PRUV Fellows

2024 PRUV Fellows

Hiba Benjeddou - Mentor: Dante Bonolis
Zachary Berens - Mentor: Joe Rabinoff
Rebecca Lan - Mentor: Adam Levine
Erik Novak - Mentor: Veronica Ciocanel
Havish Shirumalla - Mentor: Ezra Miller
Marie-Hélène Tome - Mentor: Samit Dasgupta
Lorenzo Valerio - Mentor: Biji Wong
Adway Wadekar - Mentor: Nick Cook
Davidson Zhu - Mentor: Ben Rossman

2023 PRUV Fellows

PRUV 2023 Fellows
2023 PRUV Fellows from left to right: 
Ben Goldstein - Mentor: Ezra Miller
Zach Berens - Mentor: Joe Rabinoff
Marie-Hélène Tome - Mentor: Robert Calderbank
David Goh - Mentor: Nick Cook
Davidson Zhu - Mentor: Ben Rossman
Riki Shimizu - Mentor: Hau-Tieng Wu
Jesse Zhang - Mentor: Ezra Miller
Luke Triplett - Mentor: Jianfeng Lu
Lucas Li - Mentor: Jianfeng Lu
Aram Lindroth (not pictured) - Mentor: Kirsten Wickelgren

2022 PRUV Fellows

PRUV 2022 Fellows Photograph of 8 awardees
2022 PRUV Fellows from left to right: 
Nathan Nguyen - Mentor: Ezra Miller
Carson Dudley - Mentor: Anna Nelson        
William He - Mentor: Ben Rossman
Jeffrey Cheng - Mentor: Tarek Elginidi
Nathaniel Ong - Mentor: Rick Durrett
Nick Chakraborty - Mentor: Hongkai Zhao     
Nianli Peng - Mentor: Jianfeng Lu
Alice Ding - Mentor: Jianfeng Lu

2021 PRUV Fellows

PRUV 2021
Braden Hoagland, Norah Tan, Wallace Peaslee, Craig Chen, Lucas Li, Nathan Geist, Daniel Hwang, Yijia Liu, Zeyu Shen
Nathan Geist - Mentor: Ezra Miller
Daniel Hwang - Mentor: Maggie Regan
Braden Hoagland - Mentor: Rick Durrett     
Lucas Li - Mentor: Adam Levine
Yijia Liu - Mentor: Mark Haskins
Wallace Peaslee - Mentor: Joe Rabinoff
Zeyu Shen - Mentor: Holden Lee
Norah Tan - Mentor: Robert Calderbank

2020 PRUV Fellows

fellows
L to R, T to B: Atsushi Hu, Professor David Kraines (director), Lucas Fagan, Anuk Dayaprema, Andre Wang, Professor Lenhard Ng, Craig Chen, Joey Li, Kirill Milov, Adrian Lopez
Craig Chen - Mentor: Andrea Agazzi
Anuk Dayaprema - Mentor: Mark Haskins
Lucas Fagan - Mentor: Spencer Leslie
Atsushi Hu - Mentor: Greg Herschlag
Joey Li - Mentor: Ezra Miller
Adrian Lopez - Mentor: John Harer
Kirill Milov - Mentor: Mike Reed
Andre Wang - Mentor: Vahid Tarokh
See the 2020 PRUV Reports here.
 

2019 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Sam Pease, Jonathan Michala, Onkar Gurjal, Blythe Davis, Alex Damian, Remy Kassem, Xiayimei Han, Ben Nativi, Junmo Ryang, Joey Li, Tyler Lian
Alex Damian - Mentor:  Hau-Tieng Wu
Blythe Davis - Mentor:  Ziva Myer
Onkar Gurjal - Mentor:  Adam Levine
Xiayimei Han - Mentor:  Colleen Robles
Remy Kassem - Mentor:  Xiuyuan Cheng
Joey Li - Mentor:  Iman Marvian
Tyler Lian - Mentor:  Paul Bendich
Jonathan Michala - Mentor:  Hugh Bray
Ben Nativi - Mentor:  Aaron Pollack
Sam Pease - Mentor:  Aaron Pollack
Junmo Ryang - Mentor:  Robert Bryant

 

