Student Research Assistants
Alexandra Amaya
Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. Denise Hernandez
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Hello, my name is Alexandra Amaya and I am a current Public Health student. I am also pursuing a degree in nursing and hope to in the future combine my nursing and public health knowledge to be able to better serve my community. In the future, I hope to become a public health nurse and travel to underdeveloped countries to provide them with the resources they lack while improving their way of life.
Aarti Darji
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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Aarti Darji is an undergraduate student at The University of Texas at Arlington majoring in Data Science. She started participating as a research assistant during freshman year on sustained attention. From there, she developed an interest in data science and the intersection between healthcare and technology. She hopes to pursue graduate school for bioinformatics.
Cassandra Davila
Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. Denise Hernandez
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Cassandra Davila is a first-generation student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Public Health. She is a third year Honors undergraduate at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is working with Dr. Hernandez on her Honors Research Capstone Thesis for Fall 2024. Cassandra’s interest lies within health administration and emergency management. She is passionate about breaking down and understanding barriers and challenges of underserved populations and areas. Cassandra’s eagerness to make a difference demonstrates her passion for public health. Cassandra is planning to attend the University of North Texas to pursue their Master’s program in Emergency Management.
Kelli Beth Fowlds
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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I am a first year PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. My main focus of research is computational modeling of biological images, including deep machine learning and cell segmentation. Currently I am analyzing calcium spiking patterns in beta cells.
Amir Hajighasemi
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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Joseph Hammonds
Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor. Dr. Denise Hernandez
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Hi, my name is Joseph Hammonds I’m from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was raised in Dallas, Texas. I graduated from Prairie View A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Health. I’m currently a Public Health Graduate student concentrated in epidemiology. Once I graduate, I want to be an epidemiologist.
Hayden Lotspeich
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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Hayden Lotspeich is a UTA Masters student studying computer science.
Parisa Boodaghi Malidarreh
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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PhD student, CS
MS at Iran University of Science and Technology(IUST)
BS at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology(NIT)
Soumyajit Maity
Master’s Student
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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I’m Soumyajit Maity, and I’m currently pursuing my Master’s in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Arlington. I earned my bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Engineering and Management in Kolkata. Over the years, I’ve dived deep into the world of machine learning and deep learning, working with models like Autoencoders and LSTMs. My passion lies in tackling challenges in imbalanced learning, natural language processing (NLP), and image processing. I have extensively published papers on topics like Imbalanced Classification in Machine Learning.
Saurabh Maydeo
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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Mohamed Mohamed
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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Mohamed Mohamed is a UTA Masters student studying computer science.
Thuong "Lucy" Pham
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering Science at Trinity University, TX
B.A. in Physics at Trinity University, TX
Cody Reynolds
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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Biraaj Rout
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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A current graduate student (MSCS) at The University of Texas at Arlington.I obtained my B.E degree from Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology (Affiliated to VTU), Bangalore.
I also have 3.5 years of experience in areas such as Software Engineering, Medical data analytics, and Live-streaming.
Md Jillur Rahman Saurav
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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I’m Md Jillur Rahman Saurav. I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Arlington. I earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Shahjalal University of Science & Technology. I enjoy working on NLP and computer vision problems. You’ll find my recent works at https://facevoid.github.io/.
Jai Prakash Veerla
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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Jai Prakash Veerla is pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialization in Bioinformatics under the supervision of Dr.Jacob Luber at The University of Texas at Arlington. His current research work focuses on performing adversarial attacks on DNA Sequencing. He received a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science and Engineering from ACE Engineering College, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH) in November2020. He is an enthusiast of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. he really loves to contribute to his work in the field of Medicine and Healthcare by implementing the knowledge that he has gained through his research.
Mengliang Zhang
PhD student
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber