Alumni & Placement Record
Our graduates have a strong track record of securing competitive postdoctoral fellowships, tenure-track academic positions, and rewarding roles in industry and government. Since 2000, the department has produced over 100 Ph.D. graduates and 16 M.S. graduates, with placements spanning universities, national laboratories, and leading technology companies worldwide.
71+ Faculty & Academic Positions
22+ Industry & Government Roles
~5 Years Median Time to Degree
Ph.D. Alumni
| Name | Year | Yrs | Advisor | First/Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentino, John | 2026 | 5 | Lacey | — |
| Bao, Yuwei | 2026 | 6 | Ji | — |
| Marcus, Peter | 2026 | 5 | Beckwith | — |
| Pham, Vinh | 2026 | 6 | Ha | — |
| Vaduthala, Nathaniel | 2026 | 5 | Bernstein | — |
| Do, Linh | 2025 | 6 | McKinley | Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Biostatistics, Duke University |
| Lopez Santander, John Jairo | 2025 | 6 | McLaughlin, Moll | PIMS postdoctoral researcher, University of Manitoba |
| Montero, Dillon | 2025 | 4 | Can | — |
| Wang, Zheng | 2025 | 8 | Cortez | Data Analyst, Home Depot |
| Diaz Morera, Nestor Fernando | 2024 | 6 | Can | Assistant Professor, Fitchburg State University (MA, U.S.A.) |
| Florez Pineda, Daniela | 2024 | 5 | Cortez | Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Notre Dame |
| Frederiksen, Christian | 2024 | 5 | Glatt-Holtz | Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses |
| Gibson, Kendall | 2024 | 5 | Fauci | Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics, NYU-Courant Institute |
| Houser, Hayden E. | 2024 | 7 | Can | on the job market |
| Nass, Louis | 2024 | 6 | McKinley | Statistical reseracher at the Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Orejola, Oliver | 2024 | 6 | Didier | Mathematics Intelligence Engineer (Meta) |
| Tran, Will | 2024 | 5 | Komendarczyk | Assistant Professor, Southwestern University |
| Wolfe, Corey N. | 2024 | 7 | Can | Lecturer, Xavier University of Louisiana |
| Zachary Bradshaw | 2023 | 5 | Moll | Research Scientist, Dept of Defense |
| Dana Ferranti | 2023 | — | — | — |
| Thai Nguyen | 2022 | 5 | Ha | Assistant Professor, Dayton University (OH, USA) |
| Vaishavi Sharma | 2022 | 6 | Moll | Postdoc, Ohio State University |
| Rosa Maria Fuster Aguilera | 2021 | 5 | Zhao | Postdoc, University of Colorado - Boulder |
| Aram R. Bingham | 2021 | 6 | Can | Postdoc, Colorado School of Mines |
| Sankhaneel Bisui | 2021 | 5 | Ha | Postdoc, Arizona State University |
| Diego Villamizar Rubiano | 2021 | 5 | Moll | Assistant Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana |
| Yiyang She | 2021 | 5 | Can | Math Olympiad Trainer, Shanghai, China |
| Joseph W. Skelton | 2021 | 5 | Ha | Assistant Teaching Professor, William & Mary (VA, USA) |
| Abu Chackalamannil Thomas | 2021 | 6 | Ha | Assistant Professor, Georgia State University (GA, USA) |
| Kristina Vandusen | 2021 | 6 | Moll | Faculty, Southeastern Louisiana University |
| Robyn K. Brooks | 2020 | 5 | Komendarczyk | Postdoc, Boston College |
| Tien Minh Le | 2020 | 6 | Can | Lecturer, Tulane University |
| Lin Li | 2020 | 5 | Hyman | Research Engineer, TUSimple |
| Pengfei Li | 2020 | 6 | Lacey | Data Scientist, VISA |
