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
	Neshat Mohammadi Ph.D. in Computer Science, in progress (co-advised with Anastasios Sidiropoulos)
	Aditya Potukuchi Research Assistant Professor (postdoc), 2020 -- present (co-mentored with Will Perkins)

former

in reverse chronological order

	Shelby Heinecke Ph.D. Mathematics, 2020 "Resilient Structures and Robust Machine Learning Algorithms" current position: 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 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: Scientific Staff at Brookhaven National Laboratory first position: Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Chicago
	Ádám D. Lelkes Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2017 (co-advised with György Turán) "Algorithms and Complexity Results for Big Data" current position: 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: Assistant Professor at University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington was Li's first employer after UIC.)
	Jeremy Kun Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2016 "Graphs, New Models, and Complexity" current position: Software Engineer at Google first position: Bitcoin Protocol Engineer at 21 Inc.