Computational Science Research Center

Computational Science Research Center

Ph.D. Alumni

Ph.D. Alumni Profiles and Dissertations

The alumni of the Ph.D. in Computational Science program have gone on to pursue meaningful careers in various fields and sectors, including government, universities, and industry. Many alumni become software engineers, high performance computing scientists, tenure-track faculty, and research scientists in pharmaceuticals or other sectors. Some of the companies and institutions you can find alumni at include Argonne National Laboratory, Johnson & Jonhson, Santa Clara University, among many others. To see what many of our alumni are doing today, please feel free to click on their names to be redirected to their LinkedIn pages.

Jordan Fox. Successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2022.
Dissertation titleData-driven Methods in Low-energy Nuclear Theory


Shivam Garg. Successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2022.
Dissertation titleDesign and Implementation of Hybrid-MAC for Multi-Beam Smart Antennas in Riverbed Modeler


Van Ly Nguyen. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2022.
Dissertation titleDevelopment of Machine Learning Algorithms forLow-Resolution MIMO Signal Processing


Zhenyu Zhang. Successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2022.
Dissertation titleLarge-scale Inference of Correlation between Complex Biological Traits


 

Angel Boada Velazco. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2021.
Dissertation titleHigh Order Mimetic Finite Differences on Non-Trivial Problems


Esteban Vazquez-Hidalgo. Successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2021.
Dissertation titleForce Regulation in Contractile Cells by Chemical and Mechanical Signaling


Manuel Valera. Successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2021.
Dissertation titleMimetic Coastal Ocean Modeling in General Coordinates and Using Machine Learning Based Prediction


 

Afrooz Jahedi. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2020.
Dissertation title: “Novel Random Forest Methods and Algorithms for Autism Spectrum Disorders Research”


Ghanshyam Mishra. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2020.
Dissertation title: “Analysis, Computation, and Design of Innovative High Gain Feed-Reflector and Beam Steering Antenna Solutions”


Hareshram Natarajan. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2020.
Dissertation title: “High Order Explicit Semi-Lagrangian Method for the Solution of Lagrangian Transport and Stochastic Differential Equations”


Joshua Beemer. Successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2020.
Dissertation title: Ensemble Learning Methods for Educational Data Mining Applications


Luis Escalona. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2020.
Dissertation title: Guided wave actuation for enhanced damage identification in Carbon FiberReinforced Polymer material using Electrical Resistance Tomography


Luo Li. Successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2020.
Dissertation title: CAUSAL EFFECT RANDOM FOREST OF INTERACTION TREES FOR LEARNING INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT REGIMES IN OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES: WITH APPLICATIONS TO EDUCATION STUDY DATA


Siddhi Tavildar. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2020.
Dissertation title: “Inferring Undirected and Causally Directed Graph Structures from Multivariate Time Series”


Vito Cantu Alessio Robles. Successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2020.
Dissertation title: Machine Learning Methods for the Analysis of Metagenomes

Moein Parsinia. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2019.
Dissertation title: “Distributed Mode Selection and Cross-layer Routing Protocol for FDD Nodes in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”


Priscilla Kelly. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2019.
Dissertation title: “Ultrashort Pulse Shaping in Multilayered Aluminum-doped Zinc Oxide Metamaterials”


Shuan He. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2019.
Dissertation title: “QoE Driven Multimedia Service Schemes in Wireless Networks Resource Allocation: Evolution from Optimization, Game Theory, to Economics”


Uyen Hoang. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2019.
Dissertation title: “Applications of Machine Learning in Cancer Prediction: Renal Cell Carcinoma and Glioblastoma Multiforme”


Wen Pan. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2019.
Dissertation title: Data Management on Non-volatile Memory: from MobileApplications to Large-scale Databases


Xiaojia Song. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2019.
Dissertation title: “Accelerating Data Center Applications through Energy-Efficient Reconfigurable Computing: from Near-Data Processing to Data-Access Reduction”

Anna Ma. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2018.
Dissertation title: Stochastic Iterative Algorithms for Large-scale Data


Colette Smirniotis. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2018.
Dissertation title: Transformation and Parameterization in LatticeKrig


Daniel Cuevas. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2018.
Dissertation title: Bridging the Genomic Gaps: Genome-scale Metabolic Network Tools for Bioinformatics Analyses


