RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY · 2 Dear Graduates, On behalf of the Graduate School-New Brunswick and Rutgers University, I congratulate you on your academic achievements

C O N VO C AT I O N

May 2016

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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The Graduate School-New Brunswick

2016 Convocation

May 13, 2016

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Dear Graduates,

On behalf of the Graduate School-New Brunswick and Rutgers University, I congratulate you on your academic achievements.

Today, with your families, friends and guests in attendance, we celebrate your dedication and commitment to your chosen fields. You will contribute, as leaders, in academe, governmental agencies, industry and myriad organizations around the world. You represent more than 100 countries and the knowledge you gained here at Rutgers will influence people from around the world in addressing problems, creating new knowledge and making the world a better place. You have made Rutgers a better place as a result of your membership in the University community.

As you embark on your careers, please remember that you will always be a part of the Graduate School-New Brunswick and Rutgers community. I wish you the best for continued success.

Sincerely,

Jerome J. Kukor Dean,Graduate School-New Brunswick

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Graduate School-New BrunswickConvocationMay 13, 2016

Program

Processional

The National Anthem

Welcome and Graduation Message

Jerome J. KukorDean

Presentation of 2015-2016 Master’s Degree Candidates

Kathleen ScottProfessor, Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Presentation and Hooding of 2015-2016 Ph.D. Candidates

Harvey WatermanAssociate Dean

Closing Remarks

Jerome J. KukorDean

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Office of the Dean, Graduate School-New Brunswick

Jerome J. KukorAlex Bachmann

Barbara E. BenderGary BuschhornTeresa DelcorsoEvelyn Erenrich Allison Gradina

Eileen Kowler Theresa ManzoDavid Pickens

Barbara SirmanSimona Turcu

Harvey WatermanDawn Williams-Lopez

Academic Unit Deans

Peter MarchSchool of Arts and Sciences

Thomas N. FarrisSchool of Engineering

Robert M. GoodmanSchool of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Joseph A. BaroneErnest Mario School of Pharmacy

Wanda J. Blanchett Graduate School of Education

Cathryn C. PotterSchool of Social Work

James HaytonSchool of Management and Labor Relations

George B. StaufferMason Gross School of the Arts

Jonathan PotterSchool of Communication and Information

James W. HughesEdward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Kathleen W. ScottoGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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Convocation Personnel

Designated Hooders

Bradley HillmanRichard Novak

Gonfalonier

Harvey Waterman

Marshals

Richard NovakDavid PickensMark RobsonKathleen ScottDavid Shernoff Barbara SirmanSimona Turcu

Matt WeismantelJames White

Dennis BathoryBarbara Bender

Antonius Bittmann Martha Cotter

Teresa DelcorsoAnn Gould

Bradley HillmanKen Iuso

Shamir Khan Thomas Leustak

Without the help of the many friends of the Graduate School-New Brunswick, this convocation would not have been possible. We extend special thanks to: Administration and Public Safety, Athletics, Campus Information Services, Susan Dimaio, Richard Edwards, GradImages, the Graduate Student Association, Douglas Kokoskie, Miller’s Rentals, John Nason, Kimberlee Pastva and the Office of the Secretary, Chris Retzko, Rutgers Emergency Services and all of the Rutgers Police Department, Jack Molenaar, Jenn Stuart and all of Transportation Services, Sodexo Services, Maruxa McDonald and University Facilities, University Libraries, University Relations, Fred Bachmann, Michelle Cheng, Geralyn Colvil, Ivelisse Irizarry Caraballo, Kathy Kronemeyer, Marsha Morin, Vicki Pasigos, Mary Beth Rehrer, Jay Rimmer, Cheryl Robinson, Kevin Sigerman, Anne Sokolowski, Lawrence Stromberg, and many others.

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Doctor of Philosophy

Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Graduate School-New Brunswick are presented in alphabetical order according to the school in which a majority of their faculty are located.

Graduate School-New Brunswick:

Muhammad Dayhim* InterdisciplinaryAdviser: Mohsen A. Jafari

Kwon Gi Mun Operations ResearchAdvisers: Endre Boros and Yao Zhao

Olga Y. Myndyuk Operations ResearchAdviser: András Prékopa

Candidate lists are correct as of April 22, 2016.

Mariya Naumova* Operations ResearchAdviser: András Prékopa

Peggy Policastro* InterdisciplinaryAdviser: Gretchen Chapman

Emre Yamangil* Operations ResearchAdviser: Endre Boros

School of Arts and Sciences:Evin Acan* EconomicsAdviser: Carolyn Moehling

Joseph Kwadzo Agbenyegah SpanishAdviser: José Camacho

Teflah B. Alajmi Political ScienceAdviser: Jan Kubik

Hesham Abdulaziz A. Alammar Political ScienceAdviser: Eric Davis

Voshadhi P. Amarasinghe*Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Jing Li

Ben M. Arenger SpanishAdviser: Jorge Marcone

Mieke Paulsen Bahmer* Art HistoryAdviser: John Kenfield III

Vandana Bajaj LinguisticsAdvisers: Veneeta Dayal and Kristen Syrett

Jeanne P. Baptiste †Women’s and Gender StudiesAdviser: Abena Busia

Frank Richard Batiste* AnthropologyAdviser: Lee Cronk

Catherine C. Beck* Geological SciencesAdviser: Craig S. Feibel

Robert Speeter Beddor PhilosophyAdvisers: Andy Egan and Alvin I. Goldman

Sara Elizabeth Black HistoryAdviser: Bonnie Smith

Michael John Blessent †Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Alan S. Goldman

Krysten Williams Bold* PsychologyAdviser: Danielle E. McCarthy

Bence Borda MathematicsAdviser: József Beck

Mark M. Bray HistoryAdviser: Temma Kaplan

Edward Marshall Brooks* AnthropologyAdviser: Dorothy Hodgson

Analena Beate Bruce SociologyAdviser: Thomas K. Rudel

Georgia Bush* EconomicsAdviser: Roberto Chang

Heather N. Cammarata-Seale † Art HistoryAdviser: Joan Marter

Timothy L. Campbell* PhilosophyAdvisers: Larry Temkin and Jeff McMahan

Jennifer Wing-Yee ChanComputational Biology andMolecular BiophysicsAdviser: Kathryn E. Uhrich

Kun Chang* Statistics and BiostatisticsAdviser: Rong Chen

Patrick Reid Chappell* Literatures in EnglishAdviser: John Kucich

Edward Der-Yu Chien* MathematicsAdviser: Feng Luo

Vincent Ciaccio* PsychologyAdviser: Richard J. Contrada

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Kevin R. Coffey PsychologyAdviser: Mark O. West

Susan F. Coiner-Collier* AnthropologyAdviser: Robert S. Scott

Bud Bennett Coulson MathematicsAdviser: James Lepowsky

Charles Wesley Cowan MathematicsAdviser: Michael Katehakis

Wukuang Cun* EconomicsAdviser: Roberto Chang

Wei Dai Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Ronald M. Levy

Robert Daiutolo* HistoryAdviser: Jan Lewis

Bahar Demirdirek †Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Kathryn E. Uhrich

Shruti Devgan* SociologyAdviser: Arlene Stein

Mark J. Dilsizian Computer ScienceAdviser: Dimitris N. Metaxas

Thakshila Darshani Dissanayake Rallage †Computational Biology andMolecular BiophysicsAdviser: Darrin M. York

Mark Thomas Duggan* HistoryAdviser: Alastair Bellany

Benjamin Abraham Dworkin*Political ScienceAdviser: Beth Leech

Elisabeth M. Eittreim* HistoryAdviser: Nancy A. Hewitt

Tarek Omar Ali El-Gaaly †Computer ScienceAdviser: Ahmed Elgammal

Allison Marie Faig*Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Kathryn E. Uhrich

Yi Fan Statistics and BiostatisticsAdviser: Regina Y. Liu

Julia Flagg SociologyAdviser: Thomas K. Rudel

Yvette Florio Lane HistoryAdviser: Seth Koven

Arianna Fognani ItalianAdviser: Paola Gambarota

Marino Forlino* ItalianAdviser: Laura S. White

John-Austen Francisco* Computer ScienceAdviser: Richard P. Martin

Mareen Fuchs GermanAdviser: Michael G. Levine

Dmitrii Galakhov Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Gregory W. Moore

Cheng Gao* EconomicsAdviser: Bruce Mizrach

Graeme P. Gardner Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: G. Charles Dismukes

