2025 Candidates—Z

ZAITSEV, MARIA A. — HISTORY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Silenced Words, Silenced Worlds: America’s New Era of Censorship 
Kathleen Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College 

ZAMACHAJ, BENJAMIN A. — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

ZAWISA, BRENDAN — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

ZHANG, ALEX N. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Attention Spans and Data Video Design 
Ali Sarvghad Batn Moghaddam, Information & Computer Science 

ZHANG, ELLA Y. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Bacteriocins as a Novel Antimicrobial Treatment for Acne Vulgaris 
Margaret Ann Riley, Biology 

ZHANG, STEVEN G. — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Optimization Frameworks for Machine Learning Inference on Heterogeneous Hardware 
Hui Guan, Computer Science 

ZHENG, XI — MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Women Behind Bars: Prison History and Policy Effect on the Well-Being of Pregnant Inmates and Their Newborns 
Razvan Sibii, Journalism 

ZHU, NATALIE — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)-Mediated Assembly of Functional Chemoreceptor Complexes in E. coli 
Lynmarie Thompson, Chemistry 

ZIAZIULIA, ANASTASIYA — OPERATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Lack of Luxury Russian Nail Salons: Business Doomed for Failure or Success? 
Thomas G. Brashear-Alejandro, Isenberg School of Management 

ZIEGEL, GRACE — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors