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CLASS OF 2021 | SPRING
THIS IS YOUR MOMENT
SATURDAY
JUNE
11 2022
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
CELEBRATIONOn this day, as the University of
Waterloo awards degrees and
celebrates the achievements of
a new generation of graduates,
the members of the University and
its guests share in a 900-year-old
ritual called convocation.
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Table of Contents
CONGRATULATIONSMessage from the Chancellor 2
Message from the President and Vice-Chancellor 3
Message from the Alumni Council President 4
OUR TRADITION OF CONVOCATIONA Calling Together 5
Connecting with Tradition 5
The Mace 6
CEREMONYGraduate Degrees 8
Undergraduate Degrees 10
Outstanding Achievements 22
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“THE EXCEPTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY THIS GRADUATING
CLASS HAS HONED AT THIS INSTITUTION HAS PREPARED ALL OF YOU
TO BE THE LEADERS THE WORLD NEEDS.”
Message from the Chancellor
I am always thrilled to welcome alumni
back to campus, but this celebration
holds special significance. As a cohort,
you faced many obstacles in your path to
completing your degrees. You navigated
those challenges through laser-focused
determination, and you excelled.
Today’s celebration enables us to recognize
University of Waterloo alumni who missed
the opportunity to attend their in-person
convocation due to the pandemic. The event
includes many elements of a traditional
convocation ceremony allowing you to
experience a similar institutional experience.
Being back on campus provides an opportunity
to reconnect, network and meet fellow Waterloo
alumni. Our institution has a strong alumni
community, who are working towards making
the world a better place.
Your time at the University of Waterloo
has prepared you for the next stage of your
journey whether that is entering the workforce,
undertaking graduate studies or something else
entirely. As you may have noticed already, there
are alumni everywhere, and I encourage you to
connect with this community and stay connected
with our campus.
Our University is recognized around the globe as
a world-class institution and that is thanks to the
fearless spirit of innovation and creativity of our
past generations of alumni and those who are
graduating today. This spirit has equipped you to
go beyond the borders of our campus and make
the most of the potential that has been fostered
within you.
I hope today’s celebration rekindles memories of
your time here, and reinforces your place in the
Waterloo community.
Profound global disruptions persist –
economically, politically, socially. This creates
challenges, but also opportunities like we’ve
never seen before. The world needs you to
harness all your experiences to lead and shape
the future. The exceptional knowledge and
creativity this graduating class has honed at the
University of Waterloo has prepared all of you
to be the leaders we need.
As a graduate of the University of Waterloo,
you now bear the privilege and responsibility of
bringing the spirit and values of this distinguished
institution with you, wherever your life may
lead. You now have an opportunity
to shape a better, more equitable
world through your careers
and community involvement.
DOMINIC BARTONChancellor
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“YOU ARE THE PROBLEM-SOLVERS AND THE INNOVATORS WHO
GO BEYOND EXPECTATIONS. OUR WORLD NEEDS YOUR UNMATCHED
CURIOSITY AND DRIVE NOW MORE THAN EVER.”
Message from the President and Vice-ChancellorWhen you graduated, we made a commitment
to welcome you back to campus to recognize
your achievements once circumstances
and restrictions changed. Today’s event is
all about you, our now alumni, and your
accomplishments. The opportunity to mark
your graduation in a formal, in-person
manner is important, and we are delighted
to have you back on campus. It is our honour
to celebrate this event with you.
For many of us, graduation is a key milestone in our
academic journey. It is a recognition of years of hard-
work and commitment that propel us into exciting
ventures and careers. A year or two removed from
completing your degrees, I hope you’ve had time
to reflect on your experiences at Waterloo and how
they have shaped the person you are today.
The hard work and dedication you demonstrated
during your degree deserves recognition. The unique
circumstances in which you completed your degree
are in many ways unprecedented. You persevered
and exhibited resiliency and tenacity, traits that will
undoubtedly benefit you in the future.
As a graduate of the University of Waterloo, you
have joined an illustrious community of global
thinkers who are making a lasting impact on the
world around us. That impact reflects the original
vision of the institution’s founders who sought to
create a university that would help tackle some of
the world’s most daunting challenges.
The knowledge you gained during your time
at Waterloo--whether in the lecture hall, lab or
elsewhere on campus--will play a role in your
on-going success.
Our institution’s rich history and the success of
our alumni is rooted in community. You have left
an indelible mark on our institution, and I hope
you will maintain a connection to the University.
The University’s motto “Concordia cum veritate”
means “in harmony with truth.” As you continue
into the next chapter of your journey, I encourage
you to think unconventionally. We live in a world
mired in geo-political, environmental, and health
challenges. Regardless of your discipline, you have
a unique opportunity to make a difference in your
community and in the world by seeking out ways
to pursue your passions and uncover innovations
in whatever you do.
I encourage you to take what you have
learned at Waterloo to help shape
our world’s future for the better.
On behalf of the
University of Waterloo,
I wish you the very best
in the journey ahead.
VIVEK GOELCM
President and Vice-Chancellor
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“WELCOME TO A NETWORK OF MORE THAN 230,000 ALUMNI,
CONNECTED BY THEIR EXPERIENCES AT WATERLOO.”
Message from the Alumni Council President Congratulations Class of 2021!
On behalf of the University of Waterloo’s
Alumni Council and your fellow alumni,
we are thrilled to welcome you back to
campus to celebrate your in-person
Convocation Celebration.
Convocation Celebration is a significant
milestone for you both personally and
professionally to make your mark. I encourage
you to celebrate this achievement and take
time to appreciate the people in your life that
helped you along the way – your family,
friends, classmates, and teachers.
As you look ahead to the next phase of your
life, I’m confident that your time at UWaterloo
prepared you well. You have the expertise,
creativity and resourcefulness to tackle
whatever problem you choose. Longstanding
practices are changing and there is opportunity
for new ideas to breakthrough.
Throughout your career, I encourage you to stay
connected to your alumni community. There are
more than 230,000 of us and we are here to support
you as you work towards your goals. You can contact
Waterloo alumni from anywhere in the world –
through our Global Ambassadors, Alumni Chapters
and online groups.
I also hope you will join me in sharing your time,
knowledge and passion with the University. It is
rewarding to volunteer with other talented alumni
and your unique perspective can benefit future
graduates more than you know.
Congratulations once again, and welcome
back to cross the stage and make your
mark. You have much to be proud
of and a very bright future
ahead of you!
I wish you all the best.
MEAGHAN KIMBALL BMATH ’06
President, University of Waterloo Alumni Council
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Our tradition of convocationThe ritual of convocation is a tradition that
honours the roots of the University, and is,
at the same time, a beginning for students
who now enter a new stage in their lives.
We welcome guests on this celebratory occasion
and thank you for being present to share in it.
Both the symbols and the ceremony of convocation
look back far beyond the beginning of the University
of Waterloo, back to the centuries of university life
in Western civilization which Waterloo joined six
decades ago. The founders of this University were
eager from the beginning to make it part of that long
tradition, although they proudly asserted that they
were building a new and innovative university, with
close ties to industry and an emphasis on practical
knowledge for building the future.
On this day, as ancient customs mix with the use of
up-to-date technology and the exuberance of a new
generation, Convocation connects a forward-looking
university with the traditions that universities have
observed as long as they have existed.
The University of Waterloo grew out of an older
institution, Waterloo College. A still older one,
the University of St. Jerome’s College, soon became
federated with it, and the College of Optometry of
Ontario joined the family in 1967. Although all these
institutions were newcomers compared with Oxford
and Harvard and the Jagiellonian, the connection to the
traditional role and style of a university remains clear.
Tradition underlies the proceedings of today’s
convocation, the continuity of this University with
centuries of academic experience. Passion brings the
proceedings to life, along with the enthusiasm with
which the University recognizes new achievements
and new ideas.
1960s CONVOCATION AT WATERLOO
A CALLING TOGETHERStudents graduate at the end of a program of study,
leading to a degree with a traditional name: Bachelor,
Master, or Doctor. On this day, their families and friends
celebrate their success and their transition from one
status in life to another. Convocation has been, for
the past nine hundred years, a meeting of the whole
University community at which symbols are displayed,
participants wear special attire to emphasize their
official roles, and speakers share their wisdom and the
values that the University seeks to teach. Convocation
(the name comes from Latin, which was once the chief
language of higher education) is a calling together
of new graduates to receive the symbols of their
accomplishment, and a calling together of the older
members of the University to be witnesses and join in
the celebration.
CONNECTING WITH TRADITIONAt Waterloo’s first convocation in June 1960, the
guest speaker was James J. Talman of the University
of Western Ontario, who told the audience a little
about the history of Waterloo County and its industry.
“The greatest resource we still have is the minds of the
people,” Talman said, “and this resource still remains
to be developed to its full potential. The people of the
Grand Valley clearly appreciate this fact. As we see
the success with which they developed the physical
resources in the past, we can only conclude that they
will be just as successful in developing the intellectual
resources of the future. The University of Waterloo
can look forward to a brilliant and successful future.”
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THE PROCESSIONThe most impressive part of the ceremony may be the
procession that begins it. The graduating students will come
in first, and as they fill up the main body of the hall they
will give the impression that today’s ceremony really is, as
convocation used to be, a ceremonial meeting of the whole
University community.
After the graduating students have come in, faculty
members enter walking two by two, followed by University
officials, all in their academic finery. Near the end of the
procession, a selected faculty member will carry the mace,
a traditional symbol of the University’s authority.
The final party to arrive is the Chancellor’s party.
The Chancellor is the ceremonial head of the University
of Waterloo. The Chancellor presides over Convocation
ceremonies every June and October and awards all
degrees, diplomas and certificates, including honorary
degrees. The Chancellor addresses graduands and inspires
them at these ceremonies.
THE MACEThis solid silver and ebony wand was given to the
University in 1965 by the family of the late Stanley F.
Leavine and was designed by Toronto artist Eric Aldwinckle
and crafted by silversmith Harold Stacey to symbolize the
University as it was at that time. It displays lions, chevrons,
and the shield of the province of Ontario, from which the
University holds its charter to grant degrees.
