STUDENTS & ALUMNI
OPENINGS
Postdoctoral positions
Will be advertised here when there is an opening.
PhD positions
I typically have openings for self-motivated students in theoretical computer science with a strong background in mathematics who want to work in algorithms. If you are interested, please apply to the Duke Computer Science PhD program. You are welcome to send me an email letting me know of your application.
Undergraduate Research positions
I typically have openings for undergraduate students at Duke, both for research independent study projects and summer research projects. If you are a current Duke student with a strong background in computer science and mathematics, and are interested in algorithms, please contact me by email with a copy of your CV.
Current Students
Keerti Anand (4th year PhD student, jointly advised with Rong Ge)
Ruoxu Cen (1st year PhD student)
Kevin Sun (4th year PhD student)
I also often work with Xiao Hu and Hanrui Zhang.
Alumni
Postdocs
Yu Cheng
Postdoc, 2017-19
first employment: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Kyle Fox
Postdoc, 2016-17
first employment: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
I also frequently worked with Sungjin Im, who is currently at University of California at Merced.
Graduate Students
Samuel Haney
PhD, 2019
first employment: Tumult Labs
Nathaniel Kell
PhD, 2018 (also won the best PhD Award, best Prelim Award, and best Research Initiation Project Award)
first employment: Assistant Professor, Denison University
I also frequently worked with:
Yuan Deng, who is currently at Google Research, New York
Janardhan Kulkarni, who is currently at Microsoft Research, Redmond
Undergraduate Students
Arun Ganesh
BS 2017, summa-cum-laude (also won the Alex Vasilos Award for Excellence in Research)
first employment: Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley
Haofeng (Fred) Zhang
BS 2018, summa-cum-laude
first employment: Graduate Student, Harvard University (transferred to University of California, Berkeley)
Visiting Students
Zhihao Jiang
Visited as undergraduate student at Tsinghua University, 2019
Seeun William Umboh
Visited as PhD student at University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2014
Vahid Liaghat
Visited as PhD student at University of Maryland at College Park, 2013