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The Physics & Astronomy Commencement ceremony will be held on Sunday, June 16th at 9:00am (PST). Students should be in place at Ackerman Grand Ballroom by 8:00am.


Welcome

Welcome to the Commencement Celebration for UCLA’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. Physics is a foundational science aimed at discovering the laws of nature and provides an understanding of our physical world. All phenomena, ranging from the study of the nature of the universe, to subatomic interactions, to complex molecules on which life is based, are of interest to physicists.

Because it is so encompassing, physics is the foundation of all other disciplines of science. Astronomy more particularly, is the application of physics, which answers questions concerning the nature, workings, origin and evolution of the universe.

The students assembled here today have risen to the challenge of this exciting field. We congratulate our students, and their loved ones who support them.


Program

Welcome to the guests
Stuart Brown, Ph.D., Chair
Andrea Ghez, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor
Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine Chair in Astrophysics
Richard Ross, Ph.D. MQST Program Director

Procession of Students

Recognition of Awards

Student Address
Lizvette Villafaña, Ph.D. ‘24
Jai Israni, M.Q.S.T. ‘24
Jessica Pan, B.S. ‘24

Hooding of Graduate Students in Astronomy
Andrea Ghez

Hooding of Graduate Students in Physics
Stuart Brown

Keynote Speaker
Andrea Ghez

Presentation of Master of Science Degree Recipients

Presentation of Master of Quantum Science and Technology Degree Recipients

Presentation of Bachelor Degree Recipients

Closing

Recessional & Reception


Awards

Awards

Rudnick-Abelmann Scholarship
Xin Chen
Vikram Seenivasan

Michael A. Jura Fellowship Recipient
Isabel Angelo

E. Lee Kinsey Senior Award
Benjamin Wang

Charles Geoffrey Hilton Award
Jacob Rohan Levine


Doctor of Philosphy Astronomy & Astrophysics / Doctor of Philosphy Physics

Doctor of Philosophy Astronomy and Astrophysics

Evan Jones
Briley Lynn Lewis
Lizvette Villafaña
Isabella Trierweiler

Doctor of Philosophy Physics

Kyle Jerry Callahan
Brian Ki-Hon Chan
Andy Chan
Stephen Ebert
Kyle Russell Ferguson
Andrew Charles Fisher
Lance Hildebrand
Sami Saad Sabie Khamis
Daniels Krimans
Guanming Lao
Gerard Lawler
Lukas William Lindwasser
Justin Gabriel Little
Dylan McKenzie Neff
Ziqi Pi
Jessica Jean Pilgram
Quinn Thomas Pratt
Randall Paul Putnam
Tiema Qian
Jared Denali Reiten
John Dean Rooney
Trevor Scheopner
Philip Travis
Zhiwan Xu


Master of Science Astronomy and Astrophysics / Master of Science Physics

Master of Science Astronomy and Astrophysics

Peyton Margaret Benac
Emily Bailey Kehoe
Rebecca Anne Lewis-Merrill
Judah Rock Luberto
Wenmeng Ning
Hadrien Raymond Andre Paugnat
William Sheu


Master of Science Physics

Mishary Kh E R E Alrashed
J Anabi
Havyn Skyler Ancelin
Michael Bareian
Johnathan Robert Bryan
Jay Green
Casey Li
Jonathan Jesus Loera
Arthur Sigfried Miltner
Andrew Nguyen
Asari Grisel Prado
Jack Louis Root
Jonathan Sanchez-Lopez
Jacob David Schagene
Luke Edward Sellers
Rayner Sutardja
Lila Ton
Christina Sujin Yeo


Master of Quantum Science and Technology

Master of Quantum Science and Technology

Manvi Agrawal
Shashank Dharanibalan
Yarin Heffes
Xiuhan Hu
Emma Claire Hughes
Jai Anil Israni
Renjie Kang
Ayan Kumar
Dongzoon Li
Qiyu Liu
Jason Aaron Martinez
Mohammad-Saleh Naghdi
Roberto Simon Negrin Bentjerodt
Vedansh Nehra
Shuohao Ping
Peter Alex Shanahan
Sarah Emily Strong
Shrey Niravkumar Upadhyay
Haochen Wang
Xin’ang Yang
Zhuoyang Ye


