Celebrating the APAM Class of 2023 Graduates
The APAM Department proudly celebrates graduating students in Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, Materials Science, and Medical Physics. We are so proud of your achievements and know that you will use your Columbia Engineering education to help make a difference in this world! #SEAStheWorld2023
Award Winners

(left-right) David Qian Liu, Sadi Gulcelik, Prof. Marc Spiegelman, and Liam Andrew Hayes
Applied Physics Faculty Award: David Qian Liu
Applied Mathematics Faculty Award: Sadi Gulcelik
Rhodes Prize in Materials Science: Liam Andrew Hayes
Learn more about our outstanding award winners
Meet our Graduates

Max Zhao, BS '23 Applied Mathematics

Sadi Gulcelik, BS '23 Applied Mathematics

Akshay Choudhry, BS '23 Applied Mathematics

William O'Brien, BS '23 Applied Mathematics

Yutaro Tanaka, BS '23 Applied Mathematics
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The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science 2023 Ceremony
Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences PhD Ceremony Class of 2023
Congratulations Graduates!
October 2022 Graduates
October 2022 - MS
Brandt Ange (AM-CVN), Lu Chen (MSE), Xuanjing Chu (MSE), Yifan Jin (AM), Lek Heng Lee (AM-CVN), Celine Raton (AP), Cole Sandvold (MSE), Jialiang Sun (AM), Yingbin Xia (MSE), Zetong Zhuang (MSE)
October 2022 - MPhil
Andrew Bishop (AP-SS/OP), William Boyes (AP-PP), Boting Li (AP-PP,) Mark Mathis (AP-SS/OP), Ivan Mitevski (AM-Atmos)
October 2022 - PhD
Wei Cao (MSE), Wen Ding (AM), Kuang Huang (AM), Zeyu Hui (MSE), Jonathan Karp (AP)
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AM: Applied Math
AM-Atmos: Applied Math-Atmospheric Science
AM-CVN: Applied Math-Columbia Video Network
AP: Applied Physics
AP-PP: Applied Physics-Plasma Physics
AP-SS/OP: Applied Physics-Solid State/Optical Physics
AP-CVN: Applied Physics-Columbia Video Network
MatSci: Materials Science
MP: Medical Physics
MSE: Materials Science & Engineering
February 2023 Graduates
February 2023 - BS
Ji Eun Kim (AM), David King (AM), Matthew Stafford (AP)
February 2023 - MS
AlBatool Abaalkhail (AP), Jason Bram (AM-CVN), Chloe Bullard (MSE), Zhiyue Cao (AM), Haoyang Chen (AP), Muqing Chen (AM), Yen Pang Chen (MSE), Yi Chen (AM), Yizhi Chen (AM), Ziheng Chen (MSE), Hari Choudhury (AP), Ivan Chukhryaev (AP), Nicholas Coupey (MP), Nigel DaSilva (AP), Zhihao Dong (AM), Guangzheng Du (AP), Hui Fang (MSE), Yikai Gong (MSE), Huaiqian Guo (MSE), Yanjun Guo (MSE), Amol Gupta (AM), Dion Ho (AM), Nicolas Holt (AM), Yuxin Hu (MP), Hong Jun Kim (MSE), Sonya Kin (MP), Jingyang Kong (MSE), Aryeh Krischer (AP), Hannah Kwon (AM), Yen-Po Louis Lee (MP), Huaijin Li (MSE), Keyue Liang (MSE), Dongping Lin (MSE), Kaishun Lin (AM), Zhengyan Lin (AP), Zhi Lin (AP), Yibin Phoebe Ling (MP), ChunWei Liu (AP), Priyansh Lunia (AP), Guobin Miao (MSE), Kristina Nabayan (MSE), Shankrith Natarajan (AM), Mohammad Nehmeh (MP), Chinh Nguyen (MP), Paul Nicholas (MP), Ilgaz Ozkurt (AM), Yinxi Pan (AM), Matthew Pharr (AP), Daniel Piatigorski (MP), Miheer Prakash (AM), Benjamin Reilly (MSE), Jianqing Shen (AM), Haoyuan Shi (MSE), Juanlang Shi (AM), Yuelai Shi (AM), Dennis Shpits (AM), John Stone (MP), Audrey Shu (AM), Matthew Sisson (AM), Nathan Soedjak (AM), Jacob Solomon (AP), John Stone (MP), Keyuan Su (AM), Xiao Arianna Tan (MP), Jiaqin Tang (AM), Nicole Tansey (MSE), Matthew Tobin (AP), Zirui Tong (AM), Jackson Turner (AM), Dawei Wang (AM), Hanlin Wang (AM), Jinxiao Wang (MSE), Qiuyang Wang (AM), Yifan Wang (AM), Tianqi Wei (AM), Zujin Wen (AP), Haley Wilson (AP), Tenzin Worden (AM), Jiahao Wu (AP), Meng-Jou Serena Wu (MP), Yini Xu (AM), Jitong Yan (MSE), Yunbo Yang (AM), Haochen Zhao (MSE), Chengyu Zhu (MSE)
