Physics Outcomes

Our Alumnae/i

Graduates of ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï's physics program have gone on to a wide variety of successful careers in academia, medicine, research, finance, science communication and outreach, engineering, software development, and law.

Following in the footsteps of their professors at ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï, many alums have embarked on teaching careers of their own including physics professors at Mount Holyoke, Middlebury College, Georgia Tech, and even Bryn Mawr College (Hi Kate)! Recent students have gone on to do graduate work in physics or engineering at institutions, including Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, U. Penn, MIT, and Duke.  A close connection between current physics majors and alumni is vital for encouraging students to continue their educations in physics and science past undergrad. 

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Where our Graduates Go

Check out what our physics graduates are doing on LinkedIn!

Senior Systems Engineer at Meta | Associate Professor of Physics at Mount Holyoke College | Lead Full Stack Engineer at BNY Mellon | Senior Data Scientist at Lineage Logistics | MBA Candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Business | Physicist and Quantum Sensors Group Leader at MITRE

Physics and Robotics Teacher at Rising Tide Charter School | Systems Engineer at RRAI | Head of Data Science at Cirium | Doctoral Candidate at Columbia University | Quantum Technology Lead and Research Scientist at Leidos | Laser Development Engineer at Coherent Inc.

Lab Manager at Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Research Physicist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | Software Engineer at Salesforce | Physics Teacher at Lake Forest High School | Senior Systems Safety Engineer at Pratt and Whitney | Roboticist, Software Engineer, and Toy Maker at Vonigi

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Class of 2020 & 2021

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Historical Record of Physics Graduates

Class of 2019

Leah Baker
Nora Dell
Ankitha Kannad
Hyunjung Kim
Sophia Kim
Chenyue Li
Jiayi Lin
Fiona McCluskey
Xiran Xu

Class of 2018

Juhi Aggarwal
Jessica Breet
Raina Crawford
Liam Douglas-Mann
Leyla Fahim
Codie Fiedler Kawaguchi
Carrie Filion
Eli Fisher
Nicole Gildea
Hannah Griggs
Hayley Johnson
Cheryl Liu
Chelsea Thangavelu
Cassie Wang
Claire Wang
Ying Yan

Class of 2017

Brittney Beidelman
​Carol Bowe
Sarah Brown
Miranda Canilang
​Rebecca Craig
Lauren Dana
Tristan Dong
Alena Klindziuk
Lindsey Marinello
​Ilisha Ramachandran
​Yilun Tang

Class of 2016

Georgia Griggs
Hannah Hastings
Georgia Piatt
Erica Schulman
Rebecca Thayil
Ting Xu

Class of 2015

Orsola Capovilla-Searle
Wenqi Duan
Rachel Feynman
Danqi Luo
Alisha Pandit
Zhuyun Xiao

Class of 2014

Estella Barbosa
Morgan Fine-Morris
Xilei Kuang
Bingqing Li
Srividya Suresh
Shuoying Yang

Class of 2013

Tonima Ananna
Ana Cordova
Hye Lee
Jiabin Liu
Hosanna Odhner
Leigh Schaefer
Soraya Terrab
Anne Woepse
Qian Wu

Class of 2012

Holly Brunner
Katherine Cushing
Valerie Galstad
Genevieve Gish Allouche
Noara Razzak
Han-Chang Yang

Class of 2011

Stoyana Alexandrova
Laura Corhan
Allison Fink
Clarah Lelei
Linnea Segen
Hannah Staley
Emma Wisniewski-Barker

Class of 2010

Emily Altiere
Nadia Bolis
Meghan Mahoney
Bonnie Schmittberger
Evan Schneider

Class of 2009

Deborah Farrington
Faith Pilacik
Laura Popa

Class of 2008

Trisha Ashley
Shirley Chen
Heather Gage
Candacia Greeman
Laura Gudorf
Rohini Kamal
Adaobi Stephanie Kanu
Ashley Stockholm
Yingzi Wang

Class of 2007

Claire Davy
Christine Forsyth
Mari Hsu
Alice Kaufman
Megan York

Class of 2006

Ekua Bentil
Sarah Kelsall
Mary Lyon
Rebecca Pouy
Phoebe Seiders
Hillary Smith

Class of 2005

Kayla Gaydosh
Amie Peter
Shubha Sunder

Class of 2004

Sierra Laidman
Adrienne Leonard
Kerstin Nordstrom
Laurel Rachmeler
Jessie Rosenberg
Jennifer Vaughan

Class of 2003

Emily Barrentine
Nishat Hasan
Mary Kutteruf
Aline McNaull
Tamera Metz
Emily Osiecki