The symbolic theme of the mace is unity amid diversity,
and tension in the creative intellectual process that strives
to bring forth a new individual. The design of the mace
interprets this theme in the idiom of the life process:
from the seeds at the base of the stave the mace grows in
unity and strength until it differentiates by a four-fold
separation into diverse elements.
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THE COAT OF ARMS AND MOTTOThe lions and chevrons also appear on the shield that
is the University’s coat of arms and that is imprinted
on the graduates’ diplomas. Derived from traditional
heraldry, it has been used since 1961 and was registered
with the Court of the Lord Lyon in 1987. The shield
uses the official colours of gold, black, and white, and
its symbols refer to the University’s base in the cities of
Kitchener and Waterloo. The unusual double chevrons
were borrowed from the coat of arms of Lord Kitchener
of Khartoum, and the red lions are like those on the
coat of arms of the Duke of Wellington, victor at the
1815 Battle of Waterloo. The lions also reflect the tough
and innovative spirit of the University’s founders and
builders, and the black and white in the chevron are the
colours of Prussia, reflecting the Germanic background
of many Waterloo County settlers. Beneath the shield
appears the University’s motto, Concordia cum veritate,
“In harmony with truth.”
DEGREES AND HONORARY DEGREESPresentations of earned and honorary degrees, and the
speeches associated with them, take up most of the time
at Convocation. Undergraduate and graduate degrees
are awarded in each of our six faculties: the faculties of
Arts, Engineering, Environment, Health, Mathematics
and Science. Also included are students who attended
our colleges, St. Jerome’s University, St. Paul’s University
College and Renison University College.
In addition to “earned” degrees awarded to students who
have met the requirements through years of eff ort, the
University of Waterloo confers “honorary” degrees to
individuals who have been designated by the Senate, the
University’s academic governing body, as deserving special
honour. They, too, receive hoods, lined with the colour
of the faculty that nominated them or with specially
designated colours for other kinds of achievement.
By tradition, public service is recognized with a
Doctor of Laws degree even in a university that does
not regularly teach law. The individuals receiving
honorary degrees are introduced during the
ceremony, and a brief citation is read to explain their
various accomplishments deserving of recognition
by a university. One of the honorands will address
convocation after the degree has been given.
The four-fold diversity is significant because of
the four faculties existing at the time the mace
was presented to the University and as well of
the four church-related colleges federated and
affiliated with the University. These diverse
elements together form a crown, and the point
of the crown, while tending toward a union,
do not quite touch. They remain as individuals
suspended in tension and yet engaged in deep
harmony. This creative process is focused not on
the traditional spherical orb of static perfection
but rather on an elliptical silver ovum – the
egg-shaped symbol of creativity – the marvelous
potential of a new individual life.
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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHYAbuleil, Dania Mohammad (Vision Science) “Neural Modulation of the Human Visual Cortex”
Adjei, Eugene Yaw Adade (Physics) “Optics, Loss and Gravity”
Asante, Seth Kurankyi (Physics) “Generalized Holographic Dualities for Metric Gravity & Quantum Geometry Based on Area Variables”
Bosch Gomez, Pablo (Physics) “Nonlinear Behavior of Unstable Black Holes in Anti-de Sitter Spacetimes”
Buonacorsi, Brandon (Physics - Quantum Information) “Quantum dot Devices in Silicon and Dopant-free GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures”
Callender, Shannon (Pharmacy) “Development of a Novel, Microemulsion System for the Simultaneous Delivery of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)”
Casier, Remi Julian Ronald (Chemistry) “The Structure and Internal Dynamics of Polypeptides Probed With Pyrene Excimer Fluorescence”
Deshpande, Rahul (Physics - Quantum Information) “Nuclear Spin Dynamics Under Above-Bandgap Optical Pumping in Silicon”
Donkor, Richard (Vision Science) “Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation of the Primary Visual Cortex of Healthy Adults and Individuals With Amblyopia”
Featherstone, Joshua Robert John (Chemistry) “An Investigation of gas Phase Ion-Molecule Complexes Involving Novel Binding Modes”
Fu, Weiqiang (Chemistry) “Exploring the Structures and Properties of Cationic Aromatic Clusters”
Guevara Gonzalez, Alfredo (Physics) “The S-Matrix of Gauge and Gravity Theories and The Two-Black Hole Problem”
Henderson, Laura Jacquelynne (Physics - Quantum Information) “What can Detectors Detect?”
Hopfmueller, Florian (Physics) “Canonical Structure and Conservation Laws of General Relativity on null Surfaces and at null Infinity”
Huang, Lu (Earth Sciences - Water) “Mechanisms Controlling the Recycling of Nutrient Silicon in Freshwater Sediments: An Experimental Study of the Interactions Between Silicon, Iron and Phosphorus”
Iouchtchenko, Dmitri (Chemistry - Quantum Information) “Algorithms for Quantum Molecular Dynamics: From Matrix Product States to Path Integrals”
Jeter, Britton Harold (Physics) “Messier 87: A Laboratory for Exploring AGN Variability Using the Event Horizon Telescope”
Kim, Se Young (Chemistry) “Tuning Cation and Anion Redox Chemistry in Transition Metal Oxide Positive Electrode Materials for Lithium and Sodium-Ion Batteries”
Li, Lu (Chemistry) “Characterization of Polysaccharides in Starch Using Fluorescence Techniques”
McLeod, Matthew Jordan (Biology) “Functional Consequences of Changing Structure, Dynamics, and Free-Energy Landscapes of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinases”
Parigi, Roberta (Earth Sciences) “Nickel Isotope Geochemistry in Mine Waste Systems”
Qassim, Hammam Ahmed (Physics - Quantum Information) “Classical Simulations of Quantum Systems Using Stabilizer Decompositions”
Saeed, Waleed (Earth Sciences - Water) “Assessment of Saltwater Origin in the Rub’ al-Khali Basin and its Relation to the Formation of Sabkha Matti”
Sberna, Laura (Physics) “Frontiers of Gravity: Astrophysical Environments, Ringdown Nonlinearities and the Semiclassical Approximation”
Shortall, Samantha Marisha (Pharmacy) “Mixed Micelle Characterization of Pluronic and Gemini Surfactant - Based Gene Therapy Carriers and a Connection to Transfection Efficiency”
Sinclair, Geoffrey Scott (Chemistry) “Exploiting the Properties and Reactivity of Thiazoles in the Design of Conjugated Materials”
Snowdon, Monika Rose (Chemistry - Nanotechnology) “Methods of the Alignment-Relay Technique for Nanosystems: Optimization and Innovation”
Tsuji, Jackson Makoto (Biology) “Microbial Ecology of Phototrophs in Iron-rich Boreal Shield Lakes”
Wang, Qingwen (Physics) “Quantum Black Holes in the Sky”
Wiebe, Andrew James (Earth Sciences) “The Influences of Spatially Variable Rainfall and Localized Infiltration on Groundwater Recharge in a Water Management Context”
Worku, Aklilu Fekadie (Chemistry) “Arborescent Core-Shell-Corona Copolymers by Self-Assembly as Templates for the Preparation of Metallic Nanoparticles”
Wu, Yun (Chemistry - Nanotechnology) “Multi-Scale Design of ink Formulations for the 3D Bioprinting of Soft and Elastic Tissue-Mimetic Structures”
Zheng, Bowei (Chemistry) “Starch-Based Polymers as Flocculants of oil Sands Mature Fine Tailings and for Extraction of Bitumen From oil Sands”
Zhou, Ce (Chemistry) “The Structure and Properties of Weakly Bound Clusters”
Graduate Degrees
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MASTER OF SCIENCEAl-Ajeel, Sarah Salim (Biology)
Albuhayzah, Hussain Ali (Vision Science)
Alzahrani, Saud Ghurmullah B (Biology)
Angai, Joanne (Earth Sciences)
Beaver, Rachel Catherine (Biology)
Boag, Tara Nicole (Biology - Water)
Brar, Amitojdeep Singh (Vision Science and Systems Design Engineering)
Britt, Liam Harrison (Chemistry)
Burbano Aldana, Ivan Mauricio (Physics)
Caesura, Athena Marie (Physics - Quantum Information)
Chen, Derek (Pharmacy)
de Vries, Jordy (Earth Sciences)
Edwards, Marcus Stephen (Physics - Quantum Information)
Esau, Steven Kenneth (Physics)
Ferguson, Ryan Robert (Physics - Quantum Information)
Frasca, Franklin Orval (Chemistry)
Greenberg, Noah (Physics - Quantum Information)
Grottoli, Adam David (Biology)
Gupta, Naman Kumar (Physics)
Hayat, Samina (Biology - Water)
Healey, Allison Louise (Earth Sciences)
Hergott, Samantha Ruby-Marie (Physics)
Hong, Chulgi Nathan (Chemistry)
Huang, Xingwei (Earth Sciences)
Hull, Brayden (Physics)
Janzen, Robert (Earth Sciences)
Jasiak, Izabela (Biology - Water)
Kao, Tung (Earth Sciences - Water)
Kononenko, Michal (Physics - Quantum Information)
Krapf-Jones, Alexander (Earth Sciences)
Krogstad, Konrad Jens (Earth Sciences - Water)
Lei, Calvin (Biology - Water)
Li, Kai Hong (Physics - Quantum Information)
Li, Yuting (Chemistry)
Liu, Bo (Physics)
Liu, Donghan (Chemistry)
Livingstone, James David (Biology)
Lu, Mengqi (Physics)
Ma, Kevin Chung Yin (Chemistry)
Marr, Adam Robert (Chemistry)
Mathers, Sarah Audrey (Chemistry)
Mbakob Tchouawou, Caroline Laure (Physics - Quantum Information
Mohiar, Yara (Vision Science)
Moon, Woohyun (Chemistry - Nanotechnology)
Mukherjee, Aritro (Physics)
Nagaarudkumaran, Nijani (Vision Science)
Nash, Delaney (Biology)
Nasir Zonouzi, Mona (Vision Science and Systems Design Engineering)
Ng, William Alexander (Biology)
Nikel, Kirsten Ellen (Biology - Water)
Ning, Zeren (Earth Sciences)
Paulson, Daniel James (Physics - Quantum Information)
Pereira, Darren (Physics)
Phinney, Lori Joan (Biology)
Qi, Yanming (Physics)
Qiu, Yunyi (Physics - Nanotechnology)
Robison, Bailey Alexander (Physics)
Sajjan, Manas (Physics - Quantum Information)
Samson, Brianna Christine (Vision Science)
Smith, Nathaniel Jared (Chemistry)
Teng, Yue (Physics)
Thirukumaran, Milaan (Chemistry)
Townsend, Heather Rose (Earth Sciences - Water)
Trumpour, Tiana (Physics - Nanotechnology)
Vachon, Melody Ann (Biology)
Vanderwerff, Cassandra Nellie (Earth Sciences)
Venuturumilli, Sai Sreesh Sreesh (Physics)
Villanueva Heldmaier, Fiorella (Chemistry)
Zangoulos, Julia (Physics)
Zhang, Chenwei (Chemistry)
Zhou, Chuqi (Earth Sciences)
CERTIFICATE IN UNIVERSITY TEACHINGMcLeod, Matthew Jordan
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* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE – THREE YEARAmutheesan, Ratshana
Asif, Muneeb (Biology Minor)
Atalla, Michael †
Auda, Omar (English Language and Literature Minor)
Balasubramanian, Vignesh
Barnuevo, Eunice Patricia Barrientos
Bello, Oluwarotimi Mobonuolaoluwa (Geography and Environmental Management Minor)
Byers, Caleb Robert
Chan, Maxwell †
Chang, Jordan Shanlung (Psychology Minor)
Chen, Christopher
Chen, Vivian
Cherian Sam, Shayne (Management Studies Minor)
Decroos, Emily (Psychology Minor)
Do, Brandon Martin Quoc
Dunne-Mucklow, Laura Naomi (Earth Sciences Minor) *
Finnamore, Amanda Emily (Biology Minor)
Fu, Jonathan Yu †
Gandhi, Harry
Glipo, Marc Angelo (Psychology Minor, Biology Minor)
Hall, Nathaniel Arie Jacob
Hassan, Sayeed Ul
Heaslip, John Douglas Eric *
Hefnawi, Nizar
Huang, Yan
Huynh, Kevin Nhut Hoa (Psychology Minor)
Kuang, Amanda (Biology Minor)
Lajoie, Isaac Marcel
Li, Jiacheng
Liu, Xianggu
Maduka, Christopher Chidera
Millen, Venrick Celino (Biology Minor)
Min, Eugene
Navaratnam, Patterston
Numekevor, Aku Emefa
Pandya, Jash Brijeshkumar
Pensamiento, Belen Aimee
Ranganathan, Abhinaya (Biology Minor)
Riad, Jessica †
Roberts, Seton Van Maris
Romaniuk, Steven John (Biology Minor)
Rudge, William Sean (Physics Minor, Philosophy Minor)
Sapkota, Bibha (Biology Minor)
Sharma, Jay
Sharp, Erica Marie
Simidzija, Stevan
Sundaramoorthy, Vasanthan Andrew
Wiederkehr, Andreas Christoph †
Winkler, Turner Yun *
Ye, Sijie (Computing Minor)
Young, Cortney E (Biology Minor) †
Zhang, Qianning
Zhang, Yu
HONOURS PROGRAMAbu Mazen, Nooran Usama (Science/Bioinformatics Option & Computing Option – Biochemistry Minor) †
Ahmed, Abdul-Rafi (Science – Biology Minor) †
Al Badran, Ahmad (Science – Psychology Minor, Biology Minor)
Alaimo, Eliana Danielle (Science – Biology Minor)
Ali, Amena (Science – Biology Minor)
Alibhai Najarali, Sabira (Science – Biology Minor)
Armstrong, Ben Paul (Science)
Ashraf, Nabeel (Science – Management Studies Minor, Biology Minor)
Azam, Muhammad Sikandar (Science – Economics Minor, Biology Minor)
Bassi, Navjot Kaur (Science – Biology Minor) †
Bhatti, Mariam (Science – Medical Physiology Minor, Biology Minor) †
Bhojian, Randip Kaur (Science – Biology Minor)
Bhundar, Gursimrat Singh (Science & Joint Honours Mathematics – Computing Minor)
Blanco, Silvia (Science – English Language and Literature Minor, Biology Minor)
Brunet, Mélanie Jeannine (Science – Earth Sciences Minor)
Bui, Sabrina Nguyen (Science – Biology Minor)
Cargill, Kristen Tatiana Hope (Science – Biology Minor)
Chahrour, Takwa (Science – Biology Minor)
Chan, Jett Fung (Science – Biology Minor)
Chang, Lina (Science – Biology Minor) *
Chard, Jordan (Science – Medical Physiology Minor) *
Chau, Curtis (Science – Biology Minor)
Chin, Matthew (Science – Biology Minor)
Chong, Jessica Wai Yee (Science)
Chotara, Vishal Harilal (Science – Biology Minor, Computing Minor)
Chu, Alison Hui Lin (Science – Biology Minor, Economics Minor)
Chung, Hye-Zhee (Science/Computing Option – Biology Minor)
Cockburn, Aden John (Science – Biology Minor, Chemistry Minor)
Comessotti, Tiana Marie (Science – Psychology Minor, Biology Minor)
Côté, Jaiden Patricia (Science – Biology Minor)
Coulombe, Ryan Phillip (Science – Biology Minor)
Coxworthy, Andrea (Science – Biology Minor, Psychology Minor)
Crutchlow, Harrison Hussein Gerald (Science – Psychology Minor, Biology Minor)
Cudney, Tristan James Jeffrey (Science – Biology Minor)
Dalle Ave, Paul Matthew (Science – Music Minor, Chemistry Minor, Biology Minor)
Ðoàn, Alexander Ng.oc Hô (Science – Biology Minor)
Undergraduate Degrees
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* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Duimering, Jennifer Lynn (Science)
Dulat, Surina (Science – Biology Minor)
Dulay, Carl Angelo (Science – Psychology Minor, Biology Minor) †
Dusowoth, Bhoopendra Singh (Science – Human Nutrition Minor, Biology Minor)
Dutta, Sangita (Science – Medical Physiology Minor, Biology Minor) *
Ekeanyanwu, Chinonso Uchechi (Science – Psychology Minor, Biology Minor) *
El-Rayani, Mohamed Yousef M (Science – Medical Physiology Minor, Biology Minor)
Feng, Yi Ying (Science)
Gandhi, Liza (Science – Medical Physiology Minor, Biology Minor)
Gaw, Abigail Christina Suy (Science)
Ghavami, Ghazal (Science – Medical Physiology Minor, Psychology Minor, Biology Minor)
Ghazi, Jad (Science – Biology Minor)
Ha, Jessica (Science)
Hamm, Rachael Linda (Science – Biology Minor, Psychology Minor)
Hasan, Zahra Sabreen (Science – Biology Minor)
Heir, Herman (Science – Biology Minor, Chemistry Minor)
Hoang, Victoria (Science – Biology Minor, Psychology Minor)
Homerski, Nathan Alexander (Science – Physics Minor, Anthropology Minor)
Huang, Stanley (Science – Biology Minor)
Huynh, Justin Ly (Science – Biology Minor) *
Ibrahim, Sara (Science – Biology Minor) *
Innes, Caleb (Science – Biology Minor)
Jazar, Dana (Science – Biology Minor) *
Jun, Fiona Byori (Science – Biology Minor, French Minor)
Kalia, Gopinti (Science – Biology Minor)
Kari, Emiliya (Science – Biophysics Minor) *
Kelly, Olivia (Science – Biology Minor, Gender and Social Justice Minor)
Kong, Yvonne (Science & Joint Honours Psychology – Biology Minor) *
Koprivica, Milica (Science – Biology Minor, Psychology Minor)
Lam, Carmen (Science – Biology Minor)
Lau, Lydia Chi Ching (Science – Psychology Minor, Biology Minor) †
LeBlanc, Riley Michael (Science)
Lelaj, Adrian (Science – Biology Minor, Economics Minor)
Li, Daniel Wing-Chung (Science/Bioinformatics Option – Biology Minor) *
Li, Tiffany Ting Kwan (Science – Biology Minor)
Li, Xinyi (Science – Biology Minor, Fine Arts Studio Minor) *
Lin, Tiffany Xiao Xue (Science – Biology Minor)
Lin, Xin (Science – Biology Minor, Medical Physiology Minor) *
Luu, Winnie (Science/Computing Option – Biology Minor)
Ma, Lixing (Science – Biology Minor) *
Ma, Nathan Chi-Heng (Science – Biology Minor)
Madzarac, Filip (Science – Biology Minor, Chemistry Minor) *
Maliwat, Raphael Allen (Science – Biology Minor)
Manvi, Natasha (Science – Biology Minor) *
Mapaye, Brian Anthony (Science – Biology Minor)
McLeod, SaraRae Miranda (Science – Biology Minor, Psychology Minor)
Merchant, Sonaina (Science – Biology Minor) *
Milligan, Nathan James (Science – History Minor)
Moniz, Cassandra Correia (Science – Biology Minor, Psychology Minor)
Mughal, Natasha Fatima (Science – Biology Minor, Psychology Minor, Anthropology Minor)
Mughal, Simran (Science – Biology Minor)
Muhammad, Musab (Science – Biology Minor)
Multani, Sahej Kaur (Science – Psychology Minor)
Nakrani, Diya (Science – Biology Minor)
Nanji, Adam (Science – Medical Physiology Minor) *
O’Krafka, Margaret Grace (Science – Medical Physiology Minor) †
Osagie, Alicia Adesuwa (Science – Biology Minor, Medical Physiology Minor)
Pandit, Daksh Ashokkumar (Science/Bioinformatics Option – Biology Minor) *
Park, Ye Won (Science – Biology Minor)
Patel, Anisha (Science – Management Studies Minor, Biology Minor)
Patel, Pooja Chetan (Science – Biology Minor)
Pham, Tai Manh (Science)
Piticaru, Benjamin David (Science/Bioinformatics Option – Biology Minor, Management Studies Minor) *
Poirier, Erin Yvette (Science – Biology Minor, Gerontology Minor) †
Rajkumar, Apiram (Science – Biology Minor) *
Ravindra, Gauthami Esmi (Science – Chemistry Minor)
Ravinthiran, Mainan (Science – Psychology Minor, Biology Minor)
Reid, Lindsay Carol (Science – Psychology Minor, Biology Minor, Chemistry Minor) †
Reinsoo, Kyla (Science – Biology Minor, Psychology Minor) *
Richardson, Erica Mae (Science – Medical Physiology Minor, Biology Minor) *
Saiyin, Namu (Science – Biology Minor)
Salvi, Jahnvi Subodh (Science – Biology Minor)
Scammell, Alexis (Science – Chemistry Minor)
Schmidt, Kaitlyn Laraine (Science – Biology Minor, Psychology Minor)
Sekhon, Karandeep Singh (Science – Biology Minor) *
Shah, Manasi Rajeshkumar (Science – Biochemistry Minor)
Sidhu, Fazila Ihsan (Science – Medical Physiology Minor)
Sivaloganathan, Elackeya (Science – Biology Minor, Psychology Minor)
So, Kingson Gideon (Science – Biology Minor)
Soliman, Kareem (Science – Biology Minor)
Sothilingam, Rozhannaa (Science – Biology Minor, Chemistry Minor)
Subzwari, Syed Qudamah Ali (Science – Biology Minor) †
Class of 2021 Convocation Celebration / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO12
* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Sue-Wah-Sing, Maya Antoinette (Science – Psychology Minor, Biology Minor)
Suh, Yunji (Science – Chemistry Minor)
Sun, Bohong (Science – Chemistry Minor)
Tang, Audrey Yan Cher (Science – Biology Minor)
Tharmarajah, Agetha (Science – Applied Language Studies Minor, Biology Minor)
Thom, Danielle Grace (Science – Biology Minor)
Tong, Jessica (Science – Biology Minor) †
Tran, Diana (Science – Medical Physiology Minor, Biology Minor)
Tran, Rebecca (Science/Bioinformatics Option – Biology Minor)
Tran, Vivien (Science – Biology Minor)
Wang, DuoJie (Science – Biology Minor, Chemistry Minor) *
Wang, Yanyi (Science & Joint Honours Mathematics – Chemistry Minor)
Wensman, Allison (Science)
White, Joshua David (Science – Biology Minor) *
Wickert, Danielle Anne (Science – Biology Minor, Chemistry Minor) *
Wicks, Maria Catharina (Science – Fine Arts Studio Minor, Chemistry Minor, Biology Minor) *
Williams, Daniel Gerald Roland (Science – Biology Minor)
