people

Alumni

• Kofi Adu-Gyan (Northern Illinois University) BS 2021
• Abdullah Ali (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2024
• Athena Angara (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2025
• Lindsay Arnold^* (University of Chicago) BS 2003
• Yassir Atlas (University of Illinois Chicago - Early Research Scholar) BS 2026
• James Bonasera (Northern Illinois University) BS 2019
• Michael Brizic^* (University of Chicago)
• Emily Brown (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022
• Hal Brynteson (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022
• Joe Brynteson (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022
• Anthony Bucaro^* (Northern Illinois University)
• Chris Cope^* (University of Chicago)
• Justin Derus (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022
• Ojas DhiYogi (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022
• Samuel Effendy (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2025
• Julia Finegan (Northern Illinois University) BS 2023
• Tommy Franczak (Northern Illinois University) BS 2019
• Fatima Mora Garcia (University of Illinois Chicago) Early Research Scholar, BS 2026
• Gennette Gill^* (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
• Mason Greig (Northern Illinois University) BS 2018
• Joseph Hale (Northern Illinois University)
• Kaitlyn Hwang^* (University of Chicago)
• Fatima Jassim (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2025
• Ryan Jeziorski (Northern Illinois University)
• Alina Kanayinkal^* (University of St. Thomas)
• Joe Katula (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022
• May Khine (Northern Illinois University) BS 2019
• Rob Kondratowiz (Northern Illinois University) BS 2018
• Wesley Kwiecinski (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022
• Angelo LeDonne^* (Northern Illinois University)
• Joe Lenz (Northern Illinois University) BS 2024
• Ryan Lewis (Northern Illinois University) BS 2019
• Aakash Lilaramani (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2023
• Francisco Lozano (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022
• Ricky Massa (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2025
• Matthew McCrory^* (North Central College)
• Harshit Modi (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2025
• Gio Moscato (Northern Illinois University)
• Connor Murphy^* (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022
• Sarah Osentoski^* (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
• Joseph Paris^* (North Central College)
• Danny Patel (Northern Illinois University) BS 2023
• Michael Pellegrino^* (Indiana Institute of Technology)
• Franny Plagwitz (Northern Illinois University) BS 2021
• Nestor Alvarez Popoca^* (Northern Illinois University)
• Ivan Popov (Northern Illinois University) BS 2023
• Sam Praneis (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2026
• Alejandra Rios (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2026
• Alexander Rojas (Northern Illinois University) BS 2020
• Matt Rycraft (Northern Illinois University) BS 2019
• Ivan Sanchez (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022
• Pambayun Savira^* (University of St. Thomas)
• Renee Sonntag (Northern Illinois University) BS 2021
• Oday Suleiman (University of Illinois Chicago)
• Seyfal Sultanov (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2025
• Matthew Swed (Northern Illinois University) BS 2023
• Myrline Sylveus (Northern Illinois University) MS 2018
• Brian Ta (University of Illinois Chicago) BS 2026
• Enkhamgalan Tamillow (Northern Illinois University) BS 2021
• Nazariy Tishchenko (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022, MS 2024
• Alex Wills (Northern Illinois University) BS 2018
• Joycelyn Wirata (University of Illinois Chicago - Early Research Scholar) BS 2026
• Mariium Yousuf (Northern Illinois University) BS 2017
• Lila Zayed (Northern Illinois University) BS 2022

• Stephen Beck^* (Northern Illinois University)
• Marco Bonafini (University of Illinois Chicago) MS 2024 [co-Advisor with Ian Kash]
• Hal Brynteson (University of Illinois Chicago) MS 2026
• Huy Bui^* (University of Illinois Chicago)
• Priyanjani Chandra (Northern Illinois University) MS 2020
• Matteo Del Grossi (University of Illinois Chicago) MS 2023 [co-Advised with Ian Kash]
• Yuping Fan (Illinois Institute of Technology) PhD 2021 [co-Advised with Zhiling Lan]
• Carla Floricel (University of Illinois Chicago) PhD 2025
• Cole Freeman (Northern Illinois University) MS 2020
• Leopold Grinberg^* (Brown University) MS 2007, PhD 2009
• Justin Hensley^* (University of Utah)
• Edward Kahler^* (University of Illinois Chicago)
• Bharat Kale (Northern Illinois University) MS 2018, PhD 2023 [co-Advised with Maoyuan Sun]
• Hemalatha Ningappa Kondakundi (University of Illinois Chicago) MS 2025
• Wesley Kwiecinski (University of Illinois Chicago) MS 2026
• Ryan Lewis (Northern Illinois University) MS 2021
• Boyang Li (Illinois Institute of Technology) PhD 2023 [co-Advised with Zhiling Lan]
• Saurav Mukhopadhyay (Northern Illinois University)
• Isaac Nealey^* (University of California San Diego)
• Jason Ortiz^* (University of Central Florida)
• Mrinal Roy (Northern Illinois University) MS 2019
• Riccardo Strina (University of Illinois Chicago) MS 2024 [co-Advised with Zhiling Lan]
• Ankita Upadhyay (Northern Illinois University) MS 2019
• Sean Wallace (Illinois Institute of Technology) PhD 2017 [co-Advised with Zhiling Lan]
• Adam Young (Northern Illinois University) MS 2015

• Shilpika^§* (2024 - 2026) Argonne National Laboratory
• Zhongkai Wen^§ (2024 - 2025) Seattle University [with Ian Kash]
• Yash Kurkure^‡* (2023 - 2024) University of Illinois Chicago
• Wesley Kwiecinski^†* (2023 - 2024) University of Illinois Chicago
• Sreten Kljaic^†* (2023) University of Illinois Chicago
• Tommy Marrinan^§* (2015 - 2017) St. Thomas University
• Khairi Reda^§* (2014 - 2016) University of Illinois Chicago
• Aaron Knoll^§* (2010 - 2012) Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)
• Venkatram Vishwanath^§* (2009 - 2011) Argonne National Laboratory
• Eric Olson^‡* (2002 - 2005) Workiva
• Xinlian Liu^§* (2001 - 2002) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• Tushar Udeshi^‡* (1999 - 2000) Khan Academy

^* Argonne National Laboratory   ^† Postbac   ^‡ Predoc   ^§ Postdoc