2018 PRUV Fellows

fellows
l-r: Blythe Davis, Alex Damian, Gary Zhou, Zhenhua Liu, Onkar Gujral

Alex Damian - Mentor:  Hau-tieng Wu

Blythe Davis - Mentor:  Ziva Myer

Oukar Gujral - Mentor:  Dmitry Vagner

Zhenhua Liu - Mentor:  Robert Bryant

Gary Zhou - Mentor:  William Pardon

 

 

 

2017 PRUV Fellows

fellows
l-r: Annie Wang, Justin Luo, David Geng, Zhenhua Liu

David Geng - Mentor, Ezra Miller

Zhenhua Liu - Mentor, Hugh Bray

Justin Liu - Mentor, David Dunson

Annie Yuanling Wang - Mentor, Sayan Mukherjee

 

 

 

2016 PRUV Fellows

fellows
l-r: Matt Gherman, Alex Pieloch, Mendel Nguyen, Feng Gui, Trung Can, Derrick Nowak

Trung Can - Mentor, Anirban Basak

Matt Gherman - Mentor, Jianfeng Lu

Feng Gui - Mentor, Hugh Bray

Mendel Nguyen - Mentor, Roxanne Springer

Derrick Nowak - Mentor, Mark Stern & Goncalo Oliviera

Alex Pieloch - Mentor, Dick Hain

 

 

2015 PRUV Fellows

fellows
l-r: Samadwara Reddy, Tony Qiao, Paul Yang, Bryan Liu, Kyle Casey, abs Fuschia Chen

Brian Liu - Mentor, Anita Layton

Kyle Casey - Mentor, Les Saper

Fuchsia Chen - Mentor, Jianfeng Lu

Tony Qiao - Mentor, Mike Lipnowski

Samadwara Reddy - Mentor, Henry Adams & Justin Curry

Paul Yang - Mentor, Chad Schoen

 

 

2014 PRUV Fellows

fellows
l-r: Paul Yang, Alex Milu, Will Victor, David Builes

David Builes - Mentor, Richard Hodel

Alex Milu - Mentor, Lenny Ng

Will Victor - Mentor, Hugh Bray

Paul Yang - Mentor, Robert Calderbank

 

 

 

 

2013 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Back l-r: David Liu, Brett Schnobrich, Josh Izzard, Alex Wertheim, David Hemminger; Front l-r: Leslie Lei, Rowena Gan, Christy Vaughn, Eugene Rabinovich

Rowena Gan - Mentor, Ezra Miller

David Hemminger - Mentor, Chris Cornwell

Josh Izzard - Mentor, Jayce Getz

Leslie Lei - Mentor, Jianfeng Lu

David Liu - Mentor, Mauro Maggioni

Eugene Rabinovich - Mentor, Ronen Plesser

Brett Schnobrich - Mentor, Robert Calderbank

Christy Vaughn - Mentor, Jonathan Mattingly

Alex Wertheim - Mentor, Les Saper

 

2012 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Jiarou (Ivy) Shen, Bryan Jacobson, Luxi Wen, Daniel Stern, Xiaoyu (Mandy) Jiang, Daniel Vitek, Kathleen Lan

Bryan Jacobson - Mentor, Paul Bendich;  Research: Persistent Homology

Xiaoyu (Mandy) Jiang - Mentor, Marc Ryser;  Research: Stochastic Processes

Kathleen Lan - Mentor, Kevin McGoff;  Research: Markov Chains

Jiarou (Ivy) Shen - Mentor, David Sivakoff;  Research: Markov Chains

Daniel Stern - Mentor, Hugh Bray;  Research: Differential Geometry

Daniel Vitek - Mentor, Chris Cornwell;  Research: Knot Theory

 

2011 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Danny Thielman, Leslie Morrison, Adrian Chan, Jim Mallernee, Kyu Won Choi, Ben Bellis

Ben Bellis - Mentor, Mark Stern;  Research: Topology

Adrian Chan - Mentor, Jake Bouvrie;  Research: Machine learning

Kyu Won Choi - Mentor, Arlie Petters;  Research: Financial Modeling

Jim Mallernee - Mentor, Mark Iwen;  Research: Number Theory

Leslie Morrison - Mentor, Les Saper;  Research: Algebra

Daniel Thielman - Mentor, Anne Shui;  Research: Algebra

 

