Rice University December 2023 Digital Commencement Program

Rice University December Commencement Ceremony Tuesday, December 5, 2023 • 10 a.m. • Tudor Fieldhouse

December Commencement Ceremony Provost Amy Dittmar, presiding

Academic Procession Fred Oswald, Chief Marshal

Welcome Amy Dittmar, Provost

Presentation of Doctoral Degrees Seiichi P.T. Matsuda, Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Presentation of Advanced Degrees Seiichi P.T. Matsuda, Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, and Deans of the Academic Schools

Presentation of Bachelor’s Degrees Bridget Gorman, Dean of Undergraduates

Concluding Remarks Amy Dittmar, Provost

Recessional Musicians Emily S. Richardson, Violin Astrid Nakamura, Violin Zoey Ma, Viola Jalayne Mitchell, Cello Dana Rath, Cello

Marshals Fred Oswald, Chief Marshal

Rosario Sa Martinez

Jamie Catanese

Chris Mize

Agustina Fernandez-Moya

Anna Rhodes

Gustavo Grullon

Laura Segatori

Heather Karbal

Kasey Leigh Yearty

Mary Lowery

2023 December Degree Recipients This list of graduates is accurate

Learned Michael Foote

Gary Cayden McDonald *

as of the time of printing and

Bowen Fu *

Randi McInerney *

is not an official notification

Yilei Fu

Kelly Alicia McKisson *

of degree completion. Please

Yunan Gao

Srdan Milakovic

contact the Office of the

Theodor Maxwell Gerrard-

Leelook Min

Registrar for official degree

Anderson

Joshua Alan Moore

Cedric Jonathan Ginestra

Armando Moreno *

Daniel John Gorczynski *

Gopal Narmada Naidu

Doctor of Philosophy

Niklas Gross *

Zoey Rosalind Neale

Yan He

Sunny Niu *

Lucas Hildebrand Pires da

Miguel Angel Ortiz Salazar

Alec Joseph Ajnsztajn

Cunha *

verification.

