Archives: Spotlights
Student Spotlight: Filippos Tzortzoglou
February 23, 2026 Filippos Tzortzoglou is a doctoral candidate in civil and environmental engineering with a focus on transportation systems engineering from Irakleio, Crete, Greece. He earned a B.Sc. and…
Student Spotlight: Bayu Ahmad
February 16, 2026 Bayu Ahmad is a doctoral candidate in chemistry and chemical biology from outside Jakarta, Indonesia. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Middlebury College and now studies the…
Student Spotlight: Lyn Zemberekci
February 5, 2026 Lyn Zemberekci is a doctoral candidate in civil and environmental engineering from Istanbul, Turkey. She earned her previous degrees at Sabanci University and Ozyegin University, both in…
Student Spotlight: Noam Zilberstein
February 2, 2026 Noam Zilberstein is a doctoral candidate in computer science from Amherst, Massachusetts. He earned his B.S. at the University of Pennsylvania and now studies programming language theory…
Student Spotlight: Jadon Geathers
December 22, 2025 Jadon Geathers is a doctoral student in information science from Corning, New York. He earned his B.S. in mathematics and M.S. in computer science at Stanford University…
Alum Spotlight: Rachit Nigam, Ph.D. ’25
December 8, 2025 Rachit Nigam, Ph.D. ’25, is an alum of the computer science doctoral program. He is now a visiting scholar at Jane Street, LLC and will be starting…
Student Spotlight: Jordan Johnson
December 1, 2025 Jordan Johnson is a doctoral student in psychological sciences and human development from the Tuscarora Nation in Western New York. She earned her B.S. in psychology at…
Student Spotlight: Nora Gera
November 24, 2025 Nora Gera is a doctoral student in computer science from Cincinnati, Ohio. She earned her B.Sc. in computer science at Cornell University and now studies fairness objectives…
Student Spotlight: John Miller
John Miller is a doctoral student in systems engineering with a mechanical and aerospace engineering focus from Miami, Florida. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and B.S. in computer…
Student Spotlight: Raul Armenta
November 17, 2025 Raul Armenta is a doctoral student in sociology from Los Angeles, California. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Columbia University and now studies the intersection of education…