2010 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Philip Pham, Bo Waggoner. Yingyi Shen. Peichun Wang Anna Kuznetsova Theo Frelinghuysen, Misha Lavrov, Kaitlin Daniels, Veronica Ciocanel

Veronica Ciocanel - Mentor, Tom Witelski  Research: Applied Math

Kaitlin Daniels - Mentor, Jonathan Mattingly;  Research: Probability

Theo Frelinghuysen - Mentor, David Kraines;  Research: Environmental Modeling

Anna Kuznetsova - Mentor, James Nolen;  Research: Ecological Modeling

Misha Lavrov - Mentor, Dan Rutherford;  Research: Topology

Philip Pham - Mentor, Anita Layton;  Research: Biological Modeling

Yingyi Shen - Mentor, Sonja Mapes;  Research: Algebra

Bo Waggoner - Mentor, Elizabeth Bouzarth;  Research: Biological Modeling

Peichun Wang - Mentor, Anita Layton;  Research: Biological Modeling

 

2009 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Wutichai Chongchitmate, Thames SaeSue, Jason Lee, Alan Guo, Hans Kist, Max Tabachnik

Wutichai Chongchitmate - Mentor,  Lenhard Ng;  Research: Knot Theory

Alan Guo - Mentor, Ezra Miller;  Research: Computational Algebra

Hans Kist - Mentor, David Kraines;  Research: Mathematical Modeling

Jason Lee - Mentor, Mauro Maggioni;  Research: Differential Equations

Thames SaeSue - Mentor, Shahed Sharif;  Research: Algebra

Jeremy Semko - Mentor, Thomas Witelski;  Research: Numerical Differential Equations

Max Tabachnik - Mentor, Hugh Bray;  Research: Mathematical Modeling

 

2008 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Yajing Gao, Amy Wen, Aaron Pollack, Alexis Cook, Brian Choi, Wutichai Chongchitmate

Brian Choi - Mentor, Scott McKinley;  Research: Differential Equations

Alexis Cook - Mentor, Scott McKinley;  Research: Differential Equations

Wutichai Chongchitmate - Mentor, Chad Schoen;  Research: Group Theory

Yajing Gao - Mentor, Anita Layton;  Research: Mathematical Modeling

Mark Hallen - Mentor, Anita Layton;  Research: Mathematical Modeling

Aaron Pollack - Mentor, Richard Hain;  Research: Modular Forms

Amy Wen - Mentor, Anita Layton;  Research: Mathematical Modeling

 

2007 PRUV Fellows

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Andy Ng, Barry Wright III, Aaron Pollack, Jason Ferguson

Jason Ferguson - Mentor, Chad Schoen;  Research: Cohomology of Groups

Andy Ng - Mentor, John Harer;  Research: Image Processing

Aaron Pollack - Mentor, Richard Hain;  Research: Modular Forms

Elliott Wolf - Mentor, Richard Hodel;  Research: Incompleteness and Computability

Barry Wright III - Mentor, Hubert Bray;  Research: Positive Mass Theorem

Other summer research students in mathematics:

Mehak Aziz, Jovana Pavisic, Russell Posner, Scott Spillias, Rory Wasiolek

 

2006 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Lingren Zhang, Stepan Paul, Charles Staats III, Michael Bauer, Kshipra Bhawalkar

Michael Bauer - Mentor Ann Catlla;  Research: Dynamical Systems

Tirasan Khandhawit - Mentor, Fernando Schwartz;  Research: Dynamical Systems

Stepan Paul - Mentor, Joshua Davis;  Research: Geometry and String Theory

Charles Staats III - Mentor, Eric Katz;  Research: Tropical Algebra

Lingren Zhang - Mentor, Thomas Witelski;  Research: Differential Equations

fellows
Loki Shah, Tyler Huffman, Tirasan Khandhawit, Morgan Brown

Other summer research students in mathematics:

Kshipra Bhawalkar, Morgan Brown, Tyler Huffman, Russell Posner, Loki Shah

 

 

 

2005 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Q.Tian, P.Merkx, Y.Wong, V.Kungurtsev, B.Levin, N. Bliznashk

