Ph.D. students and postdocs

I was gratified to receive the campus-wide Graduate Mentoring Award in 2020. To find more information about my broader “academic family,” visit my genealogy entry.

current

in alphabetical order

	Xing Gao Ph.D. in Mathematics, in progress (co-advised with Yu Cheng)
	Saeed Hajizadeh Ph.D. in Mathematics, in progress (co-advised with Haihao Lu)
	Thomas Maranzatto Ph.D. in Mathematics, in progress

former

in reverse chronological order

	Neshat Mohammadi Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2022 (co-advised with Anastasios Sidiropoulos) "Geometric Algorithms for Metric and Graph Learning" current position: Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University in Medicine (Stanford was Neshat's first employer after UIC.)
	Aditya Potukuchi Research Assistant Professor (postdoc), 2020 -- 2022 (co-mentored with Will Perkins) discrete mathematics, probability theory, analysis of algorithms, coding theory, data science current position: Assistant Professor at York University in Electr. Eng. and Comp. Sci. (York University was Aditya's first employer after UIC.)
	Shelby Heinecke Ph.D. Mathematics, 2020 "Resilient Structures and Robust Machine Learning Algorithms" current position: Senior Research Scientist at Salesforce (Salesforce was Shelby's first employer after UIC.)
	Mano Vikash Janardhanan Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2019 "Algorithms for Learning Networks and Learning from Networks" current position: Quantitative Researcher in Balyasny Asset Management first position: Applied Research Scientist at Lifion by ADP
	Benjamin Fish Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2018 "New Models and Algorithms for Data Analysis" current position: Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan in Comp. Sci. and Eng. first position: Postdoctoral Researcher at MSR Montréal and the Mila-Quebec AI Institute
	Yi Huang Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2017 "Problems in Learning under Limited Resources and Information" current position: Research Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Comput. Sci. first position: Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago in Medicine
	Ádám D. Lelkes Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2017 (co-advised with György Turán) "Algorithms and Complexity Results for Big Data" current position: Senior Software Engineer at Google Research (Google Research was Ádám's first employer after UIC.)
	Li Wang Research Assistant Professor (postdoc), 2015 -- 2017 mathematical optimization, tensors, large-data, machine learning current position: Associate Professor at University of Texas at Arlington in Mathematics (UT Arlington was Li's first employer after UIC.)
	Jeremy Kun Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2016 "Graphs, New Models, and Complexity" current position: Senior Software Engineer at Google first position: Bitcoin Protocol Engineer at 21 Inc.