Research Group and Mentoring

Collaboration and mentoring are central to my research. I work with students and researchers across institutions and career stages, from high school research programs to graduate study and postdoctoral research. Our projects span geometry and mathematical physics, network dynamics, optimization, and mathematical modeling in the natural and social sciences. Below you can meet my current and former students and postdoctoral researchers. You can also explore my collaborators and research visitors.

Current

UIC

  1. Gena Guerrieri
    Master’s Student UIC
  2. Andrea Jackson-Sagredo
    PhD Student, Public Health UIC

Other

  1. Katrina Liu
    PRIMES-USA Other
  2. Michelle Lin
    GIMS Fellow Other
  3. Isabella Yin
    GIMS Fellow Other

Former

Postdoc

  1. Christopher Mahadeo
    Postdoc 2023–2026 Postdoc

UIC

  1. Hassan Babaei
    PhD Student, MSC UIC
  2. Mengxue Yang
    2022
    Generalized Opers.
    PhD 2022.
    Previously at Oxford and Heidelberg, now at IPMU.     UIC

Other

  1. Alyssa Yu
    PRIMES-MIT Student.
    Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalist 2026.
    Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar 2026.
    2025 YHSA USA Regional Medalists Bronze Prize.
    USA finalist for Yau Science Award 2025.
    About to start an undergraduate at MIT.     Other
  2. Marina Lin
    PRIMES-MIT Student.
    Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar 2025.
    Student at Harvard.     Other
  3. Raina Wu
    PRIMES-MIT Student. Other
  4. Sharis Hsu
    West coast independent research student. Other
  5. Grace Wang
    PRIMES-MIT Student.
    About to join MIT.     Other
  6. Sheryl Hsu
    2021
    Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar 2022.
    Undergraduate at Stanford University.     Other
  7. Vishaal Ram
    2020
    2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar.
    2020 S.-T. Yau High School Science Bronze Award.
    Undergraduate at MIT.     Other
  8. Yuyuan Luo
    2019
    JMM Outstanding Poster Presentation Award (2020).
    Undergraduate at MIT.     Other
  9. Rinni Bhansali
    2018
    Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar (2019).
    JHSH National Finalist (2019).
    JMM MAA session speaker.
    Undergraduate at Stanford University.     Other
  10. Anlin Zhang
    2017
    Siemens National Finalist (2017).
    Princeton University (Class of 2022), Computer Science.     Other
  11. Kai Siang-Ang
    2016
    Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar (2017).
    Stanford University.     Other
  12. Jessica Li
    2014
    Siemens Semifinalist (2014).
    Intel Competition Semifinalist (2014).
    Harvard University.     Other