University of Maryland Graduate School

The Graduate School and the Graduate Student Association would once more like to congratulate all of the students who became PhD candidates in 2018, and thank those that participated in the Advancement to Candidacy Ceremony on March 15, 2019.

During the ceremony, candidates and the audience were treated to remarks from the 2018-19 GSA President, Megan Lynch, and recent UMB alumna, Dr. Megan Moorer. Both congratulated the new candidates on their hard work and dedication to reaching this milestone in their academic careers, and Dr. Moorer shared some motivational tips to succeed through your thesis work. Afterwards, the candidates and their faculty mentors were individually recognized as they received their certificates and portfolios from Megan Lynch and Dr. Erin Golembewski, Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School. The candidates that were recognized at the ceremony are listed below:

Sam Bacharach - Neuroscience

Bashayer Baras - Biomedical Science

Meredid Caves - Nursing

Amy Defnet - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Anna Dellomo - Molecular Medicine

Aakash Bipin Gandhi - Pharmaceutical Health Services Research

Talia Guardia - Molecular Medicine

Utsav Gyawali - Neuroscience

Myeunghee Han - Nursing

Maria Ibrahim - Biomedical Science

David Langan - Microbiology and Immunology

Jonelle Lee - Molecular Medicine

Yuwei Lu - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ashley Marquardt - Neuroscience

Hanover Matz - Microbiology and Immunology

Heather Mutchie - Gerontology

Emily Smith - Microbiology and Immunology

Emily Stucke - Epidemology

Tyree Wilson - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ava Zapf - Molecular Medicine

Qingzhao Zhang - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Albert Zhou - Human Genetics

Congratulations to all students who achieved candidacy in 2018!

Alyssa Grogan