Higher Degree Ceremony Program

Department of Chemical Engineering

Man Liu (M.S.)
Dr. Ericka Redmond, Major Professor

Xiaoqi Liu (M.S) Aug. ’26
Dr. Ankita Juneja, Major Professor

Lalitha Subramanian (M.P.S.)
Dr. Ankita Juneja, Major Professor

Jingzhi Sun (M.S.)
Dr. Ankita Juneja, Major Professor

Weimin Xie (M.S.)
Dr. Bandaru Ramarao, Major Professor

 

Department of Chemistry

Alexandra Seitz (M.P.S.)
Dr. Ivan Gitsov, Major Professor

Chloe Wiley (M.P.S.)
Dr. Lee Newman, Major Professor

 

Department of Environmental Biology

Anna Beach (M.S.) 

Matthew Foli (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Emily Arsenault and Dr. John Farrell, Co-Major Professors

Aaron Hagman (M.S.)
Dr. Gregory McGee and Dr. Madeline Nyblade, Co-Major Professors 

Rhiannon Henderson (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Christopher Briggs and Dr. Cynthia Downs, Co-Major Professors

Nicholas Sanderson (M.S.)
Dr. Joshua Drew, Major Professor

Laurel Schuster (M.S.)
Dr. Gregory McGee, Major Professor

Chloe Wang (M.S.)
Dr. Joshua Drew, Major Professor

Caroline Witherspoon (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Gregory McGee, Major Professor

 

Division of Environmental Science

Amber Ballenger (M.S.)
Dr. Margaret Bryant and Dr. Kayira Jean, Co-Major Professors

Emily Bridgeford (M.S.)
Dr. Eun Kyung Lee, Major Professor

Celia Defrancisco (M.S.)
Dr. Douglas Daley, Major Professor

Peter Dominic (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Timothy Volk, Major Professor

Asha Hotaling (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Colin Beier and Dr. Hyatt Green, Co-Major Professors

Nevaeh Marshall (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Jean Kayira and Dr. Madeline Nyblade, Co-Major Professors

Ricardo Martinez (M.S.)
Dr. Mariela Cavo, Major Professor

Kshirajaa Ramesh (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Theresa Selfa and Dr. Stewart Diemont, Co-Major Professors

Giavanna Reed (M.P.S.)
Dr. Paul Crovella, Major Professor

Madeline Squarcia (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Jean Kayira, Major Professor

Joanna Ziegler (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Jamie Shinn, Major Professor

 

Department of Environmental Studies

Harrison Dengel (M.P.S.)
Dr. Paul Hirsch, Major Professor

Shannon Duerr (M.P.S.)
Dr. Patrice Kohl, Major Professor

Allison Ludlow (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Patrice Kohl and Dr. Michael Mikulewicz, Major Professor

 

Department of Landscape Architecture

Shaun Ahmad (M.L.A.)
Ellen White, Major Professor

Martin Benzinger (M.L.A.)
C. Thomas Hogge, Major Professor

Madeline Bollinger (M.L.A.)
Matthew Potteiger, Major Professor

Katlyn Brumfield (M.L.A.)
C. Thomas Hogge, Major Professor

Elizabeth Zayas (M.L.A.)
Jean Yang, Major Professor

 

Department of Sustainable Resources Management

Erica Albertson (M.S.)
Dr. Ruth Yanai, Major Professor

Annamarie Cross (M.S.) Aug. ’26
Dr. Danielle Kloster, Major Professor

Abinash Devkota (M.S.)
Eddie Bevilacqua, Major Professor

Jacob Levin (M.P.S.)
Dr. Jenny Frank, Major Professor

Maria Loughran (M.S.)
Dr. Andrew Vander Yacht, Major Professor

Sara Sternick (M.S.)
Dr. Ruth Yanai, Major Professor

Cody Wilkes (M.P.S.)
Dr. John Wagner, Major Professor

Edward Zellar (M.S.)
Dr. Richard Shaker, Major Professor

 

Department of Chemical Engineering

Jiaqi Huang
Lignocellulolytic Enzyme Cocktail for Integrated Production of Lactic Acid from Wheat Bran
Dr. Liu Shije, Major Professor

Jiae Ryu
Deep Eutectic Solvents for Advanced Utilization of Renewable Resources
Dr. Chang Geun Yoo, Major Professor

