Alumni

Typical career tracks are exemplified by our alumni listed below along with their first position after graduation.

2015

• Namdi Brandon, Ph.D., Environmental Protection Agency, RTP, NC
  Advisor: Jingfang Huang
• Alex Hoover, Ph.D., Postdoc, Tulane University
  Advisor: Laura Miller
• Yuan Jin, Ph.D., Google
  Advisor: Greg Forest
• Travis McElroy
  Advisors:
• Nishant Malik, Postdoc, Applied Mathematics Instructor, Dartmouth
  Advisor: Peter Mucha
• John Mellnik, Ph.D., Path BioAnalytics
  Advisor: Greg Forest
• Alexis Sparko, M.S., National Security Agency
  Advisor: Peter Mucha
• Duo Zhao, M.S., Google
  Advisors: Jan Prins, Boyce Griffith

2014

• Austin Baird, Ph.D., Postdoc, Duke University
  Advisor: Laura Miller
• Joan Pharr, M.S., MaxPoint
  Advisor: Peter Mucha
• Simi Wang, Ph.D., Amazon
  Advisors: Greg Forest, Peter Mucha

2013

• Dan Fovargue, Ph.D., Postdoc, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Advisor: Sorin Mitran
• Gregory Herschlag, Ph.D., Postdoc, Duke University
  Advisor: Sorin Mitran
• Feng Shi, Ph.D., Postdoc, University of Chicago
  Advisors: Greg Forest, Peter Mucha

2012

• Lauren Fovargue, Ph.D., Postdoc,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Advisors: Michael Minion, Laura Miller

2011

• Christina Hamlet, Ph.D., Postdoc, NCSU
  Advisor: Laura Miller
• Amber Bess Sallerson Jackson, Ph.D. 
  Advisors: Cass Miller, William Gray

2010

• Sunyoung Bu, Ph.D., Postdoc, Korea
  Advisor: Jingfang Huang
• Amanda Traud, M.S., NCSU Ph.D.
  Advisor: Peter Mucha
• Jennifer Joyce Young, Ph.D., Postdoc, Rice University
  Advisor: Sorin Mitran
• Bo Zhang, Ph.D., Postdoc, Department of Computer Science, Duke University
  Advisor: Jingfang Huang
• Longhua Zhao, Ph.D. 2010, Postdoc, University of Minnesota
  Advisors: Roberto Camassa, Rich McLaughlin

2009

• Joyce Lin, Ph.D., Postdoc, University of Utah
  Advisors: Rich McLaughlin, Roberto Camassa
• Benjamin Perryman, M.S. 2009, 
  Advisor: Peter Mucha
• Roxana Tiron, Ph.D., Postdoc, University of South California
  Advisor: Roberto Camassa
• Wanda Strychalski, Postdoc, University of California at Davis
  Advisors: David Adalsteinsson, Tim Elston
• Ke Xu, Ph.D., Postdoc, UNC
  Advisor: Greg Forest

2008

• Elizabeth Bouzarth, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Furman University
  Advisor: Michael Minion
• Brandon Lindley, Ph.D., Postdoc, University of South Carolina
  Advisor: Greg Forest
• Joohee Lee, Postdoc, UNC Chapel Hill
  Advisor: Greg Forest

2007

• Akua Agyapong, M.S.
  Advisors: Rich McLaughlin, Roberto Camassa
• Eric Choate, Ph.D.,  Postdoc, University of South Carolina
  Advisor: Greg Forest
• Zhi Lin, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
  Advisors: Rich McLaughlin, Roberto Camassa
• Lingxing Yao, Ph.D., Postdoc, University of Utah 
  Advisors: Greg Forest, Sorin Mitran

2006

• Swathi Guda, M.S. 2006, Archimedes, Inc.
  Advisor: Peter Mucha
• Jun Jia, Ph.D., Postdoc, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  Advisor: Jingfang Huang
• Terry Jo Leiterman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, St. Norbert College
  Advisors: Rich McLaughlin, Roberto Camassa
• Xiaoyu Zheng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University
  Advisor: Greg Forest

2005

• John Bakken, M.S. 2005, Mathematics Instructor, Wake Tech Community College
  Advisor: Greg Forest
• Omar Tolbert, M.S. 2005, Graduate student, Financial mathematics program at UNC-Charlotte
  Advisor: Rich McLaughlin

2004

• Jefferey DiFranco, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Seattle University
  Advisor: Ken McLaughlin
• Stephen Lau, Ph.D., Research Associate, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
  Advisor: Michael Minion

2003

• Sarah Batey, M.S. 2003, Private sector
  Advisor: David Adalsteinsson
• Alison Hall, M.S. 2003, Graduate student, Anthropology, Columbia University
  Advisor: Greg Forest
• Jennifer Hudson, M.S. 2003, Private sector
  Advisor: Jingfang Huang
• Yichao Wu, M.S. 2003, Graduate student, Statistics program at UNC-Chapel Hill
  Advisor: Jingfang Huang

2002

• Gregory Robbins, M.S. 2002, Instructor, Tri-County Technical College, Pendleton, SC
  Advisors: Greg Forest, David Adalsteinsson

2001

• James Bonn, Ph.D., Research Analyst, The CNA Corporation, Arlington, VA
  Advisor: Rich McLaughlin