Brian C. Garnett MathematicsAdviser: Swastik Kopparty

Nigel A. Gillah* HistoryAdviser: Samantha Kelly

Amruta G. Gokhale* Computer ScienceAdviser: Vinod Ganapathy

Edwin James Green Jr. PhilosophyAdviser: Brian McLaughlin

Qing Gu* Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Laurence S. Romsted

Adam Maxlind Hantel*Women’s and Gender StudiesAdviser: Jasbir Puar

Md Ehtesamul Haque Computer ScienceAdviser: Thu D. Nguyen

Assaf Harel* AnthropologyAdviser: Daniel M. Goldstein

Jennifer Robin Hemler* SociologyAdviser: Karen A. Cerulo

Chathra Hasini Hendahewa †Computer ScienceAdviser: Chirag Shah

Michael Townsen Hicks † PhilosophyAdviser: Barry Loewer

Mary Suzanne Himmelstein PsychologyAdviser: Diana T. Sanchez

Melissa M. Horne † HistoryAdviser: Mia Bay

Luke D. Hovey † Physics and AstronomyAdviser: John P. Hughes

* October 2015 Graduate† January 2016 Graduate

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Stephanie Elizabeth HuntLiteratures in EnglishAdviser: Henry S. Turner

Kate Alison Imy HistoryAdvisers: Seth Koven and Bonnie Smith

Maria K. Janowska*Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Jean Baum

Paul Janowski*Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdvisers: David A. Case and Darrin M. York

Jesse JohnsonComputational Biology andMolecular BiophysicsAdviser: David A. Case

Shatima Jenique Jones* SociologyAdviser: Patrick Carr

Rezwana Karim* Computer ScienceAdviser: Vinod Ganapathy

Burak Kaya MathematicsAdviser: Simon Thomas

Michael C. Keiderling*Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Haruo Kojima

Erin Kathleen Kelly* Literatures in EnglishAdviser: Henry S. Turner

John Y. Kim MathematicsAdviser: Swastik Kopparty

Kihwan Kim EconomicsAdviser: Norman R. Swanson

Seha Kim* PsychologyAdviser: Jacob Feldman

Alena N. Kirova † SpanishAdviser: Liliana Sánchez

Rebecca S. Klaver* Literatures in EnglishAdviser: Evie Shockley

Dong-Whan Ko* EconomicsAdviser: John Landon-Lane

Amanda Joyce Kotch* Literatures in EnglishAdvisers: Kate Flint and Jonah Siegel

Darja Kruševskaja* Computer ScienceAdviser: S. Muthu Muthukrishnan

Eric R. Kushins* SociologyAdvisers: Paul McLean andDeborah Dougherty

Diah Kusumaningrum* Political ScienceAdviser: Jan Kubik

Addolorata Labate ItalianAdviser: Alessandro Vettori

Manuel Andres Larenas* MathematicsAdviser: Avy Soffer

Katharine Diane Lee HistoryAdviser: Nancy A. Hewitt

Naomi Grierson Levine*Literatures in EnglishAdviser: Carolyn Williams

Cheng Li* Computer ScienceAdvisers: Thu D. Nguyen andRicardo Bianchini

Yang Li EconomicsAdviser: Todd Keister

Jianpeng Liu* Physics and AstronomyAdviser: David Vanderbilt

Pietro Longhi* Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Gregory W. Moore

Feixiang LuoChemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Eric Garfunkel

Emily C. Lynch † AnthropologyAdviser: Ryne Palombit

Longle Ma* Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Daniel Seidel

Qiang Ma Computer ScienceAdviser: S. Muthu Muthukrishnan

Ida Marinzoli † ItalianAdvisers: Laura S. White and Andrea Baldi

Rodrigo Martins Borges* PhilosophyAdviser: Peter D. Klein

Amanda Marziliano † Political ScienceAdviser: R. Daniel Kelemen

Mary Ann Mastrolia ItalianAdviser: Paola Gambarota

Kenneth N. McGuinness †Computational Biology andMolecular BiophysicsAdviser: Vikas Nanda

Alexis A. Merdjanoff* SociologyAdviser: Lauren J. Krivo

Priyam Mitra* Statistics and BiostatisticsAdviser: Minge Xie


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Dominic Christopher Moceri* PsychologyAdviser: Maurice J. Elias

Roque Esteban Montero EconomicsAdviser: Norman R. Swanson

Sarah Augusta Morgan SmithPolitical ScienceAdvisers: Andrew R. Murphy

Ghassan A. Moussawi SociologyAdviser: Arlene Stein

Lauren Neitzke Adamo † Geological SciencesAdviser: James D. Wright

Hung Tien Nguyen †Computational Biology andMolecular BiophysicsAdviser: David A. Case

Howard J. Nuer MathematicsAdviser: Lev Borisov

Maria Panteva †Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Darrin M. York

Joshua Paramanandam* Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Michael Gershenson

Sahishnu V. Patel*Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Ki-Bum Lee

Lauren Alison Pepa † PsychologyAdviser: Sandra Harris

Silvia Perez-Cortes SpanishAdviser: Liliana Sánchez

Jason Mark Perry* Computer ScienceAdviser: Rebecca N. Wright

Binh Quang Pham † Computer ScienceAdviser: Abhishek Bhattacharjee

Eric Radezky † Political ScienceAdviser: Ross K. Baker

Mohammad Reza Ramezanali Aliakbar* Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Anirvan M. Sengupta

Aline Ramires Neves De Oliveira*Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Piers Coleman

Charles M. Ruggieri Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Robert Allen Bartynski

Matthew Christopher Russell MathematicsAdviser: Doron Zeilberger

Gulbahor Saraeva Political ScienceAdviser: Jan Kubik

Mary Kate Scott † Art HistoryAdviser: Andres Zervigon

Caitlin R. Scuderi* Political ScienceAdviser: Manus Midlarsky

Francis Seuffert MathematicsAdviser: Eric Carlen

Shreyas P. Shah* Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Ki-Bum Lee

Alexander George Shanku Computational Biology andMolecular BiophysicsAdviser: Andrew D. Kern

Nathaniel Benjamin Shar MathematicsAdviser: Doron Zeilberger

Charlene Lee Sharpe GeographyAdvisers: Kenneth James Mitchell and Robin Leichenko

Kristoffer Michael Shields* HistoryAdviser: Jackson Lears

Na Mi Shin* Literatures in EnglishAdviser: Rebecca L. Walkowitz

Ayda Shokoohi Razi Geological SciencesAdviser: Vadim Levin

Heng Shu* Statistics and BiostatisticsAdviser: Zhiqiang Tan

Neha Sinha* PsychologyAdviser: Arnold Glass

Laura Christine Skriner* PsychologyAdviser: Brian Chu

Paul Smith Jr.*Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: G. Charles Dismukes

Stina M. SoderlingWomen’s and Gender StudiesAdviser: Ethel Brooks

Young-Hee Song* SociologyAdviser: Arlene Stein

Nicholas D. Stebbins*Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Kathryn E. Uhrich

Andrew Murray Steffens †Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Alan S. Goldman


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Stephanie Szitanyi Political ScienceAdviser: Mary Hawkesworth

Maryam Taheri Nejad*Physics and AstronomyAdviser: David Vanderbilt

John D. Thomas* Literatures in EnglishAdviser: Gregory Jackson

Kimberley Anh Thomas* GeographyAdvisers: Trevor Birkenholtz andBonnie J. McCay

Peter Thomassen Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Sunil Somalwar

Ryan M. Thorpe Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Robert Allen Bartynski

Katherine A. Thurman SociologyAdviser: Deborah Carr

Yuan Tian* Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Jeehiun Lee

Silvia Tiboni* ItalianAdviser: Andrea Baldi

Chetan Janardan Tonde Computer ScienceAdviser: Ahmed Elgammal

Rodrigo Franco Toso Computer ScienceAdviser: Casimir A. Kulikowski

Tien Duy Trinh MathematicsAdviser: Stephen D. Miller

Alina Vamanu † Political ScienceAdviser: Jan Kubik

Kalpana Venkatasubramanian † GeographyAdviser: Trevor Birkenholtz

Zhe Wang Computer ScienceAdviser: Naftaly Minsky

Katheryn Whitcomb ClassicsAdviser: Serena Connolly

Glen Matthew Wilson MathematicsAdviser: Charles A. Weibel

Adam Jacob Wolkoff* HistoryAdviser: Ann Fabian

Yaoshi Wu* Statistics and BiostatisticsAdviser: John Kolassa

Jianguo Xiao MathematicsAdviser: Avraham Soffer

Can Xu* Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Torgny Gustafsson

Yixin Xu* Computer ScienceAdviser: Mario Szegedy

Jinyun Yan* Computer ScienceAdviser: S. Muthu Muthukrishnan

Lillian Yang PsychologyAdviser: David Vicario

Binxing Yu Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Deirdre O’Carroll

Libing Yu* Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Lawrence Williams

Xiang Yu* Computer ScienceAdviser: Dimitris N. Metaxas

Yang Yu* Computer ScienceAdviser: Dimitris N. Metaxas

Hakim Zainiddinov SociologyAdviser: Deborah Carr

Yonglian Zhang Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Spencer Knapp

Xin Zheng* Chemistry and Chemical BiologyAdviser: Xumu Zhang

Yuanjun Zhou* Physics and AstronomyAdviser: Karin M. Rabe

School of Engineering:

Anuoluwa Opeoluwa AdedijiCivil and Environmental EngineeringAdviser: Hani H. Nassif

