Graduands at the Biochemistry graduation event on Wednesday with Professor Peter Dearden (back row, third from left).
Congratulations to all students graduating this month, especially those who have been part of the Department of Biochemistry while studying for their degree. Tino pai rawa atu!
The Department had an informal graduation event on Wednesday morning for graduands and their friends and families. Large glass panelled doors between the tearoom and the old seminar room (now the George Petersen room) were opened up to provide a large area for everyone to gather in and enjoy each other’s company, as well as nibbles and sparkling wine. Many teaching and academic staff were able to attend and celebrate, dressed in academic regalia.
Head of Department Professor Peter Dearden spoke to those gathered, and presented graduands with flowers from the Department. After photos, the graduands and their families made their way outside to take more photos around campus. Some headed to the more formal graduation ceremony celebrations held that day, and others attended Saturday’s ceremony.
Biochemistry graduands December 2023
PhD
Faiza Arshad
Oluwatobi Eboda
Lamia Ismail
Marissa Le Lec
Timothy Millar
MSc
Megan Addison
Jeffery McAlpine
Catherine McKenzie
Eve Robson-Clark
Nikita Yevstigneyev
Yuta Ogawa (Plant Biotechnology)
MBiomedSc
Emma Lester (Molecular Basis of Health and Disease)
BSc (Hons)
Hunter Dickson
Storm Voyce-McCulloch
BSc
Narelle Alexander
Sean Cowper
Lily Griffiths
Michael Hawkins
Leesuk Kim
Abigail McCorkindale
Tira McLachlan
Chantelle Monteith
Jeremy Wapp
Jessica Willans
Charles Stairmand
Alexander Nash (Plant Biotechnology)
Lena Tamura Goodman (Plant Biotechnology)
Jordan Urwin-Thompson (Plant Biotechnology)
BComSc
Sophie Dinwiddie
BBiomedSc (Hons) (Molecular Basis of Health and Disease)
Polina Shevchuk
Bochen Zhu
Sarah Wallace
Bertie Purkiss
Jasmine Curtis
Scarlett Neilson
Rose Harper
Emma Kloss
Ruby Gummer
BBiomedSc (Molecular Basis of Health and Disease)
Jack Carter
Kayla Coyne
Bonnie Huang
Annelies Orme
Zara Patterson
BASc
Caitlin Dawn-Sugrue
BAppSc
Kellan Taylor (Molecular Biotechnology)
Casey Thwaites (Molecular Biotechnology)
From left: Professor Sally McCormick, PhD graduand Dr Lamia Ismail, and Professor Mik Black.
From left: Associate Professor Sigurd Wilbanks (taking photo), Associate Professor Peter Mace, Professor Sally McCormick, Professor Steph Hughes, and PhD graduand Dr Oluwatobi Eboda.