Research Alumni

Former Postdocs

Matt Berger, postdoc from Nov. 2016 to Jul. 2018. Next a faculty at Vanderbilt University.

Chakrit Watcharopas, postdoc from Apr. 2014 to Mar. 2016, co-mentored with Donald House. Next a faculty at Kasetsart University.

Former Graduate Students

Jixian Li, Ph.D. in Computer Science. Dissertation: Deep Learning Approaches For Exploring Collections of Visual Features of Scalar Fields, Summer 2022. Next a postdoc at University of Utah.

Brian Bollen, Ph.D. in Applied Math. Dissertation: Stable, Discriminative Distances on Reeb Graphs and Merge Trees, Summer 2022. Next at Gravy Analytics.

Kairong Jiang, Ph.D. in Computer Science. Constructing and Assessing Surrogates for Volume Visualization Using Neural Networks, Summer 2022. Next at Seetrum.

Justin Crum (co-advised with Andrew Gillete), Ph.D. in Applied Math. Dissertation: Implementing and Testing Exterior Calculus Discretization Techniques for PDEs, Spring 2022. Next at Raytheon.

Harshita Narnoli, M.S. in Computer Science, Spring 2024.

Simon Swenson (co-advised with Kobus Barnard), M.S. in Computer Science, Spring 2020.

Benafsh Husain, M.S. in Computer Science, Spring 2018. Next pursued a PhD in Biomedical Data Science and Informatics at Clemson.

Zhi Zhang, M.S. in Computer Science, Fall 2017. Next at Itron, Inc.

Dachao Sun (co-advised with Donald House), M.S. in Computer Science. Thesis: Volumetric Seam Carving, Spring 2017.

Zachary Shore, M.S. in Computer Science, Summer 2015. Next at Deck Nine Games.

Former Undergraduate Students

Joanna Zabasajja, B.S. in Computer Science. Honors Thesis: Ethical Horizons: Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility in the Digital Landscape, Spring 2024.

Alex DeJournett, B.S. in Computer Science and Math, Fall 2020. Next a PhD student at Dartmouth College.

Devin Bayly (co-advised with Jean-Marc Fellous), B.S. in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science. Honors Thesis: Mental Landscapes: Virtual Reality For Neuroscience Outreach, Spring 2019.