2021 HONORS RECIPIENTS
(students graduating Summer 2020 thru Spring 2021)
(click here for a description of the awards)
*note that students with Latin Honors listed (Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude) final decisions are made after Spring quarter, this list reflects winter grades
| Andrea Isabel Ronquillo Aguilar (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Ciaran Padraic Aguirre-Stanton (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Henry Mahmoud Amir (P and M) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Outstanding Graduating Senior Service Award |
| Tanios Samir Ayoub (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Cum Laude |
| Daniel Azarian (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Hongyi Bao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Zaira Jaqueline Barrera (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award (2020), Michael E. Gebel Award |
| Ana Belen Barrionuevo (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Cum Laude |
| Behrad Bashirtash (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Yang Bi (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry Award |
| Nolan Richard Bonnie (M) | Campuswide Honors |
| Lucas Ray Booher (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa (2020), Magna Cum Laude |
| Hai Bui (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Dino-Mikael Velasco Bunag (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Christine Dolores Caro (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Juylance Cen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Lori Cha (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics |
| Joshua Chang (P and M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Cum Laude |
| Minhanh Ngoc Chau (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Feiyu Chen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics |
| Jiayang Chen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Magna Cum Laude |
| Kai Chen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Joey Jo-Yee Cheng (C and M) | Honors in Chemistry, Michael E. Gebel Award (2020), Campuswide Honors |
| Lin Cheng (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Zhong Cheng (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Tianshu Chu (M and P) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Abigail Feng Xiao Chua (M) | Campuswide Honors, |
| Brian Nhan Thien Chung (E) | Honors in Earth System Science, Outstanding Undergraduate Research, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Crystal Chung (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, American Institute of Chemists Award |
| Jiahan Cong (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Thomas Joshua Cross (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, American Institute of Chemists Award (2020) |
| Elvira Cruz-Cruz (P) | Outstanding Graduating Senior Service Award |
| Longxiang Dai (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Lucy Anna Davis (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Daniel Christian De La Cruz (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Destiny De La O (E and C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Alphonse Gia Phong Do (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Nhan Thanh Doan (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Jiafeng Du (P and M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Taeyoung Em (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Howard Tucker Award, Magna Cum Laude |
| Ira Esserman (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Jiaxi Fang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Yudong Fang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Vesta Farahmand (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Cum Laude |
| Michelle Marie Ficht (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Outstanding Graduating Senior Research Award, Phi Beta Kappa (2020), Magna Cum Laude |
| Alessandra Katrina Flaherty (E and C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Outstanding Senior in Earth System Science, Phi Beta Kappa (2020), Magna Cum Laude |
| Brian Fong (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Cum Laude |
| Kyler Pon Frazier (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics, Magna Cum Laude |
| Madeleine Judith Frey (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award |
| Xavier Ignatius Flores Gacula (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Jonathan Galicia (C) | Michael E. Gebel Award, American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award |
| Lixin Gao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Ying Gao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Ofek Gila (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Summa Cum Laude |
| Clarisa Gomez (ENSP) | Cum Laude |
| Joe Christopher Gonzales (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Undergraduate Research/Departmental Service Award (2020), Undergraduate Research/Departmental Service Award (2021), Cum Laude |
| Carsen Jeffrey Gore (P and M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Outstanding Senior in Physics, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude |
| Siyuan Gu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Hongfei Guo (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Jasmine Anastasia Gutierrez (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry, Campuswide Honors, Cum Laude |
| Matthew Gutierrez (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Campuswide Honors |
| Nima Ryan Hadidi (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Justin Emad Hanna (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Erik Christian Hansen (P and M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics, Honors in Mathematics, Campuswide Honors, Phi Beta Kappa (2020), Summa Cum Laude |
| Mario Raul Hernandez Quezada (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Linh Yen Hoang (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Wenxuan Hong (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| William Yuhan Hou (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Ziyi Hu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Amy Kim Hua (C) | American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry Award, Campuswide Honors |
| Yifeng Huang (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Magna Cum Laude |
| Omar Hatem Ibrahim (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Romeo Ligason Iii Ignacio (M) | Phi Beta Kappa |
| Justin Jacob (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Jingyou Jiang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Nan Jiang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Samantha Emily Joe (ENSP) | Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Ashley Jawdat Kasem (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Romesa Khan (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry |
| Carlton Sangmin Kim (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Caroline Lee (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Katharine Lee (M) | Campuswide Honors |
| Caleb Marcus Leinz (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics |
| Jiayi Li (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Tianyi Li (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Yanhe Li (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Bowen Liao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Junfeng Lin (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Yiming Lin (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Magna Cum Laude |
| Haohan Liu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Jerry Jun-Jie Liu (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Jiayi Liu (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Cum Laude |
| Tongtong Liu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Xinran Liu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Magna Cum Laude |
| Zhuoran Liu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Tian Lu (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Magna Cum Laude |
| Tiying Lu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Wei Lu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics |
| Zongyue Lu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Jiayi Luo (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Yi Luo (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Delon Kong-Meng Ly (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Fanglin Ma (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Joseph Andrew Machulcz (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Cum Laude |
