| 2025 - 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Chickering | Applied | Self-Similar Shock Formation and Some Results in Deep Learning Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Luma AI | Muhao Chen |
| Gregory DePaul | Applied | Density Based Topological Inference on High Dimensional Datasets Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist, Meta | Erik Carlsson |
| David Kenepp | Math | The Immersion Poset and a Crystal Analysis of Claw-Free Graphs | Anne Schilling |
| Brian Knight | Applied | New Methods for Measuring Interpretable Features in Images | Naoki Saito |
| Gavin Pandya | Math | Efficient models for Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability | Steve Shkoller |
| Joshua Petrack | Applied | Algorithms for computing with molecules: theory and implementation Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Hamilton Institute & Department of Computer Science, Maynooth University | David Doty |
| 2024 - 2025 | |||
| Felix Almendra Hernandez | Math | Markov Bases: Their Complexity and Applications to Network Analysis Post Ph.D. Placement: Analytics Enginner, Breakthrough | De Loera |
| Xuxing Chen | Applied | Stochastic Optimization for Machine Learning: Investigations on Bilevel Optimization and Large Learning Rates Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Meta | Krishna Balasubramanian |
| Yifeng (Allen) Chen | Applied | An Investigation of Asymtoptic Equations for the Resonant Sound and Entropy Waves and Their Long-Time Behavior Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer | John Hunter |
| Matthew Corbelli | Math | Braided Tensor Categories Describing Anyons in Quantum Lattice Systems: Symmetries, Fermions, and the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect | Martin Fraas |
| Avishai Halev | Applied | Machine Learning Applications in Infection Prediction, Microgrid Control, and Ophthalmology Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist/Researcher, Google | Xin Liu |
| Xiaohan Hu | Applied | Variance Components Estimation under High-dimensional Linear Models | Xiaodong Li |
| Shouwei Hui | Applied | Differential Equation Models for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles | Michael Zhang |
| Thomas (Andrew) Jackson | Math | Some Results on the AKLT Model on General Graphs Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, United Arab Emirates University | Bruno Nachtergaele |
| Ojesh Koul | Applied | Asymptotic Methods for the Atmosphere Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc | Joseph Biello |
| Appilineni Kushal | Applied | Of Patches, Predators and Policies: Mathematical Stories from Land and Sea Post Ph.D. Placement: Hydrogeologist, EKI Environment & Water, Inc. | Hastings |
| Yuze Luan | Math | Hilbert scheme of points on non-reduced plane curves Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doctoral, Institute of Mathematics Polish Academy of Sciences | Eugene Gorsky |
| Neetal Neel | Math | Kakimizu Complexes of Alternating Knots of 11 and 12 Crossings | Jennifer Schultens |
| Vinh Van Nguyen | Math | Optimal Codebook and its Applications | Qinglan Xia |
| Jeffrey Nichols | Applied | A Numerical Exploration of Viscoelastic Fluids | Bob Guy |
| Shanon Rubin | Math | A Homotopical Invariant of Weinstein Surfaces Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University | Laura Starkston |
| Tonie Scroggin | Math | Splicing Braid Varieties: Geometry, Cluster Algebras, and Cohomology Post Ph.D. Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara | Gorskiy |
| Darian Sorenson | Applied | Examining Regime Shifts and Metapopulation Persistence Modeling as Methods for Informing Conservation Decisions | Hastings |
| Warut Thawinrak | Math | On the Faces and Ehrhart Polynomials of Polytopes Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc, Peking University | Fu Liu |
| David Tu | Math | Virtual Quandles and Cohomology | Schultens |
| Joshua Turner | Math | Affine Springer fibers and triply-graded link homology Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc, University of British Columbia | Evgeny Gorsky |
| Qianhui(Stella) Wan | Applied | Inverse Graph Problems on Power Grids and Neural Networks Post Ph.D. Placement: Quantitative Researcher | Albert Fannjiang |
| 2023 - 2024 | |||
| Milo Bechtloff Weising | Math | Stable-Limit Cherednik Theory Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc, Virginia Tech | Monica Vazirani |
| Alexander Black | Math | Monotone Paths on Polytopes: Combinatorics and Optimization Post Ph.D. Placement: Hermann Weyl Instructor, ETH Zurich Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., Bowdoin College | De Loera |
| Nicholas Cazet | Math | Quandle Theoretic Knot Invariants | Jennifer Schultens |
| Wai Ho Chak | Applied | On the Crossroads of Scattering Transform and Machine Learning in Image and Signal Processing | Saito |
| Yu Hin (Addie) Chan | Math | Singularity Formation along the Line Bundle Mean Curvature Flow | Adam Jacob |
| Alvin Chen | Applied | Stabilization-Free Virtual Element Methods for Solid Continua | Sukumar |
| Xiaotie Chen | Applied | Enhancing Estimation and Uncertainty Quantification in Stochastic Optimization: Importance Sampling and Bootstrap Resampling | David Woodruff |
| Yukun Du | Math | Geometry of Selberg's bisectors in the symmetric space $SL(n,\mathbb{R})/SO(n,\mathbb{R})$ Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc, University of Georgia | Michael Kapovich |
| Xue Feng | Applied | Anderson Acceleration and Dynamic Optimal Transport in Optimization: Theoretical Analysis, Algorithms, and Applications in Machine Learning Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc | Strohmer |
| Arthur Kalb | Applied | Results in Atmospheric Waves | Biello |
| Girish Kumar | Applied | Differentially Private Synthetic Data Generation Of Data Collected Over Time Post Ph.D. Placement: Applied Scientist, Microsoft Inc. | Strohmer |
| Jiaxiang Li | Applied | Advances in optimization on Riemannian manifolds | Balasubramanian,Krishna |
| Guga Mikaberidze | Applied | Emergent Dynamics on Complex Networks: From Self-Organized Criticality to Synchronization and Flows Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc, University of Wyoming, School of Computing | Raissa D'Souza |
| Yuan Ni | Applied | Model Uncertainties in Inverse Problems: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications in Computational Imaging | Strohmer |
| Hans Oberschelp | Math | Mixing Times of the Swap-or-Not and Overlapping Cycles Shuffles | Ben Morris |
| Rui Okada | Math | A Quantum Analog of Delsarte's Linear Programming Bounds | Kuperberg |
| Michael Ragone | Math | SO(n) AKLT Chains as Symmetry Protected Topological Quantum Ground States | Bruno Nachtergaele |
| Raaghav Ramani | Applied | PDE-based methods for multiscale gas dynamics simulations | Shkoller |
| Dong Min Roh | Applied | Nonlinear Eigenvector Algorithms for Generalized Rayleigh Quotient Optimizations and Applications | Zhaojun Bai |
| Adam Rose | Applied | Modeling Neural Activity in the Cardiovascular Control System: The Effects of Neural Circuit Structure and Intrinsic Cellular Properties | Lewis |
| Haotian Sun | Math | Decomposition of Transport Paths: Map-Compatibility and Capacity Constraint | Qinglan Xia |
| Chengyang Wang | Math | Semigroups of Polyhedral Lattice Points: Convexity, Combinatorics, and Algebra Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Meta | De Loera |
| Haihan Wu | Math | Graphical categories and representations of quantum groups Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University | Kuperberg |
| Shizhou Xu | Applied | Fairness in Machine Learning via Optimal Transport Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc, UC Davis | Thomas Strohmer |
| 2022 - 2023 | |||
| Ander Aguirre | Math | On Fluctuations of Eigenvalue Statistics of the Circular Beta Ensemble | Alexander Soshnikov |
| Andrew Alameda | Math | Computing the Kakimizu Complex for a special class of links | Schultens |
| Jorge Arroyo Esquivel | Applied | Modelling the Complex Ecological Dynamics of Kelp Forests | Hastings |
| Haolin Chen | Applied | Overcomplete Order-3 Tensor Decomposition, Blind Deconvolution, and Gaussian Mixture Models Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist, Outreach | Rademacher |
| Raymond Chou | Math | A Descent Basis for the Garsia-Procesi Module Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc, University of California, San Diego | Erik Carlsson |
| Esha Datta | Applied | Topological Data Analysis for Precision Medicine Applications in Cardiovascular Health | Leighton Izu |
| Ye (Leo) He | Applied | Advances in Sampling and Stochastic Optimization Post Ph.D. Placement: Hale Visiting Assistant Professor - Georgia Institute of Technology | Krishna Balasubramanian |