Williams, Evianne Emerald Shontae (Science – Medical Physiology Minor)
Williston, Emma Victoria (Science – Biology Minor) †
Wilson, Christopher (Science – Biochemistry Minor)
Wong, Steven (Science – Biology Minor) †
Wu, Huiling (Science – Biology Minor)
Xi, Rui (Science – Biology Minor, Chemistry Minor) *
Ye, Zeyu (Science)
Yee, Almay (Science – Biology Minor, Economics Minor)
Zhou, Mingrui (Science)
HONOURS – BIOCHEMISTRYAbrar, Fatima (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Adebajo, Damilola (Biochemistry – French Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Bastian, Jillian Veronica (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program)
Bhikhabhai, Jenisha (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Bou, Emily Hong (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Chan, She Lin (Biochemistry) *
Chen, Rebecca Xue Ying (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization – Psychology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Crossley, Paige Cassandra (Biochemistry)
Ding, Ziyuan (Biochemistry) *
Evans, Natasha Marie (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Gagne, Claire Marie (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization)
Gandu, Naveen (Biochemistry/Bioinformatics Option)
Gizzarelli, Michael (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program)
Hill, Jessica Jane (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program)
Hong, Xuetao (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Kaur, Avneet (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program)
Kaur, Sukhpreet (Biochemistry)
Labaš, Sarah Rebekah (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization)
Liang, Manqi (Biochemistry) †
Lo, Cassidy Choi Ki (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Long, Qing (Biochemistry) †
Malik, Shubham (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization)
Melo, Melissa (Biochemistry – Medical Physiology Minor)
Mok, Nicholas (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) †
Morriello, Antonietta Angela (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization – Co-operative Program) †
Muhammad, Omer Abdullah (Biochemistry)
Nadeem, Nomaan (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program)
Nunn, Alexandra Marlene (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program)
Orobona, Thomas Kingston Hewitt (Biochemistry)
Patel, Khevna Ketan (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Perera, Dylan Stewart (Biochemistry) †
Qadeer, Laiba (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Reeves, Shawn Alexander (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) †
Reid, Clarisse Edith Carol (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Ryu, Veronica Dah-Eun (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization – Philosophy Minor – Co-operative Program)
Sangster, Julia Rose (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) †
Singh, Nicholas Dereck (Biochemistry)
Solomon, Ethan Michael (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization/Bioinformatics Option – Co-operative Program) †
Tam, Allison Yuet-Ching (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization – Co-operative Program) *
Tam, Amy (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Tsao, Monica (Biochemistry)
Wang, Chao (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Wang, Zizhe (Biochemistry) *
Wen, Timmy Tianheng (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) †
Wilkes, Victoria Grace (Biochemistry & Joint Honours Mathematics) †
Young, Kristian D (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) †
Yu, Lisa (Biochemistry/Biotechnology Specialization) *
Zaheer, Wajeeha (Biochemistry – Co-operative Program)
HONOURS – BIOLOGYAlam, Ammarah Khursheed (Biology)
Alexei, Andrea Gabriela (Biology – Co-operative Program) †
Anderson, Hannah Elise (Biology & Joint Honours Knowledge Integration) †
Arias Rodriguez, Maria Paula (Biology – Psychology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Bain, Molly Deborah (Biology – Psychology Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Class of 2021 Convocation Celebration / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 13
* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Banwait, Harleen Kaur (Biology)
Barros, Adrienne Courtney (Biology)
Bath, Jasleen (Biology – Animal Biology Specialization) *
Bhatwa, Arshpreet (Biology – Co-operative Program) †
Branch, Sabrina (Biology – Urban Studies Minor)
Britto López, Gabriela (Biology)
Burns, Matthew Anthony (Biology – Psychology Minor)
Campbell, Emily Christine (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization – Psychology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Cao, Elaine (Biology – Co-operative Program)
Chan, Gordon (Biology – Psychology Minor) *
Chan, Ka Iong (Biology)
Chang, Kelvin Daniel (Biology) *
Chaudhry, Ifra Anwar (Biology/Bioinformatics Option)
Chen, Ruoci (Biology/Bioinformatics Option) *
Colakovic, Belma (Biology – Psychology Minor)
Cook, Sarah Katelyn (Biology – Co-operative Program) †
Copley, Elizabeth Anne (Biology – Biotechnology Specialization/Bioinformatics Option – Co-operative Program) *
Cushnie, Erica Rose (Biology – Plant Biology Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Czapor, Helen Margaret (Biology/Bioinformatics Option) †
Dadzie, Eugenia (Biology)
Delos Santos, Seanthel (Biology – French Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Dhuka, Muskaan Mustaq (Biology)
Do, Natalie Ngoc Anh (Biology – Co-operative Program) *
Dobos, Natasha Melanie (Biology – Co-operative Program)
Doctor, Tanushka (Biology – Co-operative Program) †
Du, Suphia (Biology – Plant Biology Specialization – Medical Physiology Minor)
Duarte, Emma Elizabeth (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization – Co-operative Program) *
Eade, Abigail Jacqueline (Biology – Anthropology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Fleming, Charlotte Emilia (Biology – Medical Physiology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Fulton, Leah Mary-Grace (Biology – Plant Biology Specialization/Bioinformatics Option)
Gante, Ashish (Biology – Co-operative Program)
Glover, Amy Christena Mae (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization)
Glover, Cameron (Biology/Bioinformatics Option – Mathematics Minor) †
Gordon, Jenna Elizabeth (Biology – Psychology Minor) †
Haddaway, Lucas Geoffrey (Biology) †
Hajjaj, Omar Issam Ali (Biology – Co-operative Program) †
Hodinka, Cameron Richard (Biology – Co-operative Program) *
Howard, Erin Leigh (Biology – Co-operative Program)
Huang, Ching-Lung (Biology – Psychology Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Hwang, Joongwon (Biology – Chemistry Minor)
Idziak, Samantha (Biology – Chemistry Minor) †
Ike-Orji, Chinweike Anastasia (Biology – Co-operative Program) *
Imran, Arisha (Biology – Earth Sciences Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Ippolito, Isabella (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization)
Jachimowicz, Matthew (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization) *
Kainth, Jasmine (Biology) *
Kechichian, Ari (Biology)
Khanna, Shirin (Biology – Co-operative Program)
Kim, Yerim (Biology – Chemistry Minor)
Kirst, Sarah Katherine (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Konstantinou, Mikayla (Biology – Anthropology Minor)
Krasnyk, Victoria (Biology – Biotechnology Specialization – Economics Minor)
Lack, Christina Maria (Biology – Medical Physiology Minor)
Law, Justin (Biology – Co-operative Program)
Lawson, Rachel Anne (Biology – Co-operative Program) *
Lehmann, Madeline Rose (Biology – Co-operative Program) †
Lew, Alexandria Chloe (Biology – Co-operative Program)
Li, Jiayang (Biology – Co-operative Program) *
Lim, Nicholas Farn-Wei (Biology) †
Lui, Shannon Ngo Ching (Biology) *
Mahendra, Ruhi (Biology/Bioinformatics Option – Co-operative Program) *
Mansour, Nada Nagui Bouchra (Biology – Co-operative Program) *
Martens, Robyn Denae (Biology) *
McMurray, Brandon James (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Miller, Benjamin (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization/Bioinformatics Option)
Mototsune, Callum Patrick (Biology – Medical Physiology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Mubeen, Zaid (Biology) *
Nahal, Amneet Kaur (Biology) †
Napenas, Jean Roy (Biology – Animal Biology Specialization – Co-operative Program) †
O’Toole, Jack Thomas (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization) †
Pahwa, Nishtha (Biology – Co-operative Program)
Pallotto, Linda Marie (Biology – Co-operative Program) †
Persaud, Alyssa Bharati (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization/Bioinformatics Option)
Petrella, Katie Lynn (Biology – Microbiology Specialization – Human Nutrition Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Pham, Minh Tran Paul (Biology) †
Phillips, Kaetlyn Leanne (Biology – Fine Arts Studio Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Radzikovsky, David (Biology – Biotechnology Specialization/Bioinformatics Option)
Rahimpour, Darian (Biology – Microbiology Specialization – Co-operative Program) *
Rossi, Christina Anna Maria (Biology – Plant Biology Specialization – Co-operative Program) *
Rowe, Marlana Ann (Biology – History Minor)
Rutledge, Amelia Leanne (Biology – Psychology Minor) *
Class of 2021 Convocation Celebration / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO14
* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Serban, Antonia (Biology – Microbiology Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Simpson, Isabelle (Biology – Molecular Genetics Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Sito, Linda (Biology – Co-operative Program)
Srikirushnaruban, Tharsila (Biology – Co-operative Program) †
Srimuruhaiya, Ashwanah (Biology – Co-operative Program) *
Steiman, Sydney Erin (Biology – Philosophy Minor)
Thompson, John Drew (Biology) †
