Students and postdocs

PhD students

  1. Yeoneung Kim (Ph.D. 2019).
    Thesis: file.
    Positions: Staff Engineer at Samsung (2019–2021), Brain Korea PostDoctoral Research Fellow at Seoul National University (6/2021–2/2022), Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Gachon University, South Korea (3/2022–5/2023), Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech) (6/2023–3/2026), Associate Professor at SeoulTech (4/2026-).
  2. Son Nguyen Thai Tu (Ph.D. 2022).
    Thesis: file.
    Positions: Visiting Assistant Professor (postdoc) at Michigan State University (8/2022–7/2025), Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Baylor (8/2025–).
  3. Yuxi Han (Ph.D. 2024).
    Thesis: file.
    First position: Golomb Visiting Assistant Professor (postdoc) at Purdue University (8/2024–).
  4. Jiwoong Jang (Ph.D. 2024).
    Thesis: file.
    First position: Novikov postdoctoral fellow at University of Maryland (8/2024–).
  5. Qi Sun (coadvised with Sigurd Angenent). First position: postdoc at Rutgers University (8/2026–).
  6. Adrian Calderon.
  7. Seho Park.
  8. Yiwei Chen (coadvised with Qin Li).

Postdocs

  1. Xiaoqin Guo (Van Vleck assistant prof. 8/2017–7/2020, co-mentored with Timo Seppalainen).
    Next position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati (8/2020–).
  2. Dohyun Kwon (Van Vleck assistant prof. 8/2020–1/2023).
    Next positions: Tenure-track Assistant Professor, University of Seoul (3/2023–3/2026), Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Yonsei University (3/2026 -).
  3. Timo Sprekeler (informal mentee during postdoc time at NUS, 2021–2024).
    Next position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University (8/2024–).
  4. Sarah Strikwerda (RTG postdoc 8/2024–7/2026, co-mentored with Laurel Ohm).
    Next position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Colorado State University (8/2026–).
  5. Yang Yang (Van Vleck assistant prof. 8/2025–7/2026).
    Next position: Full Professor, Hunan University (8/2026–).

Undergraduate students

  1. Hoang Nguyen-Tien (at HCMUS, 2023).
    Undergraduate thesis published in Asymptotic Analysis: link.
    Hoang is currently a graduate student at UW-Madison working in analytic number theory.
  2. Fancheng Meng (2025).
    Undergraduate thesis: arXiv.
    Fancheng is currently a graduate student at Cornell.
  3. Junkai Qi (at Nanjing University).

Master’s students

  1. Nguyen Phi Hung (at SGU, 1/2026). Thesis: pdf.