| James Hughes | Math | Legendrian Loops and Cluster Modular Groups Post Ph.D. Placement: Elliott Assistant Research Professor - Duke University | Casals |
| Cooper Jacob | Math | Topological Recursion for Generalized bc-Motzkin Numbers and Some Related Results Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis Mathematics Dept. | Mulase |
| Edgar Jaramillo Rodriguez | Math | Combinatorial Analysis of Barcodes and Interval Graphs for Applications in Data Science Post Ph.D. Placement: Solutions Engineering Analyst | De Loera |
| Jeonghoon Kim | Applied | Machine Learning Applications and Developments for Swine Industry Post Ph.D. Placement: Applied & Data Scientist | Xin Liu |
| Brittany Leathers | Applied | Immersed Boundary Double Layer (IBDL) Method | Guy |
| Matthew Litman | Math | Explorations in Number Theory | Fuchs |
| Eli Moore | Applied | Noisy Signal Correlation and Neural Network Pruning | Rishidev Chaudhuri |
| Wenjun Niu | Math | Representation Theory, Algebraic Geometry and Supersymmetric Field Theories in Low Dimensions Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Scholar - Perimeter Institute | Evgeny Gorsky |
| Joseph Pappe | Math | Catalan and Crystal Combinatorics Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Position - Colorado State University | Schilling |
| Alto Senda | Math | A Mixing Time Bound for the Diaconis Shuffle | Morris |
| Eugene Shvarts | Applied | Discrete Integral Operators on Graphs and Multiscale Transforms on Simplicial Complexes Post Ph.D. Placement: Head of Data Science, Centralized Engineernig Corporation | Saito |
| Austin Tran | Math | Improved Quantum Algorithms for Solving Abelian Hidden Subgroup Problems for Subgroups of Arbitrary Index Post Ph.D. Placement: Researcher, Meta | Kuperberg |
| William Wesley | Math | Algebraic and Boolean Methods for Computation and Certification of Ramsey-type Numbers | De Loera |
| 2021 - 2022 | |||
| Christopher Alexander | Applied | General Relativistic Shock Waves that Induce Cosmic Acceleration Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, University College London | Temple |
| Jennifer Brown | Math | q-Holonomic Systems and Quantum Invariants Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc, University of Edinburgh Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University | Mulase |
| Carl Corcoran | Applied | Network Models of Epidemic Spread: Applications and Analysis Post Ph.D. Placement: Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellow , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Alan Hastings |
| Shaofeng Deng | Applied | Performance Analysis of Spectral Clustering | Strohmer |
| Fushuai (Black) Jiang | Math | Nonnegative Smooth Interpolation | Garving (Kevin) Luli |
| Brett Leroux | Math | Halving point configurations; techniques from algebraic and convex geometry Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist, Picarro Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoc, UC Davis | Rademacher |
| Chao-Ping Lin | Applied | Stable Algorithms for Large Sparse Eigenvalue Problems Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Siemens PLM Software | Bai, Zhaojun |
| Abhishek Mallela | Applied | Survival of the Resilient: An Exploration of Tipping Cascades with Positive Change Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Los Alamos National Lab | Hastings |
| Wencin Poh | Math | A trilogy of (super)crystals: the queer, the set-valued and the hook-valued Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Motorola Solutions Inc. | Schilling |
| Jake Reschke | Math | Applications of Lieb-Robinson Bounds to Quantum Dynamics with and without Disorder Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Data Scientist, Tatari Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc, UCLA - Joint Institute for Regional Earth Science Systems and Engineering | Nachtergaele |
| Hamilton Santhakumar | Math | Problems in Discrete Probability Theory and Cryptography Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., Gandhi Institute of Techology and Management | Morris |
| Eric Severson | Applied | Advances in Discrete Chemical Computation: Algorithms, Lower Bounds, and Software for Population Protocols Post Ph.D. Placement: Instructor, Proof School | Doty |
| Junda(Albie) Sheng | Applied | Semi-Supervised Clustering of Sparse Graphs: Crossing the Information-Theoretic Threshold | Strohmer |
| Stephen Sheng | Applied | Deep Learning Tools And Techniques Applied To Problems Near And Far Post Ph.D. Placement: Applied Scientist, Amazon | Sharpnack |
| Norman Sheu | Math | The Deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills Equation with Calabi Ansatz | Jacob |
| Chang Shu | Applied | On the Smoothed Analysis of Frank-Wolfe Methods Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Meta Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist, Pay Pal | Rademacher |
| Kaela Vogel | Applied | Nonnormality and Its Influence on the Stability and Behavior of Ecological Food Webs | Hastings |
| Zhongruo Wang | Applied | New Algorithms for Riemannian Optimization and Minimax Problems with Machine Learning Applications Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Amazon | Ma, Shiqian |
| David Weber | Applied | On Interpretting Sonar Waveforms via the Scattering Transform Post Ph.D. Placement: Statistical Developer, Carnegie Mellon University | Saito |
| Ka Wai Wong | Applied | Conformal Parametrization of Surfaces of Genus Zero and 3D Reconstruction of Nuclear Fusion Hotspots | Hass |
| Zhenyang Zhang | Math | Combinatorial and Machine Learning Problems Motivated by the Simplex Method Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Google MTV | De Loera |
| 2020 - 2021 | |||
| Samuel Fleischer | Applied | Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Predators and Prey Post Ph.D. Placement: Systems Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Post Ph.D. Placement: Senior Quantitative Analyst, Los Angles Dodgers | Schreiber |
| David Haley | Applied | Design and Verification of Modular Components in Thermodynamic Binding Networks | Doty |
| Nathan Hannon | Math | SPACES OF RANDOM PLANE TRIANGULATIONS AND THE DENSITY OF STATES | Babson |
| Brian Harvie | Math | The Inverse Mean Curvature Flow: Singularities, Dynamical Stability, and Applications to Minimal Surfaces Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Taiwan University, National Center for Theoretical Sciences | Jacob |
| Katelyn Jarvis | Applied | From Molecular Interactions to Whole Muscle Strength: connecting small-scale interactions to muscle fiber fucntion through mathematics Post Ph.D. Placement: , NASA | Walcott/Lewis |
| Carter Johnson | Applied | Neuromechanical Mechanisms of Locomotion in C. elegans Post Ph.D. Placement: Wylie Research Assistant Professor, University of Utah | Tim Lewis & Bob Guy |
| Yonggyu Lee | Math | On Ehrhart positivity and deformations of Tesler polytopes | Liu, Fu |
| Haotian Li | Applied | Natural Graph Wavelet Dictionaries: Methods and Applications Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Facebook Inc. | Saito |
| Ning Liu | Applied | How Does Uncertainty Propagate Through A Transportation Network Under Equilibrium? | Fan, Yueyue |
| Xiaochen Liu | Math | Cellular Automata with Random Rules Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doctoral position, Yale University | Gravner |
| Alexander Meyer | Applied | Great Risk, Grave Uncertainty, and Making Your Own Luck: The Dispersal of Coastal Marine Invertebrate Larvae in Heterogeneous Environments Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Notre Dame, Department of Biology | Hastings & Largier |
| Emily Meyer | Applied | Mathematical Modeling of Sinoatrial Node Dynamics at the Subcellular, Cellular, and Tissue Scales Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Development Associate, University of Arizona | Lewis |
| Lang Mou | Math | Wall-Crossing Structures in Cluster Algebras Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoc, Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics Post Ph.D. Placement: Newton International Fellow, University of Cambridge | Babson |
| Anthony Nguyen | Applied | Advances in Stochastic Optimization for Machine Learning | Balasubramanian |
| Jianping Pan | Math | Crystal Combinatorics and Grothendieck Polynomials Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, North Carolina State University | Schilling |
| Robert Scherer | Math | Topics in Number Theory and Combinatorics | Romik |
| Yiqun Shao | Applied | The Extended Generalized Haar-Walsh Transform and Applications Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Facebook | Saito |