Voll, Meaghan Breanna (Biology – Microbiology Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Walker, Katherine Glick (Biology) †
Zhou, Simon (Biology – Co-operative Program) *
Zhu, Shawna (Biology – Co-operative Program) †
HONOURS – BIOMEDICAL SCIENCESAhmed, Taufah (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor) †
Aksoy, Serra (Biomedical Sciences – Spanish Minor) *
Alizadeh-Ebadi, Yashar (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor, Italian Studies Minor) *
Arenas, Mariana (Biomedical Sciences)
Arya, Param (Biomedical Sciences)
Batchu, Saivardhan Babu (Biomedical Sciences/Bioinformatics Option)
Bhagat, Ashwin Junyi (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor)
Bhaura, Gurleen Kaur (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor)
Brar, Vikramjit Singh (Biomedical Sciences) †
Byeon, Jisun (Biomedical Sciences)
Chapelle, Brianna Nicole (Biomedical Sciences & Joint Honours Psychology)
Chen, Jessie (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor, Management Studies Minor)
Chen, Jiaqi (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor) *
Cheung, Chi Kiu Claudia (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor)
Cheung, Justin Sun Wah (Biomedical Sciences)
Cole, Alicia Star (Biomedical Sciences) †
Dang, Mimi Khuc Quynh Thao (Biomedical Sciences)
Denstedt, Lauren Meredith (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor) †
Feng, Kristie (Biomedical Sciences)
Fernandes, Sarah (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor)
Fisher, Kirsten Holly (Biomedical Sciences) *
Fratpietro, Michael Louis (Biomedical Sciences) †
Fu, Ze Yang (Biomedical Sciences) †
Garcia Cubillos, Ana Maria (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor) †
Gatal, Trisha Yvette (Biomedical Sciences)
Gill, Harleen (Biomedical Sciences) *
Grewal, Jasdeep (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor) *
Guan, Benny Hung-Kit (Biomedical Sciences) †
Hackner, Olivia Dena Elise (Biomedical Sciences) *
Hadden, Jocelyn Susan Lillian (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor) *
Hassan, Mohammad (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor)
Ho, Darian Kam Pui (Biomedical Sciences) *
Ho, Vivian (Biomedical Sciences) *
Howitt, Sarah Elizabeth (Biomedical Sciences)
Hudecki, Heather Marie (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor)
Hudspeth, Breanna Lee (Biomedical Sciences & Joint Honours Psychology - Research Intensive Specialization)
Hui, Christie Erin (Biomedical Sciences/Aging Studies Option) †
Huynh, Jenny (Biomedical Sciences) †
Jones, Matthew Kristopher (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor)
Karimi, Alireza (Biomedical Sciences) †
Kim, A-Yeon (Biomedical Sciences)
Kim, Moon Young (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor) †
Kizel, Yaffa Pia (Biomedical Sciences & Joint Honours Psychology) †
Kuganesan, Kayathre (Biomedical Sciences – Chemistry Minor) *
Kumar, Jessica (Biomedical Sciences)
Lanctot, Sébastien Olivier (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor) *
Laughton, Thomas Duc (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor) †
Lee, Joshua (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor)
Lee, Ken JianFeng (Biomedical Sciences) *
Lee, Nicholas Wai-Man (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor, Psychology Minor) †
Lee, Osanda Ko (Biomedical Sciences) *
Lee, Shing Him Richard (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor) †
Li, Karen See-Wai (Biomedical Sciences) *
Lin, Katherine (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor)
Lu, Helen (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor) *
Ma, Chi Wai (Biomedical Sciences)
Mellema, Kristin Leanne (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor, Music Minor)
Mistry, Dwiti (Biomedical Sciences – Music Minor) †
Mohamed, Adnan Ahmed (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor)
Mohamed, Zubeida Osman (Biomedical Sciences)
Mun, Seoyeong (Biomedical Sciences)
Musse, Ikran Abdurahman (Biomedical Sciences) †
Nabukenya, Sarcsha Juliet (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor, Psychology Minor)
Nalamolu, Nainika Sai (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor)
Navarro, Gian Dayle Ong (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor)
Nur, Sumaya Mukhtar (Biomedical Sciences) †
Omisore, Oreoluwa Oladoyin (Biomedical Sciences) *
Palage, Andreea Maria (Biomedical Sciences) †
Patel, Atushi (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor)
Class of 2021 Convocation Celebration / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 15
* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Patel, Charmi J (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor) †
Patel, Deep Piyushkumar (Biomedical Sciences) *
Patel, Keval Jayeshkumar (Biomedical Sciences) †
Patel, Krupali P. (Biomedical Sciences – Management Studies Minor)
Patel, Pankti Jitendra (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor) *
Patel, Raunak Rakeshkumar (Biomedical Sciences) †
Patel, Tejas (Biomedical Sciences)
Patel, Trusha (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor) *
Patel, Vishwa (Biomedical Sciences)
Pesevski, Filip (Biomedical Sciences/Bioinformatics Option) *
Rogerson, Madeleine McCullough (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor, Psychology Minor) *
Ruan, Nelson Ho-Jat (Biomedical Sciences)
Saad Eldeen, Nizar Medhat (Biomedical Sciences) †
Samra, Avreen Kaur (Biomedical Sciences) †
Sandhu, Anahat (Biomedical Sciences)
Sharma, Kamakshi (Biomedical Sciences – Medical Physiology Minor)
Shim, Erika (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor)
Sidhu, Navneet Kaur (Biomedical Sciences) †
Singh, Ashley (Biomedical Sciences) *
Smith, Stephanie Rose (Biomedical Sciences) *
Soomal, Judhvir Singh (Biomedical Sciences)
Stefanidis, Christina (Biomedical Sciences) †
Stern, Vivienne Elisabeth (Biomedical Sciences – Legal Studies Minor) *
Surdi, Julian Christian (Biomedical Sciences) †
Tang, Ethel (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor)
Thaker, Kabeer (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor) *
Thompson, Aaron James (Biomedical Sciences) *
Tomkay, Brian Michael (Biomedical Sciences – Chemistry Minor) †
Varghese, Karen Mariam (Biomedical Sciences)
Verma, Ankush (Biomedical Sciences)
Wang, Hao (Biomedical Sciences) *
Webb, Rory Alexander (Biomedical Sciences) †
Woima, Rachel Jane (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor) *
Wright, Emily Janice (Biomedical Sciences – Legal Studies Minor)
Wu, Vinco Lap Kiu (Biomedical Sciences – Biochemistry Minor)
Yang, Yunxiang (Biomedical Sciences – Biochemistry Minor) †
Young-Hong, William (Biomedical Sciences) *
Zhang, Mandy Jun Yi (Biomedical Sciences) *
Zhou, Jansen (Biomedical Sciences – Psychology Minor) †
HONOURS – BIOTECHNOLOGY/CHARTERED ACCOUNTANCYLogan, Archchana (Science - Biotechnology/Chartered Professional Accountancy – Co-operative Program) †
Nirthanarajah, Gajani (Science - Biotechnology/Chartered Professional Accountancy – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Sunner, Harkirat (Science - Biotechnology/Chartered Professional Accountancy – Co-operative Program) †
HONOURS – BIOTECHNOLOGY/ECONOMICSCai, Chubin (Science - Biotechnology/Economics – Co-operative Program) *
Carman, Sebastien Franklin Tamin (Science - Biotechnology/ Economics – Co-operative Program) *
Gill, Harjot Singh (Science - Biotechnology/Economics – Co-operative Program)
Halim, Dennis (Science - Biotechnology/Economics – Co-operative Program) †
Hall, Daryl (Science - Biotechnology/Economics – Co-operative Program) *
Liu, Evelyn (Science - Biotechnology/Economics – Co-operative Program) †
Mohsin, Daniya (Science - Biotechnology/Economics – Co-operative Program)
Naziri, Arman (Science - Biotechnology/Economics – Co-operative Program) †
Vu, Duy Quang (Science - Biotechnology/Economics – Co-operative Program) *
HONOURS – CHEMISTRYAli, Maryam (Chemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Chan, Kristen Yun Wing (Chemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Chen, Benny Jun Bin (Chemistry/Computational Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Chen, Yonglin (Chemistry/Computational Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Cooney, Jacquelyn Ann (Chemistry – Co-operative Program)
De Gennaro, Ryan Masato (Chemistry – Co-operative Program) †
Desforge, Wyatt Yves (Chemistry)
Edwards, Frederick Luke (Chemistry)
Friebe, Benjamin Pierre (Chemistry)
Guo, Shuang (Chemistry)
Guo, Youxuan (Chemistry) *
Huang, Jing (Chemistry) †
Huard, Rebecca Justine (Chemistry/Computational Specialization – Spanish Minor – Co-operative Program)
Juhasz, Daniel Robert (Chemistry) †
Kapadia, Mihir (Chemistry)
Kwan, Amanda Larissa (Chemistry – Co-operative Program) †
Li, Yufei (Chemistry) †
Liu, Xinran (Chemistry) †
Lu, Sophie (Chemistry – Co-operative Program)
Maddock, Erica Rose Elsie (Chemistry – Co-operative Program)
Malik, Abdul Aziz (Chemistry)
Ng, Desmond (Chemistry – Co-operative Program) †
Nong, Andy (Chemistry/Computational Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Osman, Mahad Abdinur (Chemistry)
Peng, Chuanhao (Chemistry) *
Prazmo, Olivia Natalia (Chemistry – Co-operative Program)
Qi, Zengyao (Chemistry) †
Shao, Qinghao (Chemistry) *
Simpson, Sarah Grace Robin (Chemistry – Co-operative Program)
Class of 2021 Convocation Celebration / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO16
* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Simrod, Scott Anthony (Chemistry)
Song, Longfei (Chemistry) †
Song, Nan (Chemistry)
Sun, ZiYi (Chemistry) †
Temple-Murray, Lilli Jessica (Chemistry – Co-operative Program)
Wang, Cengan (Chemistry) †
Wong, Ryan (Chemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Wu, RunQi (Chemistry) †
Yeadon, Kate Meah (Chemistry & Joint Honours English-Literature and Rhetoric – Co-operative Program)
Yin, Yilin (Chemistry) *
Zeng, Shanmei (Chemistry – Computing Minor) *
