Graduate Details

🢒  2025 – 2026
Summer 2026
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/MATH	Anžej Margeta-Cacace	Dmitri Pavlov
MS/MATH	Bryson McBroom	Chris Monico
MS/MATH	Michael Hwang	Yifan Wang
MS/MATH	Oluwatosin Daramola	Svetlozar Rachev
MS/MATH	Stone Fields	Alvaro Pampano
PhD	Bhathiya Divelgama	Svetlozar Rachev
PhD	Bhathiya Divelgama	Svetlozar T. Rachev	Florida A&M University	Visiting Assistant Professor
PhD	Emilio Verdooren	Dmitri Pavlov
PhD	Jagdish Gnawali	Svetlozar Rachev
PhD	Jagdish Gnawali	Dr. Svetlozar Rachev	West Texas A&M University	Assistant Professor
PhD	Kalana Kushan Munasinghe Arachchige	Dr. Alex Trindade	Eastern Washington University	Assistant Professor of Statistics
PhD	Karthik Kumar Vasudeva	Eugenio Aulisa	University of Texas at San Antonio
PhD	Kushan Munasinghe	Alex Trindade	Eastern Washington University
PhD	Mohammadi Qurratul Ain	Sophia Jang
MS	Anžej Margeta-Cacace	Dmitri Pavlov
MS	Anžej Margeta-Cacace	Dmitri Pavlov	Infleqtion	Quantum machine learning software engineer
MS	Michael Hwang	Yifan Wang
MS/STAT	Bhathiya Divelgama
MS/STAT	Bryson McBroom	Dr. Chris Monico
MS/STAT	Oluwatosin Daramola	Dr. Rachev	Texas Tech University	Teaching Assistant
MS/STAT	Ruwani Denagama Vitharanage
Spring 2026
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/MATH	Ayesha Vedapakyam		Texas Tech University Mathematics & Statistics	Graduate Part Time Instructor
MS/MATH	Elizabeth Payton	Advisor: Dr. Cannon; Committee Chair: Dr. Brock Williams	South Plains College	Math Instructor
MS/MATH	Eric Murray	Katharine Long
MS/MATH	Hasitha Geekiyanage
MS/MATH	Vichithra Amunugama		Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Texas Tech University	Graduate Part Time Instructor
PhD	Abubakarr Yillah	Katharine Long	Yale University	Lecturer
PhD	Alan Bohnert	Razvan Gelca
PhD	Boluwatife Awoyemi	Amanda Laubmeier
PhD	Bradley Vigil	Travis Thompson
MS/STAT	Madhusha Gunarathne Kulandachchige		Texas Tech University Mathematics & Statistics	Graduate Part Time Instructor
MS/STAT	Md Samiul Islam	Leif Ellingson	Texas Tech University Mathematics & Statistics	Graduate Part Time Instructor
MS/STAT	Rajitha Thushan Edirisingha Mudiyanselage		Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Texas Tech University	Graduate Part Time Instructor
MS/STAT	Shakkya Ranasinghe		Texas Tech University Mathematics & Statistics	Graduate Part Time Instructor
MS/STAT	Vichithra Madhavee Amunugama Walawwe
Fall 2025
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/MATH	Chimaobi Victor Offordile
MS/MATH	Isaac Ofoe McCarthy
MS/MATH	Kassandra Elizabeth Gallardo
MS/MATH	Nirupa Rai
MS/MATH	Peter Kipngetich Yegon
MS/MATH	Rasheedat Oluwakemi Oladoja
MS/MATH	Shujit Kumar Bala
MS/STAT	Elagipitiye Liyannalage Nuwanthika Karunathilaka
MS/STAT	Kushani Madhubhashaini Lenora