Nikifor Bliznashki - Mentor, William Pardon;  Research : Algebra

Vyacheslav Kungurtsev - Mentor, Mark Huber;  Research: Stochastic processes

Brandon Levin - Mentor, Leslie Saper;  Research: Groups

Peter Merkx - Mentor, Hubert Bray;  Research: Game Theory

Ibraheem Mohammed - Mentor, Arlie Petters;  Research: General relativity

Qinzheng Tian - Mentor, Thomas Witelski;  Research: Fluid dynamics

Gabriel Williams - Mentor, Arlie Petters;  Research: General relativity

Yee Lok Wong - Mentor, Jonathan Mattingly;  Research: Probability and Election Modeling

 

2004 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Adam Chandler, Oaz Nir, Pradeep Baliga, Matt Fischer, James Zou

Pradeep Baliga - Mentor, David Kraines;  Research: Game Theory

Adam Chandler - Mentor, W. Garrett Mitchener;  Research: Language evolution

Matthew Fischer - Mentor, David Schaeffer;  Research: Circulation models

Oaz Nir - Mentor, John Harer;  Research: Robotics

James Zou - Mentor, Richard Hain;  Research: Riemann surfaces

 

2003 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Lori Peacock, Lindsay Piechnik, Lauren Childs, Jenna Van Liere, Suzy Borgschulte, Ryan Letchworth, David Arthur, David Marks

David Arthur - Mentor, William Pardon;  Research: Formal Group Laws

Suzy Borgschulte - Mentor, Michael Reed and Kevin Kesseler
Research: Model for panting in dogs

Lauren Childs - Mentor, Thomas Kepler;  
Research: Micro to macro population models

Ryan Letchworth - Mentor, Svetlana Roudenko and Chad Topaz
Research: Wavelet analysis of differential equations

Lori Peacock - Mentor, Brian Rider;  Research: Eigenvalues of random matrices

Lindsay Piechnik - Mentor, Christian Haase;  Research: Lattice polytopes

Matthew Toups - Mentor, Mark Stern;  
Research: Structure of the D0-D4 bound state

Jenna VanLiere - Mentor, Thomas Kepler;  Research: T-Cell diversity

 

2002 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Dane Voris, Ben Cook, Meredith Houlton, David Marks, Tom Bringley, Steve Nicklas, Marie Guerraty, Eric Fountain

Thomas Bringley - Mentor, William Allard;  Research: Algebraic Multigrid

Benjamin Cook - Mentor, Andrea Bertozzi
Research: Modeling swarming dynamics

Eric Fountain - Mentor, Talitha Washington;  Research: Mathematical Biology

Marie Guerraty - Mentor, Monica Romeo;  Research: Mathematical Biology

Meredith Houlton - Mentor, Arlie Petters;  Research: Gravitational Lensing

David Marks - Mentor, Ronen Plesser;  Research: String Theory

Steven Nicklas - Mentor, David Kraines;  Research: Game Theory

Dane Voris - Mentor, Brian Rider;  Research: Network Theory

 

2001 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Matt Atwood, Carl Pearson, Ben de Bivort, Tristan Tager, Tom Finley, Melanie Wood

Matthew Atwood - Mentor, J. Thomas Beale
Research: Evaluating singular and near singular integrals numerically

Thomas Finley - Mentor, William Allard;  Research: Efficient Myrinet routing

Carl Pearson - Mentor, Professor Robert Brown
Research: The genetic algorithm and the question of N-sexes

Tristan Tager - Mentor, Stephen Shipman
Research: Discrete dynamical systems in metric spaces

Melanie Wood - Mentor, Richard Hain
Research: The action of the absolute Galois group on dessins d'enfants

 

2000 PRUV Fellows

fellows
Michael Colsher, Carl Miller, Sam Malone, Daniel Neill

Michael Colsher - Numerical Analysis;  Mentor, William Allard
Research: Convergence of Multigrid Algorithms

Sam Malone - Mathematical Economics;  Mentor, Greg Lawler and Arlie Petters
Research: Alternative Price Processes for Black-Scholes: Empirical Evidence and Theory

Carl Miller - Algebraic Topology;  Mentor, Richard Hain
Research: Exponential Iterated integrals and the Fundamental Group of a Manifold  Topology 33 (2005) 351-373

Daniel Neill - Game Theory;  Mentor,  David Kraines
Research:  Optimality Under Noise: Higher Memory Strategies for the Alternating Prisoner's Dilemma  Journal of Theoretical Biology, 211 (2001)