OFFICE OF THE DEAN, DIVISION OF GRADUATE EDUCATION AND POSTDOCTORAL AFFAIRS
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ALL ACADEMICS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS AT UC SAN DIEGO, INCLUDING UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH
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Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal Recipients 2026 |
It is my pleasure to announce the 2026 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal recipients, a prestigious award recognizing exceptional doctoral research. Recipients of this award are chosen based upon the quality and creativity of the research as well as the clarity of the dissertation. All doctoral students who defended their dissertation and finalized their degree paperwork between April 2025 and March 2026 were eligible to be nominated. We are grateful to the graduate programs that submitted nominees, and to school and program leadership for their selection of the recipients.
2026 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal Awardees:
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- Yuwei Cheng, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science
- Camila Gonzalez Paz Paredes, School of Social Sciences
- Alexandre Guibert, Jacobs School of Engineering
- Evan Johnson, Jacobs School of Engineering
- Fabian Lim, School of Biological Sciences
- Ying Liu, School of Arts and Humanities
- Etienne Palos, School of Physical Sciences
- Sydney Smith, School of Medicine
- Pengcheng Zhang, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Please join me in congratulating these awardees!
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Judy Kim
Dean, Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs
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