School of Humanities and Sciences
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Debadri Das
Ph.D. Student in Applied Physics, admitted Autumn 2021
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsX-Ray Science; Atomic,Molecular and Optical Science; Quantum Information Science
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Casey Decosto
Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, admitted Autumn 2021
BioCassandra (Casey) Mendoza Decosto (she/they) is a proud first-generation Filipina American from Los Angeles, California. A Pasadena City College alumna who transferred to CSU-Los Angeles, she previously studied singlet-oxygen photochemistry with Prof. Matthias Selke. Now, as a Chemistry Ph.D. candidate in Prof. Laura Dassama’s lab, she leverages bioinformatic and biochemical approaches to discover novel proteins that drive metabolite trafficking, membrane remodeling, and antibiotic evasion in bacterial pathogens such as Treponema pallidum. As a CBI ChEM-H and EDGE fellow, Casey works to increase educational and research access on and off campus through programs like Stanford’s Community College Outreach Program (CCOP).
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Chunyang Ding
Ph.D. Student in Physics, admitted Summer 2023
BioChunyang Ding is a physicist working on novel implementations of quantum computing, currently living in Redwood City, CA. He graduated from Yale University with a B.S. in Physics (Intensive), and had worked in the labs of Professors Michel Devoret (superconducting qubits, microwave resonators), Nir Navon (ultracold atoms, MOT for Potassium), and Marla Geha (satelite galaxies, statistical analysis). He was previously an associate physicist at IonQ, a trapped ion quantum computing startup associated with Chris Monroe and Jungsang Kim, and is now a PhD student at Stanford/University of Chicago, working on novel fluxonium gate schemes in the lab of Professor David Schuster.
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Tristram O'Brien Dodge
Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2021
BioI'm a PhD student in the Schumer Lab, interested in adaptation, hybridization, genome structure, and conservation.
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Chris East
Ph.D. Student in Music, admitted Autumn 2024
BioChris East is a PhD student in musicology at Stanford University. He studies early twentieth-century Russian ballet music, with a particular focus on the music of Igor Stravinsky.
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Kennii Ekundayo
Ph.D. Student in Art History, admitted Autumn 2024
BioKehinde “Kennii” Ekundayo is an independent curator specializing in global contemporary art. Since 2017, she has curated exhibitions in her home country, Nigeria, and internationally, working with artists, institutions, and collections alike to realize highly publicized projects. Of particular note is "Idi Owena," a 63-year-spanning retrospective exhibition on Bruce Onobrakpeya’s artistry at the San Diego State University Gallery in Spring '22.
Ekundayo's current research is focused on the responses of under-represented and/or understudied artists to issues of conflict, forced migration, and environmentalism--three subjects which have proven critical to shaping the course of the millennium. Her research is particularly directed at (the activities of) refugee artists who have resettled in the United States since 1990 to date, delineating their contributions to contemporary art theory. She is also interested in the evolution of artistic processes over time, exploring artistic interpretations of human connections, and examining relationships between art and place.
Her MA thesis titled, “Retelling the Story of Place: Aestheticizing the Double Jeopardy of Flooding in Brazil and Nigeria” is a comparative analysis of artistic interventions to the flood disasters in Brazil and Nigeria. Her writings have appeared across exhibition catalogs and academic publication. -
Shaghayegh Fazliani
Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, admitted Autumn 2021
BioShaghayegh, my first name, means red poppy in Persian. Here in the US, I go with 'Shay' as a nickname since Shaghayegh might be hard to pronounce! I graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Sharif University of Technology, focusing on pure mathematics. As of September 2021, I'll be a mathematics graduate student at Stanford University.
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Stephanie Fischer
Ph.D. Student in Earth System Science, admitted Autumn 2022
Ph.D. Minor, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Grad OCT, Hume CenterBioStephanie Fischer (she/her) is a Ph.D. Candidate with the Behavioral Decisions and the Environment group with Dr. Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, and is a Ph.D. minor with the Center for Comparative Studies of Race and Ethnicity. She is largely interested in community-led solutions that bolster adaptive capacity in the face of acute disasters and chronic climate hazards, and the ways culture and identity play a pivotal role in achieving holistic well-being and transformative climate justice.
Stephanie also holds a B.A. in Music Composition and a B.A. in Earth Systems (Human Environmental Systems) from Stanford University. -
James Flynn
Ph.D. Student in Classics, admitted Autumn 2023
Master of Arts Student in Religious Studies, admitted Autumn 2024
Greek Language Tutor, ClassicsCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsJames Flynn is a PhD student in Ancient History. He focuses on the political, economic, and religious history of ancient Greece, and on connections with other contemporary societies, particularly ancient India. He is interested in the role of religion in legitimizing political institutions from a comparative perspective, and in the subordination of religion to political authority in the Greek poleis. For his undergraduate thesis at Brown, he compared trends among Hellenistic philosophers and Indian ascetics of withdrawal from society. For his Master’s capstone project at Yale, he wrote about the historical impact of climate change on 1st century BCE South Asia. He is concurrently pursing a second MA in religious studies, with a focus on Indian religions, and he studies the languages Sanskrit and Pali in addition to Latin and Greek. He is interested in using epigraphy and papyrology for historical sources. He is also interested in applying social scientific methods to large, cross-cultural datasets, looking for long-term trends in ancient history.
