Doctoral Student Profiles

I graduated from Jilin university majoring in chemistry. During my undergraduate period, I primarily worked in the State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and I was mainly engaged in the synthesis and performance research of organic photoelectric materials in Pro. Hongyu Zhang's lab. I chose to join Musacchio's lab in 2020 and began my scientific adventure. our group seek to expand the utility of radical chemistry at the intersection of synthetic organic chemistry and chemical biology through new reaction development, bioconjugation strategies, and biocatalysis.

Ken completed his B.S. in Chemistry at Worcester State University. He studied catalysis and air-sensitive organometallic chemistry with Jeremy R. Andreatta Ph.D, focusing on the synthesis and characterization of a monometallic bis-PTA pincer ligand for catalysis reactions in an aqueous medium as well as the synthesis of several cobaloxime catalysts for polymerization reactions. Currently he’s the guy playing with graphene.  What’s he doing? Shoot him an email and ask!

I have my Bachelors and Masters form India. After my graduation, I got an opportunity to work in industry for a year and teaching undergrad engineering courses for 3 years. I have moved to US in 2014 for my Doctoral degree under the supervision of Prof. Mallick. My ongoing research is on moisture induced damage of Hot Mix Asphalt(HMA). I am working with various laboratory techniques - Moisture Induced stress Tester (MIST), Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV), Indirect Tensile Strength Test, Dissolved Organic Carbon etc. and Modelling tools - System Dynamics, Geo Studio - Vadose etc. to simulate ...

Fred Kautz is currently pursuing interdisciplinary research at WPI on the intersections of simulation methodologies, data science, and behavioral modeling with applications to critical infrastructure resiliency, risk assessment, and economic impact. Additional research efforts are focused on infrastructure bank design, project finance, and macroeconomic dynamics using multimethod simulation methodologies. Prior to his arrival at WPI, Fred successfully led projects in energy and commodities, capital markets, e-commerce, defense systems research and development, and national intelligence ...

Mehmet Erman's research focuses on technology management and implementation with operation management in construction industry. At the beginning of his career, Mehmet Erman focused on the design portion of the industry. Since 2006 he has been on the construction management side. Currently he is working as a national director of pre-construction and project manager. His daily focus is on information technology in the construction industry.

I am a PhD candidate in Computer Science department. My general research interests include data mining, big data analytics and machine learning. I am also a Fulbright Scholar for PhD studies since 2013. I completed MS in Computer Science in 2012 from NUCES, Islamabad, Pakistan. My current work involves finding similarity in time series datasets. I have previously worked on Data integration of spatial temporal data and association rule mining of evolving datasets. Awards: First place, PhD level, Graduate Research Innovation Exchange, WPI 2017 People’s Choice award, Graduate ...

I am a Ph.D. student in the Data Science program. Research interest are latent variable detection on big covariance matrix using Graphical LASSO and Matrix Completion technique.

My name is Tongwei Ren. I'm a PhD student of Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). I finished my undergraduate study in Software Engineering and received my bachelor’s degree in June 2018 from Lanzhou Jiaotong University. My interests are IoT-based cybersecurity and cloud-based security.

Atifa is a lecturer from Pakistan and worked at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in her home country. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science with Magna Cum Laude (distinction) and master’s in information technology. She is currently a Fulbright scholar and pursue her Ph.D. in computer science at Worchester Polytechnic Institute focusing on artificial intelligence. She is also an active member of PWiC (Pakistan Women in Computing) - a global community of women in tech that aims to inspire, mentor and create opportunities for girls to be part of tech. She ...

I received my Master's degree in Operation Analytics and Management from Foisie School of Business at WPI in January 2019. I am now a Ph.D. student in Data Science at WPI. My Master Project was about designing and implementing a decision-making tool for refugee resettlement in the U.S. I developed a web application named Annie(TM) which integrates integer optimization and machine learning techniques into an interactive interface. I am interested in Mathematical Optimization, Machine Learning, and Visualization.