2020 UC Merced Commencement Program

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Candace Marie-Guzman Cole Quantitative & Systems Biology Master of Science

Alberto Jovani Millan Hernandez Quantitative & Systems Biology Doctor of Philosophy

CANDIDATES FOR DOCTORAL DEGREES Mohamed Yousry Aboukilila Quantitative & Systems Biology Doctor of Philosophy Samantha L. Bidwell Chemistry and Chemical Biology Doctor of Philosophy Xi Chen Chemistry and Chemical Biology Doctor of Philosophy Carissa J. Dunn Quantitative & Systems Biology Doctor of Philosophy Kathryn E. Fischer Quantitative & Systems Biology Doctor of Philosophy Hassan Harb Chemistry and Chemical Biology Doctor of Philosophy Joel Curtis Heisler Chemistry and Chemical Biology Doctor of Philosophy Cameron Lamar Jennings Physics Doctor of Philosophy Je rey Lauder Quantitative & Systems Biology Doctor of Philosophy Melanie Esperanza Andrea Mendez Quantitative & Systems Biology Doctor of Philosophy Omar DeGuchy Applied Mathematics Doctor of Philosophy

Phoebe Ann Coy Applied Mathematics Master of Science Ashley De Luna Applied Mathematics Master of Science Farnaz Golnaraghi Physics Master of Science Jeremias Mitchell Garrett Gonzalez Physics Master of Science Enrique Guerrero Physics Master of Science

Jacob Michael Pate Physics Doctor of Philosophy

Robert Gregory Poston Quantitative & Systems Biology Doctor of Philosophy

Tayebeh Riahinasab Physics Doctor of Philosophy Eric John Roberts Applied Mathematics Doctor of Philosophy

Stephen Patrick Wilson Quantitative & Systems Biology Doctor of Philosophy Benjamin Matthew Ziman Quantitative & Systems Biology Doctor of Philosophy

Dimitrius Ammir Khaladj Physics Master of Science Anthony Patrick Lange Quantitative & Systems Biology Master of Science Lori Itzel Lewis Applied Mathematics Master of Science Diego Armando Lopez Quantitative & Systems Biology Master of Science

CANDIDATES FOR MASTER’S DEGREES

Imtiaz Ahmad Ali Physics Master of Science

Cameron Kelly Calderon Chemistry and Chemical Biology Master of Science Betsabel Jaqueline Chicana Romero Quantitative & Systems Biology Master of Science

Boe Mendewala Physics Master of Science

e commencement ceremony and program are not o cial con rmations of degree information. Academic Honors are not awarded until a er the term in which all requirements are completed. To receive academic honors at graduation, an undergraduate student must achieve a grade point average within the top 2 percent of the student’s school for highest honors (***), the next 4 percent for high honors (**), and the next 10 percent for honors (*). Posthumous degrees are denoted by the following symbol ( ◆ ).