Mentoring

Postdoctoral

  • Jay Wilkins. Co-supervised with Alexander Teplyaev. 2011-2014.
  • Marius V. Ionescu. Co-supervised with Alexander Teplyaev. 2008-2010. Now Associate Professor at the US Naval Academy

PhD

Major advisor

  • Christopher Hayes. PhD 2022. Now Assistant Professor of mathematics at Gallaudet University.
  • Antoni Brzoska. Co-advised with Alexander Teplyaev. PhD 2017. Now at Collins Aerospace.

Minor advisor (PhD Committee)

  • Gamal Mograby PhD 2020.
  • Amy Peterson PhD 2019.
  • Kyle Evans. PhD 2017.
  • Ulysses Andrews. PhD 2016.
  • Daniel Kelleher. PhD 2014.
  • John Haga. PhD 2012.
  • David Ferrone. PhD 2012.

Masters advising

  • Sweta Pandey. M.S. 2020.
  • Richard Martin. M.S. 2015.
  • Shane Gibson. M.S. 2012.
  • Michael Ignatowich. M.S. 2011.

Undergraduate

I have supervised a large number of undergraduate research projects as part of the UConn Math NSF REU Site.  Most recent participants are still undergraduates, but many past participants have gone on to further study in mathematics or related areas.

REU 2025

  • Kyle Ambrose
  • Anne Bannon
  • Noah Dunham
  • Ranjeev Iyer
  • Michael Morris
  • Jeanette Patel
  • Shivani Regan
  • Ben Roark
  • Tyler Wick

REU 2024

  • Al Farabie Akanda. Now math PhD student at OSU.
  • Elijah Anderson. BS math Wesleyan University (2025). Now at Epic.
  • Hank Ewing. BS math Appalacian State University (2025)
  • August Noë. Now math PhD student at UC Berkeley.
  • Faye Castro. Still undergraduate.

REU 2023

  • Bobita Atkins. BS in math Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (2024). Freelancer.
  • Ashka Dalal. Now software engineer in health sciences.
  • Natalie Dinin. BS math CSU Chico (2024).
  • Johnathan Kerby-White. Now M.S. student at U. Wisconsin.
  • Tess McGuinness. BS in Applied Math at University of Connecticut (2025). Now at Wakefern food corp.
  • Tonya Patricks.
  • Genevieve Romanelli. Now PhD student at CUNY
  • Yiheng Su. Now PhD student in CS at U. Wisconsin.

    REU 2021

    • Jacob Brown. Now math PhD student at UConn.
    • Georgios Kementzidis. Now PhD student in applied and computational math at SUNY Stony Brook.
    • Cici Mikat. Now math PhD student at UCLA.
    • Robyn Steveley. Now math M.S. student at the University of Idaho.
    • Melissa Wei. Now math PhD student at the University of Minnesota.

    REU 2020

    • Kathryn Cole. MA in Math University of Kansas (2023). Now Alternative Testing Coordinator, University of Kansas.
    • Samantha Forshay. Now MA Student in Engaged and Public Humanities at Georgetown University.
    • Nathaniel Kingsbury. Now math PhD student at CUNY.
    • Leng Mawi.
    • Matthew Peeks. Now Instructional assistant at Lexington School for the Deaf, NY.

    REU 2019

    • Claire Canner. MS in Applied and Computational Mathematics, RIT (2022). 
    • Shinyu (Robin) Huang. Now math PhD student at UC Berkeley with NSF GRF.
    • Brett Hungar. Now math PhD student at OSU.
    • Elizabeth Melville.
    • Nikhil Nagabandi. Now math PhD student at UNC Chapel Hill.
    • Michael Orwin. Now Head Swim Coach at Sun Prairie West High School, WI.
    • Madison Phelps. Now math PhD student at Oregon State University.
    • Jonathan Wheeler. M.S. in math NAU. Now Network Implementation Engineer at Lumen.

    REU 2018

    • Caitlin Davis. Now math PhD student, University of Wisconsin.
    • Malcolm Gabbard. PhD Kansas State University (2025). Now Hill Assistant professor at Rutgers University.
    • Laura LeGare. M.S. in math Notre Dame University (2021). Now Instructor of mathematics at Holy Cross College.
    • Carlos Lima. Now Physics PhD student at California State University, Long Beach.
    • Anchala Krishnan. M.S. in Applied Math UConn (2021), M.S. in Data Science Rutgers (2023). Now data scientist at Centene.
    • Cory McCartan. PhD in Statistics Harvard University (2023). Now Assistant Professor of Statistics at Penn State.
    • Benjamin York. PhD University of Connecticut (2025). Now Visiting Assistant Professor at Skidmore College

    REU 2017

    • Luke C. Brown. PhD, Drexel University, (2023). Now analyst at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
    • Giovanni Ferrer. B.S. math, University of Puerto Rico (2019). Now math PhD student at OSU.
    • Courtney George.  PhD University of Kentucky (2023). Now Visiting Assistant Professor at UC Riverside.
    • Samantha Jarvis. Now math PhD student, CUNY.
    • Karuna Sangam. Now math PhD student, Rutgers University.

    REU 2015

    • Loren Anderson. PhD University of Minnesota 2022. NSF GRF. Now Principal Machine Learning Engineer, HII.
    • Edith Aromando. Now Operations Research Analyst, US DoD.
    • Aubrey Coffey. M.S. student, T.U. Munich (2022). Now software developer at SAP.
    • Hannah Davis. PhD UCSD (2023). Now cryptographic research at Seagate.
    • Michael Dworken. Now senior software engineer, Arcadia.
    • Lee Fisher. M.A.  Appalacian State University 2017, PhD UC Irvine 2023.  Now Data Scientist at the U.S. Navy.
    • Madeline Hansalik, now Madeline Rooney. M.S. Math Texas A&M 2017.
    • Stephen Loew. Now software engineer, Kiddom.

    REU 2013

    • Sara Chari. Ph.D. Dartmouth College 2019. Now Assistant Professor at St Mary’s College, MD.
    • Joshua Frisch. PhD Caltech 2021, then postdoc at Ecole Normale Superieure. Now Assistant Professor at UCSD.
    • Jessica Hyde. BS MIT.  Now senior software engineer at Apple.
    • Jesse Moeller. PhD University of Nebraska 2021. Now at SpaceX.
    • Luis Seda. Now data analyst at Datalytics, Puerto Rico.

    Earlier undergraduate mentoring.

    • Tyler Reese. Honors advisee at UConn. B.S., University Scholar, 2013. NSF Graduate Fellowship. PhD 2018 WPI.
    • Matthew Begue. Honors advisee at UConn. B.S. 2011. PhD U. Maryland 2016. Now Principal Data Scientist at Creative Radicals
    • Jessica DeGrado. Cornell REU mentee 2006. PhD University of Chicago Divinity School 2018. Now Assistant Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan.
    • Michael Barany. Cornell REU mentee 2006. PhD Princeton 2016 with NSF GRF. Now Senior Lecturer in the History of Science at the University of Edinburgh