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.
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.
Amir Hajighasemi
PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Luber
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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)
Thuong "Lucy" Pham
PhD Candidate
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
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/.
Ja'Walyn Smith
Advisor: Jitenga Knox
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A current senior at pursuing a bachelors in Communication Technology working as the webmaster for CIHI.
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.