Alumni of the Physics Program

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
Thesis research: Strubbe lab

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
Thesis research: Bin Liu

B.S. 2021

Tomas Virgen Thesis research: Loebman lab Position immediately after graduation: APS Bridge Masters student, CSU Long Beach
Ernesto Padilla Thesis research: Beller lab
Christina Valletta Thesis research: Beller lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student at UC Davis (NSF Graduate Research Fellow)
Ethan Custodio Thesis research: Mitchell group Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student in physics at UC Merced
Grace Newman Thesis research: Muñoz lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student in bioengineering, UC Merced
Matias Lopez Thesis research: Kleckner lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student at University of Connecticut, Physics
Sean Deocampo Thesis research: Xu lab
Robert Gomez Thesis research: Xu lab
Stefan Faaland Thesis research: Kleckner lab Position immediately after graduation: Programmer at LBNL
Ashley Argueta Thesis research: Scheibner lab Position immediately after graduation: PhD student, New York University
Trevor Gammill Thesis research: Sharping lab
Peter Athey Thesis research: Ghosh lab Position immediately after graduation: Engineer, Gecko Materials (SF Bay Area)

B.S. 2020

Ibrahim Abu-Hijleh Thesis research: Hirst and Beller Labs Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, Georgia Tech Physics
Luis Arteaga-Castaneda Thesis research: Xu Lab
Florence Lucey Thesis research: Sharping Lab
Katie Tyler Thesis research: Ghosh Lab
Jorge Arteaga Thesis research: Gopinathan Group Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, UC Merced Physics
Erick Cedillo Thesis research: Mitchell Group

B.S. 2019

Steven Nguyen Thesis research: Chien Group
Tony Nguyen Thesis research: Chien Group
Ulyses Alvarado Olvera
Yogev Gluzman
Harrison Mausolff Thesis research: Strubbe Group Position after graduation: MS student in physics, California State University, Fresno
Joshua Roe Thesis research: Kleckner Lab
Angel Rubalcava

B.S. 2018

Ernesto Alvarado
Noah Bessard Thesis research: Kleckner Lab
Jonas Lo Thesis research: Sharping Lab
Denzal Martin Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, Stanford Physics
Maria Martinez Thesis research: Xu Lab Position immediately after graduation: Intern at UC Berkeley
Joshua Maynard
Maeve O'Brien Thesis research: Sharping Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, UC Irvine MSE
Jacob Parker Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, WSU Physics
Daniel Parra Thesis research: Sharping Lab
Cristian Ramos Thesis research: Sharping Lab
Diego Tapia Silva Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, UC Merced Physics
De Zhen Zhou Thesis research: Kleckner Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, UC Merced Physics

B.S. 2017

Bieito De La Fuente Thesis research: Sharping Lab
William Delmas Thesis research: Sharping Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, UC Merced Physics
Steven Jones Thesis research: Sharping Lab
Kyle Kabasares Position immediately after graduation: PhD student in Astrophysics at UC Irvine Physics & Astronomy
Laura Miller
Blaz Serna Thesis research: Tian group Position immediately after graduation: CSU Long Beach MS program
Najma Zahbihi

B.S. 2016

Jeremias Gonzalez Thesis research: Sharping Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, UC Merced Physics
Janelle Hobbs Thesis research: Sharping Lab

B.S. 2015

Dominic Pellegrino Thesis research: Sharping Lab
Winnie H. Liang Thesis research: Xu Lab Position immediately after graduation: Graduate student, University of Oregon

Alumni prior to 2015

Dr. Leily Kiani Ph.D. UC Merced Physics, 2015 Position immediately after graduation: LLNL National Ignition Facility and Photon Science Fiber Technologies Group
Matt Wilson Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, UC Riverside Physics
John Harvey Paredes Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Master's program, Applied Physics, University of Oregon
Jacky Wan Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, UC Riverside Physics
Corinne Gray Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, U. Pittsburgh Mech Eng & Mat Sci
Patrick Talbot Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Lecturer, CSU Fresno Physics
Michael Tennenbaum B.S. 2011 Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Ph.D. student, Georgia Tech Physics
Dr. Jessica Clayton B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UCSB Physics 2017 Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Senior engineering technical writer, MathWorks
Dr. Richard Inman B.S. 2010, Ph.D. UCSD 2019 Thesis research: Ghosh Lab Position immediately after graduation: Director of Data Analytics at CleanSpark LLC
Nancy Duque
Michael Lee
Erick Watanabe
Bryce Kornreich
Jeremy Sanborn
Enemisio Cano
Michael Lum
Tina Kuang
Raymond Cheung
Robert Puccinelli B.S. 2014 Position immediately after graduation: Bioengineer, Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub
Alan Blatt B.S. 2011 Position immediately after graduation: Software engineer, Apple