The current list of PhDs since 2021 is found here Year Name Advisor 1951 Peeples, William D. Huff Peters, George T. Fort 1952 Hadnot, Bradford T. Fort Hind, Alfred T. Fort Newton, Tyre T. Fort Wollan, Gerhard T. Fort Butz, Robert Du Val 1953 1954 Huff, Charles Huff 1955 Lytle, Raymond M.K. Fort Walker, David Huff 1956 1957 Andrews, James M.K. Fort Boswell, Rupert M.K. Fort 1958 1959 1960 Patty, C. Wayne Brahana Segar, Jack M.K. Fort 1961 1962 1963 Bastida, Julio Hunter Bell, Curtis Brahana Rao, Pejovar Cohen Selden, John Hunter 1964 Williams, Britain Cohen 1965 Bryant, John Edwards Durham, Harvey Cantrell Gentry, Karl Ball Hodge, James Ball Pittman, Chatty Ball Rhee, Choon-Jai Brahana 1966 Christmas, Charles Horne Harley, Peter Cantrell Lacher, Christopher Cantrell Lavender, Earl Cohen McBay, Shirley Brahana Nadler, Sam Jewett 1967 Duvall, Paul Edwards Transue, William Ball 1968 Hanson, Thomas Horne Horvatic, Kreso Edwards Leslie, Robert Hinton Machusko, Andrew Edwards Reed, Bruce Brahana Rushing, Benny Cantrell Worth, Roy Eugene Jewett 1969 Connor, Andrew Ball Walker, Philip Hinton Walker, Winston Adomian 1970 Boren, Nancy (Ed. D.) Penney Childress, Joseph Cantrell Cliett, Otis (Ed. D.) Penney Ivansic, Ivan Edwards Knowles, Frank Horne Maxwell, James Edwards Pfeiffer, George Hinton Reese, Richard Cantrell 1971 Allen, Charles Alford Johnson, Keith Cantrell Penney, Carol Edwards Swafford, Billy Horne 1972 Daigle, Roy Alford Ethington, Donald Brahana Owen, William Horne Scott, Thomas McCleary Tatalias, Kosmo Edwards 1973 Elrod, McLowery Adomian Hamilton, Morris Edwards Hartley, Dean Sher 1974 DelValle, James Clancey Love, Dwight Horne Michaelides, George Sher Tanner, Leslie Brahana 1975 Chapman, William Randtke Faour, Nazih Clancey Whitaker, Emory Cantrell 1976 Goad, Robert Hollingsworth Hillhouse, Patricia Lether Morrel, Judith Clark Price, Thomas Lether 1977 1978 Garza, Gene Cantrell 1979 Alif, Metod Galewski Kuhn, Stephen Carlson Malakian, Kourken Adomian Whitaker, Genevieve Brahana Younis, Rahman Clancey 1980 Chen, Tsan-Hoe Lether Pelletier, William Pittie 1981 Wang, Derming Clark 1982 1983 1984 Abubucker, C. Kannan Argyros, Ioannis Azoff, Clark Brown, Jeffery Hollingsworth Hurd, Spencer McCleary Yokura, Shoji McCrory 1985 1986 Hazareesingh, L. Kannan 1987 Milin, Lazar McCrory Shehada, Hasan Azoff Szmigielski, Jacek Dorfmeister and R. Anderson (PhD in Physics) 1988 Copper, Mark Kunze Wu, DeTing Kannan 1989 Ding, Hong-Ming Kunze 1990 Elshamy, Maged Kannan Ding, Lifeng Azoff Sligar, John McCrory 1991 Lin, Chin-Cheng Gosselin Ragsdale, Katherine Gard 1992 Lovern, Renee Pomerance 1993 Akbari, Reza Clancey Haglund, James Canfield A * below indicates partial support by our VIGRE grants, 2002-2014. Ph.D. Student Baccalaureate Institution Post Ph.D. Placement Advisor Name Degree Conferred Beata Hebda Wroclaw B. Beirut U. Gainesville Junior C. Theodore Shifrin 1994 Deborah Sherman U. Georgia Truman State College Jon Carlson 1994 Ronnie Burthe Tulane U. NSA Carl Pomerance 1995 Fred Cheng Wuhan C. UNC Greensboro Carl Pomerance 1995 Sasa Kresic-Juric Coastal Carolina U. Symbol Technologies Malcom Adams 1995 Chuang Peng Beijing Normal U. Morehouse College Jon Carlson 1995 Anitha Srinivasan Sri Venkateswara U. U. Puerto Rico Andrew Granville 1995 Huason Yin Wuhan U. AI Dep't, UGA Robert Varley 1996 Hong Zhang Beijing Normal U. Florida