Class of 2002

Elizabeth Allocoo
Anne Goodsell
Emma Haddad
Maria Herd
Elizabeth Hofman
Eliesa Ing
Ellen Kruger
Creence Lin
Kristine Snyder
Erin Voss

Class of 2001

Sarah Bauer
Shin Grace Chou
Katharine Claringbould
Emily Engler
April Giandomenico
Carolyn Kuranz
Jennifer Los
Laura Mehrmanesh
Carol Paty
Lauren Schiller
Rebecca Thompson
Abigail Youngblood

Class of 2000

Nicole Bliss
Kendra Burbank
Kay Chanda
Laura Costello
Megan Downes
Beth Lindsey
Edina Sarajlic
Lindsay Moore
Nina Pandey
Jennifer Schnur 

Class of 1999

Carolina Artacho Guerra
Jessica Ree
Erin Slonaker
Karla Solheim
Anika Toruella 

Class of 1998

Emily Bell
Christina Erwin
Heather Fleming
Kari Horney
Padmini Menu
Rachel Soltis
Jessica Turner
Melinda Nickelson
Alice Towey
Anna Winfield

Class of 1997

Chastity Bedone
Derya Davis
Jordana Golden
Melissa Green
Jessica Grochocinski 
Matty Lau
Eunice Lee
Mon Thiri Myaing
Taryn Nihei
Karen Patwa
Emma Stellman
Lidija Sekaric
Yvonne Tai
Tracy Weber
Heather White 

Class of 1996

Karyn Folland
Sandra Larese
Eileen Lau
Jennifer Lotz
Katherine Martin
Jennifer Mosher
Emily Peterson
Vada Seccareccia
Laura Sivitz
Eleanor Warfield

​Class of 1995

Catherine Herne
Maria Ikenberry
Rochelle Lao
Kyoko Ohashi
Patricia Purdue
Joli Rightmyer
Makiko Sakai
Amy Sutton Forbes (nee Sutton)

Class of 1994

Hania Al-Hallaq
Adrien Allen
Tamara Buell
Neeta Ginde
Jennifer Grossman
Susan Keener
Elizabeth Mennella
Elizabeth Niemeyer
Tanya Ramond
Eliza Stefaniw

Class of 1993

Elizabeth Courtenay
Christina Iwata Mary Beth Janicki
Alicia Kloessel
Jennifer Krawutschke
Carla Levy
Linette Prawirodirdjo
Celene Smith

Class of 1992

Amina Ali
Lisa Everett
Stephanie Goellner
Christine Johnson
Deborah Murphy
Lisa Pollack
Lakshmi Sadasiv
Pearl Tesler
Alison Townsend
Zoe Williams

Class of 1991

Miriam Allersma
Anne Gershenson
Mary Ellen Hunt
Juliet Mervis

Class of 1990

Cynthia Blue
Jennifer Finnelli (nee Brereton)
Anne Fry
Ying Fung
Minna Mahlab
Shabnam Merchant-Both (nee Merchant)
Roxanne James-Kelsey (nee James)
Despo Louca

Class of 1989

Michelle Charles
Sonya Dutkewych
Sarah Elsing
Ellen Kohler
Angela Lee
Annis Porter
Kavitha Ram
Jean Schultz
Meeyong Yoon

Class of 1988

Audrey Hill
Maggie Lee
Shanti Satyapal
Julie Sherida

Class of 1987

Jinane Abounadi 
Yung Mi Choi 
Angela Johnson
Joanna Lee 
Joanna Muench 
Eun Park 
Shobita Satyapal
​Cynthia Schwartz
Laura Smilowitz
Jingqi Yang 

Class of 1986

Jee Sun Oh 
Lauree Shampine 
Stella Moreau (Young)  

Class of 1985

Tammy Isaacs 
Pamela Chu 
Emily Gallagher (nee Fisch) 
Shuk-Yee Ho 
Tina Mello 
Manjula Lusti-Narasimhan (nee Narasimhan) 
Patricia Olney 
Elizabeth Potemra 
Aurora Vicens  

Class of 1984

Angela Cheung 
Ruth Herzog 
Cherise Holtz 
Tammy Maeda 
Catherine Searle  
Michele Walters  

Class of 1983

Samina Bokhari 
Meg Carrington 
Michele Donavan 
Florence Fusco 
Eun-Mee Hong (nee Oh) 
Ann O'Neill 
Su-Nin Stenger-Liu (nee Liu) 
Lynn Urbach 
Lisa Woodings  

