GENERAL ATOMICS AWARDEES

Baoyi Wan

Mathematics - Applied
Research: Financial Market Dynamic modeling
Faculty Advisor: Alex Cloninger

Colby Rambo

Chemistry
Research: Binding of Trioctylphosphine Ligands to the Basal Plane of WSe2 Nanocrystals via Synthetic and Post-Synthetic Methods
Faculty Advisor: Alina Schimpf

Favio Espejo

Mathematics - Computer Science
Research: Integrating Particle-ID and Aggregated Losses into J-JEPA for Enhanced Jet Representations
Faculty Advisor: Javier Duarte

Gexiang Zhang

Mathematics - Computer Science
Research: Numerical Verification of Simplicity in Semidefinite Programs
Faculty Advisor: Lijun Ding

Justin Mascari

Physics - Astrophysics
Research: Mapping “CO-dark” H2 in M33
Faculty Advisor: Karin Sandstrom

Kai Bredemann

Chemistry
Research: Polymorphs of Doped Niobium Oxides
Faculty Advisor: Kent Griffith

Olivia Wu

Mathematics - Computer Science
Research: Using Ringed Disks to Determine Fundamental Parameters of Planet Formation
Faculty Advisor: Eve Lee

Qiya Zhang

Physics
Research: SAT-Based Compiler Planning for QEC Syndrome Circuits on QCCD Architectures
Faculty Advisor: Daniel Green

Sneh Pancholi

Physics
Research: Binding of Trioctylphosphine Ligands to the Basal Plane of WSe2 Nanocrystals via Synthetic and Post-Synthetic Methods
Faculty Advisor: Yufei Ding

Terry Jiang

Physics
Research: Construction and Commissioning of a high sensitivity Rn Counter for nEXO
Faculty Advisor: Liang Yang

 KENNETH ABELOE (BS '91) AWARDEES

Ethan Baker

Physics
Research: Simulating Electric Fields on the Edge of Germanium Detectors
Faculty Advisor: Steve Boggs

Marylin Loritsch

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Research: Identifying and Characterizing Ultracool Dwarfs in JWST Spectroscopic Surveys
Faculty Advisor: Adam Burgasser

Saina Kadni

Physics - Astrophysics
Research: Investigating Models with Different Cosmic Integration with COMPAS
Faculty Advisor: Floor Broekgaarden

Sophia Um

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Research: Predicting Star-Formation Histories with Dark Matter Halo Grown Histories
Faculty Advisor: Ethan Nadler

Tyler Tuttle

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Research: Constraining Orbit-fitting Biases for Long-Period Gas Giant Exoplanets Induced by Absolute Astrometry
Faculty Advisor: Quinn Konopacky

RICHARD JENKINS (BS '68, PhD '73) AWARDEE

Nikita Harwich

Biochemistry
Research: Imaging PS5: Understanding a Novel Plastic Degrading Enzyme
Faculty Advisor: Michael Burkart

ROHUN KSHIRSAGAR AWARDEE

Lucas Yan

Mathematics - Computer Science
Research: Piano reduction through deep learning
Faculty Advisor: Shlomo Dubnov

MICHAEL MEGLIOLA AWARDEE

Miguel Tapia

Biochemistry
Research: Structural Analysis of Spliceosome-Associated Factor 3 (SART3) Using Cryo-EM
Faculty Advisor: Navtej Toor

FRANCESCA SILVA AWARDEE

Madeleine Volfbeyn

Biochemistry
Research: Structrual Analysis of Spliceosome-Associated Factor 3 (SART3) Using Cryo-EM
Faculty Advisor: Brian Zid

SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES DEAN AWARDEES

Daniel Link

Physics
Research: Characterizing Single-Cell Size, Growth Phenotypes, and Persistence in Bacterial Dormancy
Faculty Advisor: Seungeun Oh

Inci Su Alemdaroglu

Biochemistry
Research: Mediating Mitochondrial Division: Decoding Drp1 Interactions With Mitochondrial Lipids
Faculty Advisor: Itay Budin

Kelli Childs

Biochemistry
Research: Optimization of Prime Editing for the Correction of a Pathogenic Single Nucleotide Variant (SNV) in JAK2
Faculty Advisor: Alexis Komor

Pablo Romero

Biochemistry
Research: Utilizing 1,1-Aminosilanes for the Synthesis of 1,2-Aminoalcohols
Faculty Advisor: Erik Romero

Yihan Yu

Biochemistry
Research: Engineering a Ligand-diversified Golgi Shuttle for Nucleotide Sugar Delivery
Faculty Advisor: Kamil Godula