State U. Dan Kannan 1996 Glenn Fox Wichita State U. Emory U. Andrew Granville 1997 Jon Grantham U. Michigan IDA Center for Comp. Carl Pomerance 1997 Kevin James U. Georgia Penn. State U. Andrew Granville 1997 MuYeol Park Pusan National U. Dong-A U. Korea Clint McCrory 1997 David Smead Truman State U. Furman U. Will Kazez 1997 Nelson Rushton Auburn U. AI Dep't, UGA Dan Kannan 1997 Peteris Daugulis Leningrad State U. Unknown Jon Carlson 1998 Wenjie He Peking U. Texas A&M U. Ming-Jun Lai 1998 Michelle LeMasurier U. Colorado Franklin & Marshall Clint McCrory 1998 Shuguang Li Beijing Normal U. U. Hawaii-Hilo Carl Pomerance 1998 David Penniston U. Wisconsin Penn State U. Dino Lorenzini 1998 Jason Whitt Mississippi State U. Illinois Wesleyan U. Jon Carlson 1998 Edgar Fuller U. Georgia Duke U. Clint McCrory 1999 Gilles Gnacadja U. National Benin MATRA Systems, Inc. David Benson 1999 Ernie Croot Centre College UC Berkeley Andrew Granville 2000 Pam Cutter SUNY Fredonia Albion College Andrew Granville 2000 Dina Khalil American U. Beirut Emory U. Andrew Granville 2000 Sridar Pootheri U. Madras unknown Rod Canfield 2000 Mark Watkins Harvey Mudd Penn. State U. Carl Pomerance 2000 Gang Yu U. Sci. Tech. China U. Michigan Carl Pomerance 2000 Mucheng Zhang Yunan Teachers U. Computer Sci., UGA Jon Carlson 2000 Donald Bindner NE Missouri State U. Truman State U. Edward Azoff 2001 Ruihua Liu Nankai U. Imagine Software Qing Zhang 2001 Xiangming Xu Chinese Acad. Sci. Telchemy Inc. Ming-Jun Lai 2001 Blake Hindman* Florida Atlantic U. Georgia College David Benson 2002 Heunggi Park Chonbuk Nat'l U. Emmanuel College Joseph Fu 2002 Wayne Tarrant* Wake Forest U. Western Kentucky U. Robert Varley 2002 Janice Wethington* Rensselaer US Govt. Robert Varley 2002 Daniele Arcara U. Torino U. of Utah Elham Izadi 2003 Gerard Awanou U. Nat. du Benin IMA, U. Minnesota Ming-Jun Lai 2003 Tanya Cofer* Augusta State U. Math Ed, UGA Gordana Matic 2003 Steve Donnelly Australian Nat. U. International U. Bremen Robert Rumely 2003 Vitali Vologodsky Moscow State U. U. Washington Valery Alexeev 2003 Jianwu Wang (PhD in Business Administration) Sichuan U. Qing Zhang 2003 Paulo Almeida U. Lisbon U. Aveiro, Portugal Andrew Granville 2004 Michael Beck* Kennesaw College Infinity Insurance Andrew Granville 2004 Jim Blair* U. South Carolina NSA Akos Magyar 2004 Tawanda Gwena U. Zimbabwe Tufts U. Valery Alexeev 2004 Graham Matthews U. Aukland Amgen Corp. Jon Carlson 2004 Milton Nash Princeton U. U. Louisville Robert Rumely 2004 Eric Pine* Lehigh U. Dep't of Defense Andrew Granville 2004 Rene-Michel Shumbusho U. Rwanda U. South Florida Dino Lorenzini 2004 Victoria Baramidze Tiblisi State U. W. Illinois U. Ming-Jun Lai 2005 Sungkon Chang Kangwon Nat. U. Armstrong Atlantic U. Dino Lorenzini 2005 Kyunglim Nam Yonsei U. U. Toledo Ming-Jun Lai 2005 Moustapha Pemy ICTP Trieste N.C. State U. Qing Zhang 2005 Charles Pooh ICTP Trieste Wolfram Research Robert Rumely 2005 Okkyung Cho Chonbuk Nat. U. U. Toledo Ming-Jun Lai 2006 Chad Mullikin* State U. West Georgia Spring Hill C. Jason Cantarella 2006 Daeshik Park Chonbuk Nat. U. U. Toledo Robert Rumely 2006 Jie Zhou Shanghai U. E. Carolina U. Ming-Jun Lai 2006 Ted Ashton* S. Adventist U. NSA Jason Cantarella 2007 Zubeyir Cinkir Middle East Tech. U. Wolfram Research Robert Rumely 2007 Emille Davie* (now Emille Davie Lawrence) Spelman College