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Spring 2021 Graduates

On Saturday, May 8, 2021 LSU Physics & Astronomy welcomed 8 new PhD and 9 BS graduates who received their diplomas at the Maddox Fieldhouse.

Spring 2021 PhD Graduates 

David Alspaugh with advisor Daniel Sheehy “Majorana Quasiparticles in Topological Material Interfaces.”

Narayan Bhusal with advisor Omar Magaña-Loaiza “Smart Quantum Technologies using Photons.”

Anthony Brady with advisor Ivan Agullo and the late Jonathan P. Dowling “Applications of Quantum Optics: From the Quantum Internet to Analogue Gravity.”

Ramakanta Chapai with advisor Rongying Jin “Topological Properties in Selected Transition-Metal Pnictides and Chalcogenides.”

Kahlil Dixon with Thomas Corbitt and the late Jonathan P. Dowling “Optomechanical Quantum Entanglement.”

Sumeet Khatri with advisor Mark Wilde “Towards a General Framework for Practical Quantum Network Protocols.”

Kunal Sharma with advisor Mark Wilde “Energy-Constrained Distinguishability Measures for Assessing Performance in Quantum Information Processing.”

Siddharth Soni with advisor Gabriela González “Identification and Reduction of Scattered Light Noise in LIGO.”

2021 BS in Physics Graduates 

Chloe Carmela Feuer DiTusa, Magna Cum Laude 

Noel Levi Dudeck, Summa Cum Laude, BS physics and mathematics 

Karli Hall, Summa Cum Laude 

Oleksandr Maksymovy Molchanov, Summa Cum Laude, žŸ Medal for “Highest Academic Achievement”  

Alexander Jerry Paul-Torres 

Haley Elizabeth Pellegrin, Summa Cum Laude 

Constance Victoria Schaefer 

Gabriella Alea Townsley 

Han-Hsuan Wu, Summa Cum Laude, LSU Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher

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Contact:  Mimi LaValle

LSU Physics & Astronomy

225-439-5633

mlavall@lsu.edu