Cevat Akin †Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: Jerry W. Shan

Farhad Ammar Fetrat † Civil and Environmental EngineeringAdviser: Nenad Gucunski

Yığıt Muzaffer Arisoy †Industrial and Systems EngineeringAdviser: Tugrul Ozel

Fikret Aydin* Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Meenakshi Dutt

Dana Marie Barrasso* Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Rohit Ramachandran


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Faezeh Behzadnejad* Civil and Environmental EngineeringAdviser: Ali Maher

Hülya Bıçer † Materials Science and EngineeringAdviser: Thomas Tsakalakos

Shuang Shuang Chen † Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Joachim Kohn

Zhuo Chen †Electrical and Computer EngineeringAdviser: Roy D. Yates

Gobong Choi † Civil and Environmental EngineeringAdviser: Yook Kong Yong

Leebyn Thomas Chong* Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Meenakshi Dutt

Luis Ernesto Criales Escobar Industrial and Systems EngineeringAdviser: Tuğrul Ozel

Joshua A. Epstein* Materials Science and EngineeringAdviser: Dunbar P. Birnie III

Yao Ge Electrical and Computer EngineeringAdvisers: David G. Daut and Zoran Gajic

Kaveh Gharieh* Civil and Environmental EngineeringAdviser: Qizhong Guo

Daniel C. Grek Civil and Environmental EngineeringAdviser: P.N. Balaguru

Tong Jin †Electrical and Computer EngineeringAdviser: Manish Parashar

Kübra Kamisoglu* Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Ioannis P. Androulakis

Krizia Marie Karry* Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Bozena B. Michniak-Kohn

Joshua Ryan Kim Materials Science and EngineeringAdviser: Glenn G. Amatucci

Hsiao-Fang Lee* Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: Stephen D. Tse

Ming-Tsung Lee* Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Alexander V. Neimark

Zhaojia Lin* Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Marianthi G. Ierapetritou

Xiruo Liu Electrical and Computer EngineeringAdviser: Wade Trappe

Hajar Mahdavidoost Electrical and Computer EngineeringAdviser: Roy D. Yates

John Joseph McGarvey Electrical and Computer EngineeringAdviser: Zoran Gajic

Oleg Milberg* Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Martin L. Yarmush

William Thomas Mozet Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: Stephen D. Tse

Sarang Shekhar Oka Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Fernando J. Muzzio

Tevfik Ertuğrul Ozdemir †Materials Science and EngineeringAdviser: Thomas Tsakalakos

Joseph A. Pantina* Materials Science and EngineeringAdvisers: M. John Matthewson andRichard A. Haber

Pallavi P. Pawar Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Fernando J. Muzzio

Stephen Recchia † Materials Science and EngineeringAdviser: Assimina A. Pelegri

Juan Ren* Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: Qingze Zou

Hossein Rezvantalab* Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: Shahab Shojaei-Zadeh

Mehrnaz Rouhi Youssefi †Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: Doyle D. Knight* October 2015 Graduate

† January 2016 Graduate

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School of Environmental and Biological Sciences:

Gregory Behringer* Plant BiologyAdviser: Donald Y. Kobayashi

Lisa Anne Beirn † Plant BiologyAdviser: Bruce B. Clarke

Amanda F. Berhaupt Glickstein Nutritional SciencesAdviser: William K. Hallman

Xi Chen* Food ScienceAdviser: Kit L. Yam

Richard Alan Cooper † EntomologyAdviser: Changlu Wang

Ashley A. DeNegre † Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: Nina H. Fefferman

Jeana Drake* OceanographyAdviser: Paul G. Falkowski

Caroline Michelle Farkas Atmospheric ScienceAdviser: Ann Marie Carlton

Jeremy A Feinberg* Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: Joanna Burger

Paul Bryan Frandsen* EntomologyAdviser: Karl M. Kjer

Isabel del Carmen Gray* Environmental SciencesAdviser: Max Häggblom

Csanàd Gurdon* Plant BiologyAdviser: Pal Maliga

Noel G. Hahn EntomologyAdviser: George C. Hamilton

Shweta Suresh Sagari Electrical and Computer EngineeringAdvisers: Wade Trappe andDipankar Raychaudhuri

Nihar Sahay Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Marianthi G. Ierapetritou

Niloofar Salahi †Industrial and Systems EngineeringAdviser: Mohsen A. Jafari

Saltuk B. Selçuklu* Industrial and Systems EngineeringAdviser: David W. Coit

Kurt Bradley Smith Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Maria Silvina Tomassone

Sanling Song †Industrial and Systems EngineeringAdviser: David W. Coit

Elizabeth Carol Stucky* Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdvisers: David I. Shreiber andMartin L. Yarmush

Shunqiao Sun † Electrical and Computer EngineeringAdviser: Athina P. Petropulu

Joshua Michael Szulczewski Civil and Environmental EngineeringAdviser: Yook Kong Yong

Mitja Trkov Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: Jingang Yi

Koohyar Vahidkhah* Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: Prosenjit Bagchi

Qiaojun Wang † Electrical and Computer EngineeringAdviser: Ivan Marsic

Yang Wang Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: George J. Weng

Zhihua Wang* Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: Qingze Zou

Terence E. Whalen* Materials Science and EngineeringAdviser: Richard E. Riman

Ci Yang* Civil and Environmental EngineeringAdviser: Eric Gonzales

Agnes Yeboah Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringAdviser: Martin L. Yarmush

Xiaodong Zhao* Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringAdviser: Assimina A. Pelegri


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Natalie Madeleine Howe Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: John Dighton

Shavonne N. Hylton Environmental SciencesAdviser: Paul J. Lioy

Sarah Elizabeth Janssen Environmental SciencesAdviser: John R. Reinfelder

David M. Jespersen † Plant BiologyAdviser: Bingru Huang

Yang Jin Jung Food ScienceAdviser: Karl R. Matthews

Joomi Kim † OceanographyAdviser: Paul G. Falkowski

Yaqi Lan Food ScienceAdviser: Michael A. Rogers

Samantha Lee* Plant BiologyAdviser: Joan W. Bennett

Amanda Kay Luther* Environmental SciencesAdviser: Donna E. Fennell

Molly K. MacLeod † Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: Rachael Winfree

Katalin T. Malcolm Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: John Dighton

Stephen John Miller* Plant BiologyAdviser: Ning Zhang

Gabriel K. Mootian Food ScienceAdviser: Donald W. Schaffner

David Paul Moskowitz † EntomologyAdviser: Michael L. May

Thien Khoi Vuong Nguyen Environmental SciencesAdviser: Ann Marie Carlton

Edward L. Pappas † Food ScienceAdviser: Karen M. Schaich

Teng Peng Food ScienceAdviser: Karen M. Schaich

Xiąo Qiąn Microbial BiologyAdviser: G. Charles Dismukes

Sunirat Rattana † Environmental SciencesAdviser: Donna E. Fennell

Paul Reiss* Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: Ken Able

Monique Joy Rivera EntomologyAdviser: Albrecht Koppenhofer

Zuelay E. Rosario Cruz Microbial BiologyAdviser: Jeffrey M. Boyd

John Robert Danna Ruppert* Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: Ravit Golan Duncan

Carol N. Saade* Food ScienceAdviser: Kit L. Yam

Lauren Marie Seyler* OceanographyAdviser: Lee Kerkhof

Laura J. Shappell* Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: Lena Struwe

Thaisa Maria Simplicio Lemos † Nutritional SciencesAdviser: Daniel Hoffman

Seo Yean Sohn* Environmental SciencesAdviser: Max Häggblom

Hillary Stires Endocrinology and Animal BiosciencesAdviser: Wendie S. Cohick

Wenping Tang* Food ScienceAdviser: Chi-Tang Ho

Hui-Yun Tsai † Food ScienceAdviser: Chi-Tang Ho

Yen-Chen Tung* Food ScienceAdviser: Chi-Tang Ho

James Michael Vasslides † Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: Olaf Jensen

Jessica Lynn Verpeut* Endocrinology and Animal BiosciencesAdviser: Nicholas T. Bello

Yan Wang Food ScienceAdviser: Richard D. Ludescher

Lauren Marie Weidner † EntomologyAdviser: George C. Hamilton

Qiuyang Xia Food ScienceAdviser: Qingrong Huang

Guangyu Xu* OceanographyAdviser: Karen G. Bemis

Talia Young Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: Olaf Jensen

Christopher Bernard Zambell* Ecology and EvolutionAdviser: James F. White Jr.