U.C. Santa Barbara Clint McCrory/ Will Kazez 2007 Michael Guy* U. Lafayette Columbia U. Valery Alexeev 2007 Valerie Hower* SW Texas State U. Virginia Tech. Clint McCrory 2007 Haipeng Liu Beijing Normal U. Georgia State U. Ming-Jun Lai 2007 Peter Petrov U. Sophia Purdue U. Valery Alexeev 2007 Joseph Rusinko* Davidson College Winthrop U. Valery Alexeev 2007 Jianbao Wu Shanghai U. unknown Ming-Jun Lai 2007 Bobbe Cooper* Taylor U. U. Minnesota Daniel Nakano 2008 Kenyon Platt* Utah State U. Brigham Young U. Brian Boe 2008 Caroline Wright* Rhodes College U. Arizona Daniel Nakano 2008 Chao Zhuang Fudan U. PhD student in Finance, USCA Qing Zhang 2008 Irfan Bagci Middle East Technical U. U. California at Riverside Daniel Nakano 2009 Bree Ettinger* U. of Georgia Georgia State University Ming-Jun Lai 2009 Jerry Hower Virginia Polytechnic Institute Florida International U. Dino Lorenzini 2009 DongHoon Shin Korea U. Korea University Qing Zhang 2009 Jie Yu Fudan University Roosevelt University Qing Zhang 2009 Lirong Yu Beijing Normal U. Georgia State University Qing Zhang 2009 Hoi Tin Kong SUNY, Albany Met Life Qing Zhang 2010 Yang (Louis) Liu Guangzhou U. Marlboro College Ming-Jun Lai 2010 David Prager* Miami University Liberty University Qing Zhang 2010 Maxim Arap U. of Georgia Johns Hopkins University Elham Izadi 2011 Qianying (Jane) Hong Zhongshan U. University of Kansas Ming-Jun Lai 2011 Justin Manning* U. of Georgia Applied Technology, Inc. Robert Varley 2011 Jennifer Ellis* Union U. Mercer U. Joseph Fu 2012 Whitney George* U. of Oregon West Chester U. Gordana Matic 2012 Wenjing Li S. China U. Concordia University William Graham 2012 Matt Mastin* Southern Polytechnic CCP Data and Analytics, Inc. Jason Cantarella 2012 Leopold Matamba Messi* U. de Yaounde Ohio State University Ming-Jun Lai 2012 Nham Ngo Ho Chi Minh City Nat'l U. U. of Wisconsin-Stout Daniel Nakano 2012 Alex Rice* U. of Georgia Bucknell University Neil Lyall 2012 Brandon Samples* U. of Georgia Georgia College & State U. William Graham 2012 James Stankewicz* U. of Connecticut Wesleyan University Pete Clark/Dino Lorenzini 2012 Nathan Walters* Drake U. CCP Data and Analytics, Inc. Robert Rumely 2012 Ben Wyser* Mississippi State U. U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign William Graham 2012 David Krumm* U. de Costa Rica Claremont McKenna Dino Lorenzini 2013 Maurice LeBlanc* U. of Texas at Austin Southern Polytechnic State U Robert Varley 2013 Stacy Musgrave* California State U. Arizona State University Daniel Krashen 2013 Duc Duy Nguyen U. of Natural Science Mass College of Liberal Arts Qing Zhang 2013 Jae-Ho Shin Seoul National U. Korea University Valery Alexeev 2013 Michael Berglund* State U. of W. Georgia Piedmont College Jason Cantarella 2014 John Doyle* University of Georgia University of Rochester Robert Rumely 2014 Sayonita Ghosh Hajra University. of Calcutta University of Utah Gordana Matic 2014 Xiaoyan (Shannon) Hu Hunan University University of West Georgia Valery Alexeev 2014 Joel Oakley* Mississippi State University Shorter University Michael Usher 2014 Andrew Talian* Lenoir-Rhyne College Concordia College Daniel Nakano 2014 Joseph Tenini* Furman University Epic, Madison, WI Valery Alexeev 2014 Katherine Thompson* Oglethorpe University Davidson College Daniel Krashen 2014 Theresa Brons St. University of West Georgia Brazil Daniel Nakano 