Congratulations to all the students below!
Ph.D. degrees awarded in spring and summer 2023:
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Michael Leveille, “Stimuli-Responsive Polymers with Unique Shape Changing Molecular Design,” advisors Sayantani Ghosh and Jennifer Lu
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Bishal Parajuli, “Inhomogeneous structures of atomic mixtures in box potentials,” advisor Chih-Chun Chien
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Fereshteh Memarian, “Exploring the Dynamics of Confined Microtubule-Based Active Matter,” advisor Linda Hirst
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John Wilson, “Understanding the impact of single kinesin detachment kinetics on kinesinbased transport,” advisor Jing Xu
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Niranjan Sarpangala, “Effect of lipid membranes on intracellular cargo transport by teams of molecular motors,” advisor Ajay Gopinathan
M.S. degrees awarded in spring and summer 2023:
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Jorge Arteaga, advisor Ghosh
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Bruce Barrios, advisor Scheibner
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Arabi Seshappan, advisor Strubbe
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Joseph Spinuzzi, advisor Scheibner
Awarded Fellowships
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Dean’s dissertation fellowship to Niranjan Sarpangala (advisor: Gopinathan)
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Graduate Student Opportunity Program fellowship from UC Merced Graduate Division for Sameen Yunus (advisor: Strubbe) (https://graduatedivision.ucmerced.edu/financialsupport/internal-fellowships/graduate-student-opportunity-program)
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ARCS Foundation Fellowships for Alauna Wheeler (advisor: Hirst) and Arabi Seshappan (advisor: Strubbe) (https://northern-california.arcsfoundation.org/scholars/2023-2024-arcs-n...)
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G-RISE I-BioSTEP fellowship: Nolan Brown (rotation advisor: Gopinathan) (https://ibiostep.ucmerced.edu/)
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NRT CONDESA fellowship: Matthew Metcalf (advisor: Cai) (https://condesa.ucmerced.edu/people/cohort-3)
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CCBM fellowships: Patrick Noerr (advisor: Dasbiswas), Derek Hammar (advisor: Hirst), and Alauna Wheeler (advisor: Hirst), Joey McTiernan (advisor: Gopinathan) (https://ccbm.ucmerced.edu/about/graduate-students/ccbm-fellows)
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Bakersfield College Faculty Diversification Fellowship: Aaron Wheeler (advisor: Kurtz) (https://www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/employees/professional-development/facultydiversification-fellowship.html)
Other Awards
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Outstanding Graduate Research: Samuel Erickson
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Outstanding Graduate Teaching: Michael Leveille
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Outstanding Graduate Teaching: Kevin Collins
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Outstanding Graduate Student Service and Outreach: Arabi Seshappan
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People’s Choice poster award at Electronic Structure Workshop at UC Merced: Md. Mehdi Masud (https://physics.ucmerced.edu/electronic-structure-workshop)
MacKenzie Scott Travel Award
- Alauna Wheeler, Devika Gireesan Sudha (advisor: Hirst) -- Liquid Crystals Gordon Research Conference 2023 in Manchester, New Hampshire
- Sam Erickson (advisor: Ghosh) -- Photovoltaics for Space (PVSPACE) 2023 Conference at Sapienza University in Rome, Italy
Graduate Group Travel Fellowships
Albert DiBenedetto, Jorge Arteaga, Samuel Erickson, Suraj Sahu, Niranjan Sarpangala, Joseph McTiernan, Harold Hart, Md Kamal Hossain, Nabaraj Pokhrel, Sang-Hyun Oh, Devika Gireesan Sudha, Bishal Parajuli, Md Mainul Hasan Sabbir, Davoud Masoumi
Graduate Group Summer Fellowships
Jonathan Daniel, Anuvetha Govindarajan, Bruce Barrios, De Zhen Zhou, Albert Dibenedetto, Devika Gireesan Sudha, Cole Cooper, Md Mainul Hasan Sabbir, Micah Oeur, Harold Hart, Lutfun Nahar, Derek Hammar, Jorge Arteaga, Arya Karappilly Rajan, Adityaa Bajpai
