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
Jamie Catanese
Agustina Fernandez-Moya
Gustavo Grullon
Heather Karbal
Mary Lowery
Rosario Sa Martinez
Chris Mize
Anna Rhodes
Laura Segatori
Kasey Leigh Yearty
2023 December Degree Recipients
This list of graduates is accurate as of the time of printing and is not an official notification of degree completion. Please contact the Office of the Registrar for official degree verification.
Doctor of Philosophy
Alec Joseph Ajnsztajn
Arzeena Sultana Ali *
Sydney Marie Allen *
Anton Reza Banta
Aaron Bayles
Jacob L. Beckham *
Benjamin Belzer
Issam Ben Moallem
Jackson Stone Borchardt
Jessica Lauren Bray
Robert Anthony Brienza
Alan Cavido Cabrera *
Jeanine M. Campsall
John Chen
Sihan Chen *
Yu Chen
Yujie Chen
Zhiyu Chen
Joshua Philip Chu
Crystal Brooke Clark *
Shabnam Daghaghi
DeAnna Monique Daniels
Akshat Dave *
Meghan Kathleen Davenport
Sonia Marie Del Hierro *
Youyuan Deng
Oliver Scott Dewey
Eva Dicker
Chen Dun
Rishab Dutta *
Shayok Dutta
Austin King Fehr
Christopher Martin Flynn *
Learned Michael Foote
Bowen Fu *
Yilei Fu
Yunan Gao
Theodor Maxwell GerrardAnderson
Cedric Jonathan Ginestra
Daniel John Gorczynski *
Niklas Gross *
Yan He
Lucas Hildebrand Pires da Cunha *
Katie Joanna Hogan *
Yuefei Huang
Sarah Tucker Irons *
Christian Robert Jacobson *
Kimberly Virgia Jones
Prashant Bharadwaj Kalvapalle *
Donghoon Kang
Safiya Khalil *
Ali Zein Khater *
Molly Patricia Kilcullen
Lingkun Kong *
Abigael Jesang Kosgei *
Rachael Nicole Kress
Santhoshi Navaneetha Krishnan *
John Tyler Lazar
Kunhua Lei *
Claudia Viridiana Leyva Aranda
Geng Li
Wenbin Li
Yimin Lin
Baiyang Liu
Yifeng Liu
Dana Marie Lobmeyer
Jiawei Lu
Jinxin Lu *
Li Chieh Lu *
Weiqi Lu
Xiaoyu Lu *
Lina Luo *
David Michael Marolf *
Nicolas Sebasti Marquez Peraca *
Cecilia Martinez Jimenez
Gary Cayden McDonald *
Randi McInerney *
Kelly Alicia McKisson *
Srdan Milakovic
Leelook Min
Joshua Alan Moore
Armando Moreno *
Gopal Narmada Naidu
Zoey Rosalind Neale
Sunny Niu *
Miguel Angel Ortiz Salazar
Suguru Otani
Athanasios PapastathopoulosKatsaros
Maria Jose Pelaez Soni
Rawand Muzafar Rasheed
Adrienne Ange Rooney *
Ivan Rosa de Siqueira
Yavuz Savsatli
Cory Schwarz
Zhambyl Shaikhanov
Roslyn Ayanna Shanklin *
Qiran Shao
Xinting Shuai
Aldo Stefano Spatafora Salazar
Tewodros Belete Taffese
Alex Joseph Veglia *
Jordan R. Wagner
Bo Wang *
Zhuang Wang
Igor Westphal
Steven Michael Williams
Cameron Ronald Wolfe *
Tsz Chun Wu *
Kevin Michael Wyss *
Zhaozhuo Xu *
Fan Yang *
Wangfei Yang
Zhi Yang
Ziyan Yang
Zhanghao Yu
Rachel Elizabeth Zahn
Baoyi Zhang
Hongyi Zhang
Doctor of Philosophy,
Liyang Zhang *
Runhua Zhang
Wei Zhang
Yousen Zhang
Xuan Zhao
Jingan Zhou
Kaixiong Zhou *
Xiangnan Zhou
Peng Zhu *
Yuhui Zhu
Yunxuan Zhu
Elizabeth Stepina Zinn
Doctor of Musical Arts
Osip Nikiforov
Timothy Jordan Roy
Jacob Daniel Sandridge
Jacob Anton Schafer
Master of Arts
Dallin Taylor Arnold *
Alex Tomas Balsells *
Kishan Mukesh Bhakta *
Ryan John Block *
Bruno Buccalon Caruso *
Kamri Sue Call *
Manuel Carmona Pichardo *
Brett Taylor Carollo *
Fabrizio Chavez
Alina Chow *
Kayla Rene Clark
Melissa Cloutier
Jerrell Cockerham *
Nkili Cooper *
Parmeet Kaur Dhindsa *
Sukanya Dutta *
Brian E. Funk *
Quinn Forest Georgic
Emil Niall Gillett *