Suguru Otani Athanasios Papastathopoulos-

Arzeena Sultana Ali *

Katie Joanna Hogan *

Sydney Marie Allen *

Yuefei Huang

Anton Reza Banta

Sarah Tucker Irons *

Maria Jose Pelaez Soni

Aaron Bayles

Christian Robert Jacobson *

Rawand Muzafar Rasheed

Jacob L. Beckham *

Kimberly Virgia Jones

Adrienne Ange Rooney *

Benjamin Belzer

Prashant Bharadwaj Kalvapalle *

Ivan Rosa de Siqueira

Issam Ben Moallem

Donghoon Kang

Yavuz Savsatli

Jackson Stone Borchardt

Safiya Khalil *

Cory Schwarz

Jessica Lauren Bray

Ali Zein Khater *

Zhambyl Shaikhanov

Robert Anthony Brienza

Molly Patricia Kilcullen

Roslyn Ayanna Shanklin *

Alan Cavido Cabrera *

Lingkun Kong *

Qiran Shao

Jeanine M. Campsall

Abigael Jesang Kosgei *

Xinting Shuai

John Chen

Rachael Nicole Kress

Aldo Stefano Spatafora Salazar

Sihan Chen *

Santhoshi Navaneetha Krishnan *

Tewodros Belete Taffese

Yu Chen

John Tyler Lazar

Alex Joseph Veglia *

Yujie Chen

Kunhua Lei *

Jordan R. Wagner

Zhiyu Chen

Claudia Viridiana Leyva Aranda

Bo Wang *

Joshua Philip Chu

Geng Li

Zhuang Wang

Crystal Brooke Clark *

Wenbin Li

Igor Westphal

Shabnam Daghaghi

Yimin Lin

Steven Michael Williams

DeAnna Monique Daniels

Baiyang Liu

Cameron Ronald Wolfe *

Akshat Dave *

Yifeng Liu

Tsz Chun Wu *

Meghan Kathleen Davenport

Dana Marie Lobmeyer

Kevin Michael Wyss *

Sonia Marie Del Hierro *

Jiawei Lu

Zhaozhuo Xu *

Youyuan Deng

Jinxin Lu *

Fan Yang *

Oliver Scott Dewey

Li Chieh Lu *

Wangfei Yang

Eva Dicker

Weiqi Lu

Zhi Yang

Chen Dun

Xiaoyu Lu *

Ziyan Yang

Rishab Dutta *

Lina Luo *

Zhanghao Yu

Shayok Dutta

David Michael Marolf *

Rachel Elizabeth Zahn

Austin King Fehr

Nicolas Sebasti Marquez Peraca *

Baoyi Zhang

Christopher Martin Flynn *

Cecilia Martinez Jimenez

Hongyi Zhang

* Degree conferred in August 2023

Katsaros

Doctor of Philosophy, continued

Quinn Forest Georgic

Autumn Rose Bruncz

Emil Niall Gillett *

Haimu Cao

Eric Jordan Gomez *

Matthew YC Cheung

Hassan Xavier Henderson-Lott *

Nicholas Alexander Curtis

Liyang Zhang *

Monika Jankowska

Lucas J. Eddy

Runhua Zhang

Asha Alexandria Jones *

Ricardo Espinoza Masbernat

Wei Zhang

Conner Bryan Joyce *

Sean Michael Farrell

Yousen Zhang

Jacob Garrett Kesten

Gabriella Pauline Gagliano *

Xuan Zhao

Tabitha E. Koch *

Peikun Guo

Jingan Zhou

Emily A. Lampert *

Thomas Elliot Herring *

Kaixiong Zhou *

Jiamu Lin *

Bryant Beau Jerome *

Xiangnan Zhou

Rui Liu *

Yifu Jin

Peng Zhu *

Mai Lootah *

Thomas Aidan Keller *

Yuhui Zhu

Maria Fernanda Morales Calva

Hyunjin Ko

Yunxuan Zhu

Yuya Nakatani *

Kris Songyue Li

Elizabeth Stepina Zinn

Olivier Peloquin *

Shusen Liao *

Ebony Tabitha Perez *

Siyu Liao

Summer Lind Perritt *

Yuhao Liu

Christine Marie Petersen

Daiyi Luo

Daniel E. Pinto Talero *

Emory Isaac Mckenzie

Maxwell Scott Plummer

Melvalean McLemore-Catina

Osip Nikiforov

Rigoberto Quintana

Georgia Christina Nelson

Timothy Jordan Roy

Andres Benjamin Sanchez

Tyler Nelson *

Doctor of Musical Arts

Jacob Daniel Sandridge

Alvarado *

Jacob Anton Schafer

Hunter Sarnelli *

Matthew Clayton-Nelson Parker

Karen Lee Siu

Durnian Chen Chang Li Parulski-

Kaitlyn Margaret Stewart

Brian Christopher Noble

Seager

Master of Arts

Patricia Colleena Thornton *

Delaram Pirhayatifard

Chenhang Wang

Ciril Samuel Prasad *

Dallin Taylor Arnold *

Jixin Wang *

Daniel Chase Puckett

Alex Tomas Balsells *

Ruoxin Wang

William Mark Schmid *

Kishan Mukesh Bhakta *

Yixian Wang

Gregory Mark Szypko *

Ryan John Block *

Charles Robert Weeks

Xiaokun Teng

Bruno Buccalon Caruso *

Zachary Thomas Wooten *

Mohammad Taha Toghani *

Kamri Sue Call *

Yuchen Xing *

Gerald Topalli

Manuel Carmona Pichardo *

Shijin Yu *

Catherine Anne Tuppen

Brett Taylor Carollo *

Mengxi Zhang *

Ai-Shi Wang *

Fabrizio Chavez

Lixin Zhou

Weinan Wang Xielin Wang

Alina Chow * Kayla Rene Clark Melissa Cloutier

Master of Science

Emily Ann Wilcox Joshua Woods Mingfei Xu

Jerrell Cockerham * Nkili Cooper *

Qing An

Victor Yip

Parmeet Kaur Dhindsa *

Hossein Babaei *

Han Yu

Sukanya Dutta *

Burak Bilgin *

Bing Yuan *

Brian E. Funk *

Morgan Brinson

Ziqin Yue

* Degree conferred in August 2023

Yongan Zhang * Bin Zhao Yunxuan Zhu

Master of Computer Science Mohamed Al Arayedh *

Master of Bioengineering Kahan Kamlesh Bhadani Clark Andrew Bonham Yu-Tung Lin Ashley McFarlane Navaneeth Pravin Jing Xiao *

