Graduate Student News

Enrique Alvarado
(Ph.D. '21, Mathematics)

Enrique Alvarado has completed his doctoral degree in mathematics and will join the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Davis as a Krener Assistant Professor where he will continue his research program in pure and applied aspects of geometric analysis, topology, and chemistry. Enrique was jointly advised by Associate Professor Kevin Vixie and Professor Bala Krishnamoorthy. Enrique also worked closely during the last two and a half years of his Ph.D. program with Professor Aurora Clark of the WSU Department of Chemistry.

Elizabeth Amona
(M.S. '21, Statistics)

Elizabeth Amona has completed her master's degree in statistics. She will join the Ph.D. program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, this fall. Her advisors are Associate Professor Elissa Schwartz and Assistant Professor Yuan Wang.

Jordan (Miller) Broussard
(Ph.D. '21, Mathematics)

Jordan (Miller) Broussard has completed her doctoral degree in mathematics and has accepted an assistant professor of mathematics position at Whitworth University in Spokane, starting fall semester 2021. Her advisor is Associate Professor Matt Hudelson.

Joel Corser
(M.S. '21, Mathematics)

Joel Corser has completed his master's degree in mathematics and has accepted a position as a computing research scientist with the Naval Nuclear Laboratory in Niskayuna, New York. His advisor is Associate Professor Lynn Schreyer.

Jordan Culp
(Ph.D. '21, Mathematics, M.S. '21, Statistics)

Jordan Culp has completed his doctoral degree in mathematics along with a master's degree in statistics. He has accepted a postdoctoral associate position with the University of Calgary, which will begin this summer. Jordan was also awarded a Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) postdoctoral fellowship. His advisor is Associate Professor Xueying (Snow) Wang.

Debasmita Das
(Ph.D. '21, Statistics)

Debasmita (Deb) Das has completed her doctoral degree in statistics. She has accepted a research scientist position with the NIH funded Baptist Memorial Healthcare Center in Memphis, Tennessee. She will be working on analytical projects as they relate to the work of thoracic oncology research, which will include technical writing and structured analytics work for project abstracts, manuscripts, and grants. Her advisor is Professor Nairanjana "Jan" Dasgupta.

Ashutosh Kumar
(M.S. '21, Statistics, Ph.D. '21, Economics)

Ashutosh Kumar has completed his master's degree in statistics and doctoral degree in economics. He has acceped a position with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, as a Prevention Effectiveness Fellow/Health Economist. His master's degree advisor is Professor Nairanjana "Jan" Dasgupta.

Henry Ogu
(M.S. '21, Applied Mathematics)

Henry Ogu has completed his master's degree in applied mathematics. He will join the Ph.D. program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia this fall. His advisor is Associate Professor Elissa Schwartz.

Damilola Olabode
(Ph.D. '21, Applied Mathematics, M.S. '20 Statistics)

Damilola Olabode has completed her doctoral degree in applied mathematics. She also completed a master's degree in statistics in 2020. She will join the clinical pharmacology and quantitative pharmacology group at AstraZeneca in February 2021, as a clinical pharmacometrician in research. Her advisor is Associate Professor Xueying (Snow) Wang.

Kellan Toman has completed his doctoral degree in mathematics. He has accepted a position as a data scientist with Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. While completing his doctoral degree, this past year he also worked as a WSU research consultant. His advisor is Associate Professor Nikos Voulgarakis.