🢒  2024 – 2025
Summer 2025
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/MATH	Clayton Paget	Lourdes Juan	Tyler Junior College	Professor of Mathematics
MS/MATH	Daniel Korley	Dimitri Volchenkov
MS/MATH	James R. Cash
PhD	Kohl H. James	Katharine Long	Saginaw Valley State University
PhD	Md Mahmudul Bari Hridoy	Angela Peace & Linda J.S. Allen	Virginia Tech	Postdoctoral Associate
PhD	Neranjan Marasinghe	Alexander Solynin	University of Mississippi	Instructional Assistant Professor
PhD	Rifat Rejuan	Eugenio Aulisa & Yifan Wang	Texas College, Tyler, TX	Assistant Professor
PhD	Sunday Esebre	Razvan Gelca	Mercor	Graduate
MS/STAT	FNU Rashmi
Spring 2025
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/MATH	Bryce A. Barnes	Brock Williams
MS/MATH	Dhruba Pariyar Damay
MS/MATH	Ryan Covington	Raegan Higgins		High School Mathematics Teacher
MS/MATH	Sarani Kavinga Aththanayaka Mudiyanselage
PhD	Drew T. Macha	Brock Williams	MidAmerican Nazarene University	Assistant Professor
PhD	Mason T. Springfield	Dermot McCarthy
PhD	Miraj C. Samarakkody	Hung Tran & Alvaro Pampano	Tougaloo College	Assistant Professor
MS/STAT	Dilmi Chamodini Wickrama Hettiachchi Halpe Kankanamalage
MS/STAT	Hasini Kaushalya Herath Mudiyanselage
MS/STAT	Iresha Ravihari Dissanayake Mudiyanselage
MS/STAT	Jagdish Gnawali	Svetlozar Rachev
MS/STAT	Juan Zhai	Leif Ellingson
MS/STAT	Kaveendri S. Rathnayake
MS/STAT	Kesavapriya Manoharan
MS/STAT	Maleka Kaumudi Pujari	Fangyuan Zhang
MS/STAT	Saumya Tharindi Ganhela Pathiranage
MS/STAT	Sharindi Amasha Samaraweera
MS/STAT	Shashipraba Rajakaruna
MS/STAT	Woonyoung Song	Leif Ellingson		Ph.D. student in TTU Ed Psych program
MS/STAT	Yifan He
MS/STAT	Zuhra Seleima Lebbe
Fall 2024
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/MATH	Anna Solodukhina
MS/MATH	Blessing I. Omotade
MS/MATH	Johnathon St Andre	Lourdes Juan
MS/MATH	Nancy Asare Nyarko
PhD	Himali Seneviratne Kalanchige	James Surles	University of Vermont	Lecturer
PhD	Indika Gihan Gunawardana Ilandari Dewage	Dimitri Volchenkov	Eastern Washington University	Lecturer
MS/STAT	Bhathiya Divelgama
MS/STAT	Gihani Vidumini Wickramasinghe Disanayakage
MS/STAT	Sachini Lakeesha Dinali Joseph Sebastian
MS/STAT	Sadia Afrin	Alex Trindade
MS/STAT	Thilini Piyumika W. Wicksramasinghe
MS/STAT	Thisari K. Mahanama
MS/STAT	Ting-Jung Lee

🢒  2023 – 2024
Summer 2024
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/MATH	James A. Francese	Lourdes Juan
MS/MATH	Olivia D. Brubaker
PhD	Aman Rani	Katharine Long & Victoria Howle	Johns Hopkins University	Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD	Charu Sameera Devindi Rajapaksha Pathiranage Dona	Dimitri Volchenkov	University of Wisconsin -- Whitewater	Assistant Professor of Statistics
PhD	Dananjani Madiwala Liyanage	Alex Trindade	University of Minnesota -- Duluth	Assistant Professor
PhD	Fahad Mostafa	Dimitri Volchenkov; Linda Allen; Victoria Howle	Arizona State University	Assistant Professor
PhD	Himali Dilrukshani Don Gammanpila	Eugenio Aulisa	Eastern Kentucky University	Assistant Professor
PhD	Jannatul Ferdous Ema	Wei Guo	University of Arkansas	Postdoctoral Fellow (Biostatistics)
PhD	Prathibha Ambegoda	Sophia Jang	Stark State College	Instructor
PhD	Sajal Chakroborty	Ram Iyer	Worchester Polytechnic Institute	Post-Doctoral Scholar
MS/STAT	Aman Rani
MS/STAT	Qiang Chen
MS/STAT	Sams Rashid	Alex Trindade
Spring 2024
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/MATH	Benjamin T. Farrell	Suddhasattwa Das
MS/MATH	Emily Franklin	Lars Christensen & Chris Monico
MS/MATH	Jagdish Gnawali
MS/MATH	Jiajun Hoo	Dmitri Pavlov
MS/MATH	Morgan Beetler	Amanda Laubmeier	Frenship High School, Wolfforth, TX	Teacher
MS/MATH	Nathan F. Holtman	Amanda Laubmeier
MS/MATH	Oluwagbemisola P. Oladepo
MS/MATH	Radhika Rao	Alexander Solynin
MS/MATH	Yashu B. Lanki	Lourdes Juan
PhD	Bradley Vigil	Dr. Travis Thompson	Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism	Postdoctoral Research Assistant
PhD	Mohammad Mihrab Uddin Chowdhury	Angela Peace	Virginia Tech	Visiting Assistant Professor
PhD	Nusrat Tabassum	Amanda Laubmeier	Virginia Tech	Postdoctoral Research Fellow
MS/STAT	Andras Horvath	Leif Ellingson	Betenbough Homes	Cost Analyst
MS/STAT	Jannatul Ferdous Ema	Alex Trindade
MS/STAT	Sudharonjon Roy	Dimitri Volchenkov	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Graduate Student
MS/STAT	Thilini Karunasena Wiskam
Fall 2023
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/STAT	Syed Ehsan Ar Rafi	James Surles