Ahmad Mazen Azizieh Hunena Saeed Badat Utkarsh Bahuguna Xinyuan Cai Jiaming Cao Tianyu Cao Pramod J. Chandrasekhar Jingze Chen Yin Chen Yu-Chia Chen Yun Han Chen

Master of Chemical Engineering Rodrigo Galeano Herrera Wei Tung Hsu William Isherwood Phat Thanh Nguyen Ameya Pradeep Tambe Jianing Tang

Fangming Cheng Ren-kai Cheng Ting-Chien Cheng Zhengtian Chu Gaole Dai Zhirun Deng Atharva Kailas Deshpande Siqi Ding Chengpeng Dong Omoikhefe Chinasa Eboreime Jiaxin Fan

Master of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Tianling Feng Tianhong Gao Jiashuo Ge Jieyun Guan Xunmin Guo *

Zhijun Jiang

Joshua A. Haddick

Pablo Menendez

Jiaqi He Shuo Hou Ming-Hsuan Hsieh Shu-Chuan Hsu Chao-Hua Huang Ge Huang Yewen Huang Yi-Hsuan Huang Dongming Jiang Bang-Yen Kao Hao-Lun Kao Harshit Khanna Sumukh Bharadwaj Koride Jie Kuang * Degree conferred in August 2023

Ruiqi Kuang Zhanglin Kuang Ishita Kundaliya Yu Hsuan Kuo Yuan-Jhe Kuo Runping Lai Yaojun Lai Tian Lan Yueh Che Lee Dingrui Lei Alexander Sitong Li Ang Li Dongwei Li Jiehui Li Jinlin Li Shuxin Li Zitong Li Jingtao Lin Yi-Chang Lin Ziang Ling Kang-Tzu Liu Xiaoyuan Liu Xinyuan Liu Yuanning Liu Zhao-Wei Liu Yu-Tung Lo Ting Lou Haitao Lu * Zhenmin Lu Zhewen Lyu Ao Ma Wenze Ma Hao Meng * Keaton Parkinson Jiapeng Pei Caroline Plaisance Haitao Shen Junyang Shen Po-Cheng Shih Po-Yu Shih Avi Singhal Jiangqi Su Zhengyu Sun Xuwei Tan Ke Tang * Renxiang Tang * Yu-Hsi Teng

Master of Computer Science, continued Benson Thomas Haoliang Tian Shraiysh Vaishay Apoorv Walia Danyu Wang

Master of Computational and Applied Mathematics Mukunda Krishna Sankalapuram Yizhe Wang Yiling Xia

Hao-Jen Wang Jiawei Wang Ruochen Wang Yankai Wang Tyler Dillon Williamson * Hung-Chieh Wu

Guoqing Ning * Nicolas Antonio Osa * Ziheng Pan Zarah Katrina Esteban Pulmano * Fan Qiao Matias Seiji Romero Makamba Sackey * Israel I. Sierra Kyle Ryan Sneed * Xuezhan Sun

Master of Computational Science and Engineering

Mengkun Wu

Nasim Taheri * Huailin Tang Quent Malcolm Titre Risto Trajanov Emaad Syed Ullah Julian Vargas