 

Department of Environmental Resources Engineering

Hanyue Yang
Factions: Deciphering Signals in the Wheat Rhizosphere
Dr. Yaqi You, Major Professor

 

Division of Environmental Science

Erin Hassett
Spatial Heterogeneity of Wetland Hydrology and Subsurface Biogenchemistry Affect Greenhouse has Fluxes: A Field-based and Modeling Approach
Dr. Timothy Morin, Major Professor

Geri Mae Tolentino
'Colonial Roots, Confined Blooms': Design, Interpretation, and the Production of Postcolonial Botanical Gardens in Luzon, Philippines
Dr. Aidan Ackerman and Dr. Shari Dann, Co-Major Professors

 

Department of Sustainable Resources Management

Anusha Lamsal
Assessing Community Vitality in the New York City Catskill-Delaware Watersheds: 25 Years Post Memorandum of Agreement
Dr. Rene Germain, Major Professor

 

---

 

Summer/Fall 2025

 

Department of Chemical Engineering

Tao Huang (M.S.)
Dr. Ericka Redmond, Major Professor

Aditi Verma (M.S.)
Dr. Deepak Kumar, Major Professor

 

Department of Environmental Biology

Peter Foley (M.P.S.)
Dr. Christopher Whipps, Major Professor

Justin Herne (M.S.)
Dr. Karin Limburg, Major Professor

Bryce Hopper (M.P.S.)
Dr. Michael Schummer, Major Professor

Jack Marshall (M.S.)
Dr. Emily Arsenault, Major Professor

Nicole McCoy (M.S.)
Dr. Rebecca Rundell, Major Professor

Maya Neisz Kutsch (M.S.)
Dr. Andrew Newhouse, Major Professor

Sydney Opel (M.S.)
Dr. Eliezer, Gurarie, Major Professor

Wesley Radford (M.S.)
Dr. Shannon Lynch, Major Professor

Tatiana Romero (M.P.S.)
Dr. Jonathan Cohen, Major Professor

Sophia Suriano (M.S.)
Dr. Shannon Lynch, Major Professor

 

Division of Environmental Resources Engineering

Isaac Godshalk (M.P.S.)
Dr. Douglas Daley, Major Professor

Liam Hawes (M.S.)
Dr. Stephen Shaw, Major Professor

 

Division of Environmental Science

Jenelle Booker (M.S.)
Dr. Emanuel Carter, Major Professor

Abigail Guinan (M.S.)
Dr. Madeline Nyblade, Major Professor

Jade Haumann (M.P.S.)
Dr. Madeline Nyblade, Major Professor

Alexandra Walls (M.S.)
Dr. Andrea Parker, Major Professor

 

Department of Environmental Studies

Katherine Lymberopoulos (M.S.)
Dr. Michael Mikulewicz, Major Professor

Jocelyn Scanlon (M.P.S)
Dr. Paul Hirsch, Major Professor

 

Department of Sustainable Resources Management

Ana Arreaga (M.S.)
Dr. John Drake, Major Professor

Ethan Cramton (M.F.)
Dr. Rene Germain, Major Professor

Emma Goertzen (M.F.)
Dr. Rene Germain, Major Professor

Shreya Koirala (M.S.)
Dr. Endong Wang, Major Professor

Margret Kuteesa (M.S.)
Dr. Obste Therasme, Major Professor

Olayinka Olaosebikan (M.S.)
Dr. Paul Crovella, Major Professor

Pabitra Singha Sagor (M.P.S.)
Dr. Mariela Cavo, Major Professor

 

 

Summer/Fall 2025

 

Department of Chemical Engineering

Md Shahadat Hossain
Sustainable Upcycling of Forest Residue Biomass into Bioplastics and Thermo-Responsive Nano-Adsorbents
Dr. Deepak Kumar, Major Professor

Anindita Paul
Transforming Industrial Hemp Waste Into Bioplastics for a Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy
Dr. Deepak Kumar, Major Professor

 

Department of Chemistry

Babatunde Olagunju
I: Synthesis of Fluorinated Steriod Compounds as Probes for Hedhehog Protein Processing II: Synthesis of 13C Labeled Probes for Bacterial Sterol Biosynthesis
Dr. Jose Giner, Major Professor