Julien Pierret. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2018.
Dissertation title: Climate Data Computing: Optimal Interpolation, Averaging, Visualization and Delivery


Kevin Joiner. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2018.
Dissertation title: “Modeling Phage-Bacteria Dynamics in Mucus: An Agent-Based Approach to Phage Therapy”


Lixia Zhu. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2018.
Dissertation title: “The Efficiency, Robustness, and Carry-over under the Crossover Designs with Binary Outcomes”

Peter Calhoun. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2017.
Dissertation title:
“Novel Random Forest and Variable Importance Methods for Clustered Data” 


Qian Xu. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2017.
Dissertation title: 
“Generalized Varying-Coefficient Mixed Models with Missing Data and Surrogate Information” 


William Spinella. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2017.
Dissertation title:
“A Systematic Investigation of Exotic Matter in Neutron Stars” 


Genivaldo Silva. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2017.
Dissertation title:
“Who Is There and What Are They Doing? An Agile and Computationally Efficient Framework for Genome Discovery and Annotation from Metagenomic Big Data” 


Kameryn Denaro. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2017.
Dissertation title:
“Quantifying Disease Severity of Cystic Fibrosis Using Linear Quantile Mixed Models” 


Karen Campbell. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2017.
Dissertation title:
“SEIRscape, an Agent-Based Mosquito-Human Virus Transmission Framework, and the Vector Basis of Dengue Risk across Peru and Thailand”

 

Kimberly Leung
Kimberly Leung, Ph.D.: Kimberly successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2016.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Stochastic Models for Precipitable Water in Convection”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
B.S., Engineering Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

 


 

Julia Rossi
Julia Rossi, Ph.D.: Julia successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2016.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Non-Conservative Variational Approximation for Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations and its Applications”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Physics & Biology, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

 


 

James Turtle
James Turtle, Ph.D.: James successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2016.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Synchronization In Coupled Spin-Torque Nano Oscillators: Nonlinear Dynamics Analysis”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S.,Electrical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
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Jeffrey Ledahl, Ph.D.: Jeffrey successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Bayesian Joint Modeling Of Longitudinal Visual Field Data With Correlated Binary And Survival Outcomes”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.S., Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

 


 

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Daniel Herrlin, Ph.D.: Daniel successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Forecasting MLB Performance Utilizing A Bayesian Approach In Order
To Optimize A Fantasy Baseball Draft”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.S., Mathematics, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

 


 

Lingjun He
Lingjun Anna He, Ph.D.: Lingjun successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Semiparametric Varying-coefficient Mixed Effects Modeling Approaches to Longitudinal Data”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.A., Economics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.A., International Finance, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, China

 


 

Martin Kandes
Martin Kandes, Ph.D.: Martin successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Modeling the Effects of Inertial Forces on Bose-Einstein Condensates in Rotating Frames of Reference”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Physics & Numerical and Applied Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

 


 

Mariangel Garcia
Mariangel Garcia, Ph.D.: Mariangel successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Data Assimilation Unit for the General Curvilinear Environmental Model”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Random Models, Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
B.S., Mathematics, Universidad De Oriente, Cumaná, Venezuela

 


 

Omair Zubairi
Omair Zubairi, Ph.D.: Omair successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “An Investigation of Deformation on the Stellar Structure of Neutron Stars”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
 

 


 

Wei Wang
Wei Wang, Ph.D.: Wei successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Boosting Performance and Endurance of Flash-Based Storage Systems: From Embedded Systems to Enterprise Servers”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Software Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
B.S., Electronic Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China

 


 

Jean Piero Suarez
Jean Piero Suarez, Ph.D.: Jean Piero successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Regularization of Singular Sources for PSIC Computations of Particle-Laden Flows with Shocks “
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Mathematics, Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
B.S., Mathematics, Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

 


 

Micah Schuster
Micah Schuster, Ph.D.: Micah successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Systematic Investigation of Operators in Nuclear Systems”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Mathematics & Physics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

 


 

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Peng Zhao, Ph.D.: Peng successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Novel Random Forest Methods Applied To Medical Studies “
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning, China
B.S., Computer Science Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning, China
B.S., Biostatistics, University of Southern CA, Los Angeles, CA

 


 

Gene Ko
Gene Ko, Ph.D.: Gene successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Computational Approaches for Descriptor Optimization and Model Development for HIV-1 Drug Design”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.S., Bioengineering: Biotechnology, University of California, San Diego