2015 Adrian Brunyate* Towson University NSF Postdoc Stonybrook Valery Alexeev 2015 Allan Lacy University of Costa Rica University of Costa Rica Pete L. Clark 2015 Nicholas Castro* Cal State University, Northridge UC Davis David Gay 2016 Will Hardesty* University of Maryland Baltimore Co. LSU Daniel Nakano 2016 Jacob Hicks* Clemson University University of Georgia Pete L. Clark 2016 Lauren Huckaba* Florida State University US Government Neil Lyall 2016 Kenny Jacobs* University of Tennessee Northwestern University Robert Rumely 2016 Phong Luu* SUNY at Stony Brook University of South Alabama Qing Zhang/ Jingzhi Tie 2016 Patrick McFaddin* USC University of South Carolina Daniel Krashen 2016 Tom Needham* U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ohio State University Jason Cantarella 2016 George Slavov Bowdoin College Worldquant, Bulgaria Ming-Jun Lai 2016 Lee Troupe* University of Tennessee University of British Columbia Paul Pollack 2016 Maren Turbow* Cal State University, Northridge LexisNexis Risk Solutions Daniel Krashen 2016 Matthew Zawodniak* Union College Texas State University Robert Varley 2016 Jun Zhang Nanjing Normal University Tel Aviv University Michael Usher 2016 Brian Bonsignore* UC Berkeley Software Engineer, qlair Robert Varley 2017 Harrison Chapman* Bowdoin College Colorado State University Jason Cantarella 2017 Natalie Hobson* University of Washington Sonoma State University Angela Gibney 2017 Hans Parshall* Humboldt State University Ohio State University Neil Lyall / Akos Magyar 2017 Luca Schaffler Universita Degli Studi, Roma Tre University of Massachsetts, Amherst Valery Alexeev 2017 Bret Stevenson* University of Tulsa State Farm Insurance Company Michael Usher 2017 Matthew Houston University of Tennessee Middle Georgia College Juan Gutierrez 2018 Jay Lanterman Mercer University Competitive Intelligence, IHG Ming-Jun Lai 2018 Marko Milosevic Boston University Wentworth Institute of Technology Pete L. Clark 2018 Abraham Varghese Natl Inst. of Technology Shenandoah University Ming-Jun Lai 2018 Noah Lebowitz-Lockard Dartmouth College College of Coastal Georgia Paul Pollack 2019 Andrew Maurer University of Massachusetts, Amherst Bright Machines Daniel Nakano 2019 Daniel Mckenzie University of Cape Town UCLA Ming-Jun Lai 2019 Clay Mersmann University of Georgia University of South Florida Ming-Jun Lai 2019 Eric Perkerson University of Georgia Data Scientist, Lowe's Companies, Inc. Alexander Petukhov 2019 Lori Watson Florida Atlantic University Wake Forest University Pete. L. Clark 2019 Zerotti Woods Morehouse College JHU Applied Physics Laboratory Juan Gutierrez 2019 Xian Wu University of Idaho Jagiellonian University Valery Alexeev 2019 Ziqing Xiang Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academia Sinica (Taiwan) Daniel Nakano 2019 Yidong Xu Shanghai Jiao Tong University unknown Ming-Jun Lai 2019 Kubra Benli Bogazici University Université de Lorraine (Nancy, Fance) Paul Pollack 2020 Ernest Guico Oregon State Software Engineer, Varian Danny Krashen 2020 Jason Joseph Bates College Rice University David Gay 2020 William Olsen University of North Florida University of Virginia David Gay 2020 Erik Schreyer University of Aachen Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH (Germany) Jason Cantarella 2020 The current list of PhDs since 2021 is found here Return to main history page