🢒  2022 – 2023
Summer 2023
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Chathuri Sandamali	Wenjing Zhang		Assistant Professor
PhD	Chathuri Perera	Leif Ellington		Assistant Professor
PhD	Hongbin Weng	Alex Wang		Mathematical Statistician
PhD	Isanka GarliHevage	Luan Hoang, Akif Ibraguimov		Assistant Professor
PhD	Md Sakhawat Hossain	Ram Iyer		Assistant Professor
PhD	Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman	Kazuo Yamazaki		Postdoctoral Fellow
MS/STAT	Emilio Verdooren	Dmitri Pavlov
Fall 2022
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS	Md Mahmudul Bari Hridoy

🢒  2021 – 2022
Summer 2022
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Gayani Balasuriya	Bornia, Giorgio & Wang, Chunmei		Assistant Professor
PhD	Jiexin Dai	Wang, Alex
PhD	Jonathon Loftin	Aulisa, Eugenio
PhD	Nadeesha Jayaweera	Trindade, Alex
PhD	Nicholas Moore	Howle, Victoria
PhD	Rohana Vithanage	Jang, Sophia
PhD	Ruwani Rasanjali Herath	Zhang, Fangyuan		Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD	Ruwani Rasanjali Herath	Zhang, Fangyuan
PhD	Sachith Dassanayaka	Volchenkov, Dimitri		Assistant Professor
PhD	Stephen Pena	Pavlov, Dmitri
PhD	Thilini Jayasinghe	Ellingson, Leif
PhD	Yuan Hu	Rachev, Svetlozar & Lindquist, Brent
PhD	Zhuanzhuan Ma	Lu, Tom & Wang, Min
MS	Danae Burton	Howle, Victoria
MS	Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman	N/A
MS/STAT	Himali Seneviratne	Surles, James
MS/STAT	Sajal Chakroborty	Iyer, Ram
STAT	Fahad Mostafa	Surles, James		Researcher
STAT	GM Fahad Mostafa	Surles, James
Spring 2022
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Fang Chen	Zhang, Fangyuan
MS	Amy Thee	Juan, Lourdes
MS	James Staff	N/A
MS	Nusrat Tabassum	N/A
MS	Prathibha Ambegoda	N/A
MS	Yunting Gao	Pouliasis, Stamatis
STAT	Sima Siami-Namini	Trindade, Alex
STAT	Tony Perez	Ellingson, Leif
Fall 2021
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Casey Mills	Higgins, Raegan
PhD	Ramiro Ramirez	Peace, Angela
PhD	Veniamin Smirnov	Volchenkov, Dimitri
MS	Jason Bailey	Ellingson, Leif
MS	Justin Gonzalez	Hamilton, Alastair
STAT	Cole Long	N/A
STAT	Hong-bin Weng	N/A

🢒  2020 – 2021
Summer 2021
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Abootaleb Shirvani	Lindquist, W. Brent
PhD	Basitha Hewa Wellalage	Trindade, Alex
PhD	Dong Xu	Ellingson, Leif
PhD	Erdi Kara	Aulisa, Eugenio
PhD	Isuru Dassanayake	Volchenkov, Dimitri
PhD	Madusha Atampalage	Toda, Magda
PhD	Malima Atapattu	Zhang, Fangyuan
PhD	Md Masud Rana	Long, Katharine & Peace, Angela
PhD	Nilan Kasisetti Mudalige	Pavlov, Dmitri
PhD	Rachel Harris	Gelca, Razvan
MS	Dalton Pruitt	Williams, Brock
MS	Farjana Mukta	N/A
STAT	Geethanjalee Mudunkotuwa	Ellingson, Leif
STAT	Yawei Cheng	N/A
Spring 2021
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/MATH	Himali Gammanpila
PhD	Dylan Rudy	Monico, Chris
PhD	Mai Dao	Ellingson, Leif
PhD	Thilini Mahanama	Lindquist, W. Brent
MS	Alexis Hardesty	N/A
MS	Ali Samadian	Volchenkov, Dimitri
MS	Chuan Liang	N/A
MS	Ibrahim Lawal	Volchenkov, Dimitri
MS	Kyle Greywall	Ibraguimov, Akif
MS	Mihrab Chowdhury	N/A
STAT	Charu Rajapaksha	N/A
STAT	Jennifer Wang	Conover, Jay
STAT	Md Sakhawat Hossain	N/A
STAT	Sangam Pangeni	Ellingson, Leif
Fall 2020
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Neranjaka Jayarathne	Ghosh, Bijoy
MS	Bobbie Nettle	Ibraguimov, Akif
MS	Saba Nafees	Howle, Victoria
STAT	Chathrui Perera	N/A
STAT	Dulanjalee Devage Dona	N/A
STAT	Kusal Rathnayake	N/A
STAT	Langjuan Qi	Wang, Min
STAT	Sithma Jayawardena	N/A