| Christopher Tyler Mack (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Jahnavi Maddhuri (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Zhiyu Man (P and M) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Zilin Mao (M and P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Javier Martin (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Damien William Mcguire (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Kylie Danielle Mcguire (E) | Cum Laude |
| Ashley Lynn Mcmahan (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Summa Cum Laude |
| Leonard Jr. Megliola (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathetics, Howard Tucker Award, Cum Laude |
| Anthony Meza (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Maria Rebecca and Maureen Bellettini Award (2019), Undergraduate Research/Departmental Service Award, Summa Cum Laude |
| Alicia Nicole Mills (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa (2020), Cum Laude |
| Junyu Nan (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Bao Phuong Nguyen (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Minh Anh Nguyen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Phuong Doan Nguyen (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Quoc-Huy Ngoc Nguyen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude |
| Simon Dovan Nguyen (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics |
| Van Hong Nguyen (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| William Linh Nguyen (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Anthony Jon Ochoa (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Kaylei Renee O'Connor (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Shing Lee Ou (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Ryan Owings (E) | Phi Beta Kappa |
| Chanhyuk Park (P and M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics, Cum Laude |
| David Christopher Pecoraro (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Emily Pelayo (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Jessica Perez (ENSP) | Phi Beta Kappa |
| Cassidy Ly Pham (M) | Phi Beta Kappa |
| Vy Hong Pham (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry Certificate of Excellence (2019), Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Arthur Vladimirovich Pishenko (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, CRC Press Freshmen Chemistry Award (2018), Magna Cum Laude |
| Nathan Thomas Potter (ENSP) | Cum Laude |
| Tianyi Qian (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Yi Qiao (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Yupei Qin (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Ruijie Rao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Yi Ren (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Jaime Arturo Iii Romero (M) | Campuswide Honors |
| Haowen Rui (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Crystal Ryan (ENSP) | Robert Doedens Undergraduate Achievement Award (2020) |
| Nicholas Wolfgang Schottle (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Kai Alexander Senda (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Linkai Shao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Zhe Shao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Yuxin Shen (M) | Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Donghong Shi (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Xinze Shi (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Al Snow (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics, Campuswide Honors, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Yilun Song (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Norman Aleksei Soto (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Sharon Emily Stone (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honors in Chemistry |
| Chad Jarrod Stowe (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Baiwei Sun (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Yongfei Tan (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Landon Scott Taylor (C) | Honors in Chemistry |
| Tran H. To (ENSP) | Cum Laude |
| Quynh Ton (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Outstanding Senior in Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude |
| Daohang Tong (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Jose Ulises Torres (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Michael Toai Trinh (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Orange County American Chemical Society Award, Magna Cum Laude |
| Jeffrey Pham Tu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Lissette Veronica Umanzor (ENSP) | Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Cassandra Duyen Vo (ENSP) | Physical Sciences Undergraduate Achievement Award (2020), Outstanding Senior in Environmental Science and Policy, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude |
| Emily Thai-Vy Vu (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Brooke Elizabeth Waechtler (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Jacqueline Joy Wahlberg (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Anni Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude |
| Chenxi Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Congjie Wang (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Dawei Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Luobin Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Weiying Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Yifei Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Yihan Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Ziyue Wang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Matthew Cacho Watkins (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Cum Laude |
| Marcus Clark Wong (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Honors in Physics |
| Huajie Wu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Yu Chen Wu (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Campuswide Honors, Phi Beta Kappa |
| Yuetong Wu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Mathematics |
| Zhaoyu Wu (P and M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Maria Rebecca and Maureen Bellettini Award (2019), Cum Laude |
| Yu Xia (AP) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Magna Cum Laude |
| Wenyuan Xiang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Songchen Xie (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Yuzheng Xie (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Tuo Xiong (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Summa Cum Laude |
| Chenjun Xu (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Haoran Xu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Jiayin Xu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Yiduo Xu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Yuyang Xu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Xiaozhe Yang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Summa Cum Laude |
| Yuyan Yao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Ziqi Yao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Wenjie Ye (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Shan Yu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Tingting Yun (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Summa Cum Laude |
| Cheng Zhang (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Jiayi Zhang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Junhao Zhang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude |
| Kimberly Zhang (C and M) | Phi Lambda Upsilon, Pi Mu Epsilon, Honors in Chemistry, Chancellor's Award of Distinction, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research (2020), Physical Sciences Undergraduate Achievement Award (2019), Orange County American Chemical Society Award (2019), American Chemical Society Division of Physical Chemistry Award, Campuswide Honors, Phi Beta Kappa (2019), Don L. Bunker Award, Magna Cum Laude |
| Tianyue Zhang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Summa Cum Laude |
| Yuwei Zhang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Ziling Zhang (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Chenyu Zhao (C) | Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Xinzhuo Zhao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Yuzhou Zhao (P) | Sigma Pi Sigma, Cum Laude |
| Zekai Zhao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Outstanding Senior in Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude |
| Zhe Zhao (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Magna Cum Laude |
| Qianyu Zheng (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
| Yawen Zheng (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon, Cum Laude |
| Xiaoyi Zhu (M) | Pi Mu Epsilon |
AP= Applied Physics, C=Chemistry, E=Earth System Science, ENSP=Environmental Science and Policy, M=Mathematics, N=Environmental Science, P=Physics
(students who wish to have their name removed from this list should contact Student Affairs and email pssazot@uci.edu