It is our pleasure to announce the 2023 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal recipients.
In Spring 2013, Chancellor Khosla partnered with the Graduate and Professional Student Association to introduce the Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal as an opportunity to recognize outstanding doctoral research. Recipients of this prestigious award are chosen based upon the quality of academic research as determined by the impact of the research to the field and/or department; the insight, originality, and creativity shown by the author; the effectiveness of the writing, clarity and organization of the thesis; and the soundness of the methodology and quality of the data (when applicable).
Up to seven awards are bestowed annually based upon a review of faculty committees in the School of Arts and Humanities; the School of Biological Sciences including Health Sciences; Jacobs School of Engineering; the School of Physical Sciences; the School of Social Sciences, including Rady School of Management and the School of Global Policy and Strategy; the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science.
2023 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal Awardees
- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science: Nabamallika Dehingia, Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health
- Jacobs School of Engineering: Yue Qin, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- School of Arts and Humanities: Marianna Hovhannisyan, Visual Arts
- School of Biological Sciences: Jinhao (“Albert”) Xu, Cell and Development Biology
- School of Physical Sciences: Akhil Premkumar, Physics
- School of Social Sciences: Daegyeong (“D.G.”) Kim, Political Science
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Ariel Pezner, Oceanography
Medal recipients will be recognized at a luncheon on Thursday, June 1 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Faculty Club, and at the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs Doctoral/Master of Fine Arts Commencement on Saturday, June 17 at 4 – 6 p.m.