| Dmitry Shemetov | Applied | Concerning Some Statistical Problems on Graphs Post Ph.D. Placement: Statistical Developer, Delphi Research Group at Carnegie Melon University | Sharpnack |
| Joshua Sumpter | Math | Pair Dependent Linear Statistics for Circular Random Matrix Ensembles Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Rochester | Soshnikov |
| Jiawei Wang | Math | Subadditivity of Piecewise Linear Functions Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist, Uber Technologies Inc. | Koeppe |
| Yue Zhao | Math | Representations of (Degenerate) Affine and Double Affine Hecke Algebras of Type C Post Ph.D. Placement: Math Teacher, Foreign Language School of South China Normal Univ. | Vazirani |
| 2019 - 2020 | |||
| Ji Chen | Applied | Nonconvex Matrix Completion: From Geometric Analysis to Algorithmic Analysis | Xiaodong Li |
| William Cuello | Applied | Persistence of Single and Multispecies Systems in the Face of Environmental Uncertainty Post Ph.D. Placement: Hill Assistant Professor, Rutgers University | Schreiber |
| Subhadip Dey | Math | Discrete isometry groups of symmetric spaces of noncompact type Post Ph.D. Placement: Gibbs Assistant Professor , Yale University | Kapovich |
| Nathaniel Gallup | Math | Dots and Dominos, Zigzags and Squares | Kuperberg |
| Tynan Lazarus | Math | Step-wise Adjustable Iterated Function Systems Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, University of Arizona | Xia |
| Yanwen Luo | Applied | The Spaces of Shapes and Geodesic Triangulations on Surfaces Post Ph.D. Placement: Hill Assistant Professor, Rutgers University | Hass |
| Alvin Moon | Math | Stable Properties of Gapped Ground State Phases in Quantum Spin Chains Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoc, University of Copenhagen QMATH Center | Nachtergaele |
| Jonathan Robey | Applied | On The Design, Implementation, and Use of a Volume-of-Fluid Interface Tracking Algorithm For Modeling Convection and Other Processes in The Earth's Mantle | Puckett |
| Robert Sanders | Math | Complexity Zoology Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis | Kuperberg |
| Benjamin Schiffman | Math | alpha-Balanced and Efficient Branched Transport Systems and Their Landscape Functions Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis | Xia |
| Jingyang Shu | Math | Sharp Fronts for the Surface Quasi-Geostrophic Equation Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Assistant Professor, Temple University Post Ph.D. Placement: Quantitative Research Associate, JP Morgan Post Ph.D. Placement: Sytematic investment strategiest, Goldman Sachs | Hunter |
| Shawn Witte | Math | Link Nomenclature, Random Grid Diagrams, and Markov Chain Methods in Knot Theory | Vazquez |
| William Wright | Math | An Improved Gauge Dual Descent Algorithm for Noisy Phase Retrieval | Bai |
| Bohan Zhou | Applied | From optimal transport to optimal mixing flows and vice versa | Xia, Qinglan |
| Yunshen Zhou | Applied | Solution of Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems Arising from Constrained Rayleigh Quotient Optimization and Resonant Modes Computation of Accelerator Cavity Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist, Expedia | Bai |
| 2018 - 2019 | |||
| John Challenor | Math | Positive Characteristic Phenomena in Linear Series Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis | Osserman |
| Thomas Chartrand | Applied | The Role of Subthreshold Phenomena in Synchronization by Electrical Synapses Post Ph.D. Placement: Scientist, Allen Institute for Brain Science | Lewis |
| Steffen Docken | Applied | Mechanisms Underlying Functional Effects of Drugs on Cardiac Dynamics (Insights from Idealized Models) Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoc, Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia | Lewis |
| Colin Hagemeyer | Math | Spiders and Generalized Confluence | Kuperberg |
| Graham Hawkes | Math | Marked Tableaux Post Ph.D. Placement: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute | Schilling |
| Xiang He | Math | Lifting Properties of Tropicalization and Their Connection to Brill-Noether Theory Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoc, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Osserman |
| Thomas Hogan | Math | Patterns in Classified Data: Tverberg-type Theorems for Data Science Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist, Tatari Inc. | DeLoera |
| Oscar Kivinen | Math | Affine Springer fibers, Hilbert schemes and knots Post Ph.D. Placement: Taussky-Todd Instructor, California Institute of Technology University (Caltech) | Gorskiy |
| Kevin Lamb | Math | A Distance for Circular Heegaard Splittings Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of the Pacific | Thompson |
| Yang Li | Math | Sorting Data into Categories: Applying Convex Optimization to Classification and Clustering Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Facebook | Strohmer |
| Beibei Liu | Math | Discrete Isometry Subgroups of Negatively Pinched Hadamard Manifolds Post Ph.D. Placement: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., Georgia Tech, School of Mathematics | Kapovich/Gorskiy |
| Wen Liu | Math | Limit Linear Series on Cycle Curves | Osserman |
| Shuang Ming | Math | On Image of TQFT representations of mapping class groups Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., Texas A&M University | Kuperberg |
| Lily Silverstein | Math | Probability and Machine Learning in Combinatorial Commutative Algebra Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., California State Polytechnic-Pomona | DeLoera |
| Jordan Snyder | Applied | Collective Behavior in Dynamics on Networks Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Associate, University of Washington, Dept. of Applied Math | D'Souza |
| Patrick Weed | Math | Circular Heegaard Splittings of Knot Exteriors Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Analyst , Department of Managed Health Care | Thompson |
| 2017 - 2018 | |||
| Robert Bassett | Math | Stochastic and Convex Optimization in Statistical Estimation Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor of Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School | Wets |
| Alexander Berrian | Applied | The Chirped Quilted Synchrosqueezing Transform and Its Application to Bioacoustic Signal Analysis Post Ph.D. Placement: Audio Research Engineer, Gracenote | Saito |
| Matthew Cha | Math | Topologically Ordered States in Infinite Quantum Spin Systems Post Ph.D. Placement: Post-Doc, Michigan State University | Nachtergaele |
| Calina Copos | Applied | Modeling the Mechanics of Cell Locomotion: The Effects of Cell-Surface Interaction and Cytoskelton Post Ph.D. Placement: Courant Instructor, NYU- Courant Institute Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor in Mathematics and Computational Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | Guy |
| Jamie Haddock | Applied | Projection Algorithms for Convex and Combinatorial Optimization Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoc, UCLA | De Loera |
| Chuanbin Li | Applied | A Numerical Study on Flagellar Swimming in Viscoelastic Fluids Based on Experimental Data Post Ph.D. Placement: Post doc, Penn State University Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Google | Guy/Thomases |
| Kirill Paramonov | Math | Essays in Combinatorics: Crystals on Shifted Primed Tableaux, Brigraded Fibonacci Numbers and Data Mining on Social Graphs Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer (Machine Learning), YouTube | Schilling |
| Eric Samperton | Math | Computational Complexity of Enumerative 3-Manifold Invariants Post Ph.D. Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, UCSB Post Ph.D. Placement: J.L. Doob Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, Purdue University | Kuperberg |
| Gicheol Shin | Math | The rectangular representation of the rational Cherednik algebra of type A Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics Education, Korea National University of Education | Vazirani |
| Evan Smothers | Math | Self-Similar Solutions and Local Wavefront Analysis of a Degenerate Schrodinger Equation Arising from Nonlinear Acoustics Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist , Uber | Hunter |
| Patrick Tam | Math | Nearly Finitary Matroids Post Ph.D. Placement: Scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center | Babson |
| Yuanyuan Xu | Applied | On several problems in Random Matrix Theory and Statistical Mechanics Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doc, KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Soshnikov |
| 2016 - 2017 | |||
| Amanda Back | Applied | Tropical Atmospheric Dynamics Modulated by Large-Scale Flows Post Ph.D. Placement: Researcher, NOAA, Earth Systems Research Lab/ Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere | Biello |