 

Department of Environmental Biology

Eaqan Chaudhry
Inferring Habitat Quality for the Imperiled New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) Through Diet and Physiological Health
Dr. Cynthia Downs, Major Professor

Abby Webster
Characterization of Attached Cyanobacteria and their Toxin Production in Nearshore Zones of Lentic Ecosystems
Dr. Roxanna Razavi, Major Professor

 

Department of Environmental Resource Engineering

Zhixin Wang
A Land Cover Land Use Classification Study on Product Accurate Deep Learning Methods Meta-Analysis, and Lightweight Deep Neural Networks Methods
Dr. Georgios Mountrakis, Major Professor

 

Self reported

Shaun Ahmad

• Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society

Amber Ballenger

• Sloan Fellowship

Martin Benzinger

• ESF Graduate Olmsted Scholar 2026

Emily Bridgeford

• Randolph G. Pack Scholarship Fellow

 

Abinash Devkota

• Future Forest Scholar Award, 2025 (Society of American Foresters)

Peter Dominic

• Fulbright Scholarship

Matthew Foli

• Society of Freshwater Science General Endowment Award

 

Abigail Guinan

• Randolph G. Pack Scholarship Recipient

Aaron Hagman

• Sloan Fellowship
• Graduate Diversity Fellowship

 

Jade Haumann  

• Sloan Fellowship
• Graduate Diversity Fellowship
• AISES First Scholar
• ESF Bob-Wolf Scholarship
  

 

Md Shahadat Hossain

• Edwin C. Jahn Award, 2023
• Student Fellowship from the New York State Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions, 2024 and 2025
• Alumni Memorial Scholarship, 2024
• Graduate Diversity Fellowship, 2025

 

Tao Huang

• Renata Marton Award presented by the Syracuse Pulp and Paper Foundation

Shreya Koirala

• Graduate Assistantship

Anusha Lamsal

• Society of American Foresters (SAF) Student Diversity Scholar, 2024
• The Kurt Gottschalk Science Fund; Student Presenter SAF; 2nd Place, 2023
• Eugene C. Farnsworth Fellowship, 2023
• Full Graduate scholarship by the Department of Sustainable Resources, 2021–25
• Erasmus Mundus Graduate Scholarship for MSc. Sustainable Tropical Forestry, 2018–20
• International Students Association (ISA), President, Fall 2024–Spring 2025
• ISA, Vice President, Fall 2023–Spring 2024
• Graduate Students Association, SRM Department Representative, Spring 2024–Spring 2025

Xiaoqi Liu

• The HP Brown Scholarship

Maria Loughran

• C. Eugene Farnsworth Fellowship, 2025 and 2026
• NYS Center of Excellence Healthy Water Solutions Fellowship, 2024

Nevaeh Marshall

• Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership

Ricardo Martinez

• Tropical Social Forestry Scholarship
• 2026 Young Delegate program Scholarship to Montreal

Maya Niesz Kutsch

• Gerald N. Lanier Memorial Scholarship, 2025

Babatunde Olagunju

• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award — Mighty Oak Student Assembly (MOSA), 2023

 

Olayinka Olaosebikan

• The Gutchess Lumber Scholarship Fund

Anindita Paul

• Renata Marton Award

Jiae Ryu

• AIChE Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division (FPB) Graduate Student Award Runner-up, 2025
• American Chemical Society Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholars Recognition Leadership in the Promotion of Mentoring, 2025 
• Forestry Products Division Student Travel Award 2023 AIChE, 2023

 

Laurel Schuster

• Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant

 

Sophia Suriano

• Robert A. Zabel Award, 2023 and 2025
• Lowe Wilcox Fellowship, 2024 and 2025
• Northern Nut Growers Research Grant

Geri Mae Tolentino

• CHED-Fulbright Ph.D. Scholarship

 

Aditi Verma

• Graduate Student Assistantship (throughout M.S. program)
• HP Brown Scholarship
• Professional Development Conference Grant

Caroline Witherspoon

• New England Botanical Society Graduate Student Research Award
• Torrey Botanical Society Graduate Fellowship
• Lowe/Wilcox Graduate Fellowship
• Ketchledge Scholarship
• GSA Research Grant
• Maxwell/Hanrahan Research Award
• American Bryological and Lichenological Society Travel Grant