Class Notes

Tansel Baran Yasar, LA16, defended his doctoral thesis in October 2023 at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. The thesis was on the topic of ultra-flexible brain implants for the stable and minimally invasive recording of brain activity from single cells in multiple brain areas.

Jill Teitelbaum, LA16, and Jason Lese, LA17, were married in 2023, with a large contingent of WashU alums in attendance. The newlyweds gathered the more than 40 WashU alumni for a group photo to celebrate the occasion.

Chris Taurasi, GA15, is a co-founder of Level Studio Architecture. The firm began recording its meetings a few weeks into the startup of the practice and has since used the audio to produce the inaugural season of the podcast “Emerging.” The goal is to provide an educational resource to young professionals in the architecture, engineering and construction industries who are interested in starting their own practice. The first 10 episodes are available at https://www.lvl.studio/podcast.

Alexandra Deeley, LW14, and Aaron C. Trump, LW14, celebrated the birth of their first child, William Foster Trump, in 2023. They are excited to share that Foster is healthy and quickly growing.

Arif Soto, GR11, advises clients on capital-raising transactions, general corporate and securities matters, corporate governance, stock exchange listings, mergers and acquisitions, and federal and state securities law compliance. In addition, he counsels public company clients on 1933 Act compliance and ongoing 1934 Act reporting obligations, stock exchange rules and other compliance matters.

Ashley (Pearson) Hoolihan, AIA,GA11, SI11,was named to Building Design + Construction’s (BD+C) elite 40 Under 40 class of 2023. She is LEED green associate and project manager and associate at Trivers, a St. Louis–based architecture, planning, urban design and interiors firm. Hoolihan worked on several WashU building projects including the Women’s Building renovation, which won a Merit Award from AIA St. Louis. She also worked on the January Hall and Umrath Hall renovations. Hoolihan served as the Society for College and University Planning 2023 North Central Regional Conference chair and previously as an adjunct lecturer at WashU.

Stephen Hoeplinger, LW09, was named as counsel in the Capes Sokol litigation practice group. He has legal background in real estate and employment litigation, representing businesses and individuals. Previously, Hoeplinger served as an assistant attorney general with the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Missouri.

Emilie Boone, GR08, had her first book, A Nimble Arc: James Van Der Zee and Photography (Duke University Press, September 2023), published. The book explores Van Der Zee’s photographic work over the course of the 20th century, showing how it foregrounded aspects of Black daily life in the United States and in the larger African diaspora.

David Addison, EMBA08, recently joined Guy Carpenter & Co. as managing director, head of life and annuities, Americas. Guy Carpenter is the insurance brokerage arm of the Marsh McLennan group of companies.

Shreepada Tripathy, LA07, was promoted to associate professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois, in May 2022. He joined SIU in 2016 as an assistant professor and is board certified in pediatrics.