Graduate Student Thesis Advisers
Below is a list of currently active thesis advisers, and what topic each graduate student is studying.
| Faculty Adviser | Grad Student | Degree Sought | Student Research Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babson, Eric - Math | |||
| Hannon, Nathan | Math, Ph.D. | ||
| Murray, John | Math, Ph.D. | Connections between the Tropical Vertex Group, Tropical Enumerative Invariants, and Relative Gromov-Witten Invariants | |
| Mou, Lang | Math, Ph.D. | quiver representations and cluster theory | |
| Bai, Zhaojun - Math | |||
| Zhou, Yunshen | Applied, Ph.D. | Fitting distance matrices by nonlinear eigenvalue problems | |
| Wright, William | Math, Ph.D. | Continuous convex optimization and eigenvalue optimization with applications in phase retrieval and image processing | |
| D'Souza, Raissa | |||
| Snyder, Jordan | Applied, Ph.D. | Dynamical systems and self-organization | |
| De Loera, Jesus - Math | |||
| Hogan, Thomas | Math, Ph.D. | Applications of Computational Geometry to Clustering, Classification of Data, and Unsupervised Machine Learning | |
| Haddock, Jamie | Applied, Ph.D. | Iterative Projection Methods for Convex and Combinatorial Optimization | |
| Silverstein, Lily | Math, Ph.D. | Computational commutative algebra | |
| Doty, David - CS | |||
| Haley, David | Applied, Ph.D. | Robust molecular programming, chemical reaction networks | |
| Fan, Yueyue | |||
| Liu, Ning | Applied, Ph.D. | ||
| Fannjiang, Albert - Math | |||
| Li, Lu | Applied, Ph.D. | Imaging through atmospheric turbulence using phase screens, phase retrieval, and algorithms for inverse problems | |
| Zhang, Zheqing | Applied, Ph.D. | Solving phase retrieval by Douglas Rachford/ADMM method | |
| Goldman, Mark - NPB | |||
| Dong, Stella | Applied, Ph.D. | balaneced (excitation and inhibition) rate-based and spike-based models for oculomotor integrator | |
| Gorskiy, Evgeny - Math | |||
| Kivinen, Oscar | Math, Ph.D. | Geometric representation theory | |
| Gravner, Janko - Math | |||
| Liu, Xiaochen | Math, Ph.D. | robust periodic solutions in multi-state cellular automata | |
| Hass, Joel - Math | |||
| Luo, Yanwen | Applied, Ph.D. | Computational geometry | |
| Hastings, Alan | |||
| Vogel, Kaela | Applied, Ph.D. | ||
| Hunter, John - Math | |||
| Shu, Jingyang | Math, Ph.D. | Sharp front of SQG equation | |
| Joy, Ken - Computer Science | |||
| Martinez, Roberto | Applied, Ph.D. | ||
| Kapovich, Michael - Math | |||
| Dey, Subhadip | Math, Ph.D. | Spherical metric with conical singularities | |
| Liu, Beibei | Math, Ph.D. | Geometrically finite Kleinian group | |
| Koeppe, Matthias - Math | |||
| Wang, Jiawei | Math, Ph.D. | Integer optimization | |
| Kuperberg, Greg - Math | |||
| Samperton, Eric | Math, Ph.D. | Computational complexity and low-dimensional topology | |
| Hagemeyer, Colin | Math, Ph.D. | Quantum groups, related tensor categories called spiders, and their relationship with geometric representation theory | |
| Ming, Shuang | Math, Ph.D. | Categorification of 3-Manifold Invariant and Quantum Algebra | |
| Gallup, Nathaniel | Math, Ph.D. | Double complexes of complex and smooth manifolds | |
| Lewis, Timothy - Math | |||
| Chartrand, Thomas | Applied, Ph.D. | Mathematical neuroscience, dynamics of coupled oscillators | |
| Docken, Steffen | Applied, Ph.D. | Dynamics of cardiac electrophysiology, mathematical pharmacology | |
| Liu, Fu - Math | |||
| Lee, Yonggyu | Math, Ph.D. | polyhedra theory | |
| Morris, Ben - Math | |||
| Senda, Alto | Math, Ph.D. | ||
| Nachtergaele, Bruno - Math | |||
| Moon, Alvin | Math, Ph.D. | Quantum many-body problems, operator algebras | |
| Reschke, Jake | Math, Ph.D. | Random operators and disordered quantum many-body systems | |
| Osserman, Brian - Math | |||
| Liu, Wen | Math, Ph.D. | Generalization of Linked Grassmannian | |
| He, Xiang | Math, Ph.D. | Lifting properties of (compactified) tropical intersections | |
| Challenor, John | Math, Ph.D. | Linear Series in Positive Characteristic | |
| Puckett, Elbridge Gerry - Math | |||
| Sollers, Keith | Applied, Ph.D. | Optimal placement of trades in securities market exchanges, with an emphasis on using machine-learning techniques to minimize transaction costs | |
| Saito, Naoki - Math | |||
| Weber, David | Applied, Ph.D. | Scattering transform, applications to sonar classification, and theory of CNNs | |
| Shao, Yiqun | Applied, Ph.D. | Wavelet transform on graph and further applications to matrices | |
| Shvarts, Eugene | Applied, Ph.D. | Theory and structure of social networks | |
| Schilling, Anne - Math | |||
| Poh, Wencin | Math, Ph.D. | Crystal bases, symmetric functions. | |
| Hawkes, Graham | Math, Ph.D. | Crystal Bases | |
| Schreiber, Sebastian - EVE | |||
| Cuello, William | Applied, Ph.D. | Mathematical Ecology, Stochastic Models, and Multispecies Coexistence | |
| Fleischer, Samuel | Applied, Ph.D. | Dynamical systems, eco-evo feedbacks, effects of parasites on community dynamics | |
| Soshnikov, Alexander - Math | |||
| Xu, Yuanyuan | Applied, Ph.D. | Spectral properties of large random matrices | |
| Thompson, Abigail - Math | |||
| Lamb, Kevin | Math, Ph.D. | Knot theory, 3-manifolds, Morse theory, and their associated combinatorial techniques | |
| Weed, Patrick | Math, Ph.D. | Three-manifolds, knot theory, and combinatorial techniques | |
| Vazirani, Monica - Math | |||
| Zhao, Yue | Math, Ph.D. | tableaux on periodic skew diagrams and the representations of double affined Hecke algebra | |
| Shin, Gicheol | Math, Ph.D. | Combinatorial representation theory of rational Cherednik algebras and double affine Hecke algebras | |
| Vazquez, Mariel - Math | |||
| Witte, Shawn | Math, Ph.D. | DNA Topology, classification of chiral knots, Monte Carlo algorithms | |
| Wets, Roger - Math | |||
| Bassett, Robert | Math, Ph.D. | Stochastic and convex optimization in statistical estimation, variational analysis, convex duality and applications. | |
| Xia, Qinglan - Math | |||
| Lazarus, Tynan | Math, Ph.D. | Fractal Geometry and Optimal Transportation with Adjustable Iterated Function Systems | |
| Schiffman, Benjamin | Math, Ph.D. | Landscape Functions in ramified optimal transport systems from Eulerian and Lagrangian perspectives | |