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Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy:

Shesha Santosha Sarandeep Boyanapalli Pharmaceutical ScienceAdviser: Ah-Ng Tony Kong

Vera Ivanova* Pharmaceutical ScienceAdviser: Tamara Minko

Tannaz Ramezanli Pharmaceutical ScienceAdviser: Bozena B. Michniak-Kohn

Faranak Salman Noori* Pharmaceutical ScienceAdviser: Arash Hatefi

Pei-Chin Tsai Pharmaceutical ScienceAdviser: Bozena B. Michniak-Kohn

Graduate School of Education:

Muteb M. Alqahtani EducationAdviser: Arthur B. Powell

Sally Wesley Bonet EducationAdviser: Thea Renda Abu El-Haj

Luke Andrew Buckland* EducationAdviser: Clark A. Chinn

Elizabeth Anne Conway EducationAdviser: Nydia Flores

Margaret A. Holzer EducationAdviser: Rebecca C. Jordan

Mehmet Kaplan † EducationAdviser: Jimmy de la Torre

Chesta Khurana EducationAdviser: Erica C. Boling

Luis Antonio Leyva EducationAdviser: Dan Battey

Robert Sigley EducationAdviser: Carolyn A. Maher

Sora Alexandria Suh EducationAdviser: Nydia Flores

School of Social Work:

Fiona Conway † Social WorkAdviser: Darcy Siebert

Louis J. Donnelly* Social WorkAdviser: Ayse Akincigil

Gretchen Lynn Hoge Social WorkAdviser: Judy L. Postmus

Alexis Jemal Social WorkAdviser: N. Andrew Peterson

Sheila McMahon Social WorkAdviser: N. Andrew Peterson

Alexandra Lynn Redcay Social WorkAdviser: N. Andrew Peterson

Amanda M. Stylianou † Social WorkAdviser: Judy L. Postmus

School of Management and Labor Relations:

Chunyun Li † Industrial Relations and Human ResourcesAdviser: Mingwei Liu

Mason Gross School of the Arts:

Wuiyeon Kim* MusicAdviser: Christopher Doll

Renata J. Pasternak-Mazur MusicAdviser: Andrew Kirkman

Nicole C. Vilkner MusicAdviser: Nancy Yunhwa Rao

Chia-Yi Wu MusicAdviser: Floyd Grave


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School of Communication and Information:

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy:

Elizabeth L. Hewitt* Planning and Public PolicyAdviser: Clinton J. Andrews

Judd Schechtman Planning and Public PolicyAdviser: Robert W. Burchell

Qianqi Shen* Planning and Public PolicyAdviser: Robert W. Lake

Michael T. Simmons* Planning and Public PolicyAdviser: Radha Jagannathan

Brian Robert Stromberg Planning and Public PolicyAdviser: James DeFilippis

Lora Appel Communication, Information and Library StudiesAdviser: Mark Aakhus

Michael John Cole † Communication, Information and Library Studies Adviser: Nicholas J. Belkin

Stephen Michael DiDomenico* Communication, Information and Library Studies Adviser: Galina Bolden

Soo-yeon Hwang Communication, Information and Library StudiesAdviser: Daniel O. O’Connor

GoUn Kim Communication, Information and Library StudiesAdviser: Daniel O. O’Connor

Hannah Kwon Communication, Information and Library StudiesAdviser: Ross J. Todd

Bryce J. Renninger Communication, Information and Library StudiesAdviser: Deepa Kumar

Camille Marie Reyes Communication, Information and Library StudiesAdviser: Todd Wolfson

Kaia Niambi Shivers* Communication, Information and Library Studies Adviser: Jack Bratich

Marian E. Stewart-Titus Communication, Information and Library StudiesAdviser: Vikki S. Katz

Alyson Hoving Thelin Communication, Information and Library StudiesAdviser: John V. Pavlik

Aaron Trammell* Communication, Information and Library Studies Adviser: Marija Dalbello

Doctor of Philosophy (Joint Degree)

Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy awarded jointly by the Graduate School-New Brunswick and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences are presented in alphabetical order according to the school in which a majority of their faculty are located.

Abhijit Ashok Ambegaonkar † Cell and Developmental BiologyAdviser: Kenneth Irvine

Zhiyong Bai* Cell and Developmental BiologyAdviser: Barth D. Grant

Gifty Ayensu Blankson Medicinal ChemistryAdviser: Edmond J. LaVoie

Arunika Das †Cell and Developmental BiologyAdviser: Kim S. McKim

Jessica E. Fellmeth* Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsAdviser: Karen Schindler

Anna Teresa Hader NeuroscienceAdviser: Mark R. Plummer

School of Arts and Sciences:


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Jennifer Wing-Yee Chan Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: Kathryn E. Uhrich

Andrea Janine Gray* Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: Martin L. Yarmush

Ying Li † Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: Li Cai

Meng Chen Lo* Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: Jeffrey D. Zahn

Mary Catherine Mack* Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: Nada N. Boustany

Minoosh Kimberly Moradi* Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: William Craelius

Brittany L. Taylor Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: Joseph W. Freeman

Jennifer Sherri Winkler Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: Maria Silvina Tomassone

Gabriel Yarmush † Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: Francois Berthiaume

Perry T. Yin † Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: Ki-Bum Lee

Weiling Yu † Biomedical EngineeringAdviser: Kathryn E. Uhrich


Kristin Bircsak † ToxicologyAdviser: Lauren Aleksunes

Danielle Joy Botelho* ToxicologyAdviser: Andrew Gow

Jinesh Shailesh Gheeya Cellular and Molecular PharmacologyAdviser: Shridar Ganesan

Ronald G. Udasin* ToxicologyAdviser: Jeffrey D. Laskin

Alessandro Venosa* ToxicologyAdviser: Debra L. Laskin

Joseph E. Wahler* Cellular and Molecular PharmacologyAdviser: Nanjoo Suh

Irene M. Wohlman ToxicologyAdviser: Jeffrey D. Laskin


Kristina Hernandez* Cell and Developmental BiologyAdviser: Bonnie Firestein

Shao-Yun Hsu NeuroscienceAdviser: Wise Young

Anaghą Krishnan †Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsAdviser: G. Charles Dismukes

Ou Liu* Cell and Developmental BiologyAdviser: Barth D. Grant

Wenke Liu* NeuroscienceAdviser: Robin L. Davis

Jillian Nguyen* NeuroscienceAdviser: Elizabeth B. Torres

Ina K. Nikolaeva Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsAdviser: Gabriella D’Arcangelo

Yee Mey Seah* Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsAdviser: Siobain Duffy

Daniel J. Stern Cardinale* Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsAdviser: Siobain Duffy

William Tan Cell and Developmental BiologyAdviser: Ruth Steward

Alexandra B. Walczak Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsAdviser: Lily Y. Young

Samantha Alexis Yost Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsAdviser: Joseph Marcotrigiano

Mi Zhou* Cell and Developmental BiologyAdviser: Megerditch Kiledjian

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Master’s Degree

Candidates for the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Arts for Teachers, Master of Business and Science, Master of Engineering, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Science from the Graduate School-New Brunswick are presented in alphabetical order according to the school in which a majority of their faculty are located.

Graduate School-New Brunswick:

Zachary Brice Adams M.B.S.Business and Science

Victoria Leigh Aleles M.B.S.Business and Science

James J. Andahazy † M.B.S.Business and Science

Briana Rose Bacchetta M.B.S.Business and Science

Oludare Ayoola Bello M.B.S.Business and Science

Andrew Boamah-Agyekum* M.B.S.Business and Science

Sarah Morgan Breen M.B.S.Business and Science

Daniel T. Burke † M.B.S.Business and Science

Lois Kristin Castellano † M.B.S.Business and Science

Yung Chan M.B.S.Business and Science

Lopamudra Chatterjee † M.B.S.Business and Science

Charles A. Collick Jr.* M.B.S.Business and Science

Amy Lynn Czuba M.B.S.Business and Science

Sayali Shantanu Date M.B.S.Business and Science

Nicole Lisa Dziedzic M.B.S.Business and Science

Kelechi Edozie-Anyadiegwu M.B.S.Business and Science

Zohreh Erfan † M.B.S.Business and Science

Danica Jayies Fernandes M.B.S.Business and Science

Shivani Ramesh Gangar M.B.S.Business and Science

Cinthia Garcia † M.B.S.Business and Science

Anne Gilson M.B.S.Business and Science

Andrew B. Goldberg † M.B.S.Business and Science

Michael Aaron Goldstein M.B.S.Business and Science

Yerelee Andrea Gonzalez-Torres M.B.S.Business and Science

Christopher Hackett † M.B.S.Business and Science

Felipe Fogaça Herter M.B.S.Business and Science

Derek Neal Hok † M.B.S.Business and Science

Venkata Sai Sudha Ibrahimpatan M.B.S.Business and Science

Rasheedat Feyishara Ipaye M.B.S.Business and Science

Rajesh Israni M.B.S.Business and Science

Nursalim Zico Lumangku Jap M.B.S.Business and Science

Maya M. Jenkins † M.B.S.Business and Science

Angel Jurado Torres † M.B.S.Business and Science

Sivakumar Kalyanaraman M.B.S.Business and Science

William Peter Karavites M.B.S.Business and Science

Sai Krishna Kasiraju M.B.S.Business and Science


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Rupam Kesherwani † M.B.S.Business and Science

