Graduate Alumni

Seflinmi Arowoka
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Vytaras Brazauskas
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Actuarial Science

Steffen Carstensen
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Vince Larson
Thesis: Construction and Implementation of a Grid Adaptation Method in CLUBB
Concentration: Statistics

Salvator Gauthier
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Algebra

Gregor Grote
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Pamela E. Harris
Thesis: Homomesy: Theory, Applications and Explorations
Concentration: Algebra

Jennifer Ann Hartzheim
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Kevin McLeod
Thesis: A Mini History of Geometry with an Emphasis on Transformation Geometry and an Analysis of Illustrative Mathematics Geometry Curriculum
Concentration: Algebra

Luis Hasenauer
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Vince Larson
Thesis: Bootstrap-Based Robustness Analysis of Parameter Optimization in Climate Models Using QuadTone
Concentration: Statistics

Joakim Jakovleski
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Algebra

Noah Mitchell
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Algebra

Levi Montee
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Algebra

Harrison Piehowski
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Algebra

Kyle Piontek
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Kevin McLeod
Thesis: An Analysis of the Mathematical Modeling Prompts in the Illustrative Mathematics Algebra 2 Curriculum
Concentration: Algebra

Abhinav Shah
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Vytaras Brazauskas
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Actuarial Science

Jackson Thurmond
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: David Spade
Thesis: Generalized Linear Model Approach to the Prediction of the Outcome to Mixed Martial Arts Fights
Concentration: Algebra

Micah Hesketh
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Peter Hinow
Thesis: A mathematical model of pathology progression in the TgF344-AD rat model of Alzheimer’s disease

Yan Ti (Ellen) He
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Kevin McLeod
Thesis: A Comparative Analysis of AP Calculus AB and Math 231 at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Janardhanan Cheriyalanthot
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Kevin McLeod
Thesis: Exploring the Development of Function Concepts in the Illustrative Mathematics Curriculum

Jonathan Kauffman
MS in Mathematics, June 2025
Advisor: Kevin McLeod
Thesis: Classical and Quantum Logic’s: Test Spaces, Boolean Algebras, and Orthoalgebras

Fall 2024

Mason Galvin
MS in Mathematics, December 2024
Advisor: Vytaras Brazauskas
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Actuarial Science

Alexander Moon
MS in Mathematics, December 2024
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Algebra

Spring 2024

Aristeo Cruz-Jaciento
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam

Jack Vandermolen
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam

Kennedy Nyavor
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Vytaras Brazauskas
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Actuarial Science

Michael Olonade
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Vytaras Brazauskas
Thesis: Completed Exam
Concentration: Actuarial Science

Noah Solomon
MS in Algebra, May 2024
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam

Sven Bergmann
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Vince Larson
Thesis: Analytic Approximations of Higher Order Moments in Terms of Lower Order Moments
Concentration: Statistics

Lucas Fellmeth
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Daniel Gervini
Thesis: Utilizing ARMA Models for Non-Independent Replications of Point Processes
Concentration: Statistics

Helen Kafka
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: David Spade
Thesis: Markov Chain Model of Three-Dimensional Daphnia Magna Motion
Concentration: Statistics

Charles Gnagy
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam

Alex Neiman
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam

Claudia Crane
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Jeb Willenbring
Thesis: Completed Exam

Silas Winnemoeller
MS in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Dexuan Xie
Thesis: A Finite Element Block Modified Backward Euler Method for Solving a One-Dimensional Poisson-Nerst-Planck Ion Channel
Concentration: Numerical Analysis 

Summer 2025

Steffen Domke
PhD in Mathematics, August 2025
Advisor: Richard Stockbridge
Thesis: Convergence of a Numerical Scheme for Optimal Stopping of a Diffusion Over a Finite Time-Horizon

Kimberly Harry
PhD in Mathematics, August 2025
Advisor: Kimberly Harris
Thesis: Kostant’s Formula and Parking Functions: Combinatorial Explorations

Summer 2024

Gitte Kremling
PhD in Mathematics, August 2024
Advisor: Richard Stockbridge
Thesis: Bootstrap-Based Goodness-of-Fit Test for Parametric Families of Conditional Distributions
Concentration: Statistics

Daniel Noelck
PhD in Mathematics, August 2024
Advisor: Chao Zhu
Thesis: Contraction Rates for McKean-Vlassov Stochastic Differential Equations
Concentration: Probability

Linjiao Wu
PhD in Mathematics, August 2024
Advisor: Vystaras Brazauskas
Thesis: CTE Induced Premium Principles and Properties
Concentration: Actuarial Science

Adjieteh Mohammed
PhD in Mathematics, August 2024
Advisor: Vystaras Brazauskas
Thesis: Robust-Efficient Fitting of Loss Models via Quantile Least Squares
Concentration: Actuarial Science

Spring 2024

Russel Latterman
PhD in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: David Spade
Thesis: Bayesian Change Point Detection in Segmented Multi-Group Autoregressive Moving-Average Data for the Study of Covid-19 in Wisconsin
Concentration: Statistics

William Braubach
PhD in Mathematics, May 2024
Advisor: Boris Okun
Thesis: Coarse Homotopy Extension Property and its Applications
Concentration: Topology