 


 

Eduardo Sanchez
Eduardo Sanchez, Ph.D.: Eduardo successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Mimetic Finite Differences and Parallel Computing to Simulate Carbon Dioxide Subsurface Mass Transport”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Computer Science, Universidad de Carabobo, Naguanagua, Venezuela

 


 

Melodie Hallett
Melodie Hallett, Ph.D.: Melodie successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Novel Random Forest and Variable Importance Methods for Correlated Survival Data, with Applications to Tooth Prognosis”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Statistics, Miami University, Oxford, OH
B.S., Statistics, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Daniel Lyons
Daniel Lyons, Ph.D.: Daniel successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2014.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Dynamics and Bifurcations in Coupled Bistable Systems with Applications to Engineering Devices”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Applied Mathematics, Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, CA.

 


 

Mary Thomas
Mary Thomas, Ph.D.: Mary successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2014.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Parallel Implementation of the Unified Curvilinear Ocean and Atmospheric (UCOAM) Model and Supporting Computational Environment”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics/Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, Texas

 


 

Mohammad Abouali
Mohammad Abouali, Ph.D.: Mohammad successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2014.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Investigating Castillo-Grone’s Mimetic Difference Operators in Development of Geophysical fluid Dynamics Models Implemented on GPGPUs”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
M.S., Geo Information, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, Netherlands
B.S., Civil Engineering, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

 


 

Peter Zajac
Peter Zajac, Ph.D.: Peter successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Globally Accessible Finite Element Method Based Web-Solver for the Vibrational Schrödinger Equation and its Application to HC3O Carbon Chain Free Radical, ZnCL2+ and Hydroxyacetaldehyde”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Biomedical Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
B.S., Biomedical Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

 


 

Victor Seguritan
Victor Seguritan, Ph.D.: Victor successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Neural Network Predictions of Protein Function.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Cognitive Science, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.

 


 

Lucie Sharpsten
Lucie Sharpsten, Ph.D.: Lucie successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Predicting Glaucoma Progression Using Random Forests for Correlated Binary Response Based on Longitudinally Collected Standard Automated Perimetry Data”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Applied Mathematics, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.

 


 

Sajia Akhter
Sajia Akhter, Ph.D.: Sajia successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Finding a Novel Way for Fast Sequence Alignment and Exploiting Information Theory in Bacterial Genomes and Complete Phages”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.S., Computer Science, American Intl Univ-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 


 

Jerry Chen
Jerry Chen, Ph.D.: Jerry successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Role of the MicroRNA miR-124 in the Regulatory Network Governing PNS Development in Ciona Intestinalis”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.

 


 

Cristina Garcia
Cristina Garcia-Cardona, Ph.D.: Cristina successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Multiclass Learning on Graphs: Diffuse Interface Models and Beyond”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Emergent Computer Science, Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

 


 

Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson, Ph.D.: Jonathan successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2013.
Current Position: Chief Data Scientist, Retail Scientifics
Dissertation Title: “Advancements in the Elicitation, Aggregation, and Forecasting of Probability Distributions Under Time Constraints.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Mathematical Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Robert Schmieder
Robert Schmieder, Ph.D.: Robert successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “A Framework for Identifying Antibiotic Resistance in the Human Microbiome.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Bioinformatics and Genome Research, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
B.S., Bioinformatics and Genome Research, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.

 


 

Dany De Cecchis
Dany De Cecchis, Ph.D.: Dany successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Development of a Parallel Coupler Library with Minimal Inter-process Synchronization for Large-scale Computer Simulations.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computer Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas,Venezuela.
B.S., Computer Science, Universidad of Carabobo, Naguanagua, Venezuela

 


 

Susan Berggren
Susan Berggren, Ph.D.: Susan successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Coupled Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Physics/Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

 


 

Rafael Navarro
Rafael Navarro, Ph.D.: Rafael successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Dynamical Properties of Bose-Einstein Condensates.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Physics, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.

 


 

Eunsil Baik
Eunsil Baik, Ph.D.: Eunsil successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Dynamics of Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.S., Physics/Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

 


 

Sara Zarei
Sara Zarei, Ph.D.: Sara successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Mathematical Modeling of Cystic Fibrosis.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Applied Mathematics, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.

 


 

Joris Billen
Joris Billen, Ph.D.: Joris successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Simulated Associating Polymer Networks.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
B.S., Physics, Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium.