| Nix Barnett | Applied | Mechanisms within the Black Box: Prediction, Computation, Randomness, and Complexity of Input-Output Processes via the E-Transducer Post Ph.D. Placement: Dean's Postdoctoral Scholar, Florida State University | Crutchfield |
| Federico Castillo | Math | Local Ehrhart Positivity Post Ph.D. Placement: Visiting Assistant Prof., Kansas University | Fu Liu |
| Julio Deride | Applied | Essays on Variational Approximation Techniques for Stochastic Optimization Problems Post Ph.D. Placement: Post-Doc, Sandia National Labs Post Ph.D. Placement: Professor, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Post Ph.D. Placement: Internship, NASA- Langley Research Center | Wets |
| Gabriel Goh | Math | Optimization with Costly Subgradients Post Ph.D. Placement: Machine Learning Engineer, Apple | Friedlander |
| Indrajit Jana | Math | Spectrum of Random Band Matrices Post Ph.D. Placement: Post-Doc, Temple University Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology | Soshnikov |
| Dale Koenig | Math | Trisections in three and four dimensions Post Ph.D. Placement: Post-Doc, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology | Thompson |
| Henry Kvinge | Math | A Categorification of the Crystal Isomorphism B1,1 ⊗ B(Λi) ≅ B(Λ σ(i)) and a Graphical Calculus for the Shifted Symmetric Functions Post Ph.D. Placement: Post-Doc, Colorado State University Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Lab | Vazirani |
| Alexander Lang | Math | On the Classification of Supercharacter Theories | Vazirani |
| Shuyang Ling | Applied | Bilinear Inverse Problems: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications Post Ph.D. Placement: Post-Doc, The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU | Strohmer |
| Swati Patel | Applied | The Effects of Ecological and Evolutionary Feedbacks on Community Dynamics Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Vienna Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Tulane University | Schreiber |
| Carson Rogers | Math | Fibered links in the 3-sphere | Thompson |
| Axel Saenz-Rodriguez | Math | Integrability and Tau-functions on Random Walkers & Isomonodromy Deformation Systems Post Ph.D. Placement: Post-Doc, University of Virginia Post Ph.D. Placement: Mary Ann Pitts Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Virginia | Mulase |
| Kevin Schenthal | Math | On the Free-Boundary Euler-x Equations and the a-0 Water Waves Limit Post Ph.D. Placement: Vice President, Professional Boundaries, Inc. Post Ph.D. Placement: Senior Data Scientist, Sonder | Shkoller |
| David Stein | Applied | The Immersed Boundary Smooth Extension (IBSE) Method: A Flexible and Accurate Fictitious Domain Method, and Applications to the Study of Polymeric Flow in Complex Geometries Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute Post Ph.D. Placement: Flatiron Research Fellow, Simons Foundation | Thomases |
| Dale Trockel | Applied | The Influence of Momentum Flux at The Inflow Boundary of an Exchange Flow on Multi-Frontogenesis In Narrow Estuaries | Largier |
| Chelsea Weaver | Math | Analysis and Extension of Sparse Representations in Signal Classification Post Ph.D. Placement: Machine Learning Scientest, Amazon Web Services | Saito |
| Amanda Young | Math | Spectral Properties of Multi-Dimensional Quantum Spin Systems Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoc, Technische Universitat Munchen Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Nachtergaele |
| Yuan Zhou | Applied | Infinite-Dimensional Relaxations of Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., University of Kentucky | Koeppe |
| 2015 - 2016 | |||
| Eric Brattain-Morrin | Applied | The Completeness of the Bethe Ansatz for the Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor , SUNY New Paltz | Tracy |
| Brandon Dutra | Applied | Decomposition Methods for Nonlinear Optimization and Data Mining Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Google Inc. | De Loera |
| Ryan Halabi | Applied | urface Plasmon Polaritons in Nonlinear Media Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist, BombBomb | Hunter |
| Jeff Irion | Applied | Multiscale Transforms for Signals on Graphs: Methods and Applications Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Bosch | Saito |
| Philip Kopel | Applied | Hermitian and Non-Hermitian Random Matrix Theory Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Colorado, Boulder Post Ph.D. Placement: Professor, Colorado State University | Soshnikov |
| Reuben La Haye | Math | Quantitative Combinatorial with Applications to Number Theory and Optimization Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Google, Inc. | DeLoera |
| Mark Lydon | Math | On the Chromatic Symmetric Function of Graphs | Babson |
| Jacob Miller | Math | Transportation Networks and Matroids:Algorithms through Circuits and Polyhedrality Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Analyst, All State Insurance Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist, Facebook | DeLoera |
| George Mossessian | Math | Stabilizing Heegaard Splittings of High-Distance Knots Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Constructorio Post Ph.D. Placement: Backend Team Lead, Constructor.io | Thompson |
| Gustavo Navarro | Math | Local well-posedness and Global stability of the Two-Phase Stefan problem Post Ph.D. Placement: VP Engineering, Supply, Inc Post Ph.D. Placement: Algorithms | Shkoller |
| Chuan Qin | Applied | Card Shuffles, Genome Rearrangements, and Social Networks Post Ph.D. Placement: Senior Financial Economist, Securities Litigation and Consulting Group | Morris |
| Ruoguang (Roger) Tian | Math | Top to Random Shuffles and Characterization of Rigged Configurations of B(oo) in Type A Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis | Schilling |
| Christopher Westenberger | Math | Knots and Links from Random Projections Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Assistant, FactSet Post Ph.D. Placement: Quantitative Researcher, FactSet Post Ph.D. Placement: Quantitative Analyst/Risk Modeler, Western Asset Management | Babson |
| 2014 - 2015 | |||
| Euna Chong | Math | Nonlinear Equations of Mixed Type and Transonic Flows Post Ph.D. Placement: Adjunct Math Faculty, American River College Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, University of California, Davis | Hunter |
| Owen Lewis | Applied | Mathematical Investigation of Hydrodynamic Contributions to Amoeboid Cell Motility in Physarum Polycephalum Post Ph.D. Placement: Dean's Postdoctoral Scholar, Florida State University Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico | Guy |
| Steven Lu | Math | No Quantum Brooks' Theorem | Kuperberg |
| Matthew Reed | Applied | The Central Limit Theorem for Linear Spectral Statistics of Submatrices of the Gaussian Wigner Random Matrices Post Ph.D. Placement: Adjunct Professor , Sacramento City College Post Ph.D. Placement: Senior Data Scientist, DeepAI | Soshnikov |
| Travis Scrimshaw | Math | Crystals and Rigged Configurations Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Queensland | Schilling |
| Edward (William) Tavernetti | Applied | Modeling and Simulation of Thermal Ignition, Flame Fronts, Reactive Flows and Transonic Combustion Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis | Hafez |
| Alexander Waagen | Applied | Phase Transitions on Static and Evolving Networks: Effects of Competition, Zealotry, and Growth Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Hughes Research Laboratory, LLC | D'Souza |
| Richard Watson | Applied | The Structure of Transient Memory in a Simple Model of Inhibitory Neural Feedback Post Ph.D. Placement: senior data scientist / machine learning practitioner, Independent Consultant in health / wellness field | Crutchfield |
| Timothy Wertz | Math | Localized operators and eigenvector localization Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Division of Science, Yale-NUS College | Strohmer |
| 2013 - 2014 | |||
| Jeffrey Anderson | Math | The Structure Exploiting Arnoldi Algorithm for Model Order Reduction of General Higher-Order Linear Dynamical Systems Post Ph.D. Placement: Associate Professor, Foothill College | Freund |
| Emi Arima | Math | A Fabricius-Bjerre Type Invariant of Space Curves Post Ph.D. Placement: Adjunct Professor Post Ph.D. Placement: Mathematics Instructor, Columbus State Community College | Thompson |
| Charles Brummitt | Applied | Models of Systemic Events: Interdependence, Contagion, and Innovation Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Columbia University Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Associate- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard University | D'Souza |