Bonggyu Kim M.B.S.Business and Science

Gershom Kofman M.B.S.Business and Science

Urmi Kothari † M.B.S.Business and Science

Nicole Marie La Plante M.B.S.Business and Science

Pamela Cheryl Lai M.B.S.Business and Science

Chengxi Li M.B.S.Business and Science

Lizhe Li M.B.S.Business and Science

Shira M. Loewenstein* M.B.S.Business and Science

Helen Lopez † M.B.S.Business and Science

Cassio Oliveira Machado M.B.S.Business and Science

Melissa Abigail Villanueva Malapit M.B.S.Business and Science

Michael Medeiros M.B.S.Business and Science

Lee Michael Pagenkopf M.B.S.Business and Science

Marc J. Pappalardo † M.B.S.Business and Science

Aakash Patel † M.B.S.Business and Science

Devang Patel † M.B.S.Business and Science

Divya A. Patel † M.B.S.Business and Science

Mirali Patel M.B.S.Business and Science

Nisha R. Patel † M.B.S.Business and Science

Micaela Cristina Bretana Perlada M.B.S.Business and Science

Tejas Hemant Phatak M.B.S.Business and Science

Daniel Gerard Phillips M.B.S.Business and Science

Sonal Puri † M.B.S.Business and Science

Kimberly A. Queirolo M.B.S.Business and Science

Sam Ramezanli † M.B.S.Business and Science

Joshua Brian Reppen M.B.S.Business and Science

Kyle Robbins M.B.S.Business and Science

Aaron Jay Robison M.B.S.Business and Science

Michael Charles Rochelle Jr. M.B.S.Business and Science

Arlan James Dimailig Rodeo † M.B.S.Business and Science

Amanda D. Rodriguez † M.B.S.Business and Science

Ritika Roy M.B.S.Business and Science

Milton Guilherme D’avila Rucks M.B.S.Business and Science

Tara Marie Severino M.B.S.Business and Science

Radhika Vidyut Shah M.B.S.Business and Science

Stuti Shah † M.B.S.Business and Science

Gina Lynn Sheleheda* M.B.S.Business and Science

John Magdi Soliman † M.B.S.Business and Science

Amanda Jane Steitz* M.B.S.Business and Science

Brian Dominic Stiell* M.B.S.Business and Science

Peter Immanuel De Loyola Tenido † M.B.S.Business and Science

Peng Wai Tham M.B.S.Business and Science

Jonathan A. Thomas M.B.S.Business and Science


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Christopher Torres M.B.S.Business and Science

Anh Tran* M.B.S.Business and Science

Jeremiah William Van Doren M.B.S.Business and Science

Ąbhimanyu Kanaiya Varde M.B.S.Business and Science

Jessica Walker M.B.S.Business and Science

Binghan Wang † M.B.S.Business and Science

Joel Jacob Wattacheril M.B.S.Business and Science

Sana Yousaf † M.B.S.Business and Science

Xingjian Yu* M.B.S.Business and Science

Mira Ashraf Abou Elezz M.A.Religious Studies

Adeboye Abiola Adejare Jr. M.S. Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Ruby Agarwal † M.S.Computer Science

Kristin Marie Alexy M.A.Political Science

Ali Hussain Ali Muhmel Alhbabi M.A.Political Science

Glen J. Allen † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

John Elwood Allen M.A.T.Spanish

Intimaa A.S. Alsdudi † M.A.Women’s and Gender Studies

Christian Mitchell Alvarez M.A.Political Science

Stephanie E. Alves M.A.Sociology

Calvin Richard Antoniewicz † M.S.Mathematical Finance

Jacob B. Archer M.A.Art History

Xiaolu Bai M.S.Mathematical Finance

Yudi Bai M.S.Mathematical Finance

John Christopher Bailey † M.A.Sociology

Guhan Balasubramanian M.S.Computer Science

Kimberly Elaine Baldwin † M.S.Geological Sciences

Varun Bansal M.S.Computer Science

Heather D. Batson* M.A.Sociology

Claudia Vanessa Benavides Lazo M.A.Political Science

Robert Benditt M.A.East Asian Languages and Cultures

Lauren C. Bevins* M.A.Literatures in English

Shaun Bharrat † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Joseph Ross Biberstine* M.S.Computer Science

Stéphan Bien-Aimé* M.S.Chemistry and Chemical Biology

James Bird † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Cody Bishop* M.S.Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Allison Rachel Bloom* M.A.Anthropology

Timothy Dale Bransford M.A.Anthropology

Chencheng Cai † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Laura Maria Callejas † M.A.Sociology

School of Arts and Sciences:


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Jessica Amber Cantrell M.A.Women’s and Gender Studies

Andrew M. Carlson* M.A.Literatures in English

Margarita Mercedes Castromán † M.A.Literatures in English

Purna Chandra Reddy Chamala M.S.Computer Science

Qing Chang* M.S.Psychology

Vineeta Pradip Chaudhari M.S.Computer Science

Chen Chen † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Hao Chen † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Lei Chen M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Tianjun Chen † M.A.East Asian Languages and Cultures

Xiaoying Chen M.S.Mathematical Finance

Xinyan Chen † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Yi Chen M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Yiran Chen † M.S.Mathematical Finance

Yixuan Chen † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Zijiao Chen † M.S.Computer Science

Chun-Yen Cheng* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Mingmian Cheng* M.A.Economics

Tahsin Sabaa Chowdhury M.A.Political Science

Tzu-Chien Chuang* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Grace Eunmee Chung † M.S.Mathematical Finance

Alyssa M. Coltrain* M.A.Literatures in English

Sean P. Conway M.S.Kinesiology and Applied Physiology

Emily Louise Coyle* M.A.Literatures in English

Katherine Crosmer M.A.Art History

Tian Dai † M.S.Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Satarupa Das M.A.Linguistics

Ferhunde Dilara Demir* M.A.Sociology

Qianhuizi Deng M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Serguei Denissov* M.A.Philosophy

Phedra Tamara Deonarine* M.A.Literatures in English

Anagha Desai M.S.Computer Science

Vaibhav Dhabaria M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Priyanka Dhingra M.S.Computer Science

Bakary Diaby* M.A.Literatures in English

Kaitlin DiPaola M.S.Food and Business Economics

Jianyong Dong M.S.Mathematical Finance

Jiao Dong M.S.Computer Science

Mingwen Dong M.S.Psychology

Weichu Duan M.S.Mathematical Finance

Robert Colin Duffy M.A.Sociology

Luisa Fernanda Duque-Arbelo M.A.Spanish

James Clifford Echols III* M.S.Food and Business Economics

Melanie Allison Ehudin* M.S.Chemistry and Chemical Biology


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Kari Anna Eide-Lindsay* M.A.Spanish

Kathleen Marie Ellis* M.A.French

Brigham Ethan Eubanks M.A.Spanish

Heidi Janina Falanga M.A.T.Spanish

Yunqing Fan † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Idit Fast † M.A.Sociology

Nathan Flom † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Benjamin R. Foley* M.A.Sociology

Nicholas William Fox M.S.Psychology

David Franco* M.A.French

Xiaoqian Fu M.S.Mathematical Finance

Yuejia Fu † M.S.Food and Business Economics

Joshua E. Gang M.S.Computer Science

Jianxiang Gao † M.S.Mathematics

Chaim Garfinkel M.S.Mathematical Finance

Alla Gaydukova M.A.History

Andrea Adhara Gaytan Cuesta M.A.Spanish

Eugene J. Geis* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Cristina V. Gherasimov* M.A.Political Science

Eduard Gibert Renart M.S.Computer Science

Ritika Rajesh Singh Gobse † M.S.Computer Science

Patricia Gonzalez Darriba M.A.Spanish

Arif Gören M.A.Religious Studies

Damianos Grammatikopoulos* M.A.German

Qingli Gu † M.A.T.Chinese

Sisi Gu M.S.Mathematical Finance

Mayank Gupta M.S.Computer Science

Keith S. Hankins* M.A.Economics

Daniyah Mohammed Hannini † M.A.Religious Studies

Di Hao † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Md Ehtesamul Haque* M.S.Computer Science

Danielle Ryan Hatchimonji † M.S.Psychology

Steven M. Hathorn* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Min He M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Xiaoli He M.S.Psychology

Chelsea Francis Hill † M.A.Women’s and Gender Studies

Brooklynn Kristina Hitchens* M.A.Sociology

Karen Ho* M.A.Italian

Matthew Horvath* M.A.T.Chinese

Tiantian Hou* M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Kristina Howansky* M.S.Psychology

Can Hu M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Ming Huang † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Yutong Huang M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management


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Ryan William Hupfer* M.S.Geological Sciences

Padraig M. Hurley M.A.Women’s and Gender Studies

Charles J. Iaconangelo* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Ayush Jain M.S.Computer Science

Eunsook Jang* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Betty Lind Jarvis M.A.Art History

Jie Ji M.S.Mathematical Finance

Mengxi Jiang M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Yixiao Jiang M.A.Economics

Christian F. Jimenez † M.A.Political Science

Xu Jin M.S.Computer Science

Allison Marie Jones M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Kristine Rose Kaladas M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Bhushan Satish Kale † M.S.Computer Science

Yan Kang M.S.Computer Science

Rohan Kataria M.S.Computer Science

Najeeb Husain Kazmi M.S.Computer ScienceStatistics and Biostatistics

Gaurav Khanna † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Zi Hui Jonathan Khoo M.S.Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Hyun Gon Kim M.A.Economics

Kihwan Kim* M.A.Economics

Namwoo Kim † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Cassandra Valentine King M.A.Political Science

Ming Kong M.A.Economics

Steven Michael Koren M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Tejas Kiran Kudrimoti M.S.Computer Science

Julianna Marta Kulik* M.S.Psychology

Nitin Kumar M.S.Computer Science

Viraj Lad M.S.Computer Science

Yik Man Lam † M.A.East Asian Languages and Cultures

Sungkyung Lee* M.A.Economics

John Christian Lesher † M.A.Political Science

Boya Li M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Ning Li M.A.Economics

Rong Li M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Tongtong Li M.S.Mathematical Finance

Wei Li* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Xiao Li † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Xiao Li M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Xiaolun Li M.S.Mathematical Finance

Yandi Li † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Zhe Li M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Min Liang M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics


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Xubin Liang M.S.Mathematical Finance

Xiao Lin † M.S.Computer Science

Xuan Lin † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Yi-Nung Lin M.A.T.Chinese

Zixin Lin † M.A.Economics

Zixin Lin M.S.Mathematical Finance

Bin Liu* M.S.Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Changyao Liu* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Hongzhang Liu* M.S.Computer Science

Jianan Liu M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Pengcheng Liu † M.A.East Asian Languages and Cultures

Shaodong Liu* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Yi Liu* M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Zongkang Liu † M.S.Mathematical Finance

Charles Walter Loder M.A.Jewish Studies

Jason Alan Lowcher* M.A.History

Beidi Lu M.S.Computer Science

Jianfeng Lu M.S.Mathematical Finance

Ping Lu M.S.Mathematics

Wenzhe Lu † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Xuejing Luan M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Lindsey Lee Lugrin † M.S.Geological Sciences

Eden Lunde M.A.Spanish

Neil J. Lutz M.S.Mathematics

Ha Bao Luu † M.S.Mathematics

Ling Ma M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Wenbo Ma † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Xiaoxi Ma* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Yujing Ma † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Francis Onyekachi Madu † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Christina Mandt M.A.German

Andrew Francis Marrero M.S.Computer Science

Marlaina H. Martin* M.A.Anthropology

Ajay Mattappallil † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Martian V. Mazureanu* M.A.Political Science

Martina McKeever M.A.T.German

Marlene McLellan M.A.T.Spanish

Miranda McLeod* M.A.Literatures in English

Rebecca Joy Melvin M.S.Kinesiology and Applied Physiology

Akriti Mishra † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Sarah Nadirah Mohd Johari M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Michael Monescalchi* M.A.Literatures in English

Mrinal Monga M.S.Computer Science

Sai Dheeraj Muktha M.S.Computer Science


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Abhilash Narayana M.S.Computer Science

Jean Nickels-Henchey* M.A.T.Spanish

Irina Nicorici M.A.Sociology

Frances O’Toole M.A.Political Science

Diego Fernando Ocampo Bedoya M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Atsushi Oho* M.A.Linguistics

Katie Warren Orlemanski* M.A.Anthropology

Maria Sole Pagliari* M.A.Economics

Rohan Anant Pakhurde † M.S.Computer Science

Robert D. Palmer* M.A.Literatures in English

Anshuman Panda M.Phil.*, M.S.Physics and AstronomyComputational Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Emily Anne Panza* M.S.Psychology

Georgios Papachatzakis* M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Ashmi Patel* M.A.Religious Studies

Rajan Asit Patel M.S.Computer Science

Saad Farooq Patel † M.S.Computer Science

Deena Peyser Faleck † M.S.Psychology

Eliezer Y. Pickholtz † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Kathleen A. Pierce M.A.Art History

Kurt Poeschl* M.A.German

Kristina Poggi M.A.Art History

Maria Polychronis M.A.Political Science

Pritika Pradhan* M.A.Literatures in English

Muqaddas Pulotova* M.A.Sociology

Bin Qian M.S.Mathematical Finance

Jing Qian † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Ryan Raia* M.A.History

Elizabeth Anne Ramirez* M.A.T.Spanish

Tushar Rastogi M.S.Mathematical Finance

Aditya Ravichandran M.S.Computer Science

Martha Elizabeth Rayas Tanaka M.A.Spanish

Vivek J. Reddy † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Erica Ashlyn Reed † M.A.Women’s and Gender Studies

Fabian Paul Reger M.A.Political Science

Abhishek Kataria Rikhab Chand Kataria M.S.Computer Science

Talia Naomi Robbins † M.S.Psychology

Philip J. Roth* M.A.Economics

Christina M. Rozario M.A.Political Science

Henry A. Rugeles* M.A.Spanish

Aron G. Samkoff* M.S.Mathematics

Daniela Scheiblhofer M.A.Political Science

Kayla Marie Schweitzer M.A.Art History

Yelda Semizer* M.S.Psychology


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Parth Ajitbhai Shah M.S.Computer Science

Xijin Shan M.S.Mathematical Finance

Abhijit Shanbhag M.S.Computer Science

Zuqi Shang M.S.Mathematical Finance

Zhenping Shao M.A.East Asian Languages and Cultures

Shahabeddin Shekari Yazdi M.S.Computer Science

Yusong Shen † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Pratik Sheth* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Wen Shi M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Xin Shu † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Kevin Sigerman* M.A.Literatures in English

Robert Sigley M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Banmeet Singh M.S.Computer Science

Harshvardhan Singh M.S.Computer Science

Sushil Sivaram † M.A.Literatures in English

Johanna Smith M.A.East Asian Languages and Cultures

Kaiyuan Song † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Carolyn Naomi Spiro M.S.Psychology

Sachin Srivastava M.S.Computer Science

Michelle Marie St. George* M.A.Women’s and Gender Studies

Lucas B. Staudinger* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Anand Stephen M.A.Sociology

Natalie Elizabeth Stier † M.S.Geological Sciences

Wanying Su M.S.Mathematical Finance

Ziqiao Su* M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Die Sun † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Mengying Sun M.S.Mathematical Finance

Shiyuan Sun M.A.East Asian Languages and Cultures

Tianyi Sun M.A.Art History

Xun Sun M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Yu Sun † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Balaji Suresh M.S.Computer Science

Mazhar Qadri Syed M.A.Political Science

Mark W. Tai M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Dean G. Takacs M.S.Mathematical Finance

Ge Tang M.S.Mathematical Finance

Haibo Tang M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Evanthia Tapiri † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Behnam Tavakkol M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Ragip Terzi † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Brian Michael Tholl M.A.Italian

Joel Robert Thompson M.A.History

Marian Ahn Thorpe* M.A.Anthropology

Hanlu Tian M.S.Mathematical Finance


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Ram Tripathi M.S.Computer Science

Hüseyin Ekrem Ulus † M.A.Comparative Literature

Amulya Uppala M.S.Computer Science

Noriyuki Utsunomiya M.S.Mathematical Finance

Shivaramakrishnan Vaidyanathan † M.S.Computer Science

Alexa M. Valenzuela* M.A.Literatures in English

Abhi Verma M.S.Computer Science

Niina Maria Vuolajarvi † M.A.Sociology

Francis Gregory Wagner † M.S.Mathematics

Jean Paul Walker M.S.Physics and Astronomy

Colleen Rachel Wall M.A.History

Jacquelyn Marie Walsh M.A.Art History

Dejian Wang M.S.Computer Science

Hui Wang † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Huizhi Wang M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Ji Wang* M.A.Economics

Liang Wang M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Lu Wang M.S.Mathematical Finance

Siming Wang M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Tongsheng Wang M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Weiyue Wang † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Youzhi Wang M.S.Mathematical Finance

Yu Wang M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Zefeng Wang M.A.T.Chinese

Zhenming Wang † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Zilong Wang M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Carolyn Joann Washington M.A.Women’s and Gender Studies

Bo Wei* M.S.Chemistry and Chemical Biology

William Glenn Welty † M.A.Literatures in English

Yang Weng M.A.East Asian Languages and Cultures

Stuart M. Wexler M.A.Political Science

David J. Wright † M.Phil.Classics

Anna M. Wronka † M.S.Mathematical Finance

Kangjun Wu † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Mengying Wu M.S.Mathematical Finance

Qian Wu † M.S.Computer Science

Qiòñĝ Wu M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Wei Wu M.A.East Asian Languages and Cultures

