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Current Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prof. Talat S. Rahman<\/strong>
UCF Trustee Chair Professor
and Pegasus Professor
Office: PSB 462
Email: Talat.Rahman@ucf.edu<\/a>
Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Volodymyr Turkowski<\/strong>
Research Assistant Professor<\/strong>
Office: PSB 460
Email: Volodymyr.Turkowski@ucf.edu<\/a>
Website<\/a>
Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Syeda Faiza Rubab Sherazi
Graduate Student<\/strong>
Office: PSB 412
Email: Syeda.RubabSherazi@ucf.edu<\/a>
Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Theodoros Panagiotakopoulos
Graduate Student<\/strong>
Office: PSB 412
Email: Theodoros.Panagiotakopoulos@ucf.edu<\/a>
Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bushra Ashraf
Graduate Student<\/strong>
Office: PSB 412
Email: Bushra.Ashraf@ucf.edu<\/a>
Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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John Janisch
Graduate Student<\/strong>
Office: PSB 412
Email: John.Janisch@ucf.edu<\/a>
Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Adolfo Partida Lizarraga
Graduate Student<\/strong>
Office: PSB 412
Email: adolfo.partidalizarraga@ucf.edu<\/a>
Curriculum Vitae<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Former Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Post-Doctoral Advisees & Research Associates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Zengju Tian (1993)
Abdelkader Kara (1994-2006)
Usula K\u00fcrpick (1995-1998)
Sergei Stolbov (2000-2006)
Ahlam Al-Rawi (2003-2009)
Vasse Chis (2009-2010)
Chandana Ghosh (2008-2011)
Marisol Alcantara (2007-2012)
Giridhar Nandipati (2009-2012)
Jacquelyn Chini (2010-2013)
Alfredo Ramirez (2012-2014)
Sampyo Hong (2005-2014)
Joseba Alberdi (2017-2018)
Shree-Ram Acharya (2018-2019)
Jose Mario Galicia Hernandez (2019-2020)
Zahra Hooshmand (2019-2020)
Tao Jiang (2020-2021)
Tyler Campbell (2021–<\/em><\/strong>2022)
Duy Le (2012-2025)
Eric Switzer (2023-2024)
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Students Supervised<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jin He, PhD, 1987
Liqui Yang, PhD, 1991
Kai Yang, PhD, 1991
Wes Bailey, Masters, 1995
Pavlin Staikov, PhD, 1998
Sondan Durukanolgu, PhD, 1999
Ahlam Al-Rawi, PhD, 2000
Weibin Fei, PhD, 2000
Chandana Ghosh, PhD, 2003
Altaf Karim, PhD, 2006
Sampyo Hong, PhD, 2005
Faisal Mehmood, PhD, 2006
Marisol Alcantara Ortegoza, PhD, 2007
Handan Yildrim, PhD, 2010
Duy Le, PhD, 2012
Syed Shah Islamuddin, PhD, 2013
Maral Aminpour, PhD, 2013
Neha Nayyar, PhD, 2014
Alamgir Kabir, PhD, 2015
Jose Mario Galicia Hernandez, visiting student, 2013-2015
Ghazal Shafai, PhD, 2016
Jarrad Pond, PhD, 2016
Takat Rawal, PhD, 2017
Shree Acharya, PhD, 2018
Zahra Hooshmandgharebagh, PhD, 2018
Andre Childs, MS 2018
Rainier Berkley, MS 2018
Tao Jiang, PhD, 2019
Naseem Ud Din, PhD, 2020
Mahboob Ur Rehman, PhD, 2021
Jia Shi, visiting student, 2019 – 2023
Eric Switzer, PhD, 2023
Dave Austin, PhD, 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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