people

Undergraduate

5

Graduate

17
Idunnuoluwa Adeniji PhD
HPC Research HPC Visualization Domain Science VR
HPC Research funding (Fall) · TA (Spring)
NB
Niccolò Brembilla PhD
HPC Research HPC AI
MS 2025 (UIC)
Andrew Burks PhD
Visualization VR
AC
Aldo Cabrera PhD
HPC Edge Computing AI
Jennifer Coburn PhD
C² the P² HPC Domain Science AI
GC
Greg Cross PhD
HPC
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chris Grams PhD
HPC Research HPC Domain Science AI
BS 2023, MS 2024 (UIC) · co-advised with Yu (Tom) Gao
Shreyas Kulkarni PhD
Visualization VR
co-advised with Saeed Boorboor
Yash Kurkure PhD
HPC AI
BS, MS 2023 (UIC) · TA (Fall, Spring)
Aaqel Shaik MS
DAIMSEL HPC Visualization VR Robotics AI
BS 2025 (UIC)
Samin Sohrabi PhD
Sage Grande Edge Computing AI
Department of Biomedical Engineering
ZZ
Zhong Zheng PhD
HPC AI
co-advised with Zhiling Lan

Postbac, Predoc, and Postdoc

2
HM
Harshit Modi Postbac
Research area TBD
Argonne · 2026 - present · BS 2025 (UIC)
YF
Yuping Fan Postdoc
HPC AI
Argonne · PhD 2021 (IIT)

Alumni

Undergraduate

64
  • 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

Graduate

25
  • 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

Postbac†, Predoc‡, and Postdoc§

12
  • 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