Degree Program: Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics, B.S.
Department: Biomolecular Engineering
Hometown: Pomona, CA
“The thing I’ll miss most is working in Professor Rebecca DuBois’s Lab. I’m grateful for all the support and encouragement I received while conducting research in her lab.”
Degree Program: Applied Mathematics, Ph.D.
Department: Applied Mathematics
Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Graduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Advisor: Daniele Venturi
“As a researcher, I am constantly trying to think of new ideas. Most of them take a lot of effort to explore and oftentimes they do not work. One day, I decided to carry out an idea that had popped into my head. I quickly coded it into my computer and pressed “run.” I sat there and watched the animations appear on the screen, proving that my new idea worked even better than I had anticipated. It was such a good feeling to achieve this research breakthrough from an original idea.”
UC Santa Cruz alum and NASA engineer Alexandra Holloway will provide remarks to the 25th class of Baskin Engineers during the June 17th Slug Crossing commencement event.
Network and digital technology alumna Sangeetha Mandyam Komar Baker’s career has been full of unique opportunities—one being the chance to work on the world’s first 3D-printed rocket—allowing her to apply technological innovation to drive social impact.
UC Santa Cruz alumna and Google software engineer Jennifer Bevan has spent her post-Baskin Engineering career revolutionizing software engineering testing applications and tools to improve product efficiency and accessibility.
Alumnus and entrepreneur Michael Hilton’s trailblazing tech career has led him back to his alma mater in more ways than one, with both of his companies’ technologies being adopted by the UC system and serving as a member of the Baskin Engineering Dean’s Council.
Aviv Elor, UCSC alumnus and co-founder of Immergo Labs, has been selected as one of Santa Cruz Works 2022 Titans of Tech finalists.
Immergo Labs, founded in 2020, provides an affordable, accessible, and immersive telehealth physical therapy care platform.
Degree Program: Serious Games, M.S.
Graduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Department: Computational Media
“I wanted to get an M.S. in serious games because I want to make games that explore topics important to me, such as climate change and mental health. I think these topics need more recognition in the media, and what better way to show it than through interactive media?”
Baskin Engineering’s 2022 distinguished graduate student alumnus Brian Levine credits his time at UC Santa Cruz for giving him the tools to become a life-long educator and socially impactful researcher.
Baskin Engineering alumnus Raghav Chaudhary applied the machine learning and natural language processing skills he learned in the NLP MS program to develop and sell his startup in just five months.
Degree Program: Computer Science B.S.
Graduate Institution: Attending Harvard fall 2021, M.E. Computational Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown: San Jose, CA
“I’m really grateful for all the resources I had at Baskin Engineering and the faculty who helped me along the way.”