Zeyu Wu

Yinqi Chang

Kimberly Villegas *

Tianqi Xia

Matthew Lewis Goree

Zida Wang *

Yudi Xia

Chu An Hsiao

Yanlin Wu

Zile Xiao

Haoyang Li

Patrick Bennett Yee

Bowen Xu

Siling Liu

Diyaz Yespayev *

Mingyi Xu Yilai Yan * Jingbo Yang Wesley Howard Yang Meng-Chi Yu

Jiazhang Yu

Master of Data Science

Qingxin Yuan Yijun Zhou

Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Xuan Yu

Vidya Shalini Bulusu

Zeyang Yu

Taylor Bryant Chambers *

Yuan Yuan

Samuel John Chapman *

Hanyou Zhang

Minyu Chen

Haochen Zhang

Xiaoyu Chen

Hongming Zhang

Jie Gao

Baichuan Chi

Junhao Zhang

Yufei Gu

Mason Dooley

Lei Zhang *

Luffina Chunhui Huang

Benjamin L. Dowdell *

Letong Zhang

Saif Bin Imran Khan

Todd Engelder *

Muyang Zhang

Cameron Kolbe Kramr

Zhanibek Issabekov *

Ziyi Zhao

Yu Che Lin

Rhett Alan Johnson *

Yanchong Zheng

Karan Venaik

Noah James Keogh

Weijie Zhou

Abdullah Zaher

Ruslan Kharko *

Zehong Zhou

Ye Zhou

Christopher Martin Leinweber *

Fahim Zubayer *

Kaiwen Li Zheran Li Huafeng Liu * Yiwei Lu Andrew Paul Meaux * Seifey Usman Mohammad *

* Degree conferred in August 2023

Master of Engineering Management and Leadership

Master of Mechanical Engineering

Master of Science in Environmental Analysis

Chin Ting Kong

Salil Sudhir Puranik

Master of Statistics

Master of Science in Space Studies

Yushi Liu

Bingrui Chen

Ricardo Javier Gonzalez *

Sayali Anil Naik

Yingen Megan Chew

Chase Leitner

Chidubem Ogele

Jinglin Gao

Jeremy Payton

Jiaowei Li

Harshita Prashar

Yuwen Liang

Anubhav Rajauria

Yihao Liao

Chethana Ramesh

Xueqi Lu

Piyusha Prashantrao Shinde

Yaopeng Ma

Nagendra Singh

Weitao Ran

Yiran Xu

Xingliao Wan

Yichen Zheng

Chao Xu

Alexandra Rossana Calembe da Silva Africano Rakshith Reddy Gopidi Yuanxiu Li

Baixi Zhong

Master of Science in Master of Industrial Applied Chemical Engineering Sciences Beixian Gu Weixiao Liao

Dhanushki Narmada Imaduwa Wickramarachchige

Haocheng Pan Yangjiayu Qiu

Master of Materials Science and NanoEngineering

Master of Science in Bioscience and Health Policy Rahul Arvind Vanchinathan

Yifan Huang Haizhou Zhan Xincheng Zhu Yongqi Zhuo

Julio C. Enriquez

Master of Science Teaching Renum Saxena

Master of Architecture Deandra Lee Smith

Master of Music Daniel Juna Sidharta Leibovic * James Ryan McCarthy

Yubing Chang Tao Hu

Master of Science in Subsurface Geoscience

Master of Science in Energy Geoscience Master of Accounting Gbemisola Adeyemi Afolabi Jonathan Membreno Camille Lyn Pierce Sean J. Porter Austin Lubbers Warren

* Degree conferred in August 2023

Miles Edward McCord

Master of Business Administration Aiyana Marie Adams Joey McKay Adolf Armando Agustin Basil Fayez Alkoussari Balaji Gurappa Allam Syed Allauddin * Shea M. Baker * Abhik Banerjee Paradees Rayhon Barona Selim John Baysal * Keaton Beck James Aaron Boswell * Thomas Robert Burbank Carlos Andres Casas-De Leon Danny Daeyun Cha * Samarjit Chakraborty Hua Chen Amaka Erin Chidozie * Ogechi Chima Alyssa Brooke Chinen-Mendez Michael-Paul Cokinos * Sheryl D. Collins Emily Elizabeth Ann Corwin Samuel Eugene Crawford Reagan Leigh Creely Antonio Luis Cruz Joseph McCuddy Culligan * Maitray Vishwambhar Dixit Kevin Brice Doffing * Jose Adrian Duarte Diaz * Justin Michael Dunlap April Lind Dunlevie * Anthony Christian Fehr Kaitlyn Marie Flynn * Megan Ziyue Wang Fung Pearson Alexander Garnett Charles Henry Garrett Prithvi Govind Drake Wagnon Greenwood Yue Guo Chase Deion Hacker Heidi McLaren Hansen Devin R. Harrigan

