VICE PROVOST AND DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES
HRANT P. HRATCHIAN
Last Friday, we came together at UC Merced’s second Graduate Commencement Ceremony to celebrate our master's and doctoral degree graduates' hard work and achievements.
They are now the most recent recipients of graduate degrees from the University of California, the nation’s premier public university system and the world’s exemplar of graduate education. They have worked hard to get where they are today, and we are proud to count them among the University of California’s master’s and doctoral alumni.
That’s an amazing accomplishment when you put it into perspective. Less than 14% of the U.S. population has a graduate degree of any kind. And for our Ph.D. recipients, only 2% of our nation has earned a doctorate. They have all truly earned a rare achievement!
Their resilience and personal strength has been tested even more than during “normal” years, and we are proud of all that they have accomplished.
Graduates: You have boldly advanced our understanding of the universe, explored the depths of our shared humanity, and made the world around you better than you found it. We rely on you to push us forward! And we know you can do it because we have witnessed your tenacity and your drive and your abilities firsthand. And we can’t wait to see the future world you will shape.
Congratulations again, and best of luck in all your future endeavors!
VICE PROVOST AND DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES
HRANT P. HRATCHIAN
Last Friday, we came together at UC Merced’s second Graduate Commencement Ceremony to celebrate our master's and doctoral degree graduates' hard work and achievements.
They are now the most recent recipients of graduate degrees from the University of California, the nation’s premier public university system and the world’s exemplar of graduate education. They have worked hard to get where they are today, and we are proud to count them among the University of California’s master’s and doctoral alumni.
That’s an amazing accomplishment when you put it into perspective. Less than 14% of the U.S. population has a graduate degree of any kind. And for our Ph.D. recipients, only 2% of our nation has earned a doctorate. They have all truly earned a rare achievement!
Their resilience and personal strength has been tested even more than during “normal” years, and we are proud of all that they have accomplished.
Graduates: You have boldly advanced our understanding of the universe, explored the depths of our shared humanity, and made the world around you better than you found it. We rely on you to push us forward! And we know you can do it because we have witnessed your tenacity and your drive and your abilities firsthand. And we can’t wait to see the future world you will shape.
Congratulations again, and best of luck in all your future endeavors!
masters candidates
Andres Arias
Sociology
Akshay Bhatia
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jose Bravo
Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
Jarrod Brown
Sociology
Varnika Chauhan
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Spencer Cole
Environmental Systems
Cassandra Coria
Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
Dalton Dador
Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
Annesha Dasgupta
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kevin Easley
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Janna Emery
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Jarod Freeman
Materials and Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Noah Fuentes
Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
Eduardo Gasper-Morales
Bioengineering
Kylie Greenwood
Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
Victor Hernandez Carreno
Materials and Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Christopher Him
Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
Linh Hoang
Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
Brittany Johnson
Cognitive and Information Sciences
Ayonna Jones
Cognitive and Information Sciences
Nimra Khurram
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Abhishek Kumar
Mechanical Engineering
Clarence Le
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Gerald Lemmon
Sociology
Hugo Alberto López Chavolla
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Rabia Majeed
Psychological Sciences
Valerie Martinez
Public Health
Lauren McKinley
Psychological Sciences
Hoa Nguyen
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Gabrielle Orduna
Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
Mamata Pokhrel
Public Health
Danielle Victoria Rojas
Psychological Sciences
Pulkit Sagar
Mechanical Engineering
Emil Samson
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Karla Seijas
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Arabi Seshappan
Physics
Aneesh Songu
Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
Katie Stephens
Materials and Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Leesa Strasser
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Mason Westlake
Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology
ph.d. candidates
Emanuel Alcala
Public Health
Felber Arroyave
Environmental Systems
Sarah Baker
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Aneelman Brar
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Alyson Caine
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Christopher Caskey
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Jung Chen
Political Science
Pooja Chopra
Physics
Britne Clifton
Environmental Systems
Nicholas Cruz
Political Science
Oscar Davalos
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Randy Espinoza
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Yile Fang
Bioengineering
Angelica Garcia
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Sona Garsevanyan
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Vaishnavi Girish
Bioengineering
Laura Gomez
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Deanna Halliday
Psychological Sciences
Bowen Han
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Tucker Hartland
Applied Mathematics
Ian Hill
Materials and Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Derek Hollenbeck
Mechanical Engineering
Kay Kim
Psychological Sciences
Michael Leveille
Physics
Alexander Li
Bioengineering
Haoyu Li
Mechanical Engineering
Miaomiao Liu
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Ting Liu
Mechanical Engineering
Lesly Lopez Fang
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Eddie Lucero
Political Science
Pin Lyu
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Fereshteh L. Memarian
Physics
Ana Paula Menezes Simoes Pazzi
Psychological Sciences
Karen Mohammadtabar
Mechanical Engineering
Thuy Duy Nguyen
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Adriana Nunez
Public Health
Gina Palefsky
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Chaohong Pan
Political Science
Edgar Perez-Lopez
Mechanical Engineering
Vicente Ramirez
Public Health
Maria Ramirez Loyola
Psychological Sciences
Karnamohit Ranka
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Salvador Rojas
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Pedro Andrés Sánchez Pérez
Environmental Systems
Niranjan Sarpangala
Physics
Neda Seyedhassantehrani
Mechanical Engineering
Negar Seyedhassantehrani
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Theresa Spezzano
Public Health
Touyee Thao
Environmental Systems
Yuxin Tian
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Yumary Vasquez
Quantitative and Systems Biology
John Wilson
Physics
Jessican Wilson
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Rhondene Wint
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Mark Woodall
Physics
Mahshid Yaghoubi
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Songtao Ye
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Jose Zamora
Materials and Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Yehan Zhang
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Anni Zhao
Mechanical Engineering