Mathematical Modeling Ph.D. Students

Graduates of RIT’s mathematical modeling Ph.D. program gain the expertise to apply modeling tools across diverse fields, contribute innovative solutions to complex interdisciplinary problems, and communicate effectively with domain experts.

Ph.D. Students

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Youssof Abdullah (2023)
Mathematical Biology & Complex System
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Elizabeth Adamson (2025)

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Mustafain Ali (2023)
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Alberto Alonso (2021)
Mathematical Biology
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Luca Barone (2025)

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Michael Bennett (2023)
Uncertainty Quantification
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Samiksha Bhagat (2024)

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Tracy Bokor (2025)

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Katherine Clemens (2024)
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Tess Collins (2023)

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Gargi Dabli (2024)
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Karl Daningburg (2022)
Astrophysical/Nuclear Machine Learning
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Kyla Devlin (2025)

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Ava Dreher (2023)
Mathematical Biology
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Carolina Estevez Loza (2022)
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Detagnon Gbaguidi (2025)

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Mobina Ghorbaninejad
(2022)
Biomechanical Imaging
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Martha Gomez (2025)

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Zi-Jia Gong (2020)
- Stochastic analysis
- Inverse problems
- Optimization and Calculus of variation

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Narshini Gunputh (2020)
Mathematical Biology
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Daniel Hobbs (2022)
Nonlinear Differential Equations Fluid Dynamics
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Joshua Iosevich (2025)

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Michael Kostrna (2025)

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Vedat Kurtay (2021)
Mathematical Biology
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Jason LaRuez (2021)
Data-Driven Modeling & Network Science
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Trevor Lax (2020)
Equation-Free Modeling
of Complex Systems

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Chloe Malinowski (2022)
Numerical Relativity
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Geoffrey Ngeru (2024)
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Abigayle Paulson (2024)
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Parker Potter (2024)
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Addison Powell (2025)

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Neha Rajtiya (2024)
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Emily Ramos (2025)

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Cade Reinberger (2023)
Fluid Dynamics
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Rebecca Rodrigues (2023)

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Lexie Shreeve (2023)
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Justin Sostre (2021)
Machine Learning Theory
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Ziyi Su (2023)

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Riley Supple (2021)
Mathematical and Computational Models for Biological Systems
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Bridget Torsey (2017)
Pharmacokinetics / Pharmacodynamics Modeling (PK/PD)
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Graduates

Summer 2025
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Adam Giammarese (2021)
Data-Driven Complex Systems
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Spring 2025
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Meghan Childs (2020)
Data-informed Stochastic Modeling of Disease Spread
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Spring 2025
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Rhiannan Ruef (2020)
Cardiac Electrical Dynamics and Defibrillation
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Fall 2024
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Jordana O’Brien (2017)
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Pediatric Lung Modeling, and Agent-Based Modeling
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Summer 2024
Rachel Hawks
Rachel Hawks (2019)
Biomedical Mathematics
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Summer 2024
Jenna McDanold
Jenna McDanold (2018)
Prescribed and Wildfire Behavior Modeling
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Summer 2024
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Yidan Yang (2019)
Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, Applied Inverse Problems
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Spring 2024
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Nastaran Naghshineh (2019)
Fluid Dynamics of Liquid Films
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Fall 2023
Lauren Melcher
Lauren Melcher (2018)
Modeling Dynamic Assembly of Colloidal Networks
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Summer 2023
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Kimberly Dautel (2018)
Infectious Disease Modeling
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Spring 2023
Pancy Lwin
Pancy Lwin (2017)
Statistical Mechanics in Biological Systems
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Summer 2022
Colin Huber
Colin Huber 
Analysis of growth & decay in neutrally stable flows
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Summer 2022
Alejandro NietoRamos
Alejandro Nieto Ramos
Bayesian inference and prediction in cardiac electrophysiology models with an application to representing variability
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Fall 2021
Juliette Daily
Juliette Daily
Mathematically Modeling Plastic Pollution in the Great Lakes (Great Lakes)
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Spring 2021
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Nicole Rosato
Improvements and Analysis of Challenging Numerical Simulations of Binary Black Holes
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