Graduate Students
Ahmed Alghamdi (MS)
Year 1
Yinuo Bai (MS)
Year 1
Danshyl Boodhoo (MS)
Year 1
Grace Brophy (PhD)
Year 1
Research Area: Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis
Hobbies: Outside of math, I enjoy making cold brew coffee, watching 80s rom-coms, and hanging out with my 20lb cat, Chester
Martin Buck (PhD)
Year 5
Advisor: Kasso Okoudjou
Research Area: Fourier Analysis, Frame Theory, Spectral Graph Theory
Research Bio: Working with Dr. Okoudjou on a short-time Fourier transform on graphs and the frame set problem for b-splines
Clubs/Organizations: SIAM
Hobbies: Climb, skateboard, cats
Wenxuan Cai (PhD)
Year 1
Rachel Castro (MS)
Year 1
Research Area: Complexity Theory, Algebraic Combinatorics
Hobbies: I like to alpine ski, climb, and work with horses. I also love a good sci-fi book!
David Cohen (PhD)
Year 5
Advisor: Bruce Boghosian
Research Area: Variational methods in infinite-dimensional spaces, generalized Wasserstein metrics, partial integro-differential equations
Previous Degree: Middlebury College (mathematics & physics)
Robert Costa (MS)
Year 1
Research Area: Machine Learning, Financial Mathematics, Logic, Set Theory, Topology
Vittoria Cristante (PhD)
Year 3
Advisor: Robert Lemke Oliver
Research Area: Algebraic Number Theory, Arithmetic Statistics, Galois representations associated to torsion points on elliptic curves
Research Bio: My research broadly concerns algebraic number theory, with special interests in arithmetic statistics and representation theory (particularly relating to Galois representations). Recently, I have been interested in the Inverse Galois problem and the adjacent problem of counting number fields with a particular Galois group.
Clubs/Organizations: AWM President, Direct Reading Program Co-Organizer
Hobbies: Listening to music & attending local live shows, cross-stitching, dancing, baking
Something fun about you: I was born on Friday the 13th!
Max DeSantis (MS)
Year 1
Advisor: Kasso Okoudjou
Clubs/Organizations: Currently employed at Income Research + Management
Zachary Dorson (MS)
Year 1
Isaac Dreeben (MS)
Year 1
Wentao Fan (PhD)
Year 4
Advisor: Boris Hasselblatt
Research Area: Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory
Jingwen Feng (MS)
Year 2
Max Flynn (MS)
Year 1
Odalys Garcia-Lopez (PhD)
Year 1
Research Area: Mathematical Biology, Modeling
Research Bio: My research interests are in mathematical biology, specifically modeling using pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. I’m also interested in the application of PDEs in modeling biological processes.
Samuel Gomez (PhD)
Year 5
Advisor: Boris Hasselblatt
Research Area: Dynamical Systems
Research Bio: Interested in hyperbolic dynamical systems, ergodic theory, chaotic billiards, and thermodynamical formalism.
Clubs/Organizations: AMS, Tufts OGSM (Org of Grad Students in Math)
Hobbies: When I'm not thinking about math I enjoy cooking, studying German, going for (long) walks, and catching up with friends. I will never say no to a game of chess!!
Nate Gould (MS)
Year 1
Christina Gruenhagen (MS)
Year 2
Advisor: James Adler
Research Area: Differential Equations, Operations Research
Clubs/Organizations: Graduate Society for Women Engineers, SIAM
Hobbies: Hiking, knitting/crocheting, making coffee, watching hockey/baseball, going to concerts!
Max He (MS)
Year 1
Layla Jarrahy (MS)
Year 1
Hobbies: I play the violin!
Hikaru Jitsukawa (PhD)
Year 2
Research Area: Geometric Group Theory and Topology
Research Bio: As an early career researcher, my research is currently broad and expository, but generally falls into one of two categories. My current work in geometric group theory has to do with the intersection of Coxeter groups and Schubert calculus. Certain combinatorial and algebraic properties in this field of study are known or conjectured to be encoded in cleverly constructed geometric realizations. Sometimes, these constructions can even give us a CW-complex or other well-studied space. I am also in the early stages of a project that looks to bring a critical disability studies perspective to understand the ways in which neurodivergence is talked about in mathematical spaces and experienced by individual mathematicians. Please reach out to me if you would like to share your experiences or contribute in any way.
Clubs/Organizations:Department Intramural Basketball Captain, Organization of Graduate Students in Mathematics- Secretary
Minerva Johar (MS)
Year 1
William Jones (PhD)
Year 2
Advisor: Fulton Gonzalez
Research Area: Topology/geometry of hyperbolic manifolds, metric/measurable/smooth properties of locally compact/Lie groups
Hobbies: Climbing, reading, drawing, yoga. I’ve also recently been trying to learn to rollerblade
Chami Kariyapperuma (MS)
Year 1
Anna Kelley (MS)
Year 2
Dan Kiem (PhD)
Year 1
Research Area: Group Theory, Representation Theory, Combinatorics
Hobbies: Outside of mathematics, my hobbies include guitar, cars, modifying guitars and cars, reptiles and amphibians, invertebrates, and good food.