🢒  2019 – 2020
Summer 2020
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Ahmed Belhad	Trindade, Alex
PhD	Dencil Jayaweera	Solynin, Alex		Lecturer
PhD	Dilini Fonseka	Peace, Angela
PhD	Kaniz Nipa	Allen, Linda & Jang, Sophia
PhD	Md Rafiul Islam	Peace, Angela		Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD	Md Rafiul Islam	Peace, Angela
PhD	MiuranDencil Jayaweera	Solynin, Alex
PhD	Nadeesha Vidanage	Solynin, Alex
PhD	Shamon Ann Almeida	Gelca, Razvan		Lecturer
PhD	Shamon Ann Almeida	Gelca, Razvan
PhD	Yuan Qiu	Ellingson, Leif
MS	Md Wasim Akram	Toda, Magdalena
MS	Sergio Baez-Lugo	Monico, Chris
MS	Yusup Geldiyev	Ibraguimov, Akif
STAT	Shan Xue	N/A
STAT	Tung Nguyen	Zhang, Fangyuan
Spring 2020
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Seth Johnson	N/A
MA	Victoria Dines-Shore	N/A
PhD	Lale Asik	Peace, Angela
MS	Chathuri Sandamalli	N/A
MS	Isanka Garli Hevage	N/A
MS	Lily Young	McCarthy, Dermot
MS	Michael Clines	N/A
MS	Rhanuma Islam	Ibraguimov, Akif
MS	Shadi Heenatigala	N/A
MS/STAT	Dananjani Madiwala
STAT	Adeepa Gunarathne	N/A
Fall 2019
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Supem Samarasiri	Solynin, Alexander
PhD	Sureka Pathmanathan	Bornia, Giorgio
MS	Brooke Sanders	Volchenkov, Dimitri
MS	Cole P. Long	N/A
MS	Colton Mikes	N/A
MS	Randall Karr	Peace, Angela
MS	Thakshila Gunasinghe	Ibraguimov, Akif
STAT	Masoud Norouzi Darabad	Trindade, Alex
STAT	Pooya Aavani	Zhang, Fangyuan

🢒  2018 – 2019
Summer 2019
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Victoria Renfroe	N/A
PhD	Aadrita Nandi	Allen, Linda
PhD	Anthony Gruber	Toda, Magdalena
PhD	Chamila Perera	Ghosh, Souparno; Trindade, Alex
PhD	Md Nazmul Hassan	Peace, Angela Instructor
PhD	Md Nazmul Hassan	Peace, Angela
PhD	Mengmeng Guo	Su, Jingyong
PhD	Saikanth Ratnavale	Bornia, Giorgio
STAT	Huy Pham	Wang, Min
Spring 2019
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Vedant Tripathi	N/A
MS	Aaron Perkins	Williams, Brock
MS	Desi Corbin	Volchenkov, Dimitri
MS	Yang Cai	Ellingson, Lief
STAT	Nan Mi	Zhang, Fangyuan
STAT	Ramesh Aravind Kesawan	N/A
STAT	Ruwani Herath	N/A
STAT	Ying Teng	Zhang, Fangyuan
Fall 2018
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Manjari Dissanayake	Trindade, Alex
PhD	Pansujee Dissanayaka	Su, Jingyong; Ghosh, Bijoy
MS	Amin Nikakhtar	Howle, Victoria
MS	Md Shah Alam	Peace, Angela

