sort undergrad alumni by start year (reverse chronological)

jeremymanning · claude · jeremymanning · commit 04e19ed6e549 · 2026-01-08T21:57:20.000-05:00
Alumni are now sorted by start year descending to match CV order, with alphabetical secondary sort within each year. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
diff --git a/people.html b/people.html
@@ -252,119 +252,119 @@ <h3>Lab Managers</h3>
                 <div>
                     <h3>Undergraduate Researchers</h3>
                     <p class="alumni-list">
-                        Chelsea Joe (2024-2026)<br>
                         Annabelle Morrow (2025-2026)<br>
                         Jackson C. Sandrich (2025-2026)<br>
                         Luca Gandrud (2025-2026)<br>
                         Owen Phillips (2025-2026)<br>
                         Rodrigo Vega Ayllon (2025)<br>
+                        Abigayle McCusker (2024)<br>
+                        Andrew Cao (2024)<br>
+                        Ansh Motiani (2024)<br>
+                        Can Kam (2024)<br>
+                        Chelsea Joe (2024-2026)<br>
+                        Chloe Terestchenko (2024)<br>
+                        Everett Tai (2024)<br>
                         Harrison Stropkay (2024-2025)<br>
-                        Jake McDermid (2023-2025)<br>
-                        Miel Wewerka (2024)<br>
+                        Kaitlyn Peng (2024)<br>
                         Manraaj Singh (2024)<br>
-                        Can Kam (2024)<br>
+                        Miel Wewerka (2024)<br>
                         Rohan Goyal (2024)<br>
-                        Abigayle McCusker (2024)<br>
                         Torsha Chakraverty (2024)<br>
-                        Chloe Terestchenko (2024)<br>
-                        Ansh Motiani (2024)<br>
-                        Kaitlyn Peng (2024)<br>
-                        Everett Tai (2024)<br>
-                        Andrew Cao (2024)<br>
-                        Michael Chen (2023-2024)<br>
-                        Grady Redding (2023-2024)<br>
-                        DJ Matusz (2023-2024)<br>
                         Aaryan Agarwal (2023-2024)<br>
-                        Maura Hough (2023-2024)<br>
-                        Emma Reeder (2023-2024)<br>
-                        Megan Liu (2023-2024)<br>
-                        Mira Chiruvolu (2023-2024)<br>
-                        Ansh Patel (2022-2024)<br>
-                        Kunal Jha (2021-2024)<br>
-                        Daniel Carstensen (2021-2024)<br>
-                        Safwan Rashid (2023)<br>
-                        Francisca Fadairo (2023)<br>
                         Ameer Talha Yasser (2023)<br>
-                        Yue Zhuo (2023)<br>
-                        Charles Baker (2023)<br>
                         Andrew Shi (2023)<br>
                         Ash Chinta (2023)<br>
-                        Xueyao Zheng (2023)<br>
-                        Sergio Campos Legonia (2023)<br>
+                        Charles Baker (2023)<br>
+                        DJ Matusz (2023-2024)<br>
                         Elias Emery (2023)<br>
-                        Yvonne Chen (2023)<br>
-                        William McCall (2023)<br>
+                        Emma Reeder (2023-2024)<br>
+                        Francisca Fadairo (2023)<br>
+                        Grace Wang (2023)<br>
+                        Grady Redding (2023-2024)<br>
+                        Jake McDermid (2023-2025)<br>
+                        Maura Hough (2023-2024)<br>
+                        Megan Liu (2023-2024)<br>
+                        Michael Chen (2023-2024)<br>
+                        Mira Chiruvolu (2023-2024)<br>
                         Natalie Schreder (2023)<br>
                         Raselas Dessalegn (2023)<br>
-                        Grace Wang (2023)<br>
-                        Ziyan Zhu (2022-2023)<br>
+                        Safwan Rashid (2023)<br>
+                        Sergio Campos Legonia (2023)<br>
+                        William McCall (2023)<br>
+                        Xueyao Zheng (2023)<br>
+                        Yue Zhuo (2023)<br>
+                        Yvonne Chen (2023)<br>
+                        Alexander Marcoux (2022)<br>
                         Anna Mikhailova (2022)<br>
+                        Ansh Patel (2022-2024)<br>
                         Benjamin Lehrburger (2022)<br>
-                        Thomas Corrado (2022)<br>
-                        Samuel Crombie (2022)<br>
-                        Alexander Marcoux (2022)<br>
+                        Dawson Haddox (2022)<br>
+                        Goutham Veeramachaneni (2022)<br>
                         Jessna Brar (2022)<br>
-                        Wenhua Liang (2022)<br>
                         Kevin Cao (2022)<br>
-                        Goutham Veeramachaneni (2022)<br>
-                        Zachary Somma (2022)<br>
-                        Dawson Haddox (2022)<br>
+                        Samuel Crombie (2022)<br>
                         Swestha Jain (2022)<br>
-                        Brian Chiang (2021-2022)<br>
-                        Tyler Chen (2020-2022)<br>
-                        Chris Jun (2020-2022)<br>
-                        Ethan Adner (2020-2022)<br>
+                        Thomas Corrado (2022)<br>
+                        Wenhua Liang (2022)<br>
+                        Zachary Somma (2022)<br>
+                        Ziyan Zhu (2022-2023)<br>
                         Aidan Adams (2021)<br>
+                        Brian Chiang (2021-2022)<br>
                         Damini Kohli (2021)<br>
+                        Daniel Carstensen (2021-2024)<br>
                         Daniel Ha (2021)<br>
-                        Darren Gu (2020-2021)<br>
-                        Tehut Biru (2020-2021)<br>
-                        Chris Suh (2020-2021)<br>
+                        Kunal Jha (2021-2024)<br>
+                        Austin Zhang (2020)<br>
+                        Chelsea Uddenberg (2020)<br>
+                        Chetan Palvuluri (2020)<br>
+                        Chris Jun (2020-2022)<br>
                         Chris Long (2020-2021)<br>
+                        Chris Suh (2020-2021)<br>
+                        Darren Gu (2020-2021)<br>
                         Esme Chen (2020-2021)<br>
-                        Tudor Muntianu (2019-2021)<br>
+                        Ethan Adner (2020-2022)<br>
+                        Greg Han (2020)<br>
                         Helen Liu (2020)<br>
                         Kelly Rutherford (2020)<br>
                         Luca Lit (2020)<br>
-                        Vivian Tran (2020)<br>
-                        Greg Han (2020)<br>
-                        Austin Zhang (2020)<br>
-                        Chelsea Uddenberg (2020)<br>
                         Shane Hewitt (2020)<br>
-                        Chetan Palvuluri (2020)<br>
+                        Tehut Biru (2020-2021)<br>
+                        Tyler Chen (2020-2022)<br>
+                        Vivian Tran (2020)<br>
                         Aaron Lee (2019-2020)<br>
                         Anne George (2019-2020)<br>
                         Sarah Park (2019-2020)<br>
                         Shane Park (2019-2020)<br>
+                        Tudor Muntianu (2019-2021)<br>
                         William Chen (2019-2020)<br>
                         Alejandro Martinez (2018-2020)<br>
-                        Madeline Lee (2016-2020)<br>
-                        William Baxley (2018-2019)<br>
-                        Paxton Fitzpatrick (2017-2019)<br>
                         Ann Carpenter (2018)<br>
-                        Seung Ju Lee (2018)<br>
-                        Mustafa Nasir-Moin (2018)<br>
-                        Iain Sheerin (2018)<br>
                         Darya Romanova (2018)<br>
-                        Rachael Chacko (2018)<br>
+                        Iain Sheerin (2018)<br>
                         Kirsten Soh (2018)<br>
-                        Stephen Satterthwaite (2017-2018)<br>
+                        Mustafa Nasir-Moin (2018)<br>
+                        Rachael Chacko (2018)<br>
+                        Seung Ju Lee (2018)<br>
+                        William Baxley (2018-2019)<br>
+                        Armando Oritz (2017)<br>
                         Bryan Bollinger (2017-2018)<br>
-                        Campbell Field (2016-2018)<br>
                         Christina Lu (2017)<br>
-                        Armando Oritz (2017)<br>
-                        Wei Liang Samuel Ching (2016-2017)<br>
-                        Marisol Tracy (2016-2017)<br>
-                        Allison Frantz (2016-2017)<br>
+                        Paxton Fitzpatrick (2017-2019)<br>
+                        Stephen Satterthwaite (2017-2018)<br>
                         Aamuktha Porika (2016-2017)<br>
-                        Jake Rost (2016)<br>
-                        Clara Silvanic (2016)<br>
+                        Allison Frantz (2016-2017)<br>
                         Aman Agarwal (2016)<br>
+                        Campbell Field (2016-2018)<br>
+                        Clara Silvanic (2016)<br>
+                        Gal Perlman (2016)<br>
+                        Jake Rost (2016)<br>
+                        Jessica Tin (2016)<br>
                         Joseph Finkelstein (2016)<br>
-                        Sheherzad Mohydin (2016)<br>
+                        Madeline Lee (2016-2020)<br>
+                        Marisol Tracy (2016-2017)<br>
                         Peter Tran (2016)<br>
-                        Gal Perlman (2016)<br>
-                        Jessica Tin (2016)
+                        Sheherzad Mohydin (2016)<br>
+                        Wei Liang Samuel Ching (2016-2017)
                     </p>
                 </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/scripts/build_people.py b/scripts/build_people.py
@@ -326,9 +326,36 @@ def generate_undergrad_entry(alum: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     return f"{name}{paren_display}"
 
