This page is under construction. If you are a UC Merced physics alumnus/a and we missed you in the list below, please get in touch with Tom Martinez, tmartinez@ucmerced.edu. We would love to hear from you and your current whereabouts!
Undergraduate Physics Major Alumni
B.S. 2023
Maria Gamez Thesis research: Gopinathan lab Position immediately after graduation: PhD student in Quantum Science and Engineering, University of Delaware |
Nathan Simons |
B.S. 2022
Calista Lum Thesis research: Ghosh lab Position immediately after graduation: PhD student in physics, University of California, Irvine |
Nolan Kelly Thesis research: Strubbe lab Position immediately after graduation: Postbaccalaureate researcher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Elsa Vazquez Thesis research: Strubbe lab Position immediately after graduation: PhD student in physics, UC Merced |
Jonathan Loera Thesis research: Hratchian lab Position immediately after graduation: PhD student in physics, University of California, Los Angeles |
Zachary Mauri Thesis research: Pribram-Jones lab Position immediately after graduation: PhD student in materials science and engineering, Stanford University |
Radoslav Iliev |
B.S. 2021
Tomas Virgen |
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Ernesto Padilla |
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Christina Valletta Thesis research: Beller lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student at UC Davis (NSF Graduate Research Fellow) |
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Ethan Custodio |
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Grace Newman |
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Matias Lopez |
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Sean Deocampo |
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Robert Gomez |
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Stefan Faaland |
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Ashley Argueta |
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Trevor Gammill |
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Peter Athey |
B.S. 2020
Ibrahim Abu-Hijleh |
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Luis Arteaga-Castaneda |
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Florence Lucey |
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Katie Tyler |
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Jorge Arteaga |
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Erick Cedillo |
B.S. 2019
Steven Nguyen |
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Tony Nguyen |
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Ulyses Alvarado Olvera |
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Yogev Gluzman |
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Harrison Mausolff |
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Joshua Roe |
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Angel Rubalcava |
B.S. 2018
Ernesto Alvarado | |
Noah Bessard |
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Jonas Lo |
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Denzal Martin |
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Maria Martinez Thesis research: Xu Lab Position immediately after graduation: Intern at UC Berkeley |
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Joshua Maynard |
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Maeve O'Brien Thesis research: Sharping Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, UC Irvine MSE |
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Jacob Parker Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, WSU Physics |
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Daniel Parra |
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Cristian Ramos |
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Diego Tapia Silva |
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De Zhen Zhou |
B.S. 2017
Bieito De La Fuente |
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William Delmas |
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Steven Jones |
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Kyle Kabasares |
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Laura Miller |
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Blaz Serna |
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Najma Zahbihi |
B.S. 2016
Jeremias Gonzalez |
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Janelle Hobbs |
B.S. 2015
Dominic Pellegrino |
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Winnie H. Liang |
Alumni prior to 2015
Dr. Leily Kiani |
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Matt Wilson Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, UC Riverside Physics |
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John Harvey Paredes |
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Jacky Wan |
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Corinne Gray |
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Patrick Talbot |
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Michael Tennenbaum B.S. 2011 Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, Georgia Tech Physics |
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Dr. Jessica Clayton |
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Dr. Richard Inman |
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Nancy Duque |
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Michael Lee |
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Erick Watanabe |
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Bryce Kornreich |
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Jeremy Sanborn |
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Enemisio Cano |
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Michael Lum |
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Tina Kuang |
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Raymond Cheung |
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Robert Puccinelli |
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Alan Blatt |
Ph.D. Program Alumni
Dr. Fereshteh Memarian |
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Dr. Dimitrius Khaladj |
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Dr. Niranjan Sarpangala |
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Dr. Ritwika VPS |
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Dr. Imtiaz Ali |
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Dr. Farnaz Golnaraghi |
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Dr. Jefferey Miller |
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Dr. Nabin Raut |
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Dr. William Delmas |
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Dr. Kuntal Talit |
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Dr. Enrique Guerrero |
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Dr. Mojdeh Banafsheh |
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Dr. Deepak Sapkota |
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Dr. Md. Imran Khan |
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Dr. Amanda Tan |
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Dr. Alessandro Monteros |
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Dr. Benaz Mendewala |
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Dr. Mark Bartolo |
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Dr. Som Sarang |
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Dr. Bryan Maelfeyt |
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Dr. Tom Kim |
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Dr. Tayebeh Riahinasab |
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Dr. Joe Lopes |
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Dr. Katherine Copenhagen |
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Dr. Katerina Nikolaidou |
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Dr. Mekena Metcalf |
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Dr. Qiaochu Li |
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Dr. Nathan Melton |
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Dr. Makiko Quint |
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Dr. David Ando |
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Dr. Dan Hu |
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Dr. Chai Lor |
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Dr. Xiu-Hao Deng |
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Dr. Leily Kiani |
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Dr. Ron Pandolfi |
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Dr. Andrea Rodarte |
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Dr. Tessa Pinon |
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Dr. Lam Nguyen |
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Dr. Luis Martinez |
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Dr. Jennifer Kirchhoff |
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Dr. Chenji Gu |
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Dr. Alison Huff |
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Dr. Alessandro Castelli |
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Dr. Jonathan Thompson |
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Dr. Jacob Pate |
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Dr. Katherine Copenhagen |
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Dr. David Ando |
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Dr. Igor Goncharenko |