Eric Jordan Gomez *
Hassan Xavier Henderson-Lott *
Monika Jankowska
Asha Alexandria Jones *
Conner Bryan Joyce *
Jacob Garrett Kesten
Tabitha E. Koch *
Emily A. Lampert *
Jiamu Lin *
Rui Liu *
Mai Lootah *
Maria Fernanda Morales Calva
Yuya Nakatani *
Olivier Peloquin *
Ebony Tabitha Perez *
Summer Lind Perritt *
Christine Marie Petersen
Daniel E. Pinto Talero *
Maxwell Scott Plummer
Rigoberto Quintana
Andres Benjamin Sanchez Alvarado *
Hunter Sarnelli *
Karen Lee Siu
Kaitlyn Margaret Stewart
Patricia Colleena Thornton *
Chenhang Wang
Jixin Wang *
Ruoxin Wang
Yixian Wang
Charles Robert Weeks
Zachary Thomas Wooten *
Yuchen Xing *
Shijin Yu *
Mengxi Zhang *
Lixin Zhou
Master of Science
Qing An
Hossein Babaei *
Burak Bilgin *
Morgan Brinson
Autumn Rose Bruncz
Haimu Cao
Matthew YC Cheung
Nicholas Alexander Curtis
Lucas J. Eddy
Ricardo Espinoza Masbernat
Sean Michael Farrell
Gabriella Pauline Gagliano *
Peikun Guo
Thomas Elliot Herring *
Bryant Beau Jerome *
Yifu Jin
Thomas Aidan Keller *
Hyunjin Ko
Kris Songyue Li
Shusen Liao *
Siyu Liao
Yuhao Liu
Daiyi Luo
Emory Isaac Mckenzie
Melvalean McLemore-Catina
Georgia Christina Nelson
Tyler Nelson *
Brian Christopher Noble
Matthew Clayton-Nelson Parker
Durnian Chen Chang Li ParulskiSeager
Delaram Pirhayatifard
Ciril Samuel Prasad *
Daniel Chase Puckett
William Mark Schmid *
Gregory Mark Szypko *
Xiaokun Teng
Mohammad Taha Toghani *
Gerald Topalli
Catherine Anne Tuppen
Ai-Shi Wang *
Weinan Wang
Xielin Wang
Emily Ann Wilcox
Joshua Woods
Mingfei Xu
Victor Yip
Han Yu
Bing Yuan *
Ziqin Yue
Yongan Zhang *
Bin Zhao
Yunxuan Zhu
Master of Bioengineering
Kahan Kamlesh Bhadani
Clark Andrew Bonham
Yu-Tung Lin
Ashley McFarlane
Navaneeth Pravin
Jing Xiao *
Master of Chemical Engineering
Rodrigo Galeano Herrera
Wei Tung Hsu
William Isherwood
Phat Thanh Nguyen
Ameya Pradeep Tambe
Jianing Tang
Master of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Zhijun Jiang
Pablo Menendez
Master of Computer Science
Mohamed Al Arayedh *
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
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
Tianling Feng
Tianhong Gao
Jiashuo Ge
Jieyun Guan
Xunmin Guo *
Joshua A. Haddick
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
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
Hao-Jen Wang
Jiawei Wang
Ruochen Wang
Yankai Wang
Tyler Dillon Williamson *
Hung-Chieh Wu
Mengkun Wu
Zeyu Wu
Tianqi Xia
Yudi Xia
Zile Xiao
Bowen Xu
Mingyi Xu
Yilai Yan *
Jingbo Yang
Wesley Howard Yang
Meng-Chi Yu
Xuan Yu
Zeyang Yu
Yuan Yuan
Hanyou Zhang
Haochen Zhang
Hongming Zhang
Junhao Zhang
Lei Zhang *
Letong Zhang
Muyang Zhang
Ziyi Zhao
Yanchong Zheng
Weijie Zhou
Zehong Zhou
Fahim Zubayer *
Master of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Mukunda Krishna Sankalapuram
Yizhe Wang
Yiling Xia Master of Computational Science and Engineering
Yinqi Chang
Matthew Lewis Goree
Chu An Hsiao
Haoyang Li
Siling Liu
Master of Data Science
Vidya Shalini Bulusu
Taylor Bryant Chambers *
Samuel John Chapman *
Minyu Chen
Xiaoyu Chen
Baichuan Chi
Mason Dooley
Benjamin L. Dowdell *
Todd Engelder *
Zhanibek Issabekov *
Rhett Alan Johnson *
Noah James Keogh
Ruslan Kharko *
Christopher Martin Leinweber *
Kaiwen Li
Zheran Li
Huafeng Liu *
Yiwei Lu
Andrew Paul Meaux *