| Joohee Hong | Applied | Minimal Realization for Descriptor Systems: Applications to RCL Circuits Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, University of California, Davis Post Ph.D. Placement: Teaching Fellow in Mathematics, Nazarbayev University | Freund |
| Mi Jiang | Applied | Computational Studies of Competing Phases in Model Hamiltonians Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Theoretische Physik HIT; Zurich | Jensen |
| Ricky Kwok | Applied | On the Distribution of the Leading Particle in the Asep with Step Initial Condition and the Self-Adjoint Asep Post Ph.D. Placement: Machine Learning Engineer, Spotify | Tracy |
| Binglin Li | Math | Towards a Theory of Abel-Jacobi Maps and Limit Linear Series for Curves of Compact Types Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher | Osserman |
| Lingyun Li | Applied | Central Limit Theorem for Linear Statistic of Eigenvalues of Large Random Matrices Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis | Soshnikov |
| Wenjing Liao | Applied | Grid-Independent Compressive Imaging and Fourier Phase Retrieval Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute(SAMSI), jointly with Duke University Post Ph.D. Placement: Visiting Assistant Prof., Duke University Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., Georgia Tech, School of Mathematics | Fannjiang |
| Haoyang Liu | Applied | Spectral Analysis of High Dimensional Time Series Post Ph.D. Placement: PhD Student - Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley Post Ph.D. Placement: Financial Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | Aue |
| Matthew O'Brien | Applied | Scalable Domain Decomposed Monte Carlo Particle Transport Post Ph.D. Placement: Researcher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Joy |
| Jiawei (Calvin) Zhang | Applied | Limb Coordination in Crustacean Swimming: The Underlying Neural Mechanisms and Fluid Dynamics Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor/ Courant Instructor, NYU: Courant Institute Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., University of Arizona, Dept. of Mathematics | Lewis |
| Naizhen Zhang | Math | Towards the Bertram-Feinberg-Mukai Conjecture Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, KU Leuven Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, University of California, Davis | Osserman |
| 2012 - 2013 | |||
| Carlos Barrera-Rodriguez | Math | A Collection of Multicurve Complexes Post Ph.D. Placement: Data Scientist Guru, Coppel SA de CV | Hass |
| Adam Dobrin | Applied | Exploring the Effects of Enforced Proximity in Enzyme Reaction Kinetics Post Ph.D. Placement: Senior Data Analyst, Redfin | Benham |
| Benjamin Fineman | Math | Bounds for the Number of Permutations Containing a Low Density of Patterns Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UCD | Babson |
| Robert Hildebrand | Applied | Algorithms and Cutting Planes for Mixed Integer Programs Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Eidgenssische Technishe Hochschule (ETH) Zurich Post Ph.D. Placement: Goldstine Fellow Postdoctoral Researcher, IBM Watson Research Center Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., Virginia Tech; Department of Industrial Systems Engineering | Koeppe |
| Jason Hole | Math | Well-posedness of the free-boundary Compressible 3-D Euler equations with surface tension and the zero surface tension Post Ph.D. Placement: Mathematics Instructor, Saddleback College | Shkoller |
| Mihaela Ifrim | Math | Normal Form Transformations for Quasilinear Wave Equations Post Ph.D. Placement: Post-Doc, UC Berkeley Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, McMaster University | Hunter |
| Yvonne Kemper | Math | Problems of Enumeration and Realizability on Matroids, Simplical Complexes, and Graphs Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Vienna Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology | De Loera |
| Paul Mach | Applied | Protein Sequence Design for Fold Recognition Using a New Quanitification of Protein Geometry Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Strava Inc. Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Tetration Analytics | Koehl |
| Jen (Josh) Oyoung | Applied | Totally Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process for Particles of Different Hopping Rates | Tracy |
| Rohit Thomas | Math | Decorated 3-manifolds and invariants of Hopf words Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Arizona | Kuperberg |
| Nicholas Travers | Applied | Bounds on Convergence of Entropy Rate Approximations in Hidden Markov Processes Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Post Ph.D. Placement: Visiting Assistant Prof., Indiana University | Crutchfield |
| Ernest Woei | Applied | Characterization and Clustering of Dendritic Trees Using Morphological Features Extracted by Graph Spectra Post Ph.D. Placement: Image Processing Developer, Trendage | Saito |
| Jing Xia | Applied | Finding Disease Associated Genes from Microarray Data Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Analyst, Ebay Post Ph.D. Placement: Statistician/ Data Scientist, Paypal | Rocke |
| 2011 - 2012 | |||
| Lawrence Austria | Math | Nonlinear Hyperbolic Surface Waves in Variational Boundary-Value Problems Post Ph.D. Placement: Mathematician, US Navy Naval Air Systems Command | Hunter |
| Sonya Berg | Math | A Quantum Algorithm for the Quantum Schur-Weyl Transform Post Ph.D. Placement: Professor, Marianopolis College | Kuperberg |
| Samuel Denton IV | Math | Excursions into Algebra and Combinatorics at q = 0 Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, York University/Fields Institute | Schilling |
| Patrick Dragon | Math | Integrality Theorems in Lie Groups and Quantum Mechanics Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor in Residence, University of Connecticut | Schwarz |
| Jeffrey Ferreira | Math | Row-Strict Quasisymmetric Schur Functions, Characterizations of Demazure Atoms, and Permuted Basement Nonsymmetric Macdonald Polynomials Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Science Agency (NSA) | Vazirani |
| Thomas Hunt | Applied | A Proof of the Higher Order Accurancy of the Patchy Method for Solving the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Associate, Naval Post-Graduate School | Krener |
| Eunghyun Lee | Applied | Bethe Ansatz Solvable Interacting Particle Systems on Z Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki | Tracy |
| Jia-Ming (Frank) Liou | Applied | Topology of the Krichever Map Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institut Fur Mathematik | Schwarz |
| Sonny Mohammadzadeh | Math | Results on the Euler Characteristic and Cohomology of Hamiltonian Vector Fields in the Plane and its Maximal Nilpotent Subalgebra Post Ph.D. Placement: Professor, City College of San Francisco | Fuchs |
| Yuji Nakatsukasa | Applied | Algorithms and Perturbation Theory for Matrix Eigenvalue Problems and the Singular Value Decomposition Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Associate, University of Manchester, School of Mathematics | Freund |
| Stephen Ng | Math | Ordering Energy Levels of Uq(sl2) Invariant Hamiltonians Post Ph.D. Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Rochester | Nachtergaele |
| Sean O'Rourke | Math | Spectral Properties of Random Matrices with Independent Entries Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, Rutgers University | Soshnikov |
| Mohamed Omar | Math | Applications of Convex and Algebraic Geometry to Graphs and Polytopes Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, California Institute of Technology Post Ph.D. Placement: Associate Profressor, Harvey Mudd | De Loera |
| Anastasia Raymer | Applied | Mixing Time of the Fifteen Puzzle Post Ph.D. Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell University | Morris |
| Moritz Reintjes | Applied | Shock Wave Interaction in General Relativity and the Emergence of Regularity Singularities Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Universitat Regensburg | Temple |
| David Renfrew | Applied | Outliers of Finite Rank Deformations to Random Matrices and Related Functionals Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, Binghamton University Post Ph.D. Placement: RTG Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA | Soshnikov |
| Gregory Shinault | Applied | Inhomogeneous Tilings of the Aztec Diamond and the Airy Process Post Ph.D. Placement: Van Vleck Visiting Asst. Professor, UW Madison | Tracy |
| Martha Shott | Applied | Traffic Oscillations Due to Topology and Route Choice in Elemental Freeway Networks Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, Indiana University Kokomo Post Ph.D. Placement: Associate Professor, Sonoma State University | Zhang |