Bachelor of Science Astronomy and Astrophysics

Bachelor of Science Astronomy and Astrophysics

Justin Michael Beaurone
Rifqi Akhyar Bin Wafi Nazrin
Michael John Biswas
Daniel Jairyn Campos
Irvin Dorado
Matthew Marc Forestiere
Ella Friess
Ian Paul Fu
Jessica Gonzalez
Jaylind Michael Gray
Yiyu Hao
Lauren Reed Harvey
Jane Elizabeth Heathcote
Brayan Hernandez
Runa Karina Indrei
Lawrence Anthony Javelo
Carlos Adrian Jurado
Jodie Asuka Mense Kiyokawa
Jacob Patrick Laurel
Jacob Rohan Levine
Yunqi Li
Nathan Patrick Magari
Mary Helen Minasyan
Brijesh Molala
Henry Bosbeli Serrano
Theodore Lone Shulsky
Hao Tran
Quentin Pierre Wolfe
Michael Christopher Woo
Mark Zhang


Bachelor of Science Physics

Bachelor of Science Physics

Chaitanya Bashyam
Imanol Benitez
Zachary Berkson
Vedang Aditya Bhelande
Kenneth James Bruinsslot
James Harrison Byrd III
Christopher Sean Castaneda
William Chang
Ashleigh Shannon Chase
Martin Chau
Derek Rundle Chow
Enrique Cisneros Jr.
Wyatt Grey Cottriel
Laiyin Dai
Steven Aaron Diaz
Jack Dickson
Martin Duran Jr.
Kainoa James Kealawaiole Elderts
Abraham Enriquez-Ibarra
Darren Fang
Kailey Marianna Fleiszig-Evans
Rares Andrei Mihai Fota
John Christopher Gallagher
Harrison James Glazebrook
Jesus Ignacio Gonzalez
Eliana Barrot Green
Nicole Halawani
Wenbo Hao
Josh Jonathan Hassan
Fletcher Ireland Hoppe
Ethan Hsu
Yanwen Hu
Nicholas Payan Inzunza
Ernest Antione Izaret
Melchior Jean
Ziyue Jin
Hailee Grace Julius
Lucy Jude Kaff
Anna Louise Kinderman
Samuel Charles King
Sasha Kononova
Elizabeth Alexandra Latsis
Yiming Li
Ziteng Liu
Patrick Liu
Zhentao Luo
Christy Ma
Joseph Malham
Issei Matsuzoe William Henry McDonald
Yohannes Teshome Mergia
Nimit Mishra
Anna Miyakawa
Peter Le Nguyen
Declan James O’Mara
Sean O’Tool
Jessica Yiqi Pan
Avi Parrack
Jiawei Qiu
Sebastian Jesus Quevedo
Ethan Graham Reed
Cheyanne Shariat
Malek Smaoui
Sophi Chen Song
Tessa J Temme
Kian Michael Trengove
Joseph Andrew Vera
Amolak Singh Virk
Ruhan Tushar Waghmare
Alex James Walburg
Will Wang
Benjamin Wang
Tunhui Xie
Qing Xu
Anrong Yan
Lyra Yi
Amanda Jane Younes
Sarah Zhang
Congyue Zhang
Haiping Zhang
Chenxi Zhang
Xiaolian Zheng


Bachelor of Arts Physics

Bachelor of Arts Physics

Edgar Ol Catingub
Taylor Jean Millsaps
Kevin Alfaro Minguela
Nicholas Turner
Therese Manesia Cook


Bachelor of Science Biophysics

Bachelor of Science Biophysics

Netta Emilia Ahmavaara
Zoe Emma Alexander Benaissa
Isabella Ameyali Edrada
Adrian Isaac Hanson
Catherine Lange
Emilio Arturo Ocampo
Alexandra Kuniko Otani
Lavanya Pandey
Anna Susanto


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