| Jaime Lopez-Merizalde | 2020 | 7 | Hyman | Machine Learning Intern, SharpestMinds |
| Sushovan Majhi | 2020 | 6 | Wenk | Postdoc, UC - Berkeley |
| Jonathan L. O'Rourke | 2020 | 5 | Ha | College Track Faculty, New Mexico State University (NM, USA) |
| Benjamin Cooper Boniece | 2019 | 6 | Didier | Assistant professor, Drexel University |
| Li Guan | 2019 | 4 | Hyman | Risk Manager, Citi |
| Melanie Jensen | 2019 | 5 | McKinley | — |
| Safak Ozden | 2019 | 5 | Can/Ha | Assistant professor, TED University |
| Zhe Qu | 2019 | 5 | Hyman | — |
| Lukasz Sikora | 2019 | 7 | McKinley | Data Scientist, Kaggle |
| Yunqi Zhao | 2019 | 5 | McKinley | Statistician, Takeda |
| Asma Azizi Boroojeni | 2018 | 6 | Hyman | Faculty, Kennesaw State University |
| Ellis K. Fenske | 2018 | 7 | Mislove | Faculty, US Naval Academy |
| Aleksandra Gorzycka | 2018 | 6 | Lacey | Faculty, University of Miami |
| Roseanna Gossmann | 2018 | 5 | Fauci | Teacher, Bard High School |
| Tri Ngo | 2018 | 5 | Moll | Faculty, University of New Orleans |
| Hung Dang Nguyen | 2018 | 3 | McKinley | Postdoc, UCLA |
| Fang Sun | 2018 | 6 | Kwasik | — |
| Ozlem Ugurlu | 2018 | 5 | Can | Faculty, Saint Louis University |
| Selvi Beyarslan | 2017 | 5 | Ha | Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College (PA, USA) |
| Xiao Guan | 2017 | 5 | Moll | Data Scientist, eBay |
| Selcuk Karakoc | 2017 | 4 | Tipler | Data Scientist, Source |
| Aashita Kesarwani | 2017 | 5 | Moll | Data Scientist, Harvey Mudd College |
| Hui Li | 2017 | 5 | Didier | Statistician, Johnson & Johnson |
| Forest Mannan | 2017 | 5 | Cortez | Faculty, Western Colorado University |
| Kui Zhang | 2017 | 5 | Didier | Assistant Vice-President at Citigroup |
| Elham Ahmadi | 2016 | 6 | Cortez | — |
| Tyler C. Barker | 2016 | 5 | Mislove | — |
| Yuanzhen Cheng | 2016 | 5 | Kurganov | — |
| Shanshan Jiang | 2016 | 6 | Fauci | Data Scientist, Nestle |
| Lin Jiu | 2016 | 5 | Moll | Faculty, Duke Kunshan University |
| Zhuolin Qu | 2016 | 5 | Kurganov | Faculty, University of Texas - San Antonio |
| Mengyao Sun | 2016 | 5 | Ha | — |
| Tong Wu | 2016 | 5 | Kurganov | Faculty, University of Texas - San Antonio |
| Shumo Cui | 2015 | 5 | Kurganov | Faculty, SUSTech |
| Franz Hoffmann | 2015 | 5 | Cortez | Software Developer, SAP |
| Kelley Brook Johnson | 2015 | 4 | Kwasik | — |
| Dmitry V. Kurochkin | 2015 | 9 | Kurganov | Research Analyst, Harvard University |
| Huicong Li | 2015 | 5 | Wang | Faculty, Sun Yat-Sen University |
| Andreas V. Michaelides | 2015 | 6 | Komendarczyk | — |
| Qiang Yang | 2015 | 5 | Fauci | Data Scientist, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers |
| Peter L. Bierhorst | 2014 | 6 | Mislove | Faculty, University of New Orleans |
| Jianjun Huang | 2014 | 5 | Fauci | — |
| Qingyang Luo | 2014 | 5 | Lacey | — |
| Tian Xiang | 2014 | 4 | Wang | Faculty, Remmin University |
| K. Nicole Meyer | 2013 | — | Lacey | Faculty, Georgetown University |
| Tim Twelbeck | 2013 | 5 | Can | — |
| Jason Calmes | 2012 | — | Lacey | Faculty, Tulane University |
| Marian Hernandez-Viera | 2012 | 6 | Cortez | Faculty, University of South Florida |
| Yu Liu | 2012 | — | Kurganov | — |
| Jason M. Miller | 2012 | 5 | Kurganov | Lab Staff, Johns Hopkins University |