| Matthew Stamps | Math | Topological Methods in Matroid Theory Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Aalto University Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor of Science , Yale-NUS College | Babson |
| Hsiao-Chieh (Arcade) Tseng | Applied | Compressive Sensing and Its Applications in Radar Imaging and Rough Surface Scattering Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Davis, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources | Fannjiang |
| Anna Vershynina | Math | Existence of the thermodynamic limit and asymptotic behavior of some irreversible quantum dynamical systems Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., University of Houston | Nachtergaele |
| 2010 - 2011 | |||
| Julie Blackwood | Applied | Management-Based Models in Ecology Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, Dept of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Michigan | Hastings |
| Christopher Bumgardner | Math | Codes in W*-Metric Spaces: Theory and Examples Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis, Department of Mathematics | Kuperberg |
| David Cherney | Math | Detour Complexes from Jacobi (Super) Algebras and Applications to Generalized Spinning Particles, Hi Guage Fields, and N=2 Supergravity Black Holes Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis - Mathematics, UCD | Waldron |
| Blake Hunter | Applied | Data Mining Compressed, Incomplete and Inaccurate High Dimensional Data Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, Program in Computing, UCLA, Dept. of Mathematics | Strohmer |
| Edward Kim | Math | Geometric Combinatorics of Transportation Polytopes and the Behavior of the Simple Method Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Technische Universiteit Delft | De Loera |
| Marion Moore | Math | High Distance Knots in Closed 3-Manifolds and A-SL Generalized Heegaard Splittings for 3-Manifolds Post Ph.D. Placement: RTG instructorship, University of Texas-Austin | Thompson |
| Steven Pon | Math | Affine Stanley Symmetric Functions for Classical Groups Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor in Residence, University of Connecticut Mathematics Department | Schilling |
| Matthew Rathbun | Math | Tunnel Number One, Fibered Links and High Distance Knots Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, Michigan State University (Department of Mathematics) | Thompson |
| Igor Rumanov | Applied | Integrable Equations for Random Matrix Spectral Gap Probabilities Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Mathematics & Science Research Institute | Tracy |
| Tamara Schlichter | Applied | Modeling the Dynamics of Central Pattern Generators and Anesthetic Action Post Ph.D. Placement: Self Employed - Event Planner | Lewis |
| Michael Schwemmer | Applied | The Influence of Dendritic Properties on the Dynamics of Oscillatory Neurons Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University - Program in Applied and Computatonal Math | Lewis |
| David Sivakoff | Applied | Random Site Subgraphs of the Hamming Torus Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher - Program on Complex Networks, SAMSI | Gravner |
| Tyler Skorczewski | Applied | A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Suction Feeding Fish Using Chimera Overset Grids Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Assistant Professor, Dept of Mathematics, University of Utah Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., Cornell University Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Prof., University of Wisconsin-Stout | Cheer |
| Qiang Wang | Math | Promotion Operators in Representation Theory and Algebraic Combinatorics Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis Medical Center - Dept of Neurology | Schilling |
| 2009 - 2010 | |||
| Matthew Herman | Applied | Perturbations and Radar in Compressed Sensing Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA - Department of Mathematics Post Ph.D. Placement: Senior Algorithm Engineer, InView Technology Corporation | Strohmer |
| Bradley Marchand | Applied | Local Signal Analysis for Classification Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center | Saito |
| Alexander Papazoglou | Math | Tverberg Partitions and Equivariant Obstructions | Babson |
| Zeke Vogler | Applied | The Numerical Simulation of General Relativistic Shock Waves by a Locally Inertial Godunov Method featuring Dynamical Time Dilation Post Ph.D. Placement: Self-employed | Temple |
| 2008 - 2009 | |||
| Shinpei Baba | Math | Decomposition Theorems for Complex Projective Structures Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bonn - Hausdorff Center for Mathematics | Kapovich |
| Chris Berg | Math | combinatorics of (l, 0)-JM Partitions, l-cores, the Ladder Crystal and the Finite Hecke Algebra Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UCD | Vazirani |
| Eli Goldwyn | Applied | When Can Dispersal Synchronize Oscillating Populations? Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago - Dept of Ecology and Evolution | Hastings |
| Karl Hallowell | Math | Higher Spin Approaches to Quantum Field Theory and (Pseudo)-Riemannian Geometries | Waldron |
| David Haws | Math | Matroid Polytopes: Algorithms, Theory, and Applications Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kentucky - Dept. of Statistics | De Loera |
| Dan Li | Applied | Differential Expression Analysis for Proteomics Data by 2D Gel Electrophoresis Post Ph.D. Placement: Financial Modeling Analyst, Moody Wallstreet Analytics | David Rocke, Applied Science |
| Yung-Ta Li | Applied | A Krylov Projection Method for Model Order Reduction of Parameterized Linear Dynamical Systems Post Ph.D. Placement: Postgraduate Researcher, National Chiao Tung University - Dept of Mathematics | Bai |
| Fabiola Manjarrez-Gutierrez | Math | Thin Circle-valued Morse Functions for Knots in S3 Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral researcher, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | Thompson |
| Spyridon Michalakis | Applied | Entanglement and Ground States of Gapped Hamiltonians Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Associate, Los Alamos National Labs | Nachtergaele |
| Adam Miller | Applied | How Disturbance Creates the Storage Effect and Promotes Maintenance of Species Diversity Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral researcher, Dept of Biology - Penn State | Chesson |
| Jaideep Mulherkar | Math | Some Properties of the Ferromagnetic XXZ Spin Chain and Their Applications to Quantum Computation Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, Institution DA-IICT (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology) | Nachtergaele |
| Kei Nakamura | Math | Some Results in Topology and Group Theory Post Ph.D. Placement: Visiting Research Asst. Professor, Oklahoma State University | Hass |
| Deanna Needell | Math | Topics in Compressed Sensing Post Ph.D. Placement: Professor, University of California- Los Angeles Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, Stanford University - Dept. of Statistics | Vershynin |
| Hillel Raz | Math | Lieb-Robinson Bounds in the Anharmonic Lattice Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, University of Cardiff in Wales | Nachtergaele |
| Cheryl Sershen | Applied | A Dynamic Model of DNA Structure and Function Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral researcher, Genome Center - UC Davis | Benham |
| Alice Stevens | Math | Knots in Heegaard Surfaces Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, St. Mary's College | Schultens |
| Eva Strawbridge | Applied | Mechanics, Dynamics, and Structures of DNA and an Elastic Rod Post Ph.D. Placement: L.E. Dickson Instructor, Univ of Chicago, Dept of Mathematics | Benham |
| Brandy Wiegers | Applied | A Model for Water Relations during Primary Plant Root Growth Post Ph.D. Placement: Math Circle Coordinator, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute | Cheer; Silk, LAWR |
| 2007 - 2008 | |||
| William Breslin | Math | Curvatures of surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds Post Ph.D. Placement: RTG Assistant Professor, University of Michigan | Hass |
| Brendan Farrell | Applied | Analysis of Noncommutative Operator Classes in Information Theory and Harmonic Analysis Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Technical University of Berlin | Strohmer |
| Raymond Guan | Applied | Advanced Equalization Techniques for Wireless Communications Post Ph.D. Placement: Intern, Intel | Strohmer |
