Placement of Undergraduate Students at Graduate Programs

Towards PhD/Doctoral degree

YearNameMentorUniversityNotes
2022Benjamin ThomasWalkerOden Institute for
Computational Engineering and Sciences
University of Texas, Austin
2021 Astronaut Scholar
Rohin
Gilman
NeubranderUniversity of Washington
Applied Mathematics
2021 Goldwater Scholar
2021 Astronaut Scholar
Tracy YuBourdin
Walker
UCLA
Mathematics
Christian FontenotUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Computer Science
Matthew McCoyLSU Mathematics
Dylan SpedaleLSU Mathematics
2021Noel DudeckWalkerGeorgia Tech
Physics
Julia NaumanMIT
Chemistry
2020Anna MorganUniversity of Texas, Austin
Statistics and Data Sciences
2019Matthew BertucciSage
Walker
University of Utah
Mathematics
Heewon HahDasbachUNC Charlotte
Computer Science
Logan HartNeubranderGeorgia Tech
Mathematics
2019 Betti and Robert Giles Senior Math Award
Joseph DeCorteVanderbilt University, School of Medicine
2018Amy AdairNeubranderRutgers
Education
Zachary BradshawVela-Vick
Wolenski
Ph.D. 2023 Tulane University
Mathematics
Margarite LaBordePh.D. 2023 LSU
Physics
Benjamin LaneMIT
Physics
Derek WalkerUniversity of Michigan
Physics
2017Daniel BourgeoisBrenner
Walker
Rice University
Statistics
2017 NSF Graduate Fellowship in Mathematical
Sciences - Computational Statistics
Emily Ribando-GrosPh.D. 2023 Michigan State University
Computer Science
Honors Thesis: The Elvis Problem: A Minimal Time Problem with Constant Dynamics
2016Jared AbleCohenPh.D. 2022 Michigan State University
Mathematics
2014 REU Missouri State
2015 REU Berkeley
Honors Thesis: Resonance Varieties of
Pure Braid-Like Groups
Jesse CliftonShipmanNC State
Statistics
Amanda MayhallDasbachNC State
Applied Mathematics
2015 BOR/NSF SURE Grant
Honors Thesis: Perfect Matchings and their Applications
Colleen RobichauxNeubranderPh.D. 2022 University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Mathematics
2013 REU Missouri State University,
2014 REU University of Minnesota Twin Cities,
2015 Astronaut Scholarship
2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Shawn WilliamsVela-VickPh.D. 2022, Rice University
Mathematics
Dustin WrightShipmanTexas A&M
Mathematics
Dustin Wright (2016; Texas A&M),
Amanda Mayhall (2016; NC State),
Colleen Robichaux (2016; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
2015 Bruno BeltranNeubranderPh.D. 2021 Stanford
Biophysics
2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in
Systems and Molecular Biology
2013 Goldwater Scholarship
Honors Thesis: Matrix Exponentiation without Scaling and Squaring
Rachael KellerDasbach
Brenner
Ph.D. 2021, Columbia University
Applied Mathematics
2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in
Mathematical Sciences
2014 Honorable Mention: Goldwater Scholarship
Honors Thesis: Encoding Knots
Bryce LelbachUC Berkeley
Computer Science
Jason MuellerPh.D. 2019, University of Bristol (UK); Quantum Engineering
Centre for Quantum Photonics
Ian Runnels SagePh.D. 2021, University of Virginia,
Mathematics
Avery St. Dizier NeubranderPh.D. 2020, Cornell University,
Mathematics
NSF Postdoc, UIUC
2014 Cornell REU
2013 UNL REU
2012 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
Jeremy TillayShipmanRice University
Computational and Applied Mathematics
Honors Thesis: Scattering of Motion on a Half-infinite
Quantum Graph Tube
Paxton TurnerYakimov
Bourdin
Ph.D. 2021, MIT, Mathematics
(starting in 2016)
2014 Goldwater Scholarship
Honors Thesis: Modeling Deformations of Solids at the Continuum Scale
Cedric WilliamsPh.D. 2023, Notre Dame, Mechanical Engineering
Brandon OubrePh.D. 2022, U Mass, Amherst,
Computer Science
2014 Goldwater Scholarship
Bruno Beltran (2015; Stanford),
Jason Mueller (2015; University of Bristol, UK),
Rachael Keller (2015; Columbia),
Paxton Turner (2015; MIT), and
Avery St. Dizier (2015; Cornell)
2014Jacob DesmondNeubranderPh.D. 2020, Purdue University, Mathematics
Laura JohnsonSage
Dasbach
University of Georgia, Mathematics
2013 Nathan BushTexas A&M, Mathematics2012 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
Daniel CaseNorthwestern University, Physics
Donovan B. MyersUniversity of Illinois,
Urbana Champaign, Physics
Thomas NaugleUniversity of Mississippi, Mathematics2011 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
Sarah SegerRichardson
Dasbach
Ph.D. 2019, Rice University, Mathematics2012 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
Jerome WestonShipmanPh.D. 2018, LSU, MathematicsHonors Thesis: "Scattering Off Of An Unusual Boundary"
2011 & 2012 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
Jordan Keller (2012; Columbia),
Brittan Famer (2009; University of Michigan), and
Hannah Manuel (2012; Georgia Tech)

at the 2009 LSU Chancellor’s Future Leaders in Research Poster Session
2012Taylor CollinsPh.D. 2017, Economics
University of Houston
2010 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
Jordan KellerStoltzfusPh.D. 2017, Columbia University,
Mathematics
Fellow in Mathematics at the Black
Hole Initiative at Harvard University