Zhang, Jixi (Chemistry) †
Zhang, Wenxue (Chemistry) †
Zhang, Yichi (Chemistry – Economics Minor)
Zhao, Wen (Chemistry) *
HONOURS – EARTH SCIENCESAdam, Zachary Victor (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization – Co-operative Program) *
Arrumugam, Puvaanah (Earth Sciences/Hydrogeology Specialization – Co-operative Program) *
Jesik, Alexander Paul Anthony (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization)
Kadu, Khadija Khalfan (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization)
King, Aaron Bradley (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization)
King, Graydon Ross Nelson (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization – Co-operative Program) *
Liang, Wenyao (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization)
McCulloch, Kaden Francis (Earth Sciences/Hydrogeology Specialization – Co-operative Program) *
Murr, Kathleen Elizabeth (Earth Sciences/Hydrogeology Specialization – Co-operative Program) *
Opersko, Dayna Ann (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Orel, Oxana (Earth Sciences/Hydrogeology Specialization)
Orloff, Jason (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization)
Secord, Emily Ashley (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Siyan, Yuan (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization)
Song, Mohan (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization)
Uthayakumar, Abbilash Pojan (Earth Sciences/Geophysics Specialization)
Wang, Jiahao (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization)
Wang, Shiying (Earth Sciences/Hydrogeology Specialization) *
Whittaker Hawkins, Sterling Grant (Earth Sciences/Geophysics Specialization – Co-operative Program) *
Wong, Sean Shaw Young (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Wright, Philip (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Zhang, Zihan (Earth Sciences/Geology Specialization) *
Zhou, Zidong (Earth Sciences/Hydrogeology Specialization – Mathematics Minor) †
HONOURS – ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESAdams, Hannah Faith (Environmental Sciences/Ecology – Co-operative Program) †
Boonstra, Aaron James (Environmental Science/Water Science Specialization – Geography and Environmental Management Minor) *
Estey, Claire Olivia (Environmental Sciences/Ecology – Co-operative Program) †
Gao, Katelyn (Environmental Sciences/Ecology – Co-operative Program)
Han, Yawei (Environmental Sciences/Ecology)
Heather, Marcel Rene Roderick (Environmental Science/Geoscience Specialization – Co-operative Program) †
Khan, Basil (Environmental Science/Geoscience Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Leung, Angela San Lin (Environmental Sciences/Ecology – Co-operative Program)
McParland, Decla Susan (Environmental Science/Geoscience Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Rae, Justin Andrew (Environmental Science/Geoscience Specialization)
Ryan, Caleb (Environmental Sciences/Ecology – Co-operative Program)
Slongo, Aaron Phillip (Environmental Sciences/Ecology – Co-operative Program)
Steele, Alina Christine (Environmental Science/Geoscience Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Tian, Boyao (Environmental Science/Geoscience Specialization) *
Tran, Kimberly Ai Linh (Environmental Science/Geoscience Specialization – Chemistry Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Visneskie, Henry Edward (Environmental Science/Geoscience Specialization – French Minor – Co-operative Program)
Vuong, Natalie Hoàng-Trâm (Environmental Sciences/Ecology)
Wan, Yixin (Environmental Sciences/Ecology – Co-operative Program)
Ye, Jane Xu Jing (Environmental Science/Geoscience Specialization – Co-operative Program) †
HONOURS – LIFE PHYSICSBayer, Courtney Anna (Life Physics – Geography and Environmental Management Minor) †
Bhangu, Anmol Kaur (Life Physics) *
Figueira, Amber Nichole (Life Physics - Medical Physics Specialization – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Klem, Alexandra Mary (Life Physics – Co-operative Program) †
Laxer, Joseph Samuel (Life Physics – Co-operative Program) *
Lockhart, Javis (Life Physics)
Mansoor, Hafsa (Life Physics)
Oke, Alyssa Abake (Life Physics)
Ramahi, Yousuf Omar (Life Physics - Biophysics Specialization) *
HONOURS – MATERIALS AND NANOSCIENCESBasiratnia, Amirhossein (Materials and Nanosciences)
Campbell, Duncan Richard (Materials and Nanosciences)
Class of 2021 Convocation Celebration / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 17
* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Chen, Anlan (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Chen, Longwei (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Cheng, Chi-Yu (Materials and Nanosciences – Biophysics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Da Costa, Joshua Vincent (Materials and Nanosciences – Co-operative Program) *
Feygin, Eliana (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Ghassemi, Mehrad (Materials and Nanosciences)
Guan, Lunlun (Materials and Nanosciences) †
Guo, Yifan (Materials and Nanosciences) *
He, Bingshen (Materials and Nanosciences)
Hong, Shifeng (Materials and Nanosciences) †
Hussain, Md Musfique (Materials and Nanosciences – Biophysics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Li, Peiyun (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Li, Shang (Materials and Nanosciences)
Li, Zhengda (Materials and Nanosciences)
Liang, Jingwen (Materials and Nanosciences) †
Liu, Gexu (Materials and Nanosciences) †
Liu, Minghao (Materials and Nanosciences)
Liu, Shilei (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Liu, Yubin (Materials and Nanosciences) †
Lu, Guanxuan (Materials and Nanosciences) †
Lyu, Ruida (Materials and Nanosciences)
Ma, Qiancheng (Materials and Nanosciences/Computing Option) †
Ma, Qianli (Materials and Nanosciences)
Maksimov, Kamran (Materials and Nanosciences)
Miah, Rafid Yasir (Materials and Nanosciences)
Neufeld, Brian Matthew (Materials and Nanosciences)
Qi, Xiaojiao (Materials and Nanosciences)
Qiu, Xingyang (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Qu, Youyang (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Shen, Yiyang (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Shen, Zhaoxin (Materials and Nanosciences)
Shi, Yunping (Materials and Nanosciences) †
Song, Yao (Materials and Nanosciences – Mathematics Minor) †
Su, Zhe (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Wang, Haimeng (Materials and Nanosciences – Mathematics Minor) †
Wang, Jinming (Materials and Nanosciences – Biophysics Minor)
Wang, Jiuhe (Materials and Nanosciences)
Wang, Yiran (Materials and Nanosciences)
Wei, Yuxuan (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Wilson, Nicholas David (Materials and Nanosciences – Co-operative Program) *
Wu, Wenzheng (Materials and Nanosciences)
Xie, Mingming (Materials and Nanosciences)
Xu, Tiancheng (Materials and Nanosciences) †
Xue, Yuxuan (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Yan, Yige (Materials and Nanosciences)
Yuan, Minjia (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Yuan, Yifei (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Zhan, Sibo (Materials and Nanosciences – Mathematics Minor) †
Zhang, Menghan (Materials and Nanosciences) *
Zhang, Yishu (Materials and Nanosciences – Mathematics Minor) †
Zhang, Yu (Materials and Nanosciences)
Zhang, Zhilei (Materials and Nanosciences)
Zhao, Hui (Materials and Nanosciences)
Zou, Yuze (Materials and Nanosciences)
HONOURS – MATHEMATICAL PHYSICSAnjum, Hussam (Mathematical Physics – Pure Mathematics Minor)
Astwood, Michael Robert (Mathematical Physics – Astrophysics Specialization – Pure Mathematics Minor) *
Ayyash, Mohammad Mutaz (Mathematical Physics)
Brossard-Flood, Michel Phillip (Mathematical Physics – Combinatorics and Optimization Minor)
Chemtov, Max (Mathematical Physics – Pure Mathematics Minor, German Minor) †
Chen, Qiyuan (Mathematical Physics – Biophysics Minor)
Dhanraj, Varun (Mathematical Physics – Co-operative Program) †
Elkhalifa, Mujtaba Eltag (Mathematical Physics – Astrophysics Specialization – Pure Mathematics Minor)
Fu, Yirun (Mathematical Physics) †
Gao, Wanye (Mathematical Physics) †
Guo, Heyang (Mathematical Physics – Economics Minor)
Imseis, Michael Thomas Naji (Mathematical Physics – Astrophysics Specialization) *
Jiang, Jinzhou (Mathematical Physics)
Mazoukh, Celine (Mathematical Physics – Astrophysics Minor – Co-operative Program) *
McCracken, Callum Christopher (Mathematical Physics – Astrophysics Minor, Pure Mathematics Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Mckarris, Paul Ilias (Mathematical Physics – Pure Mathematics Minor) *
McPherson, Joshua Daniel Peter (Mathematical Physics – Pure Mathematics Minor)
Mi, Xuan (Mathematical Physics) *
Morawetz, Stewart Gow (Mathematical Physics) †
Nguyen, Binh Thai (Mathematical Physics)
Nguyen, Chinh Trung (Mathematical Physics – Computer Science Minor – Co-operative Program)
Ong, Ray Vince Angelo (Mathematical Physics – Astrophysics Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Class of 2021 Convocation Celebration / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO18
* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Popescu, Sandra Nicole (Mathematical Physics – Astrophysics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Poulin, Joseph (Mathematical Physics – Astrophysics Specialization – Pure Mathematics Minor)
Pu, Hanxiao (Mathematical Physics – Pure Mathematics Minor) *
Ruscitti, Kaleb Domenico (Mathematical Physics – Pure Mathematics Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Shang, Yinghui (Mathematical Physics) †
Shawqi, Shafayat (Mathematical Physics – Astrophysics Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Sheppard, Damian Joseph (Mathematical Physics – Co-operative Program) *
Simpson, Benjamin Jacob (Mathematical Physics – Biophysics Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Suryaatmadja, Cendikiawan (Mathematical Physics – Pure Mathematics Minor) *