| Andrew Hodge | Math | The Degree of the Logarithmic Extension of the Contangent Bundle to the Moduli of Pointed Curves and Hitchin Systems, Spectral Curves and KP Equations Post Ph.D. Placement: Applied Research Mathematician, Department of Defense | Mulase |
| Jeffrey Housman | Applied | Time Derivative Preconditioning Method for Multicomponent Flow Post Ph.D. Placement: , NASA | Mohamed Hafez, Mech & Aero Engr |
| Yvonne Lai | Math | An Effective Compactness Theorem for Coxeter Groups Post Ph.D. Placement: Tenure-Track Asst. Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Kapovich |
| Jaejeong Lee | Math | Fundamental Domains of Convex Projective Structures Post Ph.D. Placement: J Willard Gibbs Assistant Professor, Yale University | Kapovich |
| Shuang Liu | Applied | Improving the Classification of Microarray Data: Supervised and Unsupervised Methods Post Ph.D. Placement: Senior Financial Mathematician, Securities Litigation and Consulting Group | David Rocke, Applied Science |
| Daniel Rutherford | Math | Relationships Between Legendrian Knot Invariants Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Research Professor, Duke University | Fuchs |
| John Steinberger | Math | Tilings of the Intergers, Vanishing Sums of Roots of Unity, and Cyclotomic Arrays Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia | Rogaway |
| Chan-Ho Suh | Math | Modified Normal Surface Theories Post Ph.D. Placement: Fellow at University of Victoria, Pacific Institute | Hass |
| Michael Williams | Math | Lens Space Surgeries on Tunnel Number One Knots Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Barbara | Thompson |
| Sarah Williams | Applied | A Multiscale Hybrid Algorithm for Fluctuating Hydrodynamics Post Ph.D. Placement: RTG Postdoctoral, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Applied Mathematics | Bell, Puckett |
| Constance Wilmarth | Math | Projections of Singular Vectors of Verma Modules over Rank 2 Kac-Moody Lie Algebras Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, Northwest Christian College | Fuchs |
| Roy Wright | Applied | Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Host-Parasitoid Interactions in Lupine Habitat Post Ph.D. Placement: Visiting Assistant Research Professor, Truman State University | Hastings |
| Allen (Xiaodong) Xue | Applied | On a Fast Algorithm for Computing the Laplacian Eigenpairs via
On a Fast Algorithm for Computing the Laplacian Eigenpairs via Commuting Integral Operators Post Ph.D. Placement: , Epic Systems Corporation | Saito |
| Pengchong (Mike) Yan | Applied | Broadband Detection and Imaging of Multiple Targets in Clutter Post Ph.D. Placement: von Karman Instructor, California Institute of Technology | Fannjiang |
| Zhihua Zhang | Applied | High Dimensional Data Approximation and Wavelets Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral UCD, UCD | Saito |
| 2006 - 2007 | |||
| Leonard Choup | Math | Edgeworth Expansion of the Largest Eigenvalue Distribution Function of GUE and LUE Post Ph.D. Placement: Tenure-track Research Professor, University of Alabama at Huntsville | Tracy |
| Jeremy Clark | Math | Weak Coupling LImit for a Tracer Particle with Rapid Scatterings by Light Particles with Point Interactions Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral KU Leuven, Belgium | Nachtergaele |
| Jessica Kuang | Applied | Models of seed predation and coexistence of desert annual plant species Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Associate, University of Arizona | Chesson |
| Isaiah Lankham | Math | Patience Sorting and Its Generalizations Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, Dept of Mathematics, Simpson University | Tracy |
| Kamila Larripa | Applied | Mathematical Models of the Cytoskeleton Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, University of California, Davis | Mogilner |
| Ben-Shan Liao | Applied | Subspace Porjection Methods for Model Order Reduction and Nonlinear Eigenvalue Computatation Post Ph.D. Placement: Advanced Software Engineer, UGS Corporation, NX Nastran | Bai |
| Damien Pitman | Math | Clustering in Random Fitness Landscapes: Conformity and Incompatibility Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, SUNY - Cortland | Gravner |
| Philip Sternberg (Starhill) | Math | Applications of Crystal Bases to Current Problems in Representational Theory Post Ph.D. Placement: Computer Vision Engineer, Occipital | Schilling |
| Shaowu Tian | Applied | Continuous Distributions and Time: Equivalent Martingale Measures | Wets |
| Brian Wissman | Math | Global Solutions to the Ultra-Relativistic Euler Equations Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii - Dept of Mathematics | Temple |
| Jiadong Xu | Applied | Algorithms for nonlinear problems in digital communication Post Ph.D. Placement: Co-owner of an import/export company, Davis Micro LLC | Strohmer |
| Wei Yu | Applied | Nonparametric and Dimensional Reduction Method for Longitudinal and Survival Data Post Ph.D. Placement: Biostatistician, Genentech | Jane-Ling Wang, Statistics |
| 2005 - 2006 | |||
| Arthur (Ching-hsiao) Cheng | Applied | Navier-Stokes Equations Interacting with a Non-Linear Elastic Shell Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Associate, Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling: University of Maryland | Shkoller |
| Lipika Deka | Math | Fermionic Formulas for Unrestricted Kostka Polynomials and Superconformal Characters Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, California State University, Monterey | Schilling |
| Angela Gallegos | Applied | Two biological models: Mechanical aspects of uterine contractions and aspects of myxobacterial swarming Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, Occidental College - Department of Mathematics | Mogilner |
| Rebecca Honeyfield | Applied | Global Arterial System Dynamics Coupled with Local Three-Dimensional Models: Applications to Arterial Disease Post Ph.D. Placement: Senior Consultant, Navigant Consulting | Cheer |
| Jesse Johnson | Math | Heegaard Splittings, the Curve Complex, and the Pants Complex Post Ph.D. Placement: NSF Postdoctoral, Yale University | Thompson |
| Tyrrell McAllister | Math | Applications of Polyhedral Geometry to Computational Representation Theory Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Eindhoven Institute of Technology | De Loera |
| Bradley Safnuk | Math | Intersection Theory on the Moduli Space of Curves Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University | Mulase |
| Noel Smith | Math | Boundary Interpolating Trigonometric Transforms and Applications Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, University of California, Davis | Saito |
| Robin Wilson | Math | Knots with infinitely many incompressible Seifert surfaces Post Ph.D. Placement: President's Postdoctoral Fellow for 2006-2007, University of California - Santa Barbara | Thompson |
| Jim (Jucheng) Zhao | Applied | Efficient Approximations: Overcome Boundary Effects Post Ph.D. Placement: Quantitative Analyst, Prescio Consulting | Saito |
| 2004 - 2005 | |||
| Momar Dieng | Math | Distribution functions for edge eigenvalues in orthogonal and symplectic ensembles: Painleve representations Post Ph.D. Placement: Post Doctoral, University of Arizona - Dept of Mathematics | Tracy |
| Christopher Jerdonek | Math | The girth of a Heegaard splitting Post Ph.D. Placement: California Representative for FairVote, FairVote - Center for Voting and Democracy | Kapovich |
| John Tamaresis | Applied | Mathematical modeling of arterial endothelial cell responsiveness to flow Post Ph.D. Placement: Postgraduate Researcher, University of California - Merced - School of Natural Sciences | Barakat |
| 2003 - 2004 | |||
| Maya Ahmed | Math | Algebraic combinatorics of magic squares Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis - Dept. of Mathematics | De Loera |
| Brad Ballinger | Math | Length-preserving transformations on polygons Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis - Dept of Mathematics | Thompson |
| Scott Beaver | Applied | Banach algebras of integral operators, off-diagonal decay, and applications in wireless communications Post Ph.D. Placement: Teaching Postdoctoral, University of New Mexico | Strohmer |
| Thad Edens | Math | A new large tool variation stability result for the quadratic nonlinear system associated with the compressible Euler equations Post Ph.D. Placement: NSF Postdoctoral, University of Michigan | Temple |
| Denis Grishin | Applied | Fast and efficient methods for multi-dimensional scattered data approximation Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Scientist, Science Applications International Corp | Strohmer |
| Tigran Ishkhanov | Math | Legendrian knots: equivalence of normal rulings and augmentations of Chekanov-Eliashberg algebra Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, Stanford University | Fuchs |
