PSU Mark
Eberly College of Science Mathematics Department

Graduate Students

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Chong Ai

Graduate Teaching Assistant
ai@math.psu.edu
012 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 1271
Thesis Adviser: Mark Levi
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Sonny Arora

Graduate Assistant
sza149@psu.edu
008 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 2471
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Qichuan Bai

Graduate Student
bai@math.psu.edu
010 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9675
Thesis Adviser: Andrew Belmonte
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Alok Bakshi

Graduate Assistant
aub238@psu.edu
009 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9672
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Shilpak Banerjee

Graduate Assistant
banerjee@math.psu.edu
010 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9675
Thesis Adviser: Anatole Katok
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Pichkitti Bannangkoon

Graduate Teaching Assistant
bannang@math.psu.edu
413 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9126
Thesis Adviser: Nigel Higson
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Sankha Basu

Graduate Teaching Assistant
basu@math.psu.edu
402 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9036
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Stephen Simpson
Education:
B.Sc. Mathematics Hons. - University of Calcutta, India
M.Sc. Pure Mathematics - University of Calcutta, India
M.S. Mathematics - Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Research Interests:
Mathematical Logic
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Stephanie Blanda

Graduate Teaching Assistant
blanda@math.psu.edu
020 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 4108
Thesis Adviser: Diane Henderson
Education:
B.S. in Mathematics, Lebanon Valley College, 2009
B.S. in Computer Science, Lebanon Valley College, 2009
Research Interests:
Wind Generated Ocean Waves
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Andrew Bydlon

Graduate Assistant
atb168@psu.edu
020 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 4108
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Jesse Calvert

Graduate Assistant
calvert@math.psu.edu
411 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9120
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Fei Cao

Graduate Assistant
cao_f@math.psu.edu
015 McAllister Building
+814 865 1214
Thesis Adviser: Jinchao Xu
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Dong Chen

Graduate Assistant
chen_d@math.psu.edu
402 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9036
Thesis Adviser: Dmitri Burago
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William Chen

Graduate Assistant
chen_w@math.psu.edu
419 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9049
Thesis Adviser: Wen-Ching W. Li
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Taerim Choe

Graduate Assistant
tuc169@psu.edu
009 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9672
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Joao Pedro Correia-Matias

Graduate Assistant
jpc294@psu.edu
009 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9672
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Paul Cubre

Graduate Assistant
pjc260@psu.edu
402 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9036
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Russell deForest

Graduate Teaching Assistant
deforest@math.psu.edu
018 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 4291
Thesis Adviser: Andrew Belmonte
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Changguang Dong

Graduate Assistant
cud159@psu.edu
013 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 2209
Thesis Adviser: Anatole Katok
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Daniel Droz

Graduate Teaching Assistant
droz@math.psu.edu
018 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 4291
Thesis Adviser: Gary Mullen
Education:
B.A. Mathematics and Physics, Franklin & Marshall College, 2010.
Research Interests:
Latin squares, finite fields, transcendental number theory.
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Nicholas Early

Graduate Teaching Assistant
early@math.psu.edu
019 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9050
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Sergei Tabachnikov
Research Interests:
Integrable Systems, Representation Theory, Cluster Algebras
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Alena Erchenko

Graduate Student
axe930@psu.edu
016 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 8951
Thesis Adviser: Anatole Katok
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Giancarlo Facchi

Graduate Student
facchi@math.psu.edu
013 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 2209
Thesis Adviser: Alberto Bressan
Education:
Laurea, Civil Engineering, Università degli Studi di Brescia, 2006
Laurea Specialistica, Structural Engineering, Università degli Studi di Brescia, 2008
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Guoliang Fang

Graduate Student
fang_g@math.psu.edu
013 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 2209
Thesis Adviser: Tim Reluga
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Ryan Flynn

Graduate Student
flynn@math.psu.edu
331 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9119
Thesis Adviser: Mihran Papikian
Education:
B.S. in Mathematics, University of Florida, 2008
Research Interests:
Algebraic number theory. Langlands program
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Peter Gael

Graduate Student
gael@math.psu.edu
015 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 1214
Research Interests:
Thesis Adviser: Lyle Long
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Ayla Gafni

Graduate Assistant
gafni@math.psu.edu
009 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9672
Thesis Adviser: Robert Vaughan
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Ke Han

Graduate Student
han@math.psu.edu
017 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 2862
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Alberto Bressan
Education:
M.A., Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University
B.S. Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China
Research Interests:
Mathematical modeling, scientific computing, operations research;
transportation systems; computational sustainability; supply chains
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Mike Harrison

Graduate Assistant
harrison@math.psu.edu
402 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9036
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Wei Hong

Graduate Assistant
hong_w@math.psu.edu
416 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 8676
Thesis Adviser: Ping Xu
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Zhan Huang

Graduate Teaching Assistant
zhuang@math.psu.edu
416 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 8676
Thesis Adviser: Qiang Du
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Phil Hudelson