LSU Chancellor's Future Leader in Research
2011 Cornell REU in Mathematics

Alexander LederPh.D. 2018, MIT, Physics2014 NSF Graduate Fellowship in Particle Physics
Hannah ManuelDasbachGeorgia Tech, Mathematics

LSU Chancellor's Future Leader in Research
2009 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
REU in Mathematics at the University of Washington (2010)
Budapest Semester in Mathematics, Hungary (Fall 2010)
NDSEG Fellow (2012)
Publication: Abernathy, Armond, Cohen, Dasbach,
Manuel, Penn, Russell, Stoltzfus: "A reduced set
of moves on one-vertex ribbon graphs coming from links",
Proc. AMS. Soc. 142 (2014), no. 3, 737–752

2011Philip BengeGeorgia Tech, M.S. Mathematics
2017 Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
2009 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
Nicholas Cannady2018 Ph.D., LSU, Physics2009, 2010 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
2010Jennifer Ribbeck Shipman

U. of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Mathematics

Publication: S. Shipman, J. Ribbeck, K.H. Smith, C. Weeks.
"A Discrete Model for Resonance Near Embedded Bound States",
IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 2, no. 6, pp.911-923, 2010.
Katherine SmithShipmanWashington University
Medical School, St. Louis
LSU Chancellor's Future Leader in Research
Publication: S. Shipman, J. Ribbeck, K.H. Smith, C. Weeks.
"A Discrete Model for Resonance Near Embedded Bound States",
IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 2, no. 6, pp.911-923, 2010
Honors Thesis: "A Discrete Nonlinear Model of Resonant Scattering"
Jessica DowdShipmanUniversity of Houston,
Mathematics
Maliha LuqmanShipmanGeorge Mason University,
Mathematics (since Fall 2012)
2009 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
2009Brittan FarmerDasbach
Stoltzfus
PhD 2015, University of Michigan,
Mathematics
PostDoc, University of Minnesota

LSU Chancellor's Future Leader in Research
DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship (2007)
Year abroad: University of Tübingen, Germany (2007/2008)
RIPS at IPAM (UCLA)

Chris WhitePhD 2015, UT Austin,
Mathematics
 
2007Stephanie HicksPhD 2013, Rice University,
Statistics
PostDoc, Harvard, Biostatistics
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins, Biostatistics

Towards Masters degree

YearNameMentorUniversityNotes
2020Alaina WetzelMasters of Science in Analytics
Program, LSU
Lundyn HarrelsonMasters of Science in Analytics
Program, LSU
Erin RoachMasters of Science in Analytics
Program, LSU
Jun LinMasters of Science in Computer Science - Data Science
University of Southern California
2019Aaron CaoFrank NeubranderMaster of Finance, Carnegie Mellon
Deborah RozumFrank NeubranderMaster of Statistics, University of Florida
Tayler BusselleMasters of Science in Analytics
Program, LSU
2018Alex TryforosMaster of Applied Statistics, LSU
2017Kathryn CahalanNeubranderMaster of Natural Science, LSU
Allyson MorthlandNeubranderMaster of Natural Sciences, LSU
2015Zachary BelouMasters of Science in Analytics
Program, LSU
Alexandra BouletMaster of Natural Sciences, LSU
Hana ChangMasters of Science in Analytics
Program, LSU
Mallory CondalaryMasters of Science in Analytics
Program, LSU
Victoria D'AntonioNeubranderMaster of Natural Sciences, LSU
Jacqueline HoeftWestern Illinois University
College Student Personnel Program
Morgan LandryNeubrander
Shipman
Master of Natural Sciences, LSU
Rebecca Grace NguyenNeubranderMaster of Natural Sciences, LSU
Tyler WalesMasters in Divinity;
New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary (starting 2016)
2014Kelsey MessonnierMasters Business Analytics
University of Warwick, UK
2013Ross HartfieldMasters in Data Analytics
ISDS, LSU
2012Andrew ChappleMasters Applied Statistics
Dept. of Experimental Statistics,
LSU AgCenter
2010 & 2011 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
2011James BoffenmyerM.S. Civil Engineering,
University of South Alabama
2010 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
James PellegrinMasters, ISDS, LSU2009 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program
Peter AmuhayaMasters, Applied Statistics,
LSU AgCenter
 
Stephanie StanleyMasters, Math Education,
UT Austin
Chuan CaiMasters in Statistics,
University of Delaware
2010David MiksaMasters of Actuarial Science
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Ball State University
2009 LSU VIGRE SMILE Program