Meet Our Students

Alshmarri, Yazeed
Advisor: Dan Runfola
Email: [[yalshammari]]

Bain, Josh
Advisor: Christopher Del Negro
Email: jmbain@wm.edu

Bare, Catherine
Advisor: Prof. Saha
Email: cabare01@wm.edu

Burroughs, Paul
Advisor: Prof. Kidwell
Email: pgburroughs@wm.edu

Feng, Kaibu
Advisor: Yi He
Email: [[kfeng03]]

Giroux, James
Advisor: Cristiano Fanelli
Email: [[jgiroux]]
Research Interests: Bayesian Methods, Deep Learning, Generative AI, and Computer Vision
Education: BSc in Physics| MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Goodell, Evan
Advisor: Prof. Cotten
Email: epgoodell@wm.edu

Hall, Jacob
Advisor: Dan Runfola
Email: [[jwhall]]
Research Interests: Volunteered Geographic Information, Computational Geography
Education: BS in Geology, William & Mary
Website: {{https://jacobhall.net/,Personal Website}}

Hewa Barbarandage, Gangani
Advisor: Alex Nwala
Email: [[gchewababarand]]
Research Interests: Local News Analysis, Web Science, and NLP
Education: BSc in Computer Science and Engineering

Hewa Barbarandage, Isuru
Advisor: Alex Nwala
Email: [[iahewababarand]]
Research Interests: Social Media and Network Analysis
Education: BS in Engineering, Computer Science, University of Moratuwa

Hossain, Mosharraf
Advisor: Professor Mitra
Email: mhossain01@wm.edu
Research Interests: Musculo-skeletal tissue repair, Polymer synthesis, 3D Bio-printing, Stem cells, Diabetic bone

Jiang, Haoyang
Advisor: Yi He
Email: [[hjiang16]]

Kalajian, Eva
Advisor: Professor Christopher Del Negro
Email: ejkalajian@wm.edu
Research Interests: Effects of Opioid Drugs on Breathing Rhythm and Pattern

Khan, Sulaiman
Advisor: Professor Mitra
Email: skhan06@wm.edu
Research Interests: Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, 3D Bioprinting and Regenerative Medicine, Drug and Gene Delivery Systems, Musculoskeletal Biology in Diabetic Environments, Biomedical Engineering.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sulaimankhan2156/

Li, Yang
Advisor: Haipeng Chen
Email: [[yli102]]
Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning and Generative AI
Education: BS in Data Science, University of California San Diego| BS in Probability & Statistics, University of California San Diego| MS in Computer Science, Columbia University
Webpage: {{https://littlestone111.github.io/,Personal Website}}

Lian, Heng
Advisor: Yi He
Email: [[hlian01]]
Research Interests: Data Mining, Streaming Algorithms, and AI for Conservation Study

Lucas, Aidan
Advisor: Prof. Hannes Schniepp
Email: aslucas@wm.edu

Meng, Han
Advisor: Haipeng Chen
Email: [[hmeng]]
Research Interests: LLM, Generative Model, Reinforming Learning and their Application in Physics

Morse, Steven
Advisor: Dan Runfola
Email: [[stmorse]]
Research Interests: Generative AI and Network Modeling
Education: BS in Mathematics, United States Military Academy| MS in Operations Research, MIT
Website: {{https://stmorse.github.io/,Personal Website}}

Nayak, Hemalata
Advisor: Cristiano Fanelli
Email: [[hnayak]]
Research Interests: Developing data analysis techniques in the field of experimental medium and high energy nuclear physics using machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Sakly, Sarah
Advisor: Conradi Smith
Email: ssakly@wm.edu

Sharma, Pravin
Advisor: Prof. Gunter Luepke
Email: psharma02@wm.edu
Research Interests: Ultrafast Spectroscopy. Atomistic Spin Dynamics Modeling, Magnetic Material, Materials Science
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pravins02/
Personal Website: www.pravinsharma.com.np

Silliman , Jake
Advisor: Professor. Hannes Schniepp
Email: jssilliman@wm.edu
Research Interests: bio-sourced nanofibrils

Vijayan, Vinay
Advisor: Cristiano Fanelli
Email: [[vvijayan]]
Research Interests: Bayesian Methods
Education: MS in Computer Science, William & Mary

Walsh, Tyson
Advisor: Dan Runfola
Email: [[thwalsh]]
Research Interests: Applied Math and Data Science (semantic analysis)
Education: BS in Engineering, USMMA Kings Point | MS in Applied Math, RPI

Wang, Chenan
Advisor: Haipeng Chen
Email: [[cwang33]]
Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning and Diffusion Models

Wang, Chenan
Advisor: Haipeng Chen
Email: [[cwang33]]
Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning and Diffusion Models

Yang, Di
Advisor: Yanhai Xiong
Email: [[dyang06]]

Zhao, Jingzhi
Advisor: Prof. Christopher Del Negro
Email: jzhao13@wm.edu

Zourou, Andrea
Advisor: Myriam Cotten
Email: azourou@wm.edu
Research Interests: Peptide-Lipid Interactions in Cell Membranes to Learn About Anti-Microbial Mechanisms