"Remember to think critically and independently," said Christos Maravelias, Anderson Family Professor of Energy and the Environment and chair of chemical and biological engineering. "This is the hallmark of your Princeton education."

Maravelias emphasized the role of this community as well as the students' various support networks — the family members and friends and organizations who sustained the graduates throughout four years of personal and academic challenges.

This cohort began their engineering coursework amid mask mandates, social distance policies and remote learning, but students said they flourished despite those impacts largely because of the department's breadth and flexibility, enabling the pursuit of broad interests and career paths. Beyond graduation, about a third of these students will pursue Ph.D. programs in chemical, biological, biomedical and materials science engineering programs, while the rest will join firms as researchers and analysts in biotechnology, healthcare, finance, consulting, and software design.

Twenty-three of the graduates earned certificates in 10 different programs, including sustainable energy, applications of computing, materials science and engineering, and engineering biology, among others.

Ten graduates earned the University's academic honors; one earned high honors; and four more students earned highest honors.

Twenty-two of the graduates were inducted into one or more honor society: Sigma Xi, for distinguished scientific research; Tau Beta Pi, recognizing outstanding engineering achievements; and Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's preeminent liberal arts honor society.

Reha Mathur received the department's top award, the Overall Excellence in Chemical Engineering Award, recognizing exemplary coursework.

Sijbren Kramer won the Ernest F. Johnson Outstanding Senior Thesis Award.

Kaeli Ficco and Paulina Romero each won a Michelle Goudie '93 Senior Thesis Award.

Colin Brown won the Ernest F. Johnson Distinguished Service Award.

Emily Wu won the Sigma Xi Book Prize.

Jake Klimek won the Richard K. Toner Thermodynamics Prize.

Kenny Boniface, Eoin Gaffney and Darius Rudasingwa Ganza each won a Christodoulos A. Floudas Chemical Process Design Award.

A separate ceremony held by the School of Engineering and Applied Science honored the graduating seniors across all departments. Reha Mathur won the James Hayes-Edgar Palmer Prize in Engineering, recognizing her excellence in scholarship, a marked capacity for leadership and promise of creative achievement in engineering.

Princeton CBE's Great Class of 2024

The full list of chemical and biological engineering students graduating in the Class of 2024, along with any honors and awards they received, is below:

Kaleb Areda
Sigma Xi

Lawrence Azzariti
honors, Sigma Xi

Samantha Borenstein
honors, Sigma Xi

Colin Brown
honors, Sigma Xi
Ernest F. Johnson Distinguished Service Award

Camila Cabrera Martinez
honors, Sigma Xi

Katherine Carroll
honors, Sigma Xi

Sophia Colmenares
Sigma Xi

Kylie Cyhn

Laura Esguerra

Kaeli Ficco
honors, Sigma Xi
Michelle Goudie '93 Senior Thesis Award

Eoin Gaffney
Sigma Xi
Christodoulos A. Floudas Chemical Process Design Award

Darius Rudasingwa Ganza
Sigma Xi
Christodoulos A. Floudas Chemical Process Design Award

Maya Jaaskelainen
Sigma Xi

Seyi Jung
honors, Sigma Xi

Jake Klimek
highest honors, Sigma Xi
Richard K. Toner Thermodynamics Prize

Sijbren Kramer
high honors, Sigma Xi
Ernest F. Johnson Outstanding Senior Thesis Award

Jackie Liang

Reha Mathur
highest honors, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa
Overall Excellence in Chemical Engineering Award, James Hayes-Edgar Palmer Prize in Engineering

Safaa Merghoub

Joyce Mo
Sigma Xi

Fatmata Nallo
Sigma Xi

David Opong

Paulina Romero
honors, Sigma Xi
Michelle Goudie '93 Senior Thesis Award

Sakhi Shah
honors, Sigma Xi

Klara Thiele

Ipsita Tingi

Victoria Wilenska
honors, Sigma Xi

Emily Wu
highest honors, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi
Sigma Xi Book Prize

Callie Zheng
highest honors, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi