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Mathematics Department PhDs, 1951-2020

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
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 unknown 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

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