfully, sometimes quite
imaginatively.
e verses below (which have been translated as closely as possible from Latin into
English) combine the youthful energy and irreverent attitude towards authority that
characterize Caltech students with a ringing endorsement of the academic enterprise to
which they are devoted. e verses celebrate the Institute and the community of scholars—
past, present, and future—who have done and will continue to do its work.
Gaudeamus igitur
Iuvenes dum sumus.
Post iucundam iuventutem
Post molestam senectutem
Nos habebit humus.
Ubi sunt qui ante nos
In mundo fuere?
Vadite ad superos
Transite in inferos
Hos si vis videre.
Vivat academia!
Vivant professores!
Vivat membrum quodlibet;
Vivant membra quaelibet;
Semper sint in flore.
Alma Mater floreat,
Quae nos educavit;
Caros et commilitones,
Dissitas in regiones
Sparsos, congregavit.
Let us rejoice, therefore,
While we are young.
After a pleasant youth
After a troubling old age
The earth will have us.
Where are they who, before us,
Were in the world?
Go to the heavens
Cross over into the infernal regions
If you wish to see them.
Long live the academy!
Long live the professors!
Long live each student;
Long live the whole community;
For ever may they flourish!
May our Alma Mater flourish,
Who taught us;
Who gathered together
Dear ones and comrades,
Scattered in remote places.
Translation by Warren C. Brown, Professor of History
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HAIL CIT
(Caltech alma mater)
arranged by Raymond Burkhart
In Southern California with grace and splendor bound,
Where the lofty mountain peaks look out to lands beyond,
Proudly stands our Alma Mater, glorious to see;
We raise our voices proudly, hailing, hailing thee.
Echoes ringing while we’re singing over land and sea,
The halls of fame resound thy name, noble CIT.
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JOIN THE CELEBRATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
We invite you to celebrate and honor our 2024 graduates. Post your well-
wishes, words of wisdom, and congratulations with #Caltech2024 on
Instagram and X (Twitter).
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