 


 

Ronald Caplan
Ronald Caplan, Ph.D.: Ronald successfully completing the doctoral program Spring 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Study of Vortex Ring Dynamics in the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation Utilizing GPU-Accelerated High-Order Compact Numerical Integrators.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.A., Computer Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.

 


 

Raymond Moberly
Raymond Moberly, Ph.D.: Raymond successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Quantization of a Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) Decoder: Limited-Precision Digital Design of the Sum-Product Algorithm (SPA) for Wireless Voice and Video Communication Channels.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.

 


 

David Torres
David Torres Barba, Ph.D.: David successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2011.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Assessment of Functional Activity in Isolated Cardiocytes Using Computational Methods.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.A., Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

 


 

Huy Vu
Huy Khanh Vu, Ph.D.: Huy successfully completing the doctoral program Spring 2011.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “A Coupled Vibratory Gyroscopes Network with Bi-directional, Uni-directional, and Direct Coupling.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

 


 

Hai Ah Nam
Hai Ah Nam, Ph.D.: Hai Ah successfully completing the doctoral program Spring 2010.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Ab initio nuclear shell model calculations with a three-nucleon force for 15O, 16O, 17O, and 9Be.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
B.A., Physics, Scripps College, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA.

 


 

Florent Angly
Florent Angly, Ph.D.: Florent successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “A computational workflow for the estimation of environmental viral diversity in metagenomes.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA M.Sc., Biotechnology Strasbourg School of Biotechnology (ESBS), Strasbourg, France
B.S., Life and Earth Sciences, Notre-Dame de Bellegarde Secondary School, Neuville-sur-Saône, France

 


 

John Aven
John Aven, Ph.D.: John successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Effects of Noise on Coupled Sensor Systems”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Applied Mathematics/Nonlinear Dynamics Program, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

 


 

Carlos Bazan
Carlos Bazan, Ph.D.: Carlos successfully completing the doctoral program Spring 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“PDE-Based Image and Structure Enhancement for Electron Tomography of Mitochondria”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S.B.A., Business Administration and Finance, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
M.S.N.M., Engineering, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
M.B.A, Business Administration, Catholic University of Our Lady of the Assumption, Asuncion, Paraguay
B.S., Civil Engineering, Catholic University of Our Lady of the Assumption, Asuncion, Paraguay

 


 

Kun Marhadi
Kun S. Marhadi, Ph.D.: Kun successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Investigation of Progressive Failure Robustness and Alternate Load Paths for Damage Tolerant Structures”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

 


 

Rodrigo Negreiros
Rodrigo Negreiros, Ph.D.: Rodrigo successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Numerical Study of the Properties of Compact Stars”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.Sc., Physics, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
B.Sc., Physics, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 


 

Beltran Rodriguez-Brito
Beltran Rodriguez-Brito, Ph.D.: Beltran successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:

Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Physics, University of the East, Cumana, Venezuela

 


 

Otilio Rojas
Otilio Rojas, Ph.D.: Otilio successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Modelling of Rupture Propagation Under Different Friction Laws Using High-order Mimetic Operators”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computer Science, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
B.A., Computer Science, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

 


 

Alfonso Limon
Alfonso Limon, Ph.D.: Alfonso successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2008.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“A Generalized Multilevel Adaptive Solver for PDEs with Fast Transitions”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Mathematics, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

 


 

Bing Zhu
Bing Zhu, Ph.D.: Bing successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2008.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Computational Modeling and Bifurcation Analysis of Bubbling Fluidized Processes”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
M.S., Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas Graduate Diploma, Mathematics Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
B.S., Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

 


 

Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini, Ph.D.: Christopher successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2007.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“A Service Oriented Architecture for Thermochemical Computation”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

 


 

Dong Xu
Dong Xu, Ph.D.: Dong successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2007.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“FEMVIB, An AB Initio Multi-Dimensional Solver For Probing The Vibrational Dynamics In Polytomic Molecules And Free Radicals (No. 155)”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
M.S., Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
B.S., Chemistry, NanKai University, Tianjin, China

 


 

Scott Gasner
Scott Gasner, Ph.D.: Scott successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2006.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Cellular Pattern Formation in O(2) Symmetric Systems”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Double-major in Finance and Marketing, University of Maryland – Robert H. Smith School of Business, College Park, MD

 


 