 
+def get_start_year(years_str: str) -> int:
+    """Extract start year from years string for sorting.
+
+    Args:
+        years_str: Years string like '2024-2026', '2025', or '2023-2025'
+
+    Returns:
+        Start year as integer (defaults to 0 if unparseable)
+    """
+    if not years_str:
+        return 0
+    years_str = str(years_str).strip()
+    # Handle "2024-2026" format - extract first year
+    if "-" in years_str:
+        try:
+            return int(years_str.split("-")[0])
+        except ValueError:
+            return 0
+    # Handle single year "2025"
+    try:
+        return int(years_str)
+    except ValueError:
+        return 0
+
+
 def generate_undergrad_list_content(alumni: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> str:
     """Generate HTML content for undergraduate alumni list.
 
+    Alumni are sorted by start year (descending), matching CV order.
+
     Args:
         alumni: List of alumni dictionaries
 
@@ -338,7 +365,13 @@ def generate_undergrad_list_content(alumni: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> str:
     if not alumni:
         return ""
 
-    entries = [generate_undergrad_entry(a) for a in alumni]
+    # Sort by start year descending (most recent first), then by name
+    sorted_alumni = sorted(
+        alumni,
+        key=lambda a: (-get_start_year(a.get("years", "")), a.get("name", ""))
+    )
+
+    entries = [generate_undergrad_entry(a) for a in sorted_alumni]
     return "<br>\n                        ".join(entries)
 
 
