Graduate Details

🢒 2024 - 2025
Summer 2025
DEGREE	RECIPIENT NAME	ADVISOR(S)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Md Mahmudul Bari Hridoy	Dr. Angela Peace and Dr. Linda J.S. Allen	Virginia Tech	Postdoctoral Associate
PhD	Rifat Rejuan	Eugenio Aulisa , Yifan Wang	Texas College , Tyler, Tx	Assistant Professor
MS	Clayton Paget	Dr. Lourdes Juan	Tyler Junior College	Professor of Mathematics
MS/STAT	Juan Zhai	Leif Ellingson
Spring 2025
DEGREE	RECIPIENT NAME	ADVISOR(S)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS	Dhruba Pariyar Damay
MS	Ryan Covington	Dr. Raegan Higgins		High School Mathematics Teacher
MS/STAT	Dilmi Chamodini Wickrama Hettiachchi Halpe Kankanamalage
MS/STAT	Hasini Kaushalya Herath Mudiyanselage
MS/STAT	Iresha Ravihari Dissanayake Mudiyanselage
MS/STAT	Kesavapriya Manoharan
MS/STAT	Maleka Kaumudi Pujari	Dr. Fangyuan Zhang
MS/STAT	Sarani Kavinga Aththanayaka Mudiyanselage
MS/STAT	Saumya Tharindi Ganhela Pathiranage
MS/STAT	Sharindi Amasha Samaraweera
MS/STAT	Shashipraba Rajakaruna
MS/STAT	Woonyoung Song	Dr. Leif Ellingson		Ph.D. Student in the Educational Psychology program, TTU
MS/STAT	Yifan He
MS/STAT	Zuhra Seleima Lebbe
Fall 2024
DEGREE	RECIPIENT NAME	ADVISOR(S)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Himali Seneviratne Kalanchige	James Surles
PhD	Indika Gihan Gunawardana Ilandari Dewage	Dr. Dimitri Volchenkov		Lecturer
MS	Johnathon St Andre	Dr. Lourdes Juan
MS/STAT	Bhathiya Divelgama
MS/STAT	Gihani Vidumini Wickramasinghe Disanayakage
MS/STAT	Sachini Lakeesha Dinali Joseph Sebastian
MS/STAT	Ting JungLee

🢒 2023 - 2024
Summer 2024
DEGREE	RECIPIENT NAME	ADVISOR(S)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Charu Sameera Devindi Rajapaksha Pathiranage Dona	Dr. Dimitri Volchenkov		Assistant Professor of Statistics
PhD	Dananjani Madiwala Liyanage	Dr. Alex Trindade		Assistant Professor
PhD	Fahad Mostafa	Dimitri Volchenkov; Linda Allen; Victoria Howle		Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Biostatistics
PhD	Himali Dilrukshani Don Gammanpila	Dr. Eugenio Aulisa		Assistant Professor
PhD	Jannatul Ferdous Ema	Dr. Wei Guo		Postdoctoral Fellow (Biostatistics)
PhD	Sajal Chakroborthy	Dr. Ram IyerSome		Post-Doctoral
MS	Sams Rashid	Dr. Alex Trindade
Spring 2024
DEGREE	RECIPIENT NAME	ADVISOR(S)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
PhD	Mohammad Mihrab Uddin Chowdhury	Dr. Angela Peace		Post Doctoral
MS	Jiajun Hoo	Dr. Dmitri Pavlov
MS/STAT	Jagdish Gnawali	Dr. Svetlozar Todorov Rachev
Fall 2023
DEGREE	RECIPIENT NAME	ADVISOR(S)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MS/STAT	Syed Ehsan Ar Rafi	Dr. 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
STAT	Fahad Mostafa	Surles, James		Researcher
STAT	GM Fahad Mostafa	Surles, James
STAT	Himali Seneviratne	Surles, James
STAT	Sajal Chakroborty	Iyer, Ram
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
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	Himali Gammanpila	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
STAT	Adeepa Gunarathne	N/A
STAT	Dananjani Madiwala	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

🢒 2015 - 2016
Summer 2016
DEGREE	RECIPIENT NAME	ADVISOR(S)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Megan Miglioretto	Monico, Chris
MA	Monica Chen	Williams, Brock
MA	Samantha Spray	Williams, Brock
MA	Shirley Kitchens	Williams, Brock
MA	Susan Geer	Williams, Brock
PhD	Ashley Cherry	Howle, Victoria; De Farias, Ismeal
PhD	Ashley Meek	Howle, Victoria
PhD	Chalani Prematilake	Ellingson, Leif; Toda, Magdalena
PhD	Chandani Dissanayake	Long, Kevin
PhD	Emine Celik	Hoang, Luan
PhD	Pratheepa Jeganathan	Trindade, Alex
PhD	Takafumi Oki	Ghosh, Bijoy
PhD	Thanuja Paragoda	Toda, Magdalena; Bornia, Giorgio
MS	Guoyi Ke	Howle, Victoria
MS	Hum Bhandari	Howle, Victoria
STAT	Qingmin Zeng	Su, Jingyong
STAT	Tianjiao Yang	Ellingson, Leif
Spring 2016
DEGREE	RECIPIENT NAME	ADVISOR(S)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Richard Sandon	Monico, Chris
MA	Samah Qadah	Monico, Chris
PhD	Elias Gonzalez	Weinberg, David
PhD	Jie Ma	Wang, Alex
PhD	Odin Jesse	Juan, Lourdes; de Farias, Ismael
PhD	Pritha Chakraborty	Solynin, Alex; Williams, Brock
PhD	Thanuka Wijenayaka Pathiranage	Aulisa, Eugenio; Gilliam, David		Lecturer
PhD	Thanuka Wijenayaka Pathiranage	Aulisa, Eugenio; Gilliam, David
MS	Aruna Adikari	Lewis, Wayne
MS	Gregory McKinney	Allen, Linda
MS	Katie Bishop	Monico, Chris
STAT	Gouthaman Tharmathasan	Trindade, Alex
STAT	Matthew Tichenor	Su, Jingyong
STAT	Sara Biesiadny	Ellingson, Leif
Fall 2015
DEGREE	RECIPIENT NAME	ADVISOR(S)	Initial Employer	Initial Position
MA	Kyle Steinle	Harris, Gary
PhD	Pemantha Gamage	Ruymgaart, Frits; Ellingson, Leif Senior		Lecturer
PhD	Pemantha L. Gamage	Ruymgaart, Frits; Ellingson, Leif
MS	Kayla Comeaux	Allen, Linda
STAT	Cui Liu	Su, Jingyong
STAT	Jonathan Doerzbacher	Surles, James
STAT	Nothabo Dube	Martin, Clyde; Ghosh, Bijoy
STAT	Taek Hyun Jang	Ghosh, Souparno