| Hoang-Ngan Nguyen | 2012 | — | Cortez | Faculty, Miami-Dade College |
| Augustine B. O'Keefe | 2012 | 6 | Ha | Associate Professor, Connecticut College (CT, USA) |
| Michael J. Pollack | 2012 | — | Kurganov | Faculty, Columbia State Community College |
| Jeffrey D. Pullen | 2012 | — | Komendarczyk | Faculty, Mercer University |
| Shanshan Shen | 2012 | — | Cortez | — |
| Armin Straub | 2012 | 6 | Moll | Faculty, University of South Alabama |
| Qi Wang | 2012 | 5 | Wang | Faculty, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics |
| Patrick Corbin | 2011 | 5 | Kwasik | Database Developer, Greenup Industries |
| Johnny Feng | 2011 | — | Martin, Mislove | — |
| Karen T. Kohl | 2011 | — | Moll | Faculty, University of Southern Mississippi |
| Charles D. Maggio | 2011 | 5 | — | Cummins Lab Director, University of Oregon |
| Cody Pond | 2011 | 5 | Wang | — |
| Todor Todorov | 2011 | — | Kwasik | — |
| Xiangfeng Yang | 2011 | 4 | Didier | — |
| Stefan T. Boettner | 2010 | — | Moll | — |
| Priya S. Boindala | 2010 | — | Gaver | Faculty, Georgia Gwinett College |
| Sarah R. Lukens | 2010 | 6 | Gaver | Data Scientist, LMI |
| Vivian A. Aranda | 2008 | 8 | Fauci | Faculty, Federico Santa Maria Technical University |
| Benjamin A. Vanderlei | 2008 | 6 | Fauci | Faculty, University of the Fraser Valley |
| Magdalena M. Musielak | 2007 | 6 | Fauci | Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology |
| Svetlana Tlupova | 2007 | 6 | Cortez | Faculty, Farmingdale State College |
| Dante V Manna | 2006 | 5 | Moll | — |
| Joel Webb | 2006 | — | Kwasik | Faculty, University of New Orleans |
| Emily Wilson Gamundi | 2004 | 4 | Dinwoodie | — |
| Katarzyna A. Rejniak | 2002 | 6 | Fauci | Researcher, Moffitt Cancer Center |
| Hong Liu | 2001 | 6 | Ren | — |
| Jorge Eduardo Macias-Diaz | 2001 | — | Fuchs | Faculty, Tallinn University |
| Keye Martin | 2000 | 6 | Mislove | Faculty, Concord University |
M.S. Alumni
| Name | Year | Yrs | Advisor | First/Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Alleman | 2024 | — | — | Ph.D. student, Colorado State University |
| Alex Caione | 2024 | — | — | — |
| John Collopy | 2024 | — | — | Data scientist intern, Dorothy Coyle & Associates |
| Yongtai Huang | 2024 | — | — | — |
| Loc Xuan Huynh | 2024 | — | — | Ph.D. student, Boston University |
| Jiazheng Qu | 2024 | — | — | — |
| Tiancheng Xu | 2024 | — | — | — |
| Haiyu Niu | 2023 | 2 | NA | PhD, Jilin University |
| Benjamin Stager | 2023 | 1 | Buvoli | — |
| T.H. Williamson | 2023 | 1 | Mincheva | — |
| Joseph Woods | 2023 | 1 | McKinley | PhD, Rice University |
| Haoqi Chen | 2022 | 2 | Non-thesis | Data Scientist, Pharmaron |
| Keyan Chen | 2022 | 1.5 | Non-thesis | — |
| Zehao Wang | 2022 | 1.5 | Non-thesis | — |
| Cong Zhao | 2022 | 2 | Non-thesis | Research Staff, Tulane University |
| Tian Dai | 2021 | 2 | Non-thesis | PhD, University of Pittsburgh |
| Jack Green | 2021 | 1 | Komendarczyk | PhD, University of Georgia |
| Langyu Qie | 2021 | 2 | — | — |
| Eric Junhyup Sung | 2021 | 1 | Moll | PhD, Arizona State University |
| Yao Tang | 2021 | 2 | — | PhD, York University |
Positions listed reflect first placement after graduation or most recent known position.
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