Olvin A. Hernandez Perez

Nikita Ramesh Patel *

Laura Kathleen Hicks

Kejia Peng *

Itaru Hirai

Alfonso Puente

Sapna Patel Hohman *

Thomas Cyriac Puthettu

Angelica Maria Hoyos

Sean Philip Richards *

Erin Melissa Hulme

Venkata Praveen Kumar Sadu *

Veerendra S. Jadhav

Marlina Elena Sanchez *

Justin Wu Jiang *

Carmen Saucedo *

Lyndel N. Johnson

Gaurav Savaliya

Amil Azim Kanji *

Harold Cecil Schuman *

Imran Khan

Tyler James Sheble *

Hiroaki Kida

Zhongkai Shen

Grace Kim *

Amy Lynn Silva

Jeffrey Alexander Kindschuh *

Eden Tzu-Han Sin *

Sidney Robert King

Ashim Kumar Singh

Santhisri Kodali

Isaac Smith *

Vladan Kozina *

Seung Min Song

Shane Lee

Alma Renee Sotelo Castro

Catherine Anne Levacy

Yulong Su

Dawei Liang *

Roger Sun

Jason Wright Ligon

Brittany Allemann Taylor

SriHarsha Magapu

Justin T. Thai *

Lipsa Mahapatra

Paul Robert Tomlinson *

Justin Wyatt Malbrough

Geoffrey Lee Tordt

Matthew Phillip Manzano

Anh P. Tran

Grant Alexander McCary *

Fatima Ahmed Vaid

Jeffrey Joseph McIntyre

Christian Jon VanSickle *

Paul Reed Miracle *

Tyler Scott Voyles *

Muhammad Umer Mirza

Lu Wang

Sohail Ahmed Mohammed

Xianliang Wang *

Amy Lynn Morales

Laura Wellman

Colter Scott Morgan

Brandan Allan West

Liam Ryan Morris

Thomas Wieslaw *

Nicholas Eugene Mueller

Christina Wilson

Muhammad Saad Nakhuda *

Nicholas Adam Wilson *

Robert Anthony Nelson

Samuel Amos Wilson

Adam Bradford Nielson

Colin Dieter Woolums

Olivia Raynice Norfleet

Xiongtao Yang *

Ugochukwu Kelvin Nsaka

Ye Bin Yoon *

Joshua James Obregon * Braden Ellis Olson Ihechiluru Charles Osueke * Chinenye Oga Ozougwu William David de Hoog Pahl Tom Harris Pappas Delshi Patel

* Degree conferred in August 2023

Master of Energy Economics Ahmad Nasser Awadh Alkayraan * Janice Tiana Gaspar Martins Ascenso *

Master of IndustrialOrganizational Psychology

Bachelor of Arts

Meridith Anne Townsend

Evan Samuel Berger

Chike Anthony Anigbogu Benjamin P. Baker-Katz Amy Elizabeth Barnett

Christian Gustavo Bernardi *

Garrett Joseph Braden *

Berat Beran Camak *

Jack Bradley *

Yaoxi Chen * Honganni Duan * Ishmael Yaw Ferguson Eshun * Jing Ge * Andres Guggeri * Caleb Nathaniel King * Grace Stephanie Kplohi * Yaozuo Liu * Antonia Pagiaziti * Leslie Citlali Phillips * Justin Poole * Krishna Raj * Javier Ramirez Morales * Trim Ternava *

Master of Social Policy Evaluation Lauren Adele Dawson * Evan Scott Foston * Olivia Rose Gonzalez * Sijie Huang * Yusra Kamal Ibrahim * Shangzhe Li * Efrata Mulugeta Mola * Adriana Sofia Oseguera Gamba * Solara Day Rosales * Erya Wang *