Patrick Longhini
Patrick Longhini, Ph.D.: Patrick successfully completing the doctoral program Spring 2005.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Nonlinear Dynamics Design and Operation of Advanced Magnetic Sensors”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Mathematics, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

 


 

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2017

  Peter Calhoun. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2017.
Dissertation title:
“Novel Random Forest and Variable Importance Methods for Clustered Data”
  Qian Xu. Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2017.
Dissertation title:
“Generalized Varying-Coefficient Mixed Models with Missing Data and Surrogate Information”
  William Spinella Successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2017.
Dissertation title:
“A Systematic Investigation of Exotic Matter in Neutron Stars”
  Genivaldo Silva. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2017.
Dissertation title:
“Who Is There and What Are They Doing? An Agile and Computationally Efficient Framework for Genome Discovery and Annotation from Metagenomic Big Data”
  Kameryn Denaro. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2017.
Dissertation title:
“Quantifying Disease Severity of Cystic Fibrosis Using Linear Quantile Mixed Models”
  Karen Campbell. Successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2017.
Dissertation title:
“SEIRscape, an Agent-Based Mosquito-Human Virus Transmission Framework, and the Vector Basis of Dengue Risk across Peru and Thailand”

2016

Kimberly Leung Kimberly Leung, Ph.D.: Kimberly successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2016.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Stochastic Models for Precipitable Water in Convection”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
B.S., Engineering Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Julia Rossi Julia Rossi, Ph.D.: Julia successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2016.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Non-Conservative Variational Approximation for Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations and its Applications”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Physics & Biology, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
James Turtle James Turtle, Ph.D.: James successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2016.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Synchronization In Coupled Spin-Torque Nano Oscillators: Nonlinear Dynamics Analysis”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S.,Electrical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

2015

profileplaceholder Jeffrey Ledahl, Ph.D.: Jeffrey successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Bayesian Joint Modeling Of Longitudinal Visual Field Data With Correlated Binary And Survival Outcomes”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.S., Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
profileplaceholder Daniel Herrlin, Ph.D.: Daniel successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Forecasting MLB Performance Utilizing A Bayesian Approach In Order
To Optimize A Fantasy Baseball Draft”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.S., Mathematics, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
Lingjun He Lingjun Anna He, Ph.D.: Lingjun successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Semiparametric Varying-coefficient Mixed Effects Modeling Approaches to Longitudinal Data”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.A., Economics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.A., International Finance, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, China
Martin Kandes Martin Kandes, Ph.D.: Martin successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Modeling the Effects of Inertial Forces on Bose-Einstein Condensates in Rotating Frames of Reference”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Physics & Numerical and Applied Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Mariangel Garcia Mariangel Garcia, Ph.D.: Mariangel successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Data Assimilation Unit for the General Curvilinear Environmental Model”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Random Models, Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
B.S., Mathematics, Universidad De Oriente, Cumaná, Venezuela
Omair Zubairi Omair Zubairi, Ph.D.: Omair successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “An Investigation of Deformation on the Stellar Structure of Neutron Stars”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Wei Wang Wei Wang, Ph.D.: Wei successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Boosting Performance and Endurance of Flash-Based Storage Systems: From Embedded Systems to Enterprise Servers”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Software Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
B.S., Electronic Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China
Jean Piero Suarez Jean Piero Suarez, Ph.D.: Jean Piero successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Regularization of Singular Sources for PSIC Computations of Particle-Laden Flows with Shocks “
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Mathematics, Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
B.S., Mathematics, Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
Micah Schuster Micah Schuster, Ph.D.: Micah successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Systematic Investigation of Operators in Nuclear Systems”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Mathematics & Physics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
Placeholder Peng Zhao, Ph.D.: Peng successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Novel Random Forest Methods Applied To Medical Studies “
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning, China
B.S., Computer Science Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning, China
B.S., Biostatistics, University of Southern CA, Los Angeles, CA
Gene Ko Gene Ko, Ph.D.: Gene successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Computational Approaches for Descriptor Optimization and Model Development for HIV-1 Drug Design”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.S., Bioengineering: Biotechnology, University of California, San Diego
Eduardo Sanchez Eduardo Sanchez, Ph.D.: Eduardo successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title: “Mimetic Finite Differences and Parallel Computing to Simulate Carbon Dioxide Subsurface Mass Transport”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Computer Science, Universidad de Carabobo, Naguanagua, Venezuela
Melodie Hallett Melodie Hallett, Ph.D.: Melodie successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2015.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Novel Random Forest and Variable Importance Methods for Correlated Survival Data, with Applications to Tooth Prognosis”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Statistics, Miami University, Oxford, OH
B.S., Statistics, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

