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 | |||
| 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 - CS | |||
| Lin, Chao-Ping | Applied, Ph.D. | Large sparse eigenvalue problems and the nonlinear eigenvalue problems arising from physical and engineering applications | |
| Balasubramanian, Krishna - Statistics | |||
| Nguyen, Anthony | Applied, Ph.D. | Stochastic Optimization | |
| De Loera, Jesus - Math | |||
| Zhang, Zhenyang | Math, Ph.D. | Combinatorial problems related to efficiency of the simplex method | |
| Doty, Dave - Computer Science | |||
| Haley, David | Applied, Ph.D. | Robust molecular programming, chemical reaction networks | |
| Severson, Eric | Applied, Ph.D. | Molecular computation, chemical reaction networks, and distributed computing | |
| Fan, Yueyue | |||
| Liu, Ning | Applied, Ph.D. | ||
| Fannjiang, Albert - Math | |||
| Zhang, Zheqing | Applied, Ph.D. | Solving phase retrieval by Douglas Rachford/ADMM method | |
| Fuchs, Elena - Math | |||
| Litman, Matthew | Math, Ph.D. | Approximation theory of numbers (backwards continued fractions, continued fractions, and rational approximations) and analytic number theory (expansions of number theoretic functions in orthogonal polynomials/coefficient asymptotics and super approximatio | |
| Goldman, Mark - NPB | |||
| Dong, Stella | Applied, Ph.D. | balanced (excitation and inhibition) rate-based and spike-based models for oculomotor integrator | |
| Gravner, Janko - Math | |||
| Liu, Xiaochen | Math, Ph.D. | robust periodic solutions in multi-state cellular automata | |
| Hass, Joel - Math | |||
| Wong, Ka Wai | Applied, Ph.D. | Computational geometry | |
| Luo, Yanwen | Applied, Ph.D. | Computational geometry | |
| Hastings, Alan | |||
| Vogel, Kaela | Applied, Ph.D. | Time scale of transient dynamics of predator-prey food web networks | |
| Meyer, Alexander | Applied, Ph.D. | Ecology and biology of coastal marine fish and invertebrate larvae | |
| Hunter, John - Math | |||
| Shu, Jingyang | Math, Ph.D. | Sharp front of SQG equation | |
| Jacob, Adam - Math | |||
| Harvie, Brian | Math, Ph.D. | Geometric evolution equations | |
| Sheu, Norman | Math, Ph.D. | Complex differential geometry | |
| Koeppe, Matthias - Math | |||
| Wang, Jiawei | Math, Ph.D. | Integer optimization | |
| Lewis, Timothy - Math | |||
| Johnson, Carter | Applied, Ph.D. | Neuromechanics of locomotion in the nematode C. elegans | |
| Li, Xiaodong | |||
| Chen, Ji | Applied, Ph.D. | Machine learning theory | |
| Liu, Fu - Math | |||
| Lee, Yonggyu | Math, Ph.D. | polyhedra theory | |
| Liu, Xin - Comp Sci | |||
| 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 | |
| Ma, Shiqian - Math | |||
| Wang, Zhongruo | Applied, Ph.D. | Optimization algorithms and its application in machine learning | |
| Morris, Ben - Math | |||
| Senda, Alto | Math, Ph.D. | Mixing Times of Shuffles | |
| Mulase, Motohico - Math | |||
| Brown, Jennifer | Math, Ph.D. | Categorification, quantization, and the Hitchin moduli space of Higgs bundles. Quantum invariants of knots and 3-manifolds | |
| Nachtergaele, Bruno - Math | |||
| Reschke, Jake | Math, Ph.D. | Random operators and disordered quantum many-body systems | |
| Moon, Alvin | Math, Ph.D. | Quantum many-body problems, operator algebras | |
| Rademacher, Luis - Math | |||
| Shu, Chang | Applied, Ph.D. | Algorithms and theoretical computer science. | |
| Leroux, Brett | Math, Ph.D. | Discrete Geometry, Convexity, Polytopes, and k-sets | |
| Romik, Dan - Math | |||
| Scherer, Robert | Math, Ph.D. | ||
| 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 | |
| Li, Haotian | Applied, Ph.D. | Natural graph wavelet and distance geometry of the Laplacian eigenfunctions | |
| Schilling, Anne - Math | |||
| Poh, Wencin | Math, Ph.D. | Crystal bases, symmetric functions. | |
| Pan, Jianping | Math, Ph.D. | Crystals and symmetric functions | |
| Schreiber, Sebastian - Evolution and Ecology | |||
| Fleischer, Samuel | Applied, Ph.D. | Dynamical systems, eco-evo feedbacks, effects of parasites on community dynamics | |
| Sharpnack, James - Stats | |||
| Shemetov, Dmitry | Applied, Ph.D. | Information theory and establishing statistical limits in distributed systems with communication constraints. Development of graph-based machine learning algorithms | |
| Soshnikov, Alexander - Math | |||
| Aguirre, Ander | Math, Ph.D. | Linear statistics for random matrix ensembles | |
| Sumpter, Joshua | Math, Ph.D. | Linear Statistics for Random Matrix Ensembles | |
| Strohmer, Thomas - Math | |||
| Sheng, Junda | Applied, Ph.D. | Semi-supervised Community Detection via Semidefinite Programming | |
| Temple, (John) Blake - Math | |||
| Alexander, Christopher | Applied, Ph.D. | General Relativistic Shock Wave Theory | |
| Vazirani, Monica - Math | |||
| Zhao, Yue | Math, Ph.D. | tableaux on periodic skew diagrams and the representations of double affined Hecke algebra | |
| Walcott, Sam - Math | |||
| Jarvis, Katelyn | Applied, Ph.D. | Mathematical modeling of the molecular mechanisms of muscle contraction | |
| Xia, Qinglan - Math | |||
| Zhou, Bohan | Applied, Ph.D. | Optimal mixing flow in passive mixing | |
| Schiffman, Benjamin | Math, Ph.D. | Landscape Functions in ramified optimal transport systems from Eulerian and Lagrangian perspectives | |