Title
May 18, 2025
Tryon Festival Theatre in Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Processional
Graduates and faculty
Opening Remarks
Professor Catherine J. Murphy — Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry, and Head, Department of Chemistry
Introduction of Speaker
Professor Catherine J. Murphy — Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry, and Head, Department of Chemistry
Speaker
We are honored to have Illinois chemistry alumna Hye Kyung Timken (PhD, '87) address our graduates.
Presentation of Awards
Professor Catherine J. Murphy — Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry, and Head, Department of Chemistry
During Convocation, several Department of Chemistry awards are presented to undergraduate and graduate students. All of these awards were established by a gift to the department.
Presentation of Graduates
Graduate names announced by Raylene Gomez Hernandez, Assistant Director for Student Wellness and Advocacy
Diplomas presented by Professor Catherine J. Murphy & Professor Scott K. Silverman
Closing
Professor Catherine J. Murphy — Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry, and Head, Department of Chemistry
Marshals
Dr. Bhagya Gunasekera & Dr. Elise McCarren
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All graduates and guests are invited to a reception with live music and light
refreshments immediately following the ceremony in Room 314 of the Illini Union.
List of Graduates
DM (Double Major) DD (Dual Degree) BT (Bronze Tablet Recipient) CHP (Chancellor’s Honors Program) JS (James Scholar) PBK (Phi Beta Kappa)
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Sagar Achladi
Ivan Paul Thaddeus Anterola (Highest Distinction)
Michelle Bishka (High Distinction)
Sean Archer Caoili
Kyle Haggard
Ryan Kirchman
Filip Konstantinov
Martha Kubakh (JS, PBK, Highest Distinction)
Yilun Li (BT, Highest Distinction)
Aidan Lindsay
Diego Andre Lopez (Distinction)
Maria Massa (Highest Distinction)
Danielle Ng
Jason Frederick Palafox
Mark Pedersen
Vineet Pillai (Highest Distinction)
Karnika Purohit (High Distinction)
Xavier J Retana
Amylda Shlimon (Highest Distinction)
Shuohao Wang
Morgan Weidman
Bangjie Xiao
Qingyi Zhu
Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts & Sciences
Astarte Abbott
Movviz Ahmed
Lily Ahrens
Curtis Althaus (DM, CSP, PBK)
Sunwoo Baek
Aryan Bahl
Ahnaya Baker
Sonam Bhutia
Mari Bravo Manzo
Aiden Bui
Zoe Elise Burkhardt (DM)
Emily Carlson
Nicholas Hanley Chan
Jackson Charnley
Anushka Chauhan
Valerie Chen (JS)
Kevin Chen
J.T. Darin (DM)
Molly Deely
Hannah Dibek
Edward Doerries
Armand Elena
Kimberly Stephanie Espadas
Max Farkhadau
Yating Feng
Frederick Edward Fess
Taylor Grace Fleming
Jason Kristipaul Gandrapu
Ramanathan Ganesan (JS)
Tulga Gankhuyag
Jazmin Garcia (CSP, JS, Highest Distinction)
Sandra Garcia
India Monet Glasper
Quinlan Glueck (DM)
Lindsey Gossman
Daeun Ha
Hayden Hamilton (High Distinction)
Sanghee Han
Ameera Haque
David Harris
Arman Ilyas Hemmat (DM)
Thomas Joseph Henning
Varun Jagannath
Harley Hanninen Jarvis
Jiawei Jiang
Max Jing (DM)
Ian Kegley
Zayd Khan
Akshit Khatri
Isabella Kim
Chaewon Kwack
Aparna Lakkaraju (DM)
Zara Lateef (BT, JS)
Annie Le (BT)
Sunny Lee
Jooyoung Lee (DM)
Fay Lin (JS)
Terry Yu En Ma
Jayannah McNichols (DM)
Mya Mills (Highest Distinction)
Maria Myers
Suhruth Nemallapudi
MaryAnne Nguyen
Viviana Ordonez
Kayla Ann Pacini
Zixiang Peng
Makenna Pinkham (DM)
Pramod Prabhu
Lassio Qin
Andrew Quick
Catherine Rak
Edewiss D Ravell
Jasmin Rayner
Jason Ren
Jax Richmond
Lucia Rodriguez
Luis Rodriguez Garcia
Holly Rudolph (Distinction)
Tanya Sawhney (JS)
Grace Elizabeth Schallert (DM)
Daniel Joseph Schuck (DM)
Sufiya Shazia (DM)
Camryn Iman Shirley (DD)
Hope Sill
Chalanda Sirichusinwong (DM)
Sofia Sivilotti
Cheng Chieh Su
Sumehra Taj
Ivilyn Xin-Ci Tan (DM)
Thinh Tran
Ethan Ung Truong
Ethan Tu
Manasi Vaidya (JS)
Yauheniya Varaniuk (DD)
Adrian Omar Vera
Ruoyang Wang (DM, BT, PBK)
Justin Weaver
Isabella White
Adalyne Willis
Molly Wollpert
Dillon Royce Womack
Jacen Wong
Taigue Woods (High Distinction)
Qi Wu (DD)
Yi Wu (DD)
Alisha Xiong (DM, JS)
Jiwon Yang
Dipankar Yettapu (DM)
Lauren Zeilstra
Jiayi Zhang
Jing Zhao
Michelle Zorigt
Master of Science in Teaching Chemistry
Alexsandra Skatchkov
Master of Science in Chemistry
Samuel Albright
Henry Ware Cavanaugh
Romans Samuel Grant
Marc A Hartmann
Talia Ellen Long
Amy Jean Wahlmeier
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry
Chiyoung Ahn
Lucas D Akin
Marisa Asadian
Susanna Elizabeth Barrett
Lauren Boedicker
Robert Boyd III
Stanley Bram
Troy Anthony Brier
Brenna Gerette Budaitis
Seth Croslow
Prakriti Das
Christopher William Davis
Shravan Rama Dommaraju
Anupriya Edappalil Satheesan
Saman Fatima
Vincent Flores
David Friday
Benjamin Robert Gilbert
Lauren Harris
Katherine Hatzis
Alexis Hoane
Nafisa Ibrahim
Catherine Jalomo
Priti Kharel
Amie Nicole Lanzendorf
Robert Joseph Lastowski
Jonnathan Marin-Toledo
Jonathan Daniele Maturano
Keelee McCleary-Petersen
Sydney Anne McKee
Travis Menard
Dinh Thanh Nguyen
Rachel Nixon
Casey Olen
Marya Ysabelle Ornelas
Mara Louise Paterson
Michael Andrew Pence
Andrew James Rice
Joel Roberts
Joenisse M. Rosado-Rosa
David Bennett Ryffel
Claire Evamarie Schmit
Alexander Sergeyevich Shved
Amanda Janelle Smith
Yunyan Sun
Chelsea Brianna Swartchick
Yanqi Tan
Rodrigo Tapia Hernandez
Maxwell George Tetrick
Rebecca Joy Ulrich
Mahima Unnikrishnan
Ojasvi Verma
Wesley Wang
Zhuang Xu
Yue Yu