2014

Daniel Lyons Daniel Lyons, Ph.D.: Daniel successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2014.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Dynamics and Bifurcations in Coupled Bistable Systems with Applications to Engineering Devices”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Applied Mathematics, Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, CA.
Mary Thomas Mary Thomas, Ph.D.: Mary successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2014.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Parallel Implementation of the Unified Curvilinear Ocean and Atmospheric (UCOAM) Model and Supporting Computational Environment”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics/Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, Texas
Mohammad Abouali Mohammad Abouali, Ph.D.: Mohammad successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2014.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Investigating Castillo-Grone’s Mimetic Difference Operators in Development of Geophysical fluid Dynamics Models Implemented on GPGPUs”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
M.S., Geo Information, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, Netherlands
B.S., Civil Engineering, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

2013

Peter Zajac Peter Zajac, Ph.D.: Peter successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Globally Accessible Finite Element Method Based Web-Solver for the Vibrational Schrödinger Equation and its Application to HC3O Carbon Chain Free Radical, ZnCL2+ and Hydroxyacetaldehyde”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Biomedical Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
B.S., Biomedical Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Victor Seguritan Victor Seguritan, Ph.D.: Victor successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Neural Network Predictions of Protein Function.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Cognitive Science, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Lucie Sharpsten Lucie Sharpsten, Ph.D.: Lucie successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Predicting Glaucoma Progression Using Random Forests for Correlated Binary Response Based on Longitudinally Collected Standard Automated Perimetry Data”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Applied Mathematics, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Sajia Akhter Sajia Akhter, Ph.D.: Sajia successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Finding a Novel Way for Fast Sequence Alignment and Exploiting Information Theory in Bacterial Genomes and Complete Phages”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.S., Computer Science, American Intl Univ-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jerry Chen Jerry Chen, Ph.D.: Jerry successfully completed the doctoral program Summer 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Role of the MicroRNA miR-124 in the Regulatory Network Governing PNS Development in Ciona Intestinalis”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
Cristina Garcia Cristina Garcia-Cardona, Ph.D.: Cristina successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2013.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Multiclass Learning on Graphs: Diffuse Interface Models and Beyond”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Emergent Computer Science, Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson, Ph.D.: Jonathan successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2013.
Current Position: Chief Data Scientist, Retail Scientifics
Dissertation Title: “Advancements in the Elicitation, Aggregation, and Forecasting of Probability Distributions Under Time Constraints.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Mathematical Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

2012

Robert Schmieder Robert Schmieder, Ph.D.: Robert successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “A Framework for Identifying Antibiotic Resistance in the Human Microbiome.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Bioinformatics and Genome Research, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
B.S., Bioinformatics and Genome Research, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Dany De Cecchis Dany De Cecchis, Ph.D.: Dany successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Development of a Parallel Coupler Library with Minimal Inter-process Synchronization for Large-scale Computer Simulations.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computer Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas,Venezuela.
B.S., Computer Science, Universidad of Carabobo, Naguanagua, Venezuela
Susan Berggren Susan Berggren, Ph.D.: Susan successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Coupled Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Physics/Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Rafael Navarro Rafael Navarro, Ph.D.: Rafael successfully completed the doctoral program Fall 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Dynamical Properties of Bose-Einstein Condensates.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Physics, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Eunsil Baik Eunsil Baik, Ph.D.: Eunsil successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Dynamics of Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.S., Physics/Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Sara Zarei Sara Zarei, Ph.D.: Sara successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Mathematical Modeling of Cystic Fibrosis.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Applied Mathematics, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Joris Billen Joris Billen, Ph.D.: Joris successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Simulated Associating Polymer Networks.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
B.S., Physics, Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium.
Ronald Caplan Ronald Caplan, Ph.D.: Ronald successfully completing the doctoral program Spring 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Study of Vortex Ring Dynamics in the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation Utilizing GPU-Accelerated High-Order Compact Numerical Integrators.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.A., Computer Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.
Raymond Moberly Raymond Moberly, Ph.D.: Raymond successfully completed the doctoral program Spring 2012.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Quantization of a Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) Decoder: Limited-Precision Digital Design of the Sum-Product Algorithm (SPA) for Wireless Voice and Video Communication Channels.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.

