Impact Profiles

Learn more about the graduate alumni, students, and faculty who are transforming our region.

Cecilia Aguillon, MPIA ’98
Master of Pacific International Affairs, School of Global Policy and Strategy
Director of the Energy Transition Initiative, Institute of the Americas
Pradipta Ghosh, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine
Professor and Faculty Director, Institute for Network Medicine
Heige Kim, MFA ’23

MFA Candidate, Visual Arts
Division of Arts and Humanities
Yashaswat Malhotra, MS ’22
MS Candidate, Biology
Division of Biological Sciences
Kevan Q. Malone, PhD ’22
PhD Candidate, History
Division of Arts and Humanities
Mark Merrifield, PhD ’89
PhD in Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Professor and Faculty Director, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
Mai Nguyen, MS ’90, PhD ’95

MS and PhD in Computer Science, Jacobs School of Engineering
Data Analytics Lead, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Pierre Sleiman, MBA ’13
Business Administration, Rady School of Management
CEO, Go Green Agriculture