Swanson, Stephanie Kirsten (Mathematical Physics – Co-operative Program) †
Tao, Ching-Chien (Mathematical Physics)
Van Der Veen, Joscelyn (Mathematical Physics – Co-operative Program) †
Zheng, Yunhao (Mathematical Physics)
Zhou, Wenxian (Mathematical Physics)
HONOURS – MEDICINAL CHEMISTRYBuchok, Jack Joshua Andrew (Medicinal Chemistry – Co-operative Program) †
Kim, Gyeongsu (Medicinal Chemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Montgomery, Carlee Anne (Medicinal Chemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Papas, William (Medicinal Chemistry – Co-operative Program)
Sellitto, Giulia Palma (Medicinal Chemistry – Co-operative Program)
Solonenka, Julia Tekla (Medicinal Chemistry – Biochemistry Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Verkuil, Emily Elisabeth (Medicinal Chemistry – Co-operative Program)
Wolfe, Jacob Robert (Medicinal Chemistry – Co-operative Program) †
HONOURS – PHYSICSBi, Jinwei (Physics/Computing Option) *
Chen, Crystal (Physics – Co-operative Program)
Cooper, Alexander (Physics)
Damji, Yashvi (Physics – Astrophysics Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Deng, Naicheng (Physics)
Faguy, Mitchell Joseph (Physics)
Fan, Xiaoxuan (Physics) †
Fancey, Matthew (Physics) *
Grace, Henry AJ (Physics – Co-operative Program) *
Hu, Yiming (Physics/Computing Option) *
Jin, Zhiyu (Physics – Visual Culture in a Global Context Minor) †
Kala, Munit Singh (Physics – Technical Writing Minor – Co-operative Program)
Kim, Minseok (Physics – Computing Minor – Co-operative Program)
Laketa, Samuel Slavko (Physics – Co-operative Program) *
Lamarre, Joseph Brent (Physics) *
Leslie, Robert (Physics – Astrophysics Minor, Mathematics Minor)
Liu, Yue (Physics)
Orbe Donoso, Diego Xavier (Physics – Applied Physics Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Parrott, Claire (Physics) *
Precious-Predinchuk, Kiefer Robert (Physics)
Shahen, Mitchell (Physics – Astrophysics Specialization – Co-operative Program)
Skilandziunas, Mikolas (Physics – Mathematics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Tamrakar, Suraan (Physics)
Walberg, Senja Orion (Physics – Astrophysics Specialization) †
Yang, Congrui (Physics) †
Ye, Yangsong (Physics)
Zegray, Tyler Cole Harrison (Physics) †
Zhang, Qinghao (Physics/Computing Option) †
HONOURS – PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMYAllega, Anthony Michael (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program)
Babu, Aditya (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program)
Cassidy, Kailas Christine (Physics and Astronomy – Fine Arts Studio Minor – Co-operative Program)
Cheslo, Daniel Joseph (Physics and Astronomy)
De Luna, Jedri (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program) †
Friesen, Simon Nathaniel (Physics and Astronomy – Music Minor – Co-operative Program)
Gaur, Rhea (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program) *
Gopaul, Evergreen (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program)
Im, Jisung (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program)
Karamy, Cindy (Physics and Astronomy – French Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Kovachik, Andrew James (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program) †
Long, En (Physics and Astronomy) †
Mancia Gonzalez, Ivan Alberto (Physics and Astronomy)
Matesic, Michael Roy Branko (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program) †
Nieuwenhuis, Emily Lisa (Physics and Astronomy)
Sharankov, Ivan Ivanov (Physics and Astronomy)
Smith, Matthew Bruce (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program) †
Stahmer, Jasper Lee (Physics and Astronomy/Computing Option – Co-operative Program)
Stamp, Logan Francis Howard (Physics and Astronomy)
Stewart, Meagan (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program)
Testani, Zachary (Physics and Astronomy)
Wisniewski, Kasia Sydney (Physics and Astronomy – Co-operative Program)
Yan, Cangjiu (Physics and Astronomy)
HONOURS – PSYCHOLOGYBagla, Sukhwinder Kaur (Psychology – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Beech, Isaac Benjamin Lebold (Psychology – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Bhullar, Agampreet Kaur (Psychology – Biology Minor) †
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* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Chan, Po Ming (Psychology – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Chen, William Siu Wing (Psychology)
Chun, Hyung Bin (Psychology/Bioinformatics Option)
de Boer, Natascha Renee (Psychology – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Dhaliwal, Navi Kaur (Psychology – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Dowden, Stephanie Anne (Psychology – Biology Minor)
Durston, Amie Jeannette (Psychology – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Gaerlan, Kaitlin Rose (Psychology – Co-operative Program) †
Ganesathasan, Thamiline (Psychology)
Herz, Nicole Kerstin (Psychology – Co-operative Program) *
Hui, Roy (Psychology – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Keogh, Jessica Theresa Jean (Psychology – Medical Physiology Minor) *
Kular, Sahara Indra (Psychology – Biology Minor) †
Lam, Matthew Cuong (Psychology – Biology Minor)
Lee, Michelle Kristen (Psychology – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Liang, Irene (Psychology)
Meier-Ross, Kaitlynn (Psychology – Biology Minor) †
Myers-Bishop, Brenna Dawn (Psychology – Biology Minor) †
Palmares, Arianne Nicole Cabalfin (Psychology – Co-operative Program) *
Postma, Abby Nicole (Psychology – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Ramani, Sanghamithra (Psychology – Biology Minor) †
Schywiola, Sarah Sedona (Psychology – Medical Physiology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Turchio, Vanessa Marie (Psychology) †
Van Dam, Grace (Psychology – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Watterson, Ashley Rose (Psychology) *
Whytock, Katelyn Craig (Psychology – Biology Minor) †
HONOURS – SCIENCE AND AVIATIONCen, Stanley (Science and Aviation – Management Studies Minor) *
Dolman, Jakob Harrison (Science and Aviation – Earth Sciences Minor)
Garde, Manon Amelia Judith (Science and Aviation – Earth Sciences Minor) *
Lee, Jong (Science and Aviation – Earth Sciences Minor)
Leonard, Christian Tyler (Science and Aviation – Earth Sciences Minor) *
Li, Ching-Han (Science and Aviation - Physics Specialization)
MacPherson, Derek William Lachlan (Science and Aviation/Geomatics Option – Earth Sciences Minor) †
Morris, Jonathan Edward (Science and Aviation/Geomatics Option – Earth Sciences Minor)
Ou, Vince Wenxi (Science and Aviation - Physics Specialization) †
Walker, Tyler Greenwood (Science and Aviation – Earth Sciences Minor, Chemistry Minor) *
HONOURS – SCIENCE AND BUSINESSAdada, Jad Mohamad (Science and Business – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Amann, Heather Sarah Sophie (Science and Business/ Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) †
Araneta, Regine Ann Caperocho (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Co-operative Program)
Babcock, Owen Daniel (Science and Business/Chemistry – Co-operative Program)
Bai, Xuanzhen (Science and Business – Economics Minor)
Bedecki, Steven Joseph (Science and Business – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Bularca, Vlad Tudor (Science and Business/Biology) *
Cao, Yongyi (Science and Business/Earth Sciences) †
Chan, Jiann Yeh (Science and Business) *
Chen, Huiyu (Science and Business/Chemistry)
Cheng, Katrina Bridget (Science and Business – Co-operative Program)
Cheng, Tiger Chi (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Chemistry Minor – Co-operative Program)
Chung, Esther Eun-Bin (Science and Business/Biology – Co-operative Program)
Damota, Maddison Abigail (Science and Business – Co-operative Program)
Dang, Bao Ngoc (Science and Business)
D’Antonio, Mia Alessia (Science and Business – Biology Minor) *
Davidson, Nicole Lesia-Marjorie (Science and Business – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Dewar, Rishi Avinash (Science and Business)
Dickinson, Neil Shaughnessy (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Biology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Djuric, Mateo (Science and Business – Chemistry Minor, Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Doak, Talon Jonathan (Science and Business – Co-operative Program)
Dong, Yi (Science and Business/Chemistry – Economics Minor)
Dosanjh, Jagroop Singh (Science and Business/Biology – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program) *
D’Souza, Lawrentina (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Fu, Zhaojunxiang (Science and Business – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Gill, Aman Singh (Science and Business – Co-operative Program)
Golbourne, Edana Sylvia (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Earth Sciences Minor – Co-operative Program)
Gorcea, Richard Sorin (Science and Business – Co-operative Program)
Henderson, Noah Alexander (Science and Business/Environmental Sciences – Co-operative Program) *
Ho, Don (Science and Business/Biochemistry)
Ho, Jocelyn Raphaela (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Co-operative Program)
Hoque, Tulika (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Class of 2021 Convocation Celebration / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO20
* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Husain, Aeliya (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Johnsen, Philip Raymond (Science and Business/Biology – Economics Minor, Chemistry Minor – Co-operative Program)
Kathirgamanathan, Vasuki (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Biology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Lan, Yunhui (Science and Business/Earth Sciences) *
Lee, Christine Michaela Sze Mun (Science and Business/Biochemistry)
Li, Caitlin Shun Yan (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Li, Xiao (Science and Business/Earth Sciences) †
Luu, Cindy (Science and Business – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Ma, Dennis Bohan (Science and Business/Environmental Sciences – Co-operative Program) *
MacDonell, McKayla Ashley (Science and Business/Biotechnology)
Mason, Clayton (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Chemistry Minor)
McCuaig, Matthew Vincent (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Co-operative Program)
Meerasa, Abida (Science and Business – Co-operative Program)
Michael, Breanna Lynn (Science and Business – Human Resources Management Minor – Co-operative Program)
Nanda, Krishma (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Earth Sciences Minor – Co-operative Program)
Nikawala, Dilsha Thathsarani (Science and Business/Biology)
Nocula, Alexandra Anna (Science and Business/Biology – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Owusu-Amoah, Crystal Awura-Ama Kosi (Science and Business – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Oyawoye, Azeezat Adeyoyin (Science and Business/Biotechnology) †
Paknys, Michael (Science and Business/Biology – Co-operative Program) †
Patel, Kruti Hareshkumar (Science and Business/Chemistry – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Paura, Juliana Maria (Science and Business)
Pierucci, Nicholas Thomas (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Porter, Mackenzie Marshall (Science and Business – Co-operative Program)
Radev, Radi Slavyanov (Science and Business – Co-operative Program)
Ramesh, Ashwinie (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Earth Sciences Minor – Co-operative Program)
Ravichandran, Jarsheni (Science and Business/Biology – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Rickert, Brian Jeffrey (Science and Business/Biology – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Rizvi, Maha (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Biology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Russell, James Benjamin (Science and Business – Biology Minor – Co-operative Program) †
Saadati-Khanshir, Sara (Science and Business/Environmental Sciences) *
Salam, Zarin Rowshni (Science and Business – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Selvalingam, Anjali (Science and Business/Biology – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Sharp, Alex (Science and Business/Biology – Co-operative Program) †
Sivamoorthi, Prathiba (Science and Business – Economics Minor, Biology Minor – Co-operative Program)
Skinner, Rawad (Science and Business/Chemistry – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Smondulak, Andrew (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Co-operative Program) †
Tomaini, Samuel James (Science and Business/Biochemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Torrance-Perks, Jamie Elsy Nancy (Science and Business – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Tripp, Samuel Scott (Science and Business – Co-operative Program) †
Trisic, Jocelyn Elizabeth (Science and Business/Chemistry – Co-operative Program) *
Turner, Caitlyn Erin (Science and Business – Co-operative Program) *
Vanyo, Erik Robert (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Wang, Zhi Mei (Science and Business – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program)
Wearring, Bevan Marshall (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Co-operative Program) *
Wojcik, Wojciech (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Co-operative Program)
Xu, Haoyu (Science and Business – Economics Minor)
Xu, Zimu (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Co-operative Program) *
Young, Nakaw Wunook Caleb (Science and Business/Biotechnology)
Young, Victoria (Science and Business – Co-operative Program) †
Yu, Connie Chinhui (Science and Business/Chemistry – Economics Minor – Co-operative Program) *
Zhang, Zi Jian (Science and Business/Biotechnology – Co-operative Program)
DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRYAhmed, Sherif Hassanein Mohamed *Alam, Sejutie *Arsenault, Christina Patricia May †Askarpoor, Maryam *Avraham, Sheni *Benipal, DilpreetBinnema, Jacob *Binnie, Allison Rachel *Birk, Kiranjot Singh *Bui, Joseph Trinh An *Capo, Sophia Rose *Carmichael, Sydney Elizabeth †Chen, Christina †Chong, Jessica Wai Yee †Churchill-Baird, EmmaCruickshank, Emily Rachel †Duimering, Jennifer Lynn †Easwaran, Kopikaa *Edgar, Amanda Brooke †Emery, Brittney *Gaw, Abigail Christina Suy †Giesbrecht, BryceGill, Harjit Singh *Guitard, Danielle Dominique †
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* – Distinction† – Dean’s Honours
Ha, Jessica †Hecht, Alexa Leigh *Hehl, Frances †Honey, Charlene Susan *Hong, Angeline †Hoy, Victoria Dana *Huang, Annie *Jankowski, Nicole Lauren †Jazzar, Emile M. †Juce, Marian Thea †Karmali, Alim *Kelly, Alicia Christina †Kim, Ki Huen MatthewKim, Song *Krall, Ashleigh Meghanne †Kwon, Carol Mijung *Lai, Lauren Wun-Leun *Lam, PatrickLeBlanc, Riley Michael †Li, HalinaLin, Shi Ni *MacDonald, Justin FrederickMikkelsen, Dana Nicole *Mok, Anthony *Morel, Phillippe Albert Edgar Denis †Motomura, Akemi Ann Yae †Nasser, Lana †Nguyen, Cindy *Nguyen, Nam *O’Reilly, Emily Charmaine *Parenteau, Taylor †Pham, Tai Manh *Porter, Maggie *Qiao, Joanne Han †Raguthevan, Vaakiny *Robinet, Bailey Mary Ann †Robinson, Melissa Beth †Sarabusky, Marie Angela *Sayegh, Christina Bishara †Schumacher, Stephanie Maria †Shan, Cindy †Shrimpton, Phillip Alexander *Singh, Amandeep *So, Raphaela Chuen-Shun *Stewart, Ann †Tabone, Lauren Luisa *Tailor, Shayna †Tay, Lisa †Thayaparan, Rekha *Tieu, Kevin Van-Kiet *Toresdahl, Austin William †Tsui, Hilman Vanessa †Vengadeswaran, AbhishekaVerrett, Jennifer Nicole †Viergutz, Olivia Claire †Wensman, Allison †West, ConnorWilcox, Courtney Ann *Yammine, Emilie *Yang, Hang †Zhang, Lisa *
DOCTOR OF PHARMACY
CO-OPERATIVE PROGRAMBajic, Niki *Chiu, Eveline Yuen Sze *Diebold, Jacqueline *Sun, Victoria Natalie *Trivedi, Bhumi M *Weber, Brittany
DIPLOMA IN CHINESE LANGUAGE ITran, Rebecca
DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTLeung, Angela San LinSteele, Alina Christine
DIPLOMA IN FRENCH LANGUAGE IDhuka, Muskaan MustaqLajoie, Isaac Marcel
DIPLOMA IN FRENCH LANGUAGE IILu, HelenSingh, AshleyTurchio, Vanessa MarieYoung-Hong, William
DIPLOMA IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE ISuh, Yunji
DIPLOMA IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE IITomkay, Brian Michael
DIPLOMA IN KOREAN LANGUAGE ILam, CarmenSharma, KamakshiTang, Ethel
DIPLOMA IN SPANISH LANGUAGE IIOke, Alyssa Abake
DIPLOMA IN SUSTAINABILITYCoxworthy, Andrea
CERTIFICATE IN CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION IN RESEARCHBeech, Isaac Benjamin LeboldDhaliwal, Navi KaurD’Souza, LawrentinaLee, Michelle KristenPallotto, Linda MarieSmith, Matthew Bruce
CERTIFICATE IN EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATIONBoonstra, Aaron JamesBularca, Vlad TudorCargill, Kristen Tatiana HopeHuynh, JennyJazar, DanaLee, Nicholas Wai-ManLi, Karen See-WaiMorris, Jonathan EdwardMusse, Ikran AbdurahmanO’Krafka, Margaret GracePatel, AnishaPatel, Pankti JitendraReid, Lindsay CarolSivaloganathan, ElackeyaTamrakar, SuraanTran, DianaWicks, Maria CatharinaWilliams, Evianne Emerald Shontae
CERTIFICATE IN GLOBAL EXPERIENCEHuang, Ching-LungMansour, Nada Nagui BouchraWang, Zhi Mei
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Outstanding Achievements
MEDALS AND AWARDS
UNIVERSITY FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S GOLD MEDALDoctoral Sofia Lendor (Fall 2020)
Master’s Ian Thomas George (Fall 2020)
THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO PRESIDENT’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCEHighest standing in an undergraduate degree program Victoria Grace Wilkes
THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ALUMNI GOLD MEDALOutstanding academic achievement Max Chemtov
VALEDICTORIANChinonso Uchechi Ekeanyanwu
AMIT AND MEENA CHAKMA AWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING BY A STUDENTDania Mohammad Abuleil
W.B. PEARSON MEDALCreative research as presented in a Doctoral thesis
Biology – Matthew Jordan McLeod
Chemistry – Remi Julian Ronald Casier
Earth and Environmental Sciences – Roberta Parigi
Optometry and Vision Science – Amritha Stalin (Fall 2020)
Pharmacy – Lokesh Narsineni (Spring 2020)
Physics and Astronomy – Laura Jacquelynne Henderson
DEAN OF SCIENCE AWARDSCreative research as presented in a Master’s thesis
Biology – Izabela Jasiak
Chemistry – Fiorella Villanueva Heldmaier
Earth and Environmental Sciences – Alexandra Kunert (Spring 2020)
Optometry and Vision Science – Amitojdeep Singh Brar
Physics and Astronomy – Ryan Robert Ferguson
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Waterloo brings home the gold
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S ALUMNI GOLD MEDAL RECIPIENTS!
YOU HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE, AND EVEN MORE TO ANTICIPATE
IN YOUR FUTURE AS UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ALUMNI.
Alumni Gold Medal recipients share in the pursuit
of discovery, so we created a lasting symbol to
honour their achievements.
Since 1970, Alumni Gold Medals have
graced the convocation gowns of our top
undergraduate and graduate students.
The Royal Canadian Mint produced these
medals in the past – but in the true spirit
of Waterloo, we’ve decided to make
them ourselves.
Carefully crafted on campus in state-of-the-
art labs, each medal is created out of nickel
superalloy using a 3D printer. The surface is
finished by hand to produce a brilliant shine.
Through the process of electroplating, the medal is then
coated in 24-carat gold. The result is a tribute to Waterloo’s
most accomplished graduates, made for each proud recipient
by members of the University community.
GO INSIDE THE LAB ATuwaterloo.ca/impact-stories/new-gold-medals
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