Seifey Usman Mohammad *
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
Nasim Taheri *
Huailin Tang
Quent Malcolm Titre
Risto Trajanov
Emaad Syed Ullah
Julian Vargas
Kimberly Villegas *
Zida Wang *
Yanlin Wu
Patrick Bennett Yee
Diyaz Yespayev *
Jiazhang Yu
Qingxin Yuan
Yijun Zhou
Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jie Gao
Yufei Gu
Luffina Chunhui Huang
Saif Bin Imran Khan
Cameron Kolbe Kramr
Yu Che Lin
Karan Venaik
Abdullah Zaher
Ye Zhou
Master of Engineering Management and Leadership
Alexandra Rossana Calembe da Silva Africano
Rakshith Reddy Gopidi
Yuanxiu Li
Yushi Liu
Sayali Anil Naik
Chidubem Ogele
Jeremy Payton
Harshita Prashar
Anubhav Rajauria
Chethana Ramesh
Piyusha Prashantrao Shinde
Nagendra Singh
Yiran Xu
Yichen Zheng
Baixi Zhong
Master of Industrial Engineering
Beixian Gu
Weixiao Liao
Haocheng Pan
Yangjiayu Qiu
Master of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Yubing Chang
Tao Hu
Yifan Huang
Haizhou Zhan
Xincheng Zhu
Yongqi Zhuo
Master of Mechanical Engineering
Chin Ting Kong
Master of Statistics
Bingrui Chen
Yingen Megan Chew
Jinglin Gao
Jiaowei Li
Yuwen Liang
Yihao Liao
Xueqi Lu
Yaopeng Ma
Weitao Ran
Xingliao Wan
Chao Xu
Master of Science in Applied Chemical Sciences
Dhanushki Narmada Imaduwa Wickramarachchige
Master of Science in Bioscience and Health Policy
Rahul Arvind Vanchinathan
Master of Science in Energy Geoscience
Gbemisola Adeyemi Afolabi
Jonathan Membreno
Camille Lyn Pierce
Sean J. Porter
Austin Lubbers Warren
Master of Science in Environmental Analysis
Salil Sudhir Puranik
Master of Science in Space Studies
Ricardo Javier Gonzalez * Chase Leitner
Master of Science in Subsurface Geoscience
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
Master of Accounting
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
Laura Kathleen Hicks
Itaru Hirai
Sapna Patel Hohman *
Angelica Maria Hoyos
Erin Melissa Hulme
Veerendra S. Jadhav
Justin Wu Jiang *
Lyndel N. Johnson
Amil Azim Kanji *
Imran Khan
Hiroaki Kida
Grace Kim *
Jeffrey Alexander Kindschuh *
Sidney Robert King
Santhisri Kodali
Vladan Kozina *
Shane Lee
Catherine Anne Levacy
Dawei Liang *
Jason Wright Ligon
SriHarsha Magapu
Lipsa Mahapatra
Justin Wyatt Malbrough
Matthew Phillip Manzano
Grant Alexander McCary *
Jeffrey Joseph McIntyre
Paul Reed Miracle *
Muhammad Umer Mirza
Sohail Ahmed Mohammed
Amy Lynn Morales
Colter Scott Morgan
Liam Ryan Morris
Nicholas Eugene Mueller
Muhammad Saad Nakhuda *
Robert Anthony Nelson
Adam Bradford Nielson
Olivia Raynice Norfleet
Ugochukwu Kelvin Nsaka
Joshua James Obregon *
Braden Ellis Olson
Ihechiluru Charles Osueke *
Chinenye Oga Ozougwu
William David de Hoog Pahl
Tom Harris Pappas
Delshi Patel
Nikita Ramesh Patel *
Kejia Peng *
Alfonso Puente
Thomas Cyriac Puthettu
Sean Philip Richards *
Venkata Praveen Kumar Sadu *
Marlina Elena Sanchez *
Carmen Saucedo *
Gaurav Savaliya
Harold Cecil Schuman *
Tyler James Sheble *
Zhongkai Shen
Amy Lynn Silva
Eden Tzu-Han Sin *
Ashim Kumar Singh
Isaac Smith *
Seung Min Song
Alma Renee Sotelo Castro
Yulong Su
Roger Sun
Brittany Allemann Taylor
Justin T. Thai *
Paul Robert Tomlinson *
Geoffrey Lee Tordt
Anh P. Tran
Fatima Ahmed Vaid
Christian Jon VanSickle *
Tyler Scott Voyles *
Lu Wang
Xianliang Wang *
