Congratulations Graduates Class of 2023!

Zack Andalman


Major(s): BS, Physics-Intensive with distinction
Advisor: Priyamvada Natarajan
Research Project: Optical Line Emission Diagnostics for Tidal Disruption Events
Residential College: Timothy Dwight College
Plans: Starting a Ph.D. in astrophysical sciences at Princeton University with a Department of Energy Computational Sciences Graduates Fellowship.
Memorable or Interesting Moment: Hiking sleeping giant with Giovanna and Prof. Irons (Prof. Irons forgot his sunglasses on the top and we had to go back for them)

Olivia Aspegren


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive with Distinction
Advisor: Meg Urry
Research Project: The Relative Sensitivity of eROSITA, Chandra and XMM-Newton to Heavily Obscured AGN
Residential College: Benjamin Franklin College

Luke Bell


Major(s): B.S., Mathematics & Physics
Advisor: Michel Devoret
Research Project: Trifurcation Effects via Direct and Cascaded Five-wave Mixing in a Driven Nonlinear Oscillator
Residential College: Pierson College

Eric Chavez


Major(s): B.S., Physics / Spanish-Intensive
Advisor: Steven Konezny
Research Project: PTAA Solar Cells
Residential College: Berkeley College

Nikhil Harle


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive with Distinction
Advisor: Michel Devoret
Research Project: Exploring the Computational Complexity of Hilbert Space and Phase Space with Numerical Simulations
Residential College: Pierson College
Plans: I'm starting a PhD in quantum engineering at the University of Chicago this fall on an NSF GRFP fellowship.
Memorable or Interesting Moment: Taking a fake PHYS 420 exam as part of my a cappella initiation.

Alexandra Haslund-Gourley


Major(s): B.S., Physics
Advisor: Steven Zucker
Research Project: Data Driven Analysis of Neurological Networks
Residential College: Silliman College

Tausif Hossain


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive with Distinction
Advisor: Sarah Demers
Research Project: The Mu2e Trigger Rates Analysis and Data Quality Monitor Development
Residential College: Saybrook College

James Young Kim


Major(s): B.A., Physics & Philosophy
Residential College: Pierson College

Melanie King


Major(s): B.S. Physics with Distinction / Chemistry
Residential College: Pauli Murray College

Vanessa Lamar


Major(s): B.S., Physics
Residential College: Morse College

Charlotte Leakey


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive
Advisor: John Wettlaufer
Residential College: Branford College

Richard Li


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive with Distinction
Advisor: Steven Girvin
Research Project: Hybrid Qubit-Bosonic Mode Quantum Computers and Cat-State Amplification
Residential College: Pauli Murray College

Helena Lyng-Olsen


Major(s): B.S., Physics with Distinction / English
Advisor: Mary-Louise Timmermans
Residential College: Pierson College

Neal Ma


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive with Distinction
Advisor: Diana Qiu
Research Project: Modelling Two-Dimensional HfSe2 and the Screening Effects of HfO2
Residential College: Silliman College

Gabriel Mesa


Major(s): B.S., History / Physics
Residential College: Berkeley College

Allen Mi


Major(s): B.S., Mathematics & Physics with Distinction / Elec. Engineering/Computer Sci
Advisor: Steven Girvin
Research Project: Logical Qubit Postprocessing Based on GKP Syndrome Measurements
Residential College: Grace Hopper College

Matthew Murphy


Major(s): B.S., Physics
Advisor: Sarah Demers
Research Project: Higgs Boson Production & Decay Modes
Residential College: Davenport College

Shreya Pathak


Major(s): B.S. Physics with Distinction
Residential College: Morse College

Claire Recamier


Major(s): B.S., Physics with Distinction
Advisor: Nikhil Padmanabhan
Research Project: Investigating Fuzzy Dark Matter through Stellar Streams
Residential College: Pauli Murray College

Jack Ross


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive with Distinction
Advisor: Joerg Bewersdorf
Research Project: Building Interfaces for Axially-Swept Light-Sheet Microscopy
Residential College: Grace Hopper College

Kohsuke Sato


Major(s): B.S., Physics with Distinction
Advisor: Charles Baltay
Residential College: Morse College

Yu Jun Shen


Major(s): B.S., Electrical Engineering / Physics with Distinction
Advisor: Abhishek Bhattacharjee
Research Project: Investigation of Variational Quantum Eigensolver techniques in Qiskit
Residential College: Pauli Murray College
Plans: Avionics engineer at helicopter startup Rotor
Memorable or Interesting Moment: Working on the flight model for the Bouchet Low-Earth Alpha/Beta Space Telescope (BLAST) CubeSat project with the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association

Alejandro Simon


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive with Distinction / Computer Science
Advisor: Abhishek Bhattacharjee
Research Project: A Quantum Algorithm for the Leaky Competing Accumulator
Residential College: Silliman College

Dash Stevanovich


Major(s): B.S., Mathematics-Intensive / Physics-Intensive with Distinction
Advisor: Daisuke Nagai
Research Project: A Differentiable Model of the Evolution of Dark Matter Halo Concentration
Residential College: Grace Hopper College

Shayaan Subzwari


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive with Distinction / Global Affairs
Advisor: Karsten Heeger
Research Project: The LUCKEY Magnet
Residential College: Silliman College

Dawson Thomas


Major(s): B.S., Mathematics & Physics with Distinction
Advisor: Sarah Demers
Research Project: Topological Machine Learning for Jet Physics
Residential College: Ezra Stiles College

Giovanna Truong


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive with Distinction
Advisor: Jack Harris
Research Project: Studying supercooled water using diamagnetic levitation
Residential College: Pauli Murray College
Plans: MSt in Yiddish Studies at the University of Oxford
Memorable or Interesting Moment: Levitating water in my bedroom during the pandemic thanks to my graduate students sending me a Harris Labs care package. Also hiking Sleeping Giant with Zack and Dr. Irons

Tristan Weaver


Major(s): B.S., Physics-Intensive with Distinction / Mathematics-Intensive
Advisor: Meg Urry
Residential College: Silliman College

Lele Xu


Major(s): B.S., Physics
Advisor: Rob Schoelkopf
Research Project: Driven Seam Loss
Residential College: Davenport College