February 2023 - MPhil
Sasaank Bandi (MSE), Isabelle Bunge (AM), Jonah Chaban (AM), Yinan Dong (MSE), Todd Elder (AP), Patrick Orenstein (AM), Yi Fang Wang (AP)
February 2023 - PhD
Michael Carter (MSE), Yocheved Ungar (AP)
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AM: Applied Math
AM-Atmos: Applied Math-Atmospheric Science
AM-CVN: Applied Math-Columbia Video Network
AP: Applied Physics
AP-PP: Applied Physics-Plasma Physics
AP-SS/OP: Applied Physics-Solid State/Optical Physics
AP-CVN: Applied Physics-Columbia Video Network
MatSci: Materials Science
MP: Medical Physics
MSE: Materials Science & Engineering
May 2023 Graduates
May 2023 - BS
Yamini Ananth (AM), Juan Baek (MatSci), Fatima Begum (MatSci), Kaitlyn Brown (AM), Ethan Burkley (MatSci), Miguel Caro (AP), Melody Chang (AM), Cara Chen (AM), Akshay Choudhry (AM), Alex Chung (AM), Malachi William Coleman (AM), Antonio Foglia (AM), Chenghan Guan (AM), Sadi Gulcelik (AM), Liam Hayes (MatSci), Nicolas Hortiguera (AM), Yang Hsu (AM), Andrew Jin (AM), Peter Jin (AM), William Kim (AP), Abhiram Kolluri (AM), Xianchang Kuang (AM), Olivia Girling Lease (AM), Ethan Levitt (AP), Xinyi Li (AM), Zhiyuan Li (AM), Jinghuan Lin (AM), Vivian Lin (AM), Zaikang Lin (AM), Chunhui Liou (AM), Andrew Liu (AM), Qian Liu (AP), Vivian Liu (AM), Andrew Loevinger (AP), Wo Long (AM), Samuel Lossef (MatSci), Serena Luo (AP), Morgan McNulty (AM), Kairui Miao (AM), Julia Moncayo von Hase (AM), William O'Brien (AM), Arianna Pahlavan (AM), Patrick Park (AP), Olivia Pfetsch (AM), Syed Saam Rasool (MatSci), Yanling Shen (AM), Reuben Solnick (AM), Margot Szamosszegi (MatSci), Yutaro Tanaka (AM), Austin Tao (AM), Mitchell Thomas (AM), Silvia Toderas (AM), Jacob Vider (AP), Jafar Vohra (AM), Emily Wang (AM), Timothy Wang (AM), Ruihan Wu (AM), Yu Xiang (AM), Zixuan Xu (AM), Yihao Yu (AM), Xinyi Zhan (AM), Jinpai Zhao (AM), Zezheng Zhu (AP)
May 2023 Grads - MS
Faisal Alharbi (MP), Garrett Beals (AP), Yunong Chen (AM), Joseph Halligan (AM), Megan Handa (AM-CVN), Zenan Jin (AM), Muhe Li (AM), Xinyi Lu (AM), Yue Ma (AM), Amanda McAdams (AM-CVN), Christopher Myung (AM-CVN), Casey O'Neill (AM-CVN), Jeet Parekh (MP), Jayoung Park (MSE), Jared Spang (AM), Ethan Tucker (AP-CVN), Jack Vogelgesang (AP-CVN), Jiahao Xu (AM), Zhenghao Yang (MSE), Ruiwen Zhang (MSE), Ruiyu Zhang (AM)
May 2023 Grads - MPhil
Rian Chandra (AP–PP), Vahe Gharakhanyan (MSE), Julia Hestenes (MSE), Huaiyu Li (AM), Stephanie Malek (MSE), Matthew Patrick (MSE), Yumou Wei (AP-PP), Qi Zhang (MSE)
May 2023 Grads - PhD
Philip Dinenis (AM), Heqing Huang (AP-SS/OP), Songsheng Tao (AP-SS/OP), Zhen Zhang (AP-SS/OP)
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AM: Applied Math
AM-Atmos: Applied Math-Atmospheric Science
AM-CVN: Applied Math-Columbia Video Network
AP: Applied Physics
AP-PP: Applied Physics-Plasma Physics
AP-SS/OP: Applied Physics-Solid State/Optical Physics
AP-CVN: Applied Physics-Columbia Video Network
MatSci: Materials Science
MP: Medical Physics
MSE: Materials Science & Engineering