Research Group

Graduate Students

Juniper Cocomello (2021-) [recipient of the Dunmu Ji award]

Kevin Hu (2021-) [recipient of the Stella Dafermos award]

I-Hsun Chen (2022-) [recipient of a 2-year GSAA Scholarship from the Taiwan government]

Yanqiu Guo (2023-)

Postdoctoral Fellows

Michel Davydov (October 2023-)

Undergraduate Students

Ivan Lee (Summer 2023-)

Alumni

Ph.D. Students Advised and Co-Advised

Xiaoyu (Darryl) Xie (Ph.D. 2024)
      [Recipient of the Sigma Xi Award]
Ankan Ganguly (Ph.D. 2022) Postdoctoral Fellow, UPenn (Jan 2023)
     [Recipient of the Dunmu Ji Award]
Yin-Ting Liao (Ph.D. 2022) Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Irvine
     [Recipient of a 2-year GSAA Scholarship and the Sigma Xi Award]
Pooja Agarwal (Ph.D. 2021) Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD
     [Recipient of the Stella Dafermos Award]
Steven Kim (Ph.D. 2017) Two Sigma Investments, NYC
Reza Aghajani (Ph.D. 2016) Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD
     [Recipient of the Dunmu Ji Thesis Prize]
Wei Wu (Ph.D. 2014) Postdoctoral Fellow, Courant Institute, NYU 
Soummya Kar (Ph.D. 2010) Assistant Research Professor, CMU 
Leo Kontorovich (Ph.D. 2007) Assistant Professor, Ben Gurion University
Milica Cudina (Ph.D. 2006) Assistant Clinical Professor, UT Austin

Post-doctoral Fellows Supervised and Mentored (and their subsequent job)

Sarath Yasodharan (May 2022-Aug 2024), Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay
Patrick Lopatto (July 2021-June 2024) NSF Postdoctoral Fellow (July 2022-June 2024); Assistant Professor, UNC Chapel Hill
William Salkeld (Aug 2022-Dec 2023) Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
Souvik Dhara (Spring 2023) Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Debankur Mukherjee (2018-2019) Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech
Daniel Lacker (2015--2017) Assistant Professor, Columbia University.
Ruoyu Wu (2017--2018) Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
David Lipshutz (2013-2017) Technion, Israel
Vaios Laschos (2013-2015) Weierstrass Institute, Berlin, Germany
Xingjie (Helen) Li (2014-2015) Assistant Professor, UNC, Charlotte
Arnab Ganguly (2012-2013) Assistant Professor, University of Louisiana
Aaron Smith (2012-2013) Assistant Professor, University of Ontario
Gennady Shaikhet (2007-2010) Assistant Professor, Carleton University
Weining Kang (2005-2009) Assistant Professor, UMBC

Masters and Visiting Students Advised

Franz Rembart (from TUM, Spring 2013) Ph.D. Student, Oxford
Nakul Shankar (2008), VP, Highbridge Capital Management
Erika Bernice Roaldan Roa (from CIMAT, Mexico, 2016, 2018), Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ohio-State University

Undergraduate Students Supervised

Yizhong Hu (Summer 2023-Spring 2024) PhD Student, Physics Harvard University
   Honors thesis [Recipient of the Jerome Stein Prize];
Chen Li (Fall 2023-Spring 2024) PhD student, Courant NYU
   Honors thesis [Recipient of the Rohn Truell Prize];
Caroline Kibbe (Spring 2023) Sprint/UTRA Award;
Alan Chen (Spring 2023) Sprint/UTRA Award
Alexei Izmailov (Spring 2023) Sprint/UTRA Award: PhD Student, Brown University
Mira Gordin (2019-2020) PhD Student, CPAM Princeton University
   Honors thesis [Recipient of the Rohn Truell Prize]
Timothy Sudijono (2018-2019) PhD student, Stanford University
   Honors thesis [Recipient of the Rohn Truell Prize]
Misha Sohan (2019 Spring) PhD Student, Stat U. Chicago
   Honors thesis [Recipient of the Jerome Stein Prize]
Rajita Chandak (2019 Spring) Honors Thesis; PhD Student, ORFE Princeton University
Mitchell Wortsman (2017-2018) Researcher, Allen Institute; then PhD student, UW
   Honors Thesis [Recipient of the Jerome Stein Prize]
Hwai-Ray Tung (2017-2018) Honors Thesis; PhD Student, Duke University
Wonho Rhee (2016) Honors Thesis; Derivatives Trader, Optiver US LLC
Eric Hu (2016) PhD Student, Columbia University.
Katrina Kardassakis (2014), PhD Student, Stanford GSB
   [Recipient of the Jerome Stein Prize]
Daniel Gitelman (2012-2013), PhD Student, Princeton University
   [Recipient of the Rohn Truell Prize]
Chongwu Du (Fall 2012)
Alice Ren (Fall 2011)
Kamal Ibrahim (Summer 2008)
Inez-Azaiez (Spring 2008)
E. Yeh (Summer 1998)
A. Bedekar (Summer 1998)