Congratulations Graduates: Class of 2022!
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Sami Alves Major(s): Physics / Computer Science Advisor: Damon Clark Residential College: Morse College |
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Niki Anderson Major(s): Physics / Economics Residential College: Saybrook College |
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Keon Azar Major(s): Physics / Economics Advisor: Gregory Laughlin Research Project: Conducting simulations of multi-exoplanet systems in order to characterize their orbital dynamics and constrain their masses Residential College: Pierson College Plans: I plan to live and work in New York City. Memorable or Interesting Moment: Going to night sky observation sessions at the Leitner Observatory |
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Amanda Butler Major(s): Astronomy and Physics (Intensive) Advisor: Daisuke Nagai Residential College: Jonathan Edwards College |
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Maria Canon Major(s): Physics / Psychology Advisor: Eduardo Higino da Silva Neto Research Project: Investigating systematic errors and confidence levels in an algorithm measuring local lattice strain Residential College: Davenport College |
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Antonio Cao Major(s): Physics / Computer Science & Mathematics Advisor: Owen Miller Research Project: Finite Difference Time Domain Simulation on the Web Residential College: Morse College |
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Robert Carter Major(s): Physics (Int.) Advisor: Steve Lamoreaux Research Project: An Exploration in Improvements on the Cavendish Experiment Residential College: Grace Hopper College Plans: Moving to Egypt! I’ll be living in Cairo Memorable or Interesting Moment: I once remember cramming before my 440 midterm in the undergraduate physics lounge, and quite literally minutes before the exam I started to understand the material! It ended up being ok in the end, and I learned a lot, but I’ll never forget the stress of 440 |
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Jack Chapman Major(s): Physics & Philosophy Advisor: Mark Gerstein Research Project: Applying Quantum Neural Networks to Problems in Bioinformatics Residential College: Pauli Murray College |
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Jeff Cieslikowski Major(s): Political Science / Physics Advisor: Alexey Fedorov Research Project: Physical Forcings of ENSO under a Warming Climate Residential College: Pauli Murray College Plans: After a gap year in DC, off to law school! Memorable or Interesting Moment: Studying for intro physics on the chalkboards in SPL late at night, pretending I was working on the Apollo missions for NASA but in reality just calculating how fast a ball would fall on the moon |
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Sarah Dickson Major(s): Physics (Int.) Advisor: David Moore Research Project: Detection of Whispering Gallery Modes in Optically-Levitated Microspheres Residential College: Pauli Murray College |
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Aidan Donaghey Major(s): Physics (Int.) Advisor: Steven Girvin Research Project: Simulating QNN on classical hardware Residential College: Jonathan Edwards College |
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Kunsang Dorjee Major(s): Physics & Philosophy Advisor: Juan Lora Research Project: A Large-Scale Cloud Diagnostic Scheme for the Atmosphere of Titan Residential College: Timothy Dwight College |
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Eric Elftmann Major(s): Physics Advisor: Corey O'Hern Research Project: Accuracy of Core Sidechain Packing in Computational Protein Models Residential College: Saybrook College |
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Ryan Flynn Major(s): Physics (Int.) Advisor: Daisuke Nagai Research Project: Shattering in the Intergalactic Medium in TNG100 Residential College: Morse College |
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Pablo Garza Major(s): Physics Advisor: Steve Lamoreaux Residential College: Silliman College |
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Luke Grossman Major(s): Physics Advisor: Nir Navon Residential College: Berkeley College |
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Matt King Major(s): Physics (Int.) / Mathematics (Int.) Advisor: Bonnie Fleming Research Project: Pion Absorption Cross Section Measurement in Liquid Argon Residential College: Ezra Stiles College Plans: Research and Teaching (Ideally as a physics professor) Memorable or Interesting Moment: In Physics 261, I gave Professor Girvin a package of Welch's fruit snacks at the beginning of class. He ripped it open, downed the entire package, chewed for a long time, then exclaimed, "Wow! These are really good!" He then proceeded with the class. |
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Hanbai Lyu Major(s): Mathematics / Physics (Int.) Advisor: Nir Navon Residential College: Branford College |
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Charlie Mayhew Major(s): Physics Advisor: David Moore Residential College: Benjamin Franklin College |
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Jack McArthur Major(s): Chemistry / Physics Advisor: Diana Qiu Research Project: Molecular dielectric embedding GW for ionically bonded hybrid perovskites Residential College: Pauli Murray College |
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Georgia Michelman Major(s): Physics / History Advisor: Meg Urry Residential College: Pauli Murray College |
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Daniel Qenani Major(s): Physics (Int.) Advisor: Keith Baker Research Project: Quantum K-Means Algorithm for Signal Processing of H → ZZ* → 4l as Proof of Quantum Entanglement Residential College: Davenport College |
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Annika Salmi Major(s): Physics / Astronomy Advisor: Meg Urry Residential College: Grace Hopper College |
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Matthew Schneider Major(s): Physics Advisor: Madhusudhan Venkadesan Research Project: Experimental Set-up for Fish Fin Stiffness Research Residential College: Pauli Murray College Plans: Undergraduate Pilot Training |
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Ema Smith Major(s): Physics (Int.) Advisor: Laura Newburgh Residential College: Ezra Stiles College |
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Will Sun Major(s): Physics (Int.) Advisor: Steven Girvin Research Project: Generating Qubits with QGANs Residential College: Pauli Murray College |
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Jiawei Tang Major(s): Physics / Applied Mathematics Residential College: Ezra Stiles College |
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Malcolm Tang Major(s): Physics (Int.) Residential College: Ezra Stiles College |
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Ben Togni Major(s): Physics (Int.) Advisor: Meg Urry Residential College: Grace Hopper College |
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Sebastian Tsai Major(s): Physics (Int.) / Applied Mathematics Advisor: George Fleming Residential College: Jonathan Edwards College |
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Charlie Uchno Major(s): Physics / Economics Advisor: Alison Sweeney Residential College: Berkeley College |
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Jean Wang Major(s): Physics (Int.) / Mathematics & Philosophy Advisor: Steven Girvin Research Project: Frequency Stability of Oscillator Systems Residential College: Morse College |
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Grace Zdeblick Major(s): Mathematics / Physics Advisor: Meg Urry Research Project: Identifying Active Galactic Nuclei with Machine Learning Residential College: Pierson College |
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Yiming Zhang Major(s): Physics (Int.) Advisor: Jack Harris Research Project: Building a Optomechanical Platform for Eigenvalue Braids and Knots Residential College: Benjamin Franklin College Plans: I will be pursuing a PhD in physics at MIT with a focus on experimental atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Memorable or Interesting Moment: Walking into the Sachem’s Wood from YSB in the evening after lab. |
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Andrew Zheng Major(s): Physics / Economics Advisor: Reina Maruyama Research Project: CUORE/CUPID Muon Veto Prototypes Testing and Analysis Residential College: Trumbull College Plans: Become a Professor someday. |
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Laura Zhou Major(s): Physics (Int.) Advisor: Nir Navon Residential College: Benjamin Franklin College |