Xiaoqi Wu M.A.East Asian Languages and Cultures

Jin Xia M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Rui Xiao M.S.Mathematical Finance

Węiqi Xiong M.A.Economics

Da Xu † M.S.Computer Science

Shuang Xu † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics


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Shuanglu Xu † M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Xiaoyu Xu M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Zizhuo Xu M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Yachen Yan M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Boming Yang † M.S.Mathematical Finance

Chun Yang M.S.Mathematical Finance

Miao Yang M.S.Mathematical Finance

Min-Jeong Yang M.S.Psychology

Shuqi Yang* M.S.Psychology

Tianyi Yang M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Xinbei Yang M.S.Mathematical Finance

Polina Yanovich M.S.Computer Science

Xi Yao M.S.Computer Science

Yao Yao M.S.Mathematical Finance

Naveen Kumar Yerragudi † M.S.Mathematical Finance

Cuifeng Yin † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

An Yu † M.S.Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Binxing Yu † M.S.Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Fei Yu † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Nathan Yu M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Xiang Yu* M.S.Computer Science

Xintian Yu M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Yang Yu* M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Ali Reza Zamani Zadeh Najari † M.S.Computer Science

Mohamed Zeineldin M.S.Physics and Astronomy

Hongjin Zhang M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Jun Zhang* M.S.Financial Statistics and Risk Management

Longjiao Zhang M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Meng Zhang M.S.Psychology

Wenge Zhang † M.S.Mathematical Finance

Xiaodong Zhao* M.S.Computer Science

Zhicheng Zhao M.S.Mathematical Finance

Piao Zheng † M.A.T.Chinese

Di Zhong M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Yizhuo Zhong M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Qianlan Zhou † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Tian Zhou † M.S.Computer Science

Tianju Zhou † M.S.Computer ScienceStatistics and Biostatistics

Rui Zhu † M.S.Computer Science

Xiyuan Zong M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics

Samuel Paige Zuckerman † M.S.Statistics and Biostatistics


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Chethan Chandrababu Acharya M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Talal Ahmed M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Akshita Ambati M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ryan Scott Anderson † M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Malav Dipak Ashara † M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Marlon Avellan † M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Zeynep Ayguzer Yasar* M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Aishwarya Babu* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohammad Ali Badr † M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Hasan Sinan Bank* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Joel Baptist M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Juliana Barcelos Cordeiro M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Agrim Bhalla* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Nikhil Bharadwaj M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Cody Bishop M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Jennifer Ashley Bullock † M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Sean Mackenzie Burgess M.E.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Xinnan Cao* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Catrice M. Carter † M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Azmi Mert Çelik † M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Adam Kendall Cham M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Nithin Raju Chandy M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Joe Hung-Che Chao † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Anagha Bhalchandra Chavan M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jingyu Chen M.E.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Zhan Chen † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Charles Sam Cherian M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Xiang Chi † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Venkata Naga Premchand Chidipoti M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Xiaolei Chu M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Jihyung Chun* M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Jonathan Colon M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Guilherme De Faria Eisinger M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Subrata Debnath* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ahmed Abdulaziz M. Degnah † M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Vincent A. DeLucca* M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Deniz Alper Dindi* M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Suneet Dixit M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yi Dong* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yuanxiu Dong M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Wanlin Du M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Saugata Dutt † M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering



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David G. Evans † M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Nicholas George Facas* M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Weiran Fang M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jacob Mackenzie Fradkin M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Gordon John French † M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Sathish Kumar Gajula † M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Karthikeyan Ganesan M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ziyang Gao M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ruoxi Geng* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohsen Ghassemi M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Xiangyu Gong* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sandesh Gopinath* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Kyle William Gourley M.S.Bioenvironmental Engineering

Yue Gu M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mengyang Guo M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Salah Akram Hameed M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chao Han M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Xiaoyi Han † M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Thomas Edward Hansen* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jia Hao M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Binglin He M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Yaodong He* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Saket Sharath Hegde M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wangsu Hu M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Guanjie Huang* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Junjie Huang* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineerin

Venkata Sravan Imadabathuni M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Stephen Joseph Indyk* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ahmed Musa Jaffar* M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Milin Jaiswal* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Steven James Jefferys M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Xiaowen Jiang M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Xiaowen Jiang M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yuepeng Jiang M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Pruthvi Krishna Jujjavarapu † M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Humayun M. Kabir † M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Shikha Kakar † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abhimanyu Kamat † M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Chenyi Kang* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kai Kang M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yunyi Kang* M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Matthew Eugene Karp M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Krizia Marie Karry* M.E.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Saket Sanjay Kashettiwar M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering


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Ankit Rajkumar Kayal M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Kevin M. Kobilinski † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fanpeng Kong* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Babak Koochak M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Daniel Kopp † M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Harika Kotipalli M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Shaunak Kulhalli M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Parth Prafulla Kulkarni* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Pooja Kulkarni M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Laxmidurga Kummarakuntla M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Joseph Mark Lakawicz Jr. † M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Chenyun Lan* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sang Yun Lee † M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Boyang Li M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Guangyuan Li M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Lun Li M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Siyuan Li M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tianrui Li* M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Tianwei Li M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tianyi Li M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Ting Li † M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Yimeng Li † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Zhenghong Li M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Jierui Liang* M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Sang Lin* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tingnan Lin M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Zhongtian Lin M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Luyang Liu M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Zhijiu Liu M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Shanmukha Priya Loke M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Matthew Yunching Lu* M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Jiayi Luo M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Yang Jun Luo † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Naixuan Ma M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kushal Majumdar M.E.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Runfang Mao † M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Anup Venugopal Mathur* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Siddarth Mathur M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Harika Matta M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sneha Medappa Maruvanda M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Jay Sanjay Mehta M.S.Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringIndustrial and Systems Engineering

James Melia M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Lingnan Meng † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Swapnil Dasharath Mhaske* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering


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Seyedamirali Mostafavizadeh Ardestani M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Tyler Lee Munhollon* M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Diana Mihaela Negoita M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nesar Nelamangala Siddesh † M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Boyu Ni* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Craig D. Nie* M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Megan Elizabeth Ooms M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jonathan Licheng Pai † M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Michael G. Pamula M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Xuechao Pan M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rahul M. Panchmia M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Xiangnan Pang M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Parikshit Bhimsingh Pardeshi † M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ingrid Joylyn Paredes M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Leonard T. Park M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rahul Pasam M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Anvita Arvindbhai Patel M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Maria Peifer* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alejandro Peláez* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ashley Marie Pennington* M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Timothy Son Phan M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Holly Eva Powell* M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Anish Uday Prabhu M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Joseph Louis Prati † M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Yihan Qian* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Qi Qiao M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Yu Bo Qin M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ajoykumar Rajasekaran M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Remya Ramakrishnan M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rishi Ramesh M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Varsha Subhash Rane † M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Preeti Bailaballi Rao M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Siddharth Ravichandran M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Martin P. Reap* M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Nicholas A. Rojek M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Stephen W. Rowe* M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Cong Ruan M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jihyun Ryu M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Viral H. Sagar* M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Silene Aracely Salazar Huarita M.E.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Mąryam Salehi † M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Abhinav Sankara Raman M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Saie Mangesh Saraf M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

William John Schreefer M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering


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Ankit Kirit Shah M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dhruvalkumar Kalpeshkumar Shah M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Mihir Shah † M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Nandil Pankaj Shah M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Zahra Shakeri M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rostyslav Shamborovskyy M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Shasad Sharif M.E.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Mishail Sharma* M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Anusha Sheelavant* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wenqing Shen* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Chang Shu* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Vaani Shukla M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Siddharth Singh M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Saumya Soman* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yue Song* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Christopher Morris Spengler* M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Pradeep Srinivasan M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Shravan Sriram* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yu Sun M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Udhay Sundar M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dharmesh Hemant Takle † M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Yi Tan* M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Huang Tang M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Peng Tang † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ruichao Tang † M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Yaqin Tang † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Elliot P. Taylor M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Chinmay Rameshchandra Thakkar † M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Shweta Thapa M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Tony Thayil Kuncheria* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jay Collin Tobia M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sol Torrel M.S.Materials Science and Engineering

Ali Tosyali M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Adriana Carolina Trias Blanco M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Geetartha Uppaladadium M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Siddhartha Vattikuti* M.E.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Shruti Venkatesh M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ravi Kumar Venuturupalli M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sagar Verma M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Amith Vishwakarma Shivaprakash M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Pengcheng Wan* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jianyu Wang M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jingwen Wang M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Kangsu Wang M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering


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Xueting Wang* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yanjun Wang* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Yao Wang* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yijun Wang M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Yizhou Wang M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Yunqi Wang M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Zhiyang Wang † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Robert Eric Weir M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Brenton Skylar Wolfe M.E.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Xian Wu* M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Jiachi Xie M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Liyang Xie † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Pengfei Xie M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mengdi Xing* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Li Xu* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Zuoyang Xu* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Qun Yan M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Chen Yang* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ke Yang* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sen Yang M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Zhengyu Yang* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dongyang Yao M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tianya Yin † M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Junzhe Ying M.S.Industrial and Systems Engineering