Master of Arts in Global Affairs Justin Gooseberry

Master of Global Affairs Hadi Saleh A. Almansour Elsharif Elhindi Erna Sóley Gunnarsdóttir *

De’Braylon Carroll * Aaron Shigemi Chang Shria Singh Chug Tyra J. Cole Matthew Ryan Colglazier Abayomi O. Dada * David Alan Davisson * Tre’shon Dwayne Devones * Xavier Angelicus Elizondo Robert Houston Farris Phillip Winfield Gaines William Pierce Gallo Dylan William Glenn Bikramjeet Singh Grewal

Melissa Mackenzie Wallace * Mazin Abdullah Zareef *

William Fuller Burbank

Master of Arts in Teaching Allison Danyelle Lohman

Siddarth Ravi Halaswamy Junyang He Alaina Michelle Heuser Timothy Horn Ping Jim Hsieh Caleb Daochu Huang

Master of Liberal Studies

Gowri Mukunda Iyengar Haoyu Jiang Jun-ha Jung Joshua Wesley Kearney *

Roberto Argentina

Ynez Hanson Kerley *

Rudy T. Dismuke

Charles Kent Kidd

Anne Slayton Doventry

Satasha Jaden Kostelecky

Clayton Odom

Elizabeth Reynolds Kuhlman *

Camila Pia Sosa

Asher James Lanzone *

Troy D. Tabner *

Tabitha Hailey Lewis Heidi Li Joyce Yue Li Jiayan Liang Brian Y. Lin * Kirk Wayne Lockhart * Sarah Madhani * Amirta Manikandan

* Degree conferred in August 2023

Bachelor of Arts, continued Stephanie Martinez * Charlie Mendes *

Samuel Joseph Zhou * Yongtong Zhou

Bachelor of Music

Chad Michael Miller Sydney Quinn Miller

Kevin Eric Fink

William Manuopangai Misinale

August Robert Haller

Emily Montanez

Meg Niu *

Bachelor of Science

Yerin Ashley Noh

Zachre Augustine Andrews

Seokchan Oh

Vanuli Arya

Richard Inioluwa Omotosho *

Karla Miranda Chapa

Jenny Hayoung Park

Sierra Chen

Naven Gokul Parthasarathy

Ritesh Dontula *

David Ethan Pichardo *

Seniha Elcik

Thomas M. Pratt

Supraja Kadagandla

Rathna Meena Ramesh

Chloe Shay Liebenthal

Gared Ryan Ramirez

Russell Warren Ludwigsen

Jose Angel Ramirez *

Benjamin Jeremiah Rosengard *

Jazzmyne Monique Rias

Elijah Salvador Sales

Teresa Carlyle Roark Sydney Lane Rodman * Anne Shelton Rubsamen Mathew Ross Santos * Joshua I. Schaffer Lily Madeline Sethre-Brink Cynthia Yue Sheng *

Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering Anna Leah Tutuianu

Jonathan Robert Tenney Ethan Hong Tsaur Blessing Ben Umoeka * Tarush Verma * Connor Thomas Walsh * Jennifer Wang Cyrus Washington Tina Tianyi Wen Christa Belle Westheimer *

Michelle Elizabeth Yang * Garret Wayne Zaskoda * Haocheng Zhang Vivian Kexin Zheng Alex Bohan Zhong

Harrison C. Huang Hung Phan Nguyen Benjamin William Thomas Yongtong Zhou

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering Anyssa Bailey Castorina * Ruben Sebastian Marroquin * Oscar Leonardo Reynozo *

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Kendall Cooney Blanca Esmeralda Diaz Chavez * Ruben Thanh-Danh Efstathiou Andrew Christopher Hooke *

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Andrea M. Gomez * Danica Isabella Pietrzak Lauryn Aaliyah Walker *

Xinyue Wu Joshua Aaron Yaffee

Kyle Shant Derbabian

Raiyan Zannat

Maria Alejandra Mora * Race Ridley Nelson

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Mamadou Misbaou Bah Amelia Margarita Moncayo-Reyes

* Degree conferred in August 2023

Robert F. Sanchez * Mark William Schara * Jared Giovanni Verdejo *