Laura Wellman
Brandan Allan West
Thomas Wieslaw *
Christina Wilson
Nicholas Adam Wilson *
Samuel Amos Wilson
Colin Dieter Woolums
Xiongtao Yang *
Ye Bin Yoon *
Master of Energy Economics
Ahmad Nasser Awadh Alkayraan *
Janice Tiana Gaspar Martins
Ascenso *
Christian Gustavo Bernardi *
Berat Beran Camak *
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 *
Melissa Mackenzie Wallace *
Mazin Abdullah Zareef *
Master of Arts in
Global Affairs
Justin Gooseberry
Master of Global Affairs
Hadi Saleh A. Almansour
Elsharif Elhindi
Erna Sóley Gunnarsdóttir *
Master of IndustrialOrganizational Psychology
Meridith Anne Townsend
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 Teaching
Allison Danyelle Lohman
Master
of Liberal Studies
Roberto Argentina
Rudy T. Dismuke
Anne Slayton Doventry
Clayton Odom
Camila Pia Sosa
Troy D. Tabner *
Bachelor of Arts
Chike Anthony Anigbogu
Benjamin P. Baker-Katz
Amy Elizabeth Barnett
Evan Samuel Berger
Garrett Joseph Braden *
Jack Bradley *
William Fuller Burbank
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
Siddarth Ravi Halaswamy
Junyang He
Alaina Michelle Heuser
Timothy Horn
Ping Jim Hsieh
Caleb Daochu Huang
Gowri Mukunda Iyengar
Haoyu Jiang
Jun-ha Jung
Joshua Wesley Kearney *
Ynez Hanson Kerley *
Charles Kent Kidd
Satasha Jaden Kostelecky
Elizabeth Reynolds Kuhlman *
Asher James Lanzone *
Tabitha Hailey Lewis
Heidi Li
Joyce Yue Li
Jiayan Liang
Brian Y. Lin *
Kirk Wayne Lockhart *
Sarah Madhani *
Amirta Manikandan
Bachelor of Arts, continued
Stephanie Martinez *
Charlie Mendes *
Chad Michael Miller
Sydney Quinn Miller
William Manuopangai Misinale
Emily Montanez
Maria Alejandra Mora *
Race Ridley Nelson
Meg Niu *
Yerin Ashley Noh
Seokchan Oh
Richard Inioluwa Omotosho *
Jenny Hayoung Park
Naven Gokul Parthasarathy
David Ethan Pichardo *
Thomas M. Pratt
Rathna Meena Ramesh
Gared Ryan Ramirez
Jose Angel Ramirez *
Jazzmyne Monique Rias
Teresa Carlyle Roark
Sydney Lane Rodman *
Anne Shelton Rubsamen
Mathew Ross Santos *
Joshua I. Schaffer
Lily Madeline Sethre-Brink
Cynthia Yue Sheng *
Jonathan Robert Tenney
Ethan Hong Tsaur
Blessing Ben Umoeka *
Tarush Verma *
Connor Thomas Walsh *
Jennifer Wang
Cyrus Washington
Tina Tianyi Wen
Christa Belle Westheimer *
Xinyue Wu
Joshua Aaron Yaffee
Michelle Elizabeth Yang *
Garret Wayne Zaskoda *
Haocheng Zhang
Vivian Kexin Zheng
Alex Bohan Zhong
Samuel Joseph Zhou *
Yongtong Zhou
Bachelor of Music
Kevin Eric Fink
August Robert Haller
Bachelor of Science
Zachre Augustine Andrews
Vanuli Arya
Karla Miranda Chapa
Sierra Chen
Ritesh Dontula *
Seniha Elcik
Supraja Kadagandla
Chloe Shay Liebenthal
Russell Warren Ludwigsen
Benjamin Jeremiah Rosengard *
Elijah Salvador Sales
Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering
Anna Leah Tutuianu
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Andrea M. Gomez *
Danica Isabella Pietrzak
Lauryn Aaliyah Walker *
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Mamadou Misbaou Bah
Amelia Margarita Moncayo-Reyes
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Kyle Shant Derbabian
Harrison C. Huang
Hung Phan Nguyen
Benjamin William Thomas
Raiyan Zannat
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 *
Robert F. Sanchez *
Mark William Schara *
Jared Giovanni Verdejo *