2011

David Torres David Torres Barba, Ph.D.: David successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2011.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Assessment of Functional Activity in Isolated Cardiocytes Using Computational Methods.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
B.A., Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
Huy Vu Huy Khanh Vu, Ph.D.: Huy successfully completing the doctoral program Spring 2011.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “A Coupled Vibratory Gyroscopes Network with Bi-directional, Uni-directional, and Direct Coupling.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
B.S., University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

2010

Hai Ah Nam Hai Ah Nam, Ph.D.: Hai Ah successfully completing the doctoral program Spring 2010.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “Ab initio nuclear shell model calculations with a three-nucleon force for 15O, 16O, 17O, and 9Be.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
M.S., Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
B.A., Physics, Scripps College, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA.

2009

Florent Angly Florent Angly, Ph.D.: Florent successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
 “A computational workflow for the estimation of environmental viral diversity in metagenomes.”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA M.Sc., Biotechnology Strasbourg School of Biotechnology (ESBS), Strasbourg, France
B.S., Life and Earth Sciences, Notre-Dame de Bellegarde Secondary School, Neuville-sur-Saône, France
John Aven John Aven, Ph.D.: John successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Effects of Noise on Coupled Sensor Systems”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Applied Mathematics/Nonlinear Dynamics Program, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Carlos Bazan Carlos Bazan, Ph.D.: Carlos successfully completing the doctoral program Spring 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“PDE-Based Image and Structure Enhancement for Electron Tomography of Mitochondria”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S.B.A., Business Administration and Finance, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
M.S.N.M., Engineering, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
M.B.A, Business Administration, Catholic University of Our Lady of the Assumption, Asuncion, Paraguay
B.S., Civil Engineering, Catholic University of Our Lady of the Assumption, Asuncion, Paraguay
Kun Marhadi Kun S. Marhadi, Ph.D.: Kun successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Investigation of Progressive Failure Robustness and Alternate Load Paths for Damage Tolerant Structures”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Rodrigo Negreiros Rodrigo Negreiros, Ph.D.: Rodrigo successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Numerical Study of the Properties of Compact Stars”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.Sc., Physics, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
B.Sc., Physics, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Beltran Rodriguez-Brito Beltran Rodriguez-Brito, Ph.D.: Beltran successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:

Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Physics, University of the East, Cumana, Venezuela
Otilio Rojas Otilio Rojas, Ph.D.: Otilio successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2009.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Modelling of Rupture Propagation Under Different Friction Laws Using High-order Mimetic Operators”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computer Science, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
B.A., Computer Science, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

2008

Alfonso Limon Alfonso Limon, Ph.D.: Alfonso successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2008.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“A Generalized Multilevel Adaptive Solver for PDEs with Fast Transitions”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Mathematics, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Bing Zhu Bing Zhu, Ph.D.: Bing successfully completing the doctoral program Fall 2008.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“Computational Modeling and Bifurcation Analysis of Bubbling Fluidized Processes”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
M.S., Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas Graduate Diploma, Mathematics Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
B.S., Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

2007

Christopher Paolini Christopher Paolini, Ph.D.: Christopher successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2007.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“A Service Oriented Architecture for Thermochemical Computation”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Dong Xu Dong Xu, Ph.D.: Dong successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2007.
Contact Information:
Dissertation Title:
“FEMVIB, An AB Initio Multi-Dimensional Solver For Probing The Vibrational Dynamics In Polytomic Molecules And Free Radicals (No. 155)”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
M.S., Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
B.S., Chemistry, NanKai University, Tianjin, China

2006

Scott Gasner Scott Gasner, Ph.D.: Scott successfully completing the doctoral program Summer 2006.
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Dissertation Title:
“Cellular Pattern Formation in O(2) Symmetric Systems”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
M.S., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Double-major in Finance and Marketing, University of Maryland – Robert H. Smith School of Business, College Park, MD

2005

Patrick Longhini Patrick Longhini, Ph.D.: Patrick successfully completing the doctoral program Spring 2005.
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Dissertation Title:
“Nonlinear Dynamics Design and Operation of Advanced Magnetic Sensors”
Degrees Earned:
Ph.D., Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
M.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
B.S., Mathematics, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA