Graduation ceremony 2

12 December 2025 at 11.30am


Great Hall, University of Leeds

Mace party

Professor Hai Sui Yu 
Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Mike Byde
For Secretary

Opening address

The Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor will declare the congregation open

Celebration of degrees

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

To be presented by Dr Eric Hewitt 

In the School of Biology
Sicily Bambini Fiennes

In the School of Biomedical Sciences
Foteini Bifsa
Madeleine Antonia Georgina Gilbert
Isobel Jackson Hirst
Hala Farag Saad Isbea

In the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology 
Volodymyr Chapman
Francesca Goldfinch
Francesca Hodge
Isha Mohan
Moises Hasim Rojas Rechy

DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE BY RESEARCH

To be presented by Dr Eric Hewitt 

Biology
Reuben Edward O'Connell Booth

Molecular and Cellular Biology
Emily Gower

DEGREE OF MASTER OF RESEARCH

To be presented by Dr Matthew Lancaster

Neuroscience
Ava Brand
Cunyi Kang
Saoirse Linnea Bridgid Kealey
Aisha Kimber
Abigail Theresa King
Emma Wilkinson

DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE

To be presented by Dr Rupert Quinnell

Biodiversity and Conservation
Francesca Amelia Anderson
Isabel Alice Finn
Melissa Jade Greenough
Alexander Finlay Hill
James Daniel Hirst
Kristen Rianne Kelly
Patrick John Mungo Lane
Yiyun Li
Jessica Mae Porter
Ffion Charlotte Rys
Larissa Vaneeta Small
Matthew Phillip Arwel Soper
Thomas Anthony Wilson

Biodiversity and Conservation with African Field Course
Zsofia Bakonyi
Erin Louise Calder
Elizabeth Hannah Clift
Elizabeth Rebecca Cottee
Ethan James Braithwaite Davies
Amy Hallahan
Hayley Rose Burnett Hodd
Eliza Jane Lee Levitt
Elisabeth Lacey Raymont
Gabriel William Rowland
Heather Louise Kingsland Shepherd
Prahalad Srikanthan
Lia Samaara Swaminathan
Sydney Williams-Howe

Global Conservation Science
Ella Alexandra Barker
Bhumika Chauhan
Catherine McCormack
Amy Heather Scott

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production
Rowan Marcus Bish Phillips

To be presented by Dr Dimitra Mitsa

Biopharmaceutical Development
Ayah Imad Al-Bayati
Rimas Mohammed A. Almoteriy
Louise Helen Jones
Aparna Shashikant Karvekar
Akshata Vijay Kolekar
Shreya Shivaji Kumbhar
Rui Li
Jiaxuan Lyu
Kathirnilavan Mayilvaganan
Pallavi Girish Meshram
Varsha Muthiah Selva Kumar
Ana Luisa Ortega Rodriguez
Sakshi Chandrashekhar Patil
Rishit Dilip Puthran
Sakshi Nilesh Salokhe
Saniya Samir Shrouti
Tanish Verma
Leena Omer Adel Abdul Wahab
Jasmine Yi Xian Yeo

Biopharmaceutical Development (Industrial Placement)
Sophie Rebecca Louise Rymer

Bioscience
Nayli Zulaikha Junaidi
Thomas Edward Kelly
Leah Jade Kulczycki Binnall
Alena Jane Osbourne
Erxin Qi
Xintian Zhao
Yi Zhao

Biotechnology with Business Enterprise
Simeon Stefanov Bochev
Fang Hao Choo
Amber Scarlet Harrison
Parvathy Krishna
Nandini Vinod Lonare
Sahal Ahmad Mogarala
Sophia Elizabeth Rowley
Neeharika Rajesh Tawade
Adiya Vatsa
Siyuan Wang
Dilshan Fernando Warnakulasuriya

Infection, Immunity and Human Disease
Arnav Barua
Lenora Cliona Dsouza
Hongrui Lai
Venkata Mano Teja Mannem
Chizaram Winners Ndubueze
Yumo Pan
Ananya Sarkar
Harry Anthony Thompson
Georgia Louise Wilson

Plant Science and Biotechnology
Nada Hamdan Almahfouz
Bistirna Hazarika
Aorvi Jain
Prathibha Jupaka
Paramveer Meena
Srushti Anandrao Nandanwar
Harold Joshua Pesiao Pasanting

Precision Medicine: Genomic Data Science
Jade Louise Cassidy
Joseph Samuel Cottrell
William Heaton Edwards
Sarah Emily Green
Alice Jane Hutton
Vijetha Indran
Christopher Harry Letton
Ella Jane Maunder
Kristine Angela Medcalf
Sreeja Mitra
Alice Caitlin Walmsley

To be presented by Dr Matthew Lancaster

Drug Discovery and Development
Justin Jacob Bergen
Fern Nicole Berkley
Charlotte Darcy Cassin
Olivia Faye Dyson
Benjamin Peter Esgate
Sandra Malika Fischer
Rachel Diana Fox
John Noel Howard Gols
Osasere David Igbinoba
Kalliopi Maria Mikromastori
Alexandrina Turcan
Lucy Rebecca Watson

Sport and Exercise Medicine
Robert Michael Adams
Jasmine Elizabeth Loughridge Booth
David Charles Emms
Hasan Mohammad Zaman Iqbal
Charlie Anthony Jones-Langan
Gemma Rose Lant
Thomas Christopher Leigh
Oscar Robert Le Jeune
Mohammed Ibrahim Malik
Hong Yu Ngu
Isabella Anne Edith Ponsford
Emily May Pritty
Ben Sharrock
Charlotte Anna Stoll
Katherine Maria Taylor
Neil Dyson Vint

DEGREE OF MASTER OF BIOLOGY AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

To be presented by Dr Dimitra Mitsa

Biological Sciences (Biotechnology with Enterprise)
Cameron Peter Thomas Searle

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

To be presented by Dr Dimitra Mitsa

Biological Sciences
Ming Kit Chu
Ivy Attica Wamuyu Maru
Xiaoyi Shi

To be presented by Dr Rupert Quinnell

Biology
Shivani Sriram

Biology (Industrial)
Joshua Luke Charteris Mallinson

To be presented by Dr Matthew Lancaster

Biomedical Sciences
Alghalya Ahmed A M Al-Jaber
Tadhg Hughes
Kamand Jahanshahlou
Tatiana Kathleen Anfimova Johnson
Syed Muhammad Ali Qasim
Eshrath Jahan Saiful
Wallis Maeve Sheeran

Human Physiology
Georgina May Holmes

Human Physiology in Relation to Medicine
Avi Joseph Miller

Neuroscience (Industrial)
Olivia Mary Sharp

Recession

The Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor will declare the congregation closed


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