Chris Kotsifakis (MS)
Year 1
Satchel Lefebvre (PhD)
Year 4
Advisors: James Adler, Xiaozhe Hu
Research Area: Accelerating Methods, Iterative Methods, Multigrid Methods
Research Bio: Hello, I am Satchel and I work with James Aldler and Xiaozhe Hu. I am a fourth year PhD student (as of fall of 2025). My current project is exploring the convergence analysis of Anderson Acceleration. I am also interested in multigrid methods and other numerical methods for solving PDEs.
As a teacher/TA I really enjoying getting to know my students and helping them achieve their goals. I have TA’ed for calculus 1 and 2, Differential Equations, and Real Analysis (undergrad). I have taught Introduction to Statistics the past two summers.
Clubs/Organizations: SIAM president 2025-2026, OGSM GSC rep.
Hobbies: When I am not working on math I enjoy going for walks with my wife and spending time with my cat, the Meow.
Josh Lentz (MS)
Year 1
Christian Lentz (MS)
Year 1
Research Area: Topology, Geometry, Machine Learning, Topological Data Analysis, Algorithms and Complexity
Hobbies: Soccer, Cooking, Espresso
Logo Lou (PhD)
Year 6
Advisor: Genevieve Walsh
Research Area: Geometric Group Theory, Low-Dimensional Topology
Antonio Midence Ordonez (MS)
Year 1
Yoni Moise (PhD)
Year 2
Hieu Nguyen (PhD)
Year 1
Nikola Muromcew (MS)
Year 1
Research Area: Probability, Combinatorics, Quantum Probability and Logic
Something fun about you: I am a triplet!
Toluwani Okunola (PhD)
Year 1
Research Area: Optimisation, Imaging, Numerical Methods
Hobbies: Reading fiction, cooking, playing the ukulele
Chella Raghavan (MS)
Year 1
Daniel Riley (PhD)
Year 3
Advisors: Kasso Okoudjou, James Adler
Research Area: Harmonic Analysis
Clubs/Organizations: US Orienteering Team
Hobbies: Running/Cycling
Eddie Rohr (PhD)
Year 1
Research Area: Numerical (multi) Linear Algebra, Differential Geometry, Analysis, and Applications to Data Science.
Hobbies: I like to make espresso and watch Masterchef with my partner. I also like donuts.
Bryan Rust (PhD)
Year 3
Advisor: Boris Hasselblatt
Research Area: Dynamical Systems
Research Bio: My mathematical interests are in the areas of analysis, differential geometry, PDEs, and dynamical systems. I am currently doing background reading in hyperbolic dynamics, geodesic flows, and ergodic theory.
Clubs: Organization of Grad Students in Mathematics, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Mathematical Society
Hobbies: I enjoy board games, pub trivia, rewatching my favorite TV shows, trying new cuisine, and exploring the city.
Dylan Ryan (PhD)
Year 4
Advisor: Montserrat Teixidor i Bigas
Research Area: Algebraic Geometry
Hobbies: I love to play piano and mess around with instruments in general, and I always enjoy a game of chess. I also really enjoy playing sports, like softball or volleyball!
Alex Saigeon (MS)
Year 2
Chandler Smith (PhD)
Year 5
Advisor: Abiy Tasissa
Research Area: Machine Learning, Geometric Optimization, Manifold Learning, Matrix Analysis, Optimal Transport
Research Bio: I'm currently interested in Riemannian methods for solving the partial Euclidean distance geometry problem and its applications to manifold learning. I'm also interested in applications of optimal transport to machine learning theory.
Clubs/Organizations: OGSM, SIAM, DRP, Tufts Math Dept. Softball, Tufts Math Dept. Intramural Basketball
Hobbies: I'm an amateur chef, avid Denver Nuggets fan, and shortstop for the Vector Bases (our Math Dept. softball team).
Xiao Tan (PhD)
Year 2
Rachel Jane Villafranca (MS)
Year 1
Hobbies: I like exploring new things, listening to music, going for walks, dancing, and spending time with family.
Brandon Voci (MS)
Year 1
Kate Wall (PhD)
Year 3
Advisor: Misha Kilmer
Research Area: Multilinear Algebra, Numerical Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods for PDEs
Research Bio: I’m interested in numerical (multi) linear algebra and numerical methods for solving partial differential equations. More specifically, I work on building preconditioners for PDEs using tensors and tensor decompositions.
Clubs/Organizations: OGSM president
Hobbies: I love to sew and knit, obsess over the Detroit Lions, and chill with my very cuddly cat, Moose.
JinCheng Wang (PhD)
Year 7
Advisor: Boris Hasselblatt
Research Area: Hyperbolic Dynamics, Ergodic Theory, and Differential Geometry
Research Bio: My current project focuses on magnetic flows of negatively curved surfaces, in particular their geometric properties and the uniqueness of measure of maximal entropy.
Hobbies: Reading, cross-country skiing and rowing
Zhongqin Xue (PhD)
Year 2
Zixiao Yang (PhD)
Year 1
Vinith Yedidi (MS)
Year 1
Research Area: Analysis
Hobbies: I love listening to jazz and I play the alto saxophone.
Mingyang Zhou (MS)
Year 1