Alumni
Christopher Berman
Undergraduate Assistant, Spring 2023- Spring 2024
Last known position: Senior at CMU (2024)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Skating around campus and building booths for carnival
Brian Shin
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2022- Summer 2023
Last known position: MS student at UCLA (2024)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Finding new food and desserts and walking empty streets at night with friends
Jiatian (JT) Wu
MS Student, Fall 2021- Fall 2023
Last known position: TBD
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Kayaking in the fall and skiing in the winter, and reading Ted Chiang’s novels on rainy days.
Keya Sharma
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2022- Spring 2024
Last known position: Senior at CMU (2024)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Go to Phipps and get ice cream at Treat
Wenda Deng
MS Student, Fall 2021- Spring 2023
Last known position: TBD
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Bike around… and sleep a lot!
Keltin Grimes
Undergraduate Assistant, Spring 2021- Spring 2023
Last known position: Machine Learning Engineer at the CMU Software Engineering Institute (2023)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Running around the city and biking along the river
Dana O’Connor
PhD Student, Fall 2019- Fall 2023
Last known position: Machine Learning Research Scientist at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (2023)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Run in Schenley Park
Jiashuo Wang
MS Student, Fall 2021- Fall 2022
Last known position: PhD student at Boston University (2023)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Play the violin and assemble LEGO
Kaiji Zhao
MS Student, Fall 2021- Fall 2022
Last known position: PhD student at Texas A&M (2023)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Eating delicious food and going shopping with my friends
Maituo Yu
PhD Student, Spring 2019- Spring 2023
MS Student, Fall 2017- Fall 2018
Last known position: Machine Learning Engineer at Intel (2023)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Going hiking with friends and watching Steelers games
Rithwik Tom
PhD Student, Fall 2017- Summer 2022
Last known position: Middleware Development Engineer at Intel (2022)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Roaming in Frick Park; Trying out different food places
Wen Wen
PhD Student, Spring 2019- Summer 2022
Last known position: Data Scientist at Microsoft (2022)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Hanging out with friends, watching TV, trying out restaurants, working out at the gym, and most importantly sleeping
Kehan Tang
MS Student, Fall 2021- Fall 2022
Last known position: MS student at NEU (2023)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Swimming and hanging out with friends
Seoyoung Joo
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2021- Spring 2022
Last known position: Junior at CMU (2022)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Going to art museums and eating big sandwiches
Ziayo Luo
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2021- Spring 2022
Last known position: PhD student at Caltech (2023)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Hanging out with friends and having big scoops of Coldstone; Sneaking into the practice room in CFA to play the piano.
Saeed Moayedpour
PhD Student, Spring 2019- Summer 2022
Last known position: Data Scientist at Sanofi (2022)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Swimming, working out at the gym, walking in Schenley Park, learning to dance
Xingyu (Alfred) Liu
PhD Student, Spring 2018- Spring 2022
MS Student, Fall 2016- Fall 2017
Last known position: Computational Chemist at Meta (2024)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Playing the violin, working out at the gym, jogging in the morning
Vincent Chang
MS Student, Summer 2020- Spring 2022
Last known position: Software Developer at Epic Systems (2022)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Rock climbing and eating good food with friends
Christian Frech
Undergraduate Assistant, Spring 2021- Spring 2022
Last known position: PhD student at UT-Austin (2022)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: TBD
Shuyang (Sunny) Yang
PhD Student, Fall 2017- Spring 2021
Last known position: Research Scientist at Meta (2021)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Run, play Hearthstone, and absorb knowledge
Andrea Hwang
Undergraduate Assistant, Fall 2018- Spring 2021
Last known position: PhD student at UC Berkeley (2021)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Play the cello and to eat at good restaurants
Imanuel (Manny) Bier
PhD Student, Fall 2017- Spring 2022
Last known position: Senior Scientist at Schrodinger Inc. (2022)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Play basketball in the CMU gym, bike around the city, and play violin in my apartment
Tim Rose
PhD Student, Fall 2016- Summer 2020
