people

Current and former students, and collaborators

Current Students

Graduate Students (Ph.D.)

  • Eric Herrison Gyamfi (2022-present, in candidacy)
  • Hancheng Li (Joint with B. A. Konomi, 2022-present, in candidacy)
  • Ying Zhang (2024-present, in candidacy)
  • Lloyd Goldstein (2024-present, before candidacy)

Former Students

Ph.D. Graduates

Name Graduation Year First Position Current Position
Shixuan Wang 2026 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, College of Charleston  
Rick Lucas 2026 Team Lead – Data Analytics and Industrial Engineering, Hy-Tek Intralogistics  
Ayesha Kumari Ekanayaka Katugoda Gedara 2024 Postdoctoral Fellow, UNC Chapel Hill  
Tzu-Chun Wu 2022 Data Scientist, UC College of Medicine  
Jieyan Zhang 2022 BASF  
Gang Yang 2022 Bristol Myers Squibb  
Miaoqi Li 2020 Wells Fargo  
Pulong Ma (Joint with B. A. Konomi) 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University & Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
Sheng Ren 2017 UnitedHealth Group  
Ahmad Ali Hanandeh (Joint with B. A. Konomi) 2017 Assistant Professor, Yarmouk University, Jordan  
Hongxiang Shi 2017 Fifth Third Bank  

Undergraduate Alumni

Name Graduation Year First Position
Linh Tran 2025  
Ruoqi Song 2020 Ph.D. program in Biostatistics, The Ohio State University

Collaborators

I am grateful to collaborate with outstanding researchers whose expertise and dedication have greatly enriched our work. These collaborations have led to fruitful research outcomes and continue to inspire new directions in our investigations.

If you are interested in collaborating, please email me at kangel@ucmail.uc.edu.