| Wenlong Jin | Applied | Kinematic wave models of network vehicular traffic Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, UC Irvine (Institute of Transportation Studies) | Zhang |
| James Peirce | Math | Well-posedness of the three-dimensional Lagrangian averaged Navier-Stokes equations Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse | Shkoller |
| Lech Wolowski | Applied | Noise induced dissipation in discrete-time classical and quantum dynamical systems Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Bristol | Fannjiang |
| Ruriko Yoshida | Math | Barvinok's rational functions: Algorithms and applications to optimization, statistics, and algebra Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Research Professor, Duke University, Dept. of Mathematics | De Loera |
| 2002 - 2003 | |||
| Justin Abbott | Math | Low temperature results for the Heisenberg XXZ and XY models Post Ph.D. Placement: Sr. Multi-Discipline Engineer, Raytheon | Nachtergaele |
| Alex Barchechat | Math | Minimal triangulations of 3-manifolds Post Ph.D. Placement: NSF VIGRE Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Tulane University | Hass |
| Chris Dugaw | Applied | Dynamics of a soil-dwelling parasite and its insect host Post Ph.D. Placement: Faculty Fellow Researcher, UC Davis - Mathematics | Hastings |
| Lan Hong | Math | A numerical and analytical study of the Prandtl equations Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis | Hunter |
| Dongseok Kim | Math | Graphical calculus on representations of quantum lie algebras Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, Kyungpook Nat'l Univ, College of Natural Science, Dept of Math | Kuperberg |
| Genevieve Walsh | Math | Great circle links in the three-sphere Post Ph.D. Placement: NSF VIGRE Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin | Thurston |
| 2001 - 2002 | |||
| David Brown | Applied | Stochastic spatial models of plant diseases Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral in Agronomy, UC Davis | Hastings |
| Youn-Sha Chan | Applied | Hypersingular integrodifferential equations and applications to fracture mechanics of homogeneous and functionally graded materials with strain-gradient effects Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computer Science & Mathematics Division | Fannjiang |
| Tom Kim | Applied | A modified Smagorinsky subgrid scale model for the large eddy simulation of turbulent flow Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, UC Davis - Math and MAE | Wolfgang Kollman |
| Brons Larson | Applied | The continuous boundary local trigonometric transform Post Ph.D. Placement: Senior Scientist, Science Applications International Corp | Saito |
| Bori Mazzag | Applied | Mathematical models in biology Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, Humboldt State University | Mogilner |
| Carmeliza Navasca | Applied | Local solutions of the dynamic programming equations and the Hamilton Jacobi Bellman PDE Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, University of Waterloo | Krener |
| Michael Scott | Math | General relativistic shock-waves propagating at the speed of light Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral instructor, Kansas State University | Temple |
| Darryl Whitlow | Applied | Finite volume methods for incompressible flow Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Contractor, self-employed | Chattot |
| 2000 - 2001 | |||
| Michael Casey | Applied | Stochastic limit laws for stochastic programming Post Ph.D. Placement: Visiting Assist. Prof, Univ. of Arizona | Wets |
| Jennifer Henry | Math | On generating a diminimal set of polyhedral maps on the Torus | Barnette |
| Regina Parsons | Math | The effects of increased attention to the calculus foundations when teaching definite integrals Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis | Sallee |
| Shannon Starr | Math | Some properties for the low lying spectrum of the ferromagnetic quantum XXZ spin system Post Ph.D. Placement: NSF Postdoctoral, Princeton - Dept of Physics | Nachtergaele |
| John Thoo | Math | Nonlinear waves in random media Post Ph.D. Placement: Math Faculty, Yuba College | Hunter |
| Eiko Tyler | Math | Manifolds on which analysis meets topology Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, UC Davis - Mathematics | Mulase |
| 1999 - 2000 | |||
| Samuel Chan | Applied | Reaction diffusion equation in oscillatory media Post Ph.D. Placement: Software Engineer, Doubletwist | Hunter |
| Tyler Evans | Math | Cohomology of restricted lie algebras Post Ph.D. Placement: Assist. Professor, Humboldt State University | Fuchs |
| Meng-Kai Hong | Applied | An extension of the Riemann problems and Glimms method to general systems of conservation laws with source terms. Post Ph.D. Placement: NSF VIGRE Research Assistant Professorship, UCLA | Temple |
| Anatoly Konetchnyi | Math | Noncommutative geometry and Yang-Mills theory Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley - Dept. of Physics | Schwarz |
| Maike Meyer | Math | Computation of Chekanov-Eliashberg invariants for legendrian knots Post Ph.D. Placement: Research and Development, Wireless Network Group, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies | Fuchs |
| Matthew Nelsenador | Applied | Models of fluid flow in straight and curved distensible tubes, and relation to atherosclerosis Post Ph.D. Placement: Lecturer, Mendocino College | Cheer |
| Matthew Williams | Applied | Numerical methods for tracking interfaces with surface tension in 3-D mold-filling processes Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, Los Alamos National Laboratory | Puckett |
| 1998 - 1999 | |||
| Lisa Korf | Math | Approximation and solution schemes for stochastic dynamic optimization problems Post Ph.D. Placement: VIGRE Postdoctoral, University of Washington | Wets |
| Jorge Pinzon | Applied | Imaging spectrometry and image registration: a singular value decomposition and wavelet based learning Post Ph.D. Placement: Research Associate, NASA Goddard Space Center | Ustin |
| 1997 - 1998 | |||
| Curtis Feist | Math | Low dimensional topology Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, Marshall Univ. Dept of Math. | Wets |
| Richard Vaughn | Math | Planar soap bubbles Post Ph.D. Placement: Instructor, Paradise Valley Community College | Hass |
| John Wagner | Applied | A mathematical model of the fertilization Ca2 + wave in xenopus laevis oocytes Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Connecticut | Keizer |
| 1996 - 1997 | |||
| Judith Epstein | Math | On the invariants and isotopics of legendrian and tranverse knots | Fuchs |
| Thomas Rutaganira | Applied | Numerical simulation of blood flow in arteries: effect of elastic walls Post Ph.D. Placement: Programmer, ICEM | Cheer |
| Binh Truong | Applied | Generation of gravitational waves by acoustic wave interactions Post Ph.D. Placement: Instructor, Napa Valley College | Hunter |
| Thomas Winckler | Math | Stable cohomology of the invariants of the Lie subalgebra L1Hn of the Lie algebra of Hamiltonian vector fields | Fuchs |
| Oleg Zaboronsky | Math | Localization and supergeometry Post Ph.D. Placement: Member, Institute for Advanced Study | Schwarz |
| 1995 - 1996 | |||
| Michael Alexandrov | Math | On some problems of quantum field theory and theory of integrable systems Post Ph.D. Placement: Prodoctoria fellow, Columbia Univ. NASA Goddard Institute for Soace Studies | Hass |
| Joseph Good | Math | Embeddings of sl (2,C) into the ring of differential operators. Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, St. Mary's College | Mulase |
| Richard Kavinoky | Math | The non-applicability of the Hawking singularity theorem to the Smoller-Temple cosmological model Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, College of San Mateo | Temple |
| Masato Kimura | Math | Commutative algebras of differential operators with matrix coefficients Post Ph.D. Placement: Assistant Professor, College of William and Mary | Mulase |
| Lynelle Lang | Math | A generalization of Massey products with applications to deformation theory Post Ph.D. Placement: Associate Professor, Andrews University | Fuchs |
| James Pilliod | Applied | A second-order unsplit method for modeling flames in two-dimensional compressible flow Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, Lawrence Berkeley Lab | Puckett |
| Kejian Shi | Applied | Heterogeneity on the probability of failure of the sterile insect technique. Post Ph.D. Placement: Instructor, De Anza College | Plant |
| Michelle Stocking | Math | Almost normal surfaces in 3-manifold Post Ph.D. Placement: Postdoctoral, University of Texas | Hass |
Degrees Awarded from 1995 to Present