Last known position: Independent entrepreneur (2020)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Dance (blues, swing, lindy hop, salsa, bachata), go to concerts and museums, play guitar, sing, play RTS, board, and card games, learn about and discuss science, write programs
Yun-Ting Hsieh
MS Student, Fall 2019- Fall 2020
Last known position: Application Engineer at ASML, Taiwan (2024)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Dancing ballet, playing the violin, walking around the city, and hanging out with friends
Shengjie Fu
MS Student, Fall 2019- Fall 2020
Last known position: PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh (2021)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: hanging out with my friends; trying different recipes
Harriet O’Brien
Undergraduate Assistant, Spring 2018- Summer 2019
Last known position: Materials Engineer at Kennametal (2024)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Explore different restaurants and play lacrosse
Anna Park
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2018- Spring 2019
Last known position: Senior at CMU (2021)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Exploring around for new restaurants, learning new dance covers to film, and playing frisbee in Schenley Park
Chunzhi Wu
MS Student, Fall 2018-Fall 2019
Last known position: PhD student at CMU (2020)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Writing music and playing cards with friends
Xiong-Fei Du
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2017-Fall 2017
Last known position: Junior at CMU (2018)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Stargazing, biking, and reading Wikipedia articles
Farren Curtis
PhD Student, Spring 2014-Fall 2017 (Tulane, CMU)
Postdoc, Spring-Summer 2018 (CMU)
Last known position: Senior Imaging Scientist, Intel (2018)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Taking a walk in Highland Park with my dog Roscoe
Xiaopeng Wang
Postdoc, 2014-2019 (Tulane and CMU)
Last known position: Associate Professor of Physics, School of Foundational Education, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao, China (2024)
Xiayue (JP) Li
Undergraduate Student, Spring 2015-Spring 2016 (Tulane); Summer 2016 (CMU)
Honors Thesis: Genarris: Parallelized Configuration Space Screening for Molecular Crystals Aided by Harris Approximation
Last known position: Software Engineer at Google (2017)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Walking (because biking at the highest gear is impractical with the hills and the bus is just too intimidating when you don’t know exactly which stop to get off)
Hongyi Liang
Ms Student, Fall 2016-Spring 2017
Last known position: Ms student at CMU (2017)
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Watching Pittsburgh’s bridges and rain
Max Farfel
Undergraduate Assistant, Spring 2017-Summer 2017
Last known position: Junior at CMU (2017)
Tulane
Sanjaya Lohani
Graduate Student, Fall 2014-Fall 2015
Last known position: Graduate student at Tulane (2016)
Favorite thing to do in NOLA: Enjoying the breeze on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain
Noah Rahman
Graduate Student, Summer 2014-Fall 2015
Last known position: Graduate student at Tulane (2016)
Favorite thing to do in NOLA:Conducting scavenger hunts for Terminator body parts in the art installations in City Park
Kat Cosburn
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2015
Last known position: Starting graduate school at University of New Mexico in Fall 2017
Favorite things to do in NOLA:Seeing the sun set from along the west bank levy. So pretty!
Francesca Vaccaro
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2014-Summer 2015
Last known position: Graduated from Loyola in Spring 2016 and received the Ignatian Award for Outstanding Senior Woman
Favorite things to do in NOLA: go for a morning run in Audubon Park
Austin Polanco-Valdez
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2015
Last known position: PhD student at the University of Michigan (2020)
Favorite things to do in NOLA:TBD
Andrey Burin
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2015
Last known position: Sophomore at Tulane (2016)
Favorite things to do in NOLA:Play a good game of pickup basketball.
Joe Knight
Undergraduate Assistant, Summer 2014-Spring 2015
Honors Thesis: Benchmark of GW Methods for Electron Acceptors
Last known position: Starting graduate school at Purdue University in Fall 2016
Favorite things to do in NOLA: Go to Audubon Park and to Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra concerts.
Ben Sonin
Undergraduate Assistant Fall 2013-Spring 2014
Last known position: Started graduate school at Northwestern in Fall 2015
Favorite thing to do in NOLA:Head over to Crossfit NOLA for a workout
Chris Jumonville
Undergraduate Assistant Fall 2013-Spring 2014
Last known position: Started graduate school at GA-Tech in Fall 2015 after an internship working on exoskeletons at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC).
Favorite thing to do in NOLA:Go to Saints games