Class of 1982

Melodie Burford 
Lois Hoffer 
Swee Lian Tan  

Class of 1981

Mary Maeda Whitaker (nee Maeda) 
Joan Sulecki  

Class of 1980

Meigan Aronson 
Kathleen Dyer 
Wei Chun Goh 
Denise Kim-Kusner (nee Kim) 
Ann Murney
Rebecca Ross 
Elizabeth Cumming (nee Waring)  

Class of 1979

Anne Balant-Campbell (nee Balant) 
Vicki Brady (nee Guerra)  

Class of 1978

Alice Brown
Mita Forsyth (nee Gupta)
Marilyn Newhouse
Julie Stone
Anne Wehrle  

Class of 1977

Nan Herbert 
Janet Hoffman 
Mary Claire Larkin 
Cheryl Mills 
Diane Lewis (nee Soberman) 

Class of 1976

Vallorie Peridier (nee Batchelder) 
Valerie Rosetti 

Class of 1975

Ann Bark 
Anna Balazs 
Jane Vvedensky (nee Martini) 

Class of 1974

Delores Pretorius 

Class of 1973

Alice Kust 
Darya Turkevitch 

Class of 1971

Eva Kopal
Alice Leich 
Anne Young

Class of 1970

Ayse Erzan 
Jade Li 
Christine Nichols 
Barbara Sindel 

Class of 1969

Barbara Ann Webster 

Class of 1968

Joyce Gregory (nee Monard) 
Marion Szebenyi (nee Evans) 
Susan Powers (nee Cree) 

Class of 1967

Susan Ames 
Mavis Cauffman (nee George) 
Fredericka Smith (nee Emrich) 

Class of 1966

Elaine Oran (nee Surick) 
Jean Paoletti (nee Hiles) 

Class of 1965

Alexandra Bolton (nee Bereskin) 
Barbara Grossman (nee Lieb) 
Margaret Sheldon (nee Vogel) 
Zdenka Smith (nee Kopal) 

Class of 1961

Melinda Groom (nee Flory) 
Jean Swank (nee Hebb) 

Class of 1960

Danna McDonough (nee Pearson) 
Sue Swisher (nee Jones) 
Joan Rosenbloom (nee Caplan) 

Class of 1959

Wendel Schneider (nee Palm) 

Class of 1958

Suzanne Broughton (nee Myers) 
Nancy Rosenberg (nee Sherman) 

Class of 1957

Virginia Detterman (nee Armstrong) 
Lois Moore (nee LaBelle) 
Marilyn Van Keppel (nee Hanback) 

Class of 1956

Norma Rockel (nee Sedgewick) 

Class of 1954

Katherine Gebbie (nee Blodgett)
Cynthia Peterson (nee Wyeth) 

Class of 1953

Beverly Cohen (nee Singer) 

Class of 1952

Eva Weiner
Nancy Rosenberg (nee Sherman)

Class of 1951

Jeanne Dickinson (nee Richmond) 
Margaret Takano (nee Turner) 

Class of 1950

Elizabeth Plassman (nee Hebb) 
Sylvia Couling (nee Hayes) 

Class of 1949

Ann Carton (nee Schmidt) 
Marion Softky (nee Harvey) 

Class of 1948

Frances Walker (nee Nafe) 

Class of 1947

Nancy W Cooper (nee Werner)
Joan Auerbach 
Leila Bram (nee Dragonette) 
Ann Merrill (nee Gregory) 
Jean Minkin (nee Albert) 
Martha Morrison (nee Gross)     

Class of 1946

Barbara Schoen (nee Taylor)
Louise Verr (nee Chamberlin) 

Class of 1945

Lilias Barton (nee Swift) 
Jean Epstein (nee Hoopes) 
Marguerite Galt  (nee Van Nest) 

Class of 1944

Katherine Huettner (nee Franck) 

Class of 1943

Dorothy Shaffer (nee Browne) 

Class of 1942

Elizabeth Gratian (nee Campbel) 

Class of 1940

Ellen Knox (nee Matteson) 
Helen Kleinholz (nee Link) 
Anne Unger (nee Axon) 

Class of 1939

Helen Bross (nee Hamilton) 
Gene White (nee Irish) 

Class of 1935

Juliet England (nee Kibbey) 
Alma Martin (nee Waldenmeyer) 
Marie Richards 
Mary Thomson (nee Curtis) 

Class of 1934

Frances Pleasonton 

Class of 1931

Ruth Purcell (nee Unangst) 

Class of 1927

Elise Alter (nee Nachman) 
Ellen Edmonds (nee Ryan)
Helen Louise Klopfer

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