🢒  2017 – 2018
Summer 2018
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Douglas Beeman	N/A
MA	Traci Mayo	N/A
PhD	Ameen Alhassan	Lewis, Wayne
PhD	Aruna Roshan Adikari	Lewis, Wayne
PhD	Benoit Ahanda	Ellingson, Lief
PhD	Bimali Jayasinghe	Long, K.
PhD	Farzana Nasrin	Iyer, Ram
PhD	Hum Nath Bhandari	Howle, Victoria
PhD	Joshua Engwer	Long, K.
PhD	Purna Gamage	Ghosh, Souparno
PhD	Pushpi Paranamana	Aulisa, Eugenio; Toda, Magdalena
PhD	Quan Hoang	Ghosh, Souparno
PhD	Xiaochuan Hu	Jang, Sophia
MS	Allison Godwin	Higgins, Raegan
MS	Brandon Finney	Higgins, Raegan
MS	Michael Von Ende-Becker	Higgins, Raegan
MS	Monir Uz Saman	Ellingson, Lief
MS	Rohan Korde	Ghosh, Bijoy
STAT	Ahmed Sabit	Volchenkov, Dimitri
STAT	Qiannan Zhai	Zhang, Fangyuan
STAT	Roham Sabzevari	Volchenkov, Dimitri
Spring 2018
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Emily Stamm	Williams, Brock
MA	Ronald Moreland	N/A
PhD	Dhanamalee Bandara	Ellingson, Lief
PhD	Giacomo Capodaglio	Aulisa, Eugenio
PhD	Krystin Huff	Allen, Linda; Allen Edward
PhD	Sanjeewa Karunarathna	Iyer, Ram
PhD	Sara Calandrini	Aulisa, Eugenio
PhD	Simon Rush	Long, K.
PhD	Wei Zhang	Solynin, Alexander
MS	Ann Almeida	N/A
MS	Byeong-Ho Ban	N/A
MS	Casey Brito	Ghosh, Bijoy
MS	Nilan Manoj Kasissetti	N/A
STAT	Audrey Gill	Zhang, Fangyuan
STAT	Yao Fu	Mansouri, Hossain
Fall 2017
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Jianna Davenport	Williams, Brock
PhD	Gangadhar Acharya	Harris, Gary
PhD	Hongwei Wang	Gelca, Razvan
PhD	Mihiri De Silva	Jang, Sophia Senior		Lecturer
PhD	Mihiri De Silva	Jang, Sophia
PhD	Rangana Jayawardhana	Ghosh, Bijoy
PhD	Shiva Rai	Lewis, Wayne
MS	Qing Xu	Bornia, Giorgio
MS	Xiao Feng	Su, Jingyong
STAT	Megan Burns	Ellingson, Leif
STAT	Yiling Qian	Ellingson, Leif

🢒  2016 – 2017
Summer 2017
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Jaclyn Doyal	Byerly, Robert
MA	Sarah Blazier	Williams, Brock
MA	Victoria Brayer	Williams, Brock
PhD	Iresha Premarathna	Ellingson, Leif
PhD	Joshua Mayer	Ghosh, Souparno
PhD	Michelle Walty	Ledet, Arne
PhD	Yang Zhang	Monico, Chris
MS	Annabel Meade	Allen, Linda
MS	Joseph Heinrich	Iyer, Ram
STAT	Li Sun	Su, Jingyong
STAT	Yujia Pan	Zhang, Fangyuan
STAT	Yumin Xie	Ellingson, Leif
Spring 2017
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Chen Miranda	Monico, Chris
MA	Katherine Ehnis	Monico, Chris
MA	Keely Green	Monico, Chris
MA	Sandi Hansen	Williams, Brock
MA	Taylor Kirkpatrick	Williams, Brock
PhD	Xu Niu	Harris, Gary
MS	Kaniz Fatema Nipa	N/A
MS	Kristen Weasenforth	Higgins, Raegan
STAT	Dana Nasser	Mansouri, Hossein
STAT	Huiyan Shao	Iyer, Ram
STAT	Kallie Judge	Mansouri, Hossein
STAT	Quinn Pearce	Ellingson, Leif
STAT	Zhigang Yu	Trindade, Alex
Fall 2016
Degree	Recipient Name	Advisor(s)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Christopher Sauer	Monico, Chris
MA	Lee Gunderson	Byerly, Robert
MA	Natalie Welcome	Byerly, Robert
MA	Patrick Oconnell	Monico, Chris
PhD	Bo Li	Mansouri, Hossein
PhD	Wenzhen Fan	Wang, Alex
MS	Miuran Dencil	N/A
MS	Shih-Yu Lee	Aulisa, Eugenio
STAT	Hong Li	Ellingson, Leif
STAT	Lewis Owens	Ellingson, Leif
STAT	Monir Uz Zaman	Ellingson, Leif
STAT	William Tritch	N/A