Haoyang Yu † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rafay Zamir M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tianjiao Zeng M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chen Zhang M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

He Zhang M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hongyang Zhang M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Junjie Zhang* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Lufan Zhang* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tao Zhang M.S.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Xi Zhang* M.E.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Xi Zhang M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Xincheng Zhang* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yuqian Zhang † M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Lulu Zhao M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Qingxiao Zhao M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Weicong Zhao* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Xuezheng Zhao M.E.Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Zihong Zheng M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jing Zhong* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering

Zhengyang Zhong* M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering


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Khalil A. Abbaszadeh* M.S.Environmental Sciences

Jacqueline M. Abeltin † M.L.A.Landscape Architecture

Serife Akkurt* M.S.Food Science

Brenda Doris Allen † M.S.Environmental Sciences

Isabel Armas Gutierrez* M.S.Plant Biology

Daniel Robert Betz* M.S.Ecology and Evolution

Mosam P. Bhatt M.S.Environmental Sciences

Siddharth Bhide † M.S.Food Science

Eden Tessa Ignacia Grinker Buenaventura M.S.Ecology and Evolution

Julia Kathleen Campbell M.S.Environmental Sciences

Carolyn Cheng † M.S.Nutritional Sciences

Nancy Chiang M.S.Food Science

Elizabeth J. Chrzastek † M.S.Food Science

Scott Cameron Crans † M.S.Entomology

Melissa Czinn* M.S.Ecology and Evolution

Huixin Du* M.S.Food Science

Corey J. Gabriel † M.S.Atmospheric Science

Akanksha Garg † M.S.Environmental Sciences

Laura Elizabeth Girard M.S.Microbial Biology

Devin Garland Goldman M.S.Environmental Sciences

Noopur Sanjay Gosavi M.S.Food Science

Samuel Hammond* M.S.Food Science

Anqi Hao* M.S.Environmental Sciences

Christina Haskins* M.S.Ecology and Evolution

Monica Hirata Bertachi M.S.Environmental Sciences

Pei-Hsuan Hsieh † M.S.Food Science

Ishita Jain † M.S.Microbial Biology

Lin Ji M.S.Food Science

Longjun Ju M.L.A.Landscape Architecture

Laura Beth Kenny † M.S.Plant Biology

Alexis Kleinbeck M.S.Ecology and Evolution

Elizabeth Ann Krumm* M.S.Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences

David Howard Langer* M.S.Atmospheric Science

Karen Leu M.S.Ecology and Evolution

Man Li M.S.Environmental Sciences

Chang Liu † M.S.Food Science

Alexis Brittany Long M.S.Food Science

Simone Lovano M.S.Plant Biology

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences:

Shixiang Zhou M.S.Civil and Environmental Engineering

Yuxiao Zhou* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Guanglei Zhu* M.S.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jiajun Zhu † M.S.Electrical and Computer Engineering


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Courtney Sue Malone † M.S.Food Science

Vahini Manivannan † M.S.Food Science

Robert Mattera III M.S.Plant Biology

Tara Mauro † M.S.Nutritional Sciences

Robyn Miranda M.S.Food Science

Nicholas Scott Morgan † M.S.Environmental Sciences

Emily Nering † M.S.Food Science

Ellen Julia Oettinger M.L.A.Landscape Architecture

Lindsey Phillipson-Weiner* M.S.Nutritional Sciences

Megan Helena Pilla M.L.A.Landscape Architecture

Taryn Pittfield M.S.Ecology and Evolution

Kennida Yoanna Polanco Espinal † M.S.Microbial Biology

Ryan Ann Rieder M.S.Microbial Biology

Zachary William Rohde M.L.A.Landscape Architecture

Christopher Steven Satch † M.S.Plant Biology

Andrew Schlesinger M.L.A.Landscape Architecture

Màtthew C. Stròm M.S.Ecology and Evolution

Haibo Tang M.S.Environmental Sciences

Austin Paul Thekkumthala* M.S.Microbial Biology

Monika Jozefa Tomaszewski M.S.Food Science

Tyson R. Triplett M.L.A.Landscape Architecture

Anning Wang M.S.Environmental Sciences

Ruolin Wang* M.S.Food Science

Ruying Wang* M.S.Plant Biology

Aubrey Miles Watson* M.S.Microbial Biology

Lauren Meredith Weisel* M.S.Oceanography

Gaoyuan Wu † M.S.Food Science

Chunxin Xia* M.S.Food Science

Hye-Na Yoo* M.S.Environmental Sciences

Tianshui Yu* M.S.Environmental Sciences

Zishuo Zeng M.S.Food Science

Han Zhang † M.S.Food Science

Xiaoliang Zhao M.L.A.Landscape Architecture


Sumayah Abed Ahmed Al-Mahmood M.S.Pharmaceutical Science

Noor Zuhair Kbah † M.S.Pharmaceutical Science


Nathaly Cristina Martos Gibaile M.S.Pharmaceutical Science

Le Zhang M.S.Pharmaceutical Science

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Master’s Degree (Joint Degree)

Candidates for the degrees of Master of Engineering and Master of Science awarded jointly by the Graduate School-New Brunswick and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences are presented in alphabetical order according to the school in which a majority of their faculty are located.

School of Arts and Sciences:Araba Addaquay † M.S.Cell and Developmental Biology

Haidar Khaioon Khalaf Al-Hraishawi M.S.Physiology and Integrative Biology

Keith M. Ciccaglione* M.S.Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Nicole Hamlin* M.S.Cell and Developmental Biology

Aula Hilal Najee Hamod* M.S.Physiology and Integrative Biology

Daniel Jones* M.S.Cell and Developmental Biology

Jairo L. Sierra* M.S.Cell and Developmental Biology

Joshua P. Sumoski M.S.Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Christopher Terrone M.S.Cell and Developmental Biology

Diana S. Vengsarkar M.S.Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Daniel J. Wene* M.S.Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Ruiheng Yin M.S.Biochemistry

Hong Zhao † M.S.Cell and Developmental Biology

Kenneth James Brown Jr.* M.A.Music

Alexa Canales M.A.Music

Mike Loubser Ford M.A.Music

Louise Anne Fristensky M.A.Music

Michael Brendan Goetjen † M.A.Music

Mason Gross School of the Arts:Anqi Liu M.A.Music

Taylor Ellen Myers* M.A.Music

Renata J. Pasternak-Mazur M.A.Music

Sean Robert Smither* M.A.Music

Liza A. Sobel † M.A.Music

Saehee Kang* M.S.Industrial Relations and Human Resources

School of Management and Labor Relations:

Rosemary Griffin Carolan M.A.Education

Baila Herbstman M.A.Education

Graduate School of Education:Jeanette C. Joyce M.A.Education

Andrew Scott Leland* M.A.Education


Eugene Son M.S.Industrial Relations and Human Resources

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Note: Inclusion of a name or notation in this booklet is not a verification that a student is graduating or earning the indicated academic credential.


Adeboye Abiola Adejare Jr. M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Ayesha Aijaz † M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Daniel J. Badger † M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Neal Bennett M.E.Biomedical Engineering\

Daniel P. Browe † M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Jaclyn Nicole Calia † M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Andrew R. Chavkin* M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Daniel Quo-Chi Chen † M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Salvatore Joseph D’Acunto M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Kathryn Emily Drzewiecki* M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Joseph Fantuzzo † M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Gina N. Hegyi* M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Laura Marie Higgins* M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Timothy E. Holleran † M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Taaha Shoaib Jamkhanawala M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Wilai Kosol M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Mikhiel Kristofer V. Lim † M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Lauren Lyn Marczi M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Shiv A. Mistry M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Priya Ranjani Mohan M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Antoinette Gail Nelson M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Akshat T. Parekh M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Sameer V. Patel M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Bianca Pineda* M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Christine Charles Sahyoun M.S.Biomedical Engineering

Paige Brink Sanchez M.E.Biomedical Engineering

Michelle Sempkowski M.E.Biomedical Engineering


Chi-En Sun † M.S.Toxicology


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A New Voice for the Graduate School

Congratulations on earning an advanced degree and welcome to the Graduate School-New Brunswick Alumni Association (GSNBAA)! Recently chartered, the GSNBAA was formed to unite alumni and friends of the Graduate School in support of the school’s efforts to continue to achieve excellence in graduate education and research as well as to maintain a lifelong bond with each other. There are no dues and all graduates are automatically members.

The Graduate School has more than 20,000 living alumni from over 60 programs of study. Our global reach is impressive, extending to 100 countries, but our New Jersey roots are strong with half of our graduates remaining within a few hundred miles of the University.

To learn more about the GSNBAA and to view our calendar of upcoming events, please visit our website at gradschoolalumni.rutgers.edu.

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