Berkeley Physics held the 2025 Commencement at Zellerbach Hall on Monday, May 19, at 7:00 p.m. The following graduating classes were welcomed to celebrate: Summer 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Summer 2025 & Fall 2025. 101 undergraduate degrees, 7 Masters, and 34 Ph.D.s were awarded this year. The ceremonies were led by Physics Chair Irfan Siddiqi. Student Speakers were Troy Tsubota (undergraduate) and Sajant Anand (graduate).
Principal Speaker
This year's principal speaker was Darío Gil. Dr. Gil, IBM Senior VP and Director of Research, leads innovation in AI, quantum computing, hybrid cloud, and semiconductors. A global quantum pioneer, he co-chairs the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and NSB. He also advises scientific organizations and holds a Ph.D. from MIT and two honorary doctorates.
Student Speakers
Troy Tsubota (undergraduate) and Sajant Anand (graduate)
The 2025 Student Awards
Department Citation
Troy Tsubota
Jackson C. Koo Award in Condensed Matter
Taige Wang
The Lars Commins Award in Experimental Physics
Matthew Cambria
The Alex Zettl Graduate Student Award in Physics
James Simon
Student Services Award
Michelle Dong
2024-2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards
Umaima Afifa
Emil Albrychiewicz
Olive Eilbott
Dana Griffith
Shahin Jahanbani
Henry Liu
David Marco
Hana Mir
Need Modi
Daisong Pan
Kailash Raman
Andrew Sun
Amogh Waghmare
Sam Weiss