Graduate Student
hudelson@math.psu.edu
017 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 2862
Thesis Adviser: Stephen Simpson
Research Interests:
Computability, Randomness, Degrees of Unsolvability, Reverse Math
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Oleksandr Iaroshenko

Graduate Assistant
iaroshenk@math.psu.edu
12 McAllister Building
+1 814 865-1271
Thesis Adviser: Leonid Berlyand
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Sara Jamshidi

Graduate Assistant
jamshidi@math.psu.edu
419 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9049
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Xiang Ji

Graduate Student
ji@math.psu.edu
019 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9050
Thesis Adviser: Ping Xu
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Adam Karnik

Graduate Teaching Assistant
karnik@math.psu.edu
430 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9121
Education:
B.S. in Mathematics, Creighton University, 2010
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Matthew Katz

Graduate Student
katz@math.psu.edu
411 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9120
Thesis Adviser: George Andrews
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Ehssan Khanmohammadi

Graduate Teaching Assistant
khanmoha@math.psu.edu
008 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 2471
Thesis Adviser: Nigel Higson
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Arkadz Kirshtein

Graduate Assistant
azk194@psu.edu
413 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9126
Personal Web Page
Education:
B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Belarusian State University, 2012
Research Interests:
PDE analysis and computations, hyperbolic systems of conservation laws, fluid dynamics, finite difference schemes, applications of exact difference schemes.
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Chao Liang

Graduate Student
liang@math.psu.edu
430 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9121
Thesis Adviser: Xiantao Li
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Hsuan-Yi Liao

Graduate Assistant
hul170@psu.edu
404 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9060
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Hung-Chang Liao

Graduate Assistant
liao@math.psu.edu
417 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-8909
Thesis Adviser: Nathanial Brown
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Yicong Ma

Graduate Assistant
ma_y@math.psu.edu
418 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9021
Thesis Adviser: Jinchao Xu
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Adrian Maler

Graduate Student
maler@math.psu.edu
009 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9672
Thesis Adviser: Stephen Simpson
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Evgeny Mayanskiy

Graduate Teaching Assistant
mayanski@math.psu.edu
016 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 8951
Thesis Adviser: Yuri Zarhin
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Matthew Mizuhara

Graduate Assistant
msm344@psu.edu
010 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9675
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Travis Morrison

Graduate Assistant
txm950@psu.edu
012 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 1271
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Jun Ni

Graduate Assistant
jzn132@psu.edu
411 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9120
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Brian Nowakowski

Graduate Student
nowakows@math.psu.edu
413 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9126
Education:
Thesis adviser: Manfred Denker
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John Pardo

Graduate Assistant
pardo@math.psu.edu
018 McAllister
+1 814 865-4291
Thesis Adviser: Jan Reimann
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Noopur Pathak

Graduate Student
pathak@math.psu.edu
417 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 8909
Thesis Adviser: Stephen Simpson
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Krzysztof Pawelec

Graduate Student
kmp5423@psu.edu
016 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 8951
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Guangzhong Peng

Graduate Teaching Assistant
peng@math.psu.edu
015 McAllister
+1 814 865 1214
Thesis Adviser: Nigel Higson
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Asya Pritsker

Graduate Student
pritsker@math.psu.edu
017 McAllister Building
+1 405-513-1590
Personal Home Page
Thesis Adviser: Tim Reluga
Education:
B.S Rutgers University
Research Interests:
Mathematical Biology, modeling, infection disease dynamics, evolution
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Robert Purcell

Graduate Assistant
rwp149@psu.edu
017 McAllister Building
+1 814 865-2862
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Changhe Qiao

Graduate Teaching Assistant
qiao_c@math.psu.edu
419 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9049
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Jinchao Xu
Education:
B.S.,Peking University
Research Interests:
Reservoir Simulation
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Diego Romeira Cigaran Chaves

Graduate Student
chaves@math.psu.edu
19 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9050
Thesis Adviser: George Andrews
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Oleg Rudenko

Graduate Assistant
oxr907@psu.edu
020 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 4108
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Shawn Ryan

Graduate Student
ryan@math.psu.edu
404 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9060
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Leonid Berlyand
Education:
B.S. Applied Mathematics, The University of Akron, 2009
M.S. Applied Mathematics, The University of Akron, 2009
Research Interests:
Material Science, Partial Differential Equations, Nanoscale Modelling, Calculus of Variations
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Nolen Ryba

Graduate Teaching Assistant
ryba@math.psu.edu
404 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9060
Education:
B. S., Mathematics, Michigan Technological University, 2007
B. S., Physics, Michigan Technological University, 2007
Research Interests:
Nonlinear Waves
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Yanli Song

Graduate Student
song@math.psu.edu
418 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9021
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Nigel Higson
Education:
B. S., Fudan University, 2008
Research Interests:
Noncommutative Geometry, Index Theory
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Qijun Tan

Graduate Student
qut101@psu.edu
411 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9120
Thesis Adviser: Nigel Higson
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Chao Tian

Graduate Student
cot5090@psu.edu
430 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9121
Thesis Adviser: Qiang Du
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Xiaochuan Tian

Graduate Assistant
tian_x@math.psu.edu
418 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9021
Thesis Adviser: Qiang Du
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Pavlo Tsytsura

Graduate Teaching Assistant
tsytsura@math.psu.edu
411 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9120
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Anatole Katok
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Jacob Turner

Graduate Assistant
turner@math.psu.edu
418 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9021
Personal Storehouse of Maelstrom
Thesis Adviser: Jason Morton
Education:
B.A., Western Kentucky University, 2010
Research Interests:
Complexity Theory, Category Theory, Algebraic Geometry, Vikings
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John C. Urschel

Graduate Student
jcu5018@psu.edu
018 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 4291
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John D. Urschel

Graduate Student
jdu113@psu.edu
012 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 1271
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Manoj Verma

Graduate Teaching Assistant
verma@math.psu.edu
417 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 8909
Thesis Adviser: Robert Vaughan
Education:
B. Tech. (EE) & M. S. (Maths), IIT Kanpur
Research Interests:
Analytic Number Theory
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Kurt Vinhage

Graduate Teaching Assistant
vinhage@math.psu.edu
432 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 3644
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Anatole Katok
Education:
Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, Florida State University, 2010
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Haining Wang

Graduate Assistant
wang_h@math.psu.edu
008 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 2471
Thesis Adviser: Wen-Ching W. Li
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Lu Wang

Graduate Student
wang_l@math.psu.edu
010 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9675
Thesis Adviser: Jinchao Xu
Education:
B.A. Peking University, China
Research Interests:
finite element method and Multigrid method
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Ryan Ward

Graduate Assistant
ward@math.psu.edu
418 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9021
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Deling Wei

Graduate Student
wei@math.psu.edu
010 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9675
Thesis Adviser: Alberto Bressan
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Weisheng Wu

Graduate Student
wu@math.psu.edu
016 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 8951
Thesis Adviser: Anatole Katok
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Wenfang Xu

Graduate Assistant
wxx107@psu.edu
404 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9060
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Kai Yang

Graduate Assistant
yang_k@math.psu.edu
432 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 3644
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Jinchao Xu
Education:
BS in Mathematics, Jilin University, 2010
Research Interests:
Fluid-structure interaction, Multigrid, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Exterior Calculus, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
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Allan Yashinski

Graduate Teaching Assistant
yashinsk@math.psu.edu
419 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9049
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Nigel Higson
Education:
B.S., Mathematics, Bucknell University, 2007
Research Interests:
Noncommutative Geometry
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Jeff Yelton

Graduate Student
yelton@math.psu.edu
017 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 2862
Thesis Adviser: Yuri Zarhin
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Shilin Yu

Graduate Teaching Assistant
yu@math.psu.edu
432 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 3644
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Nigel Higson
Education:
B. S., Fudan University, 2007
Research Interests:
Noncommutative Geometry, Complex/Algebraic Geometry
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Liming Yuan

Graduate Assistant
yuan@math.psu.edu
20 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-4108
Thesis Adviser: Qiang Du
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David Zach

Graduate Assistant
zach@math.psu.edu
430 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9121
Education:
B.S., Mathematics, Kent State University, 2011
Research Interests:
Education, Game Theory
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Aleksey Zelenberg

Graduate Student
zelenberg@math.psu.edu
417 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 8909
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Nathanial Brown
Education:
B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2009
Research Interests:
Operator Algebras
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Dongmei Zhang

Graduate Student
zhang_d@math.psu.edu
404 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9060
Thesis Adviser: Alberto Bressan
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Hongxuan Zhang

Graduate Assistant
huz114@psu.edu
416 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 8676
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Jingyan Zhang

Graduate Teaching Assistant
j_zhang@math.psu.edu
019 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9050
Thesis Adviser: Qiang Du
Education:
B. S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2007
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Qingtian Zhang

Graduate Assistant
zhang_q@math.psu.edu
432 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-3644
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Siyan Zhang

Graduate Assistant
zhang_s@math.psu.edu
015 McAllister Building
+1 814 865-1214
Thesis Adviser: Victor Nistor
Research Interests:
Co-Adviser: Anna Mazzucato
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Xuan Zhang

Graduate Assistant
zhang_x@math.psu.edu
017 McAllister Building
+1 814 865 2862
Education:
Thesis adviser: Manfred Denker
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Yajie Zhang

Graduate Assistant
zhang_ya@math.psu.edu
413 McAllister Building
+1 814 863-9126
Thesis Adviser: Victor Nistor
Education:
B.S. Nankai Univerisity 2011
Research Interests:
Computational Math
Co-Adviser: Anna Mazzucato
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Yicun Zhen

Graduate Assistant
zhen@math.psu.edu
020 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 4108
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Xiaofei Zheng

Graduate Assistant
xxz145@psu.edu
430 McAllister Building
+1 814 863 9121
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Adam Zydney

Graduate Assistant
zydney@math.psu.edu
16 McAllister Building
+1 814 865-8951
Personal Web Page
Thesis Adviser: Svetlana Katok