PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

DEPARTMENTAL CONVOCATION

Celebrating the Class of 2020

FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2020

The faculty and staff of the

Department of

Physics and Astronomy

congratulate all our graduates

and wish you continued

success in all your future

endeavors.

Special Message from Dr. Axel Drees, Chair

Dear Graduates,

It is my great pleasure to congratulate you and wish you

all the best for your future. The last two months were ex-

tremely difficult, and most of you were counting on

spending them with your friends at Stony Brook to bring

your time at college to a proper closure. I’m sure all of

you had very different plans for graduation. But, despite

the difficult times and challenges, you have every reason

to cherish your accomplishments and celebrate!

You are one of the 75 new Bachelors of Science, 28

Masters, or 18 Ph.Ds. ! You completed a degree from

one of the best departments in the country. That is an

outstanding achievement that only few are able to attain.

Let me tell you, graduates, we – the faculty of your de-

partment – are really proud of you!

I would also like to thank and congratulate all parents

and friends who have helped and supported you.

Last but not least, I hope that I can congratulate you in

person at our December Convocation for the class of

2020.

Congratulations!

Spring 2020 Prize Recipients

David Fox Prize for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Recipient: Gonenc Mogol John S. Toll Prize for Outstanding Senior Recipient: Kiran Eiden Outstanding Faculty Award Recipient: Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi

Congratulations to all the recipients!

Master of Arts and MSI Degree Candidates

Joseph Monroy

Caio Nascimento

Miguel Ochoa Sushruth Parvathreddy

Ananya Paul

Chaitanya Prasad

Yuanjie Ren

Zijian Song

Radhakrishnan Srinivasan Hiroki Sukeno

Alec Wills

Yida Zeng

Jingrui Zhang

Xiaoyong Zhang

Physics and/or Astronomy Bachelor of Science Degree Candidates

and Recipients December 2019 through August 2020

Alin Airinei Ramil Aleskerov **

Justin Ao ♦ Ken Arima Omar Azmi

Joseph Barbarino Erin Bennett ** Micayla Beyer

Ilana Bromberg **,*, ±, ♦ Norman Cameron Antonio Carrero **

Benjamin Chase **, ♦ Ying-Tai Chen

Ugonna Chimezie Shakibul Chowdhury ± Matthew Cimino **,+,♦ Michael Dapolito *,♦ Evan Davis **, +, ♦

Christopher Degrendele **, ±, ♦ Erich Desmond David Diaz **,♦

Kiran Eiden ◙, ±,**,*,ª,♦ Maziar Farahzad **,*,♦ Audrey Farrell Æ,**,* Jonathan Gorman **

Duane Grant Christopher Greening

Tianming Hai Jingshu Han

Daniel Humphreys **,*,♦ Andrew D. Infantino

Brianna Isola ± Eunseong Jun *,♦

Zachary Kluger Ian Kotler ±

Champ Larocca

Luke Legnosky **, *,♦ Changming Li **,*,♦

Jinzheng Li **,*,♦ Peiran Li

Haohui Lin Nga Ying Lo **,±,♦

Kunhui Luan Max Lum ±, ♦

Gregory Matousek ◙,**,*,♦ Joseph Mattern

John McMenimon **, John Meier ●

Jeffrey Michel **, ±, ♦ Nicholas Miklave **, *,±, ♦

Matthew Murphy **,*, ª,± Samantha Murphy **,♦

Long Phi Ngo Tyler Nill ± Steven Paci

Lee,Blas Rementeria-Lee James Rizzardi

Timothy Sarro ± Karamoko Soumahoro

Abraham Spitalny **,*,♦ Matthew Stern *,♦ Andrew Teresky ±

Shaurya Thakur Brandon Tu

Emma Van Nieuwenhuizen **,*,♦ Paul Vlasov

Skye Williams ** Marcellus Windley

Zheyu Xu Bowen Yang ♦

Ling Xuan Yao ± Ishmam Yousuf **,♦

December 2019 Ph.D. Recipients

Minor in Physics and/or Astronomy Degree Candidates and

Recipients December 2019 through August 2020

Alexander Berg ** Ying-Tai Chen

Matthew Cimino **,+,♦

* * * * * * *

Æ 2020 Provost Awards for Academic Excellence ♦ Undergraduate Recognition Award

** Candidate for University Honors

* Candidate for Departmental Honors in Physics

ª Candidate for Departmental Honors in Astronomy + Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

♦ Member of Sigma Pi Sigma # Master of Science in Instrumentation Degree

♦ Master of Arts in Teaching ± Candidate is double major in Physics & Astronomy

All honors designations subject to change

Brian Arnold

Tyler Kutz

Jay Bhambure

Heng Fai Chang

Luke Chaplinsky # Tudor Ciobanu

Lillian DeBruin

Jay Desai

Rishikesh Gokhale

Jigui Huang

Hsiang-Yu Hung Subramanian Lakshminarasimhan

Jae Sung Lee

Xiaoyang Liu

Hanchen Liu

Ho Chun Lo

Daniel DeGennaro ** Erich Desmond

Elizabeth Lucarini

Rui Liu

Scott Mills

May/August 2020 Ph.D. Degree Candidates

Samuel Homiller

Kun Su Lee

Julio Moreno Virrueta Konstantinos Roumpedakis

Kaushik Roy

Vivek Saxena

Michael Stewart

Luca Agozzino

Jae Hyeok Chang

Xinzhong Chen Yao Ma

Anar Amgalan

Maria Barrios Sazo

Anna Gura

Convocation Video: click here

Faculty in order of appearance:

Axel Drees, Department Chair

Robert L. McCarthy, Undergraduate Program Director

Mathew Dawber, Graduate Program Director

Chang Kee Jung

Alan Calder

Douglas F. Swesty

Abhay Deshpande

Rouven Essig

Thomas K. Hemmick

Haarold J. Metcalf

Dimitri Kharzeev

Jacobus Verbaarschot

Martin Rocek

Thomas Allison

Tzu-Chieh Wei

Marilene Loverde

Jin Koda

The faculty of the department