I advise students primarily from iSchool and Computer Science at Rutgers (RU) and University of Washington (UW). I have thus far
graduated 16 PhD students (chaired their dissertations): 11 from iSchool and 5 from Computer Science.
Current Advisees
PhD Students
- Harshita Chopra (Computer Science)
- Preetam Dammu (Information Science)
- Mouly Dewan (Information Science)
- Kirandeep Kaur (Computer Science)
- Anna Shang (Human Centered Design and Engineering)
- Michael Teheologitis (Computer Science)
Master's Students
- Himanshu Naidu
- Julia Kharchenko
Undergraduate Students
- Varich Boonsanong (Computer Science)
- Jacqueline Dai (Informatics and Psychology)
- Minh Hoang (Computer Science)
- Louis Leng (Informatics)
- Yijie (Brandon) Li (Computer Science)
- Daniel Saelid (Computer Science)
- Yuzhen Qu (Computer Science)
- Anthony Xu (Computer Science)
- Sinan Zhao (Informatics and Economics)
Past Advisees
Postdocs and Visitors
- Yunhe Feng (Postdoc, Information Science) 2020-2022
- Chang Liu (Visitor, Peking University) 2018-2019
- Matthew Misui (Postdoc, Computer Science) 2018-2019
- Xiaojun Yuan (Visitor, University of Albany) 2018-2019
- Jinchao Zhang (Visitor, Wuhan University) 2018-2019
- Christopher Leeder (Postdoc, Information Science) 2014-2015
- Ying Zheng (Visitor, Chinese Academy of Science) 2011-2012
PhD Students: Dissertation Advisees
- Sahil Verma (Computer Science) Graduated December 2025; Currently at Voyage AI
- Shawon Sarkar (Information Science) Graduated June 2023; Currently Postdoc at UW
- Soumik Mandal (Information Science) Graduated December 2020; Currently Postdoc at NYU
- Jonathan Pulliza (Information Science) Graduated August 2020; Currently Senior Consultant in Data Engineering
- Manasa Rath (Information Science) Graduated June 2020; Currently at Vanguard
- Ruoyuan Gao (Computer Science) Graduated June 2020; Currently at Amazon
- Yiwei Wang (Information Science) Graduated May 2020; Currently at eBay
- Souvick Ghosh (Information Science) Graduated April 2020; Currently Assistant Professor at San Jose State University
- Jiqun Liu (Information Science) Graduated April 2020; Currently Assistant Professor at University of Oklahoma
- Matthew Mitsui (Computer Science) Graduated September 2018; Currently Head of Data Science, VidIQ
- Ziad Matni (Information Science) Graduated September 2018; Currently Assistant Professor at University of California Santa Barbara
- Dongho Choi (Information Science) Graduated October 2017; Currently Data Scientist at Sony Interactive Entertainment, LA
- Long Le (Computer Science) Graduated April 2017; Currently Machine Learning Engineer at Google
- Chathra Hendahewa (Computer Science) Graduated December 2015; Currently Senior Data Scientist at Microsoft, Toronto
- Erik Choi (Information Science) Graduated May 2014; Currently Senior Design Researcher at Google, NYC
- Roberto Gonzalez-Ibanez (Information Science) Graduated October 2013; Currently Associate Professor at University of Santiago, Chile
PhD Students: Dissertation Committee
- Eun Baik (Information Science, Rutgers University)
- Aparna Ghosh (Journalism)
- Valia Kalokyri (Computer Science, Rutgers University)
- Eun Rha (Information Science, Rutgers University)
- Ning Sa (Information Studies, University at Albany-SUNY)
PhD Students: Independent Research
- Maryam Amirizaniani (Information Science)
- Charles File (Journalism & Media Studies)
- Alex Flinch (Information Science)
- Bin Han (Information Science)
- Muge Haseki (Communication)
- Vanessa Kitzie (Information Science)
- Xiao Qin (Information Science)
- Pamela Read (Information Science)
- Jennifer Sonne (Information Science)
- SeoYoon Sung (Information Science)
- Laure Soulier (Visiting PhD student from IRIT, France)
- Shannon Taber (Information Science)
- Jihan Yao (Computer Science)
- Linnan Wang (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
- Bingbing Wen (Information Science)
Master's Students
- Jiho An (Information Science)
- Pallavi Banerjee
- Chiaoya Chang (MSIM)
- Anusha Dhar
- Stephanie DiGiovanni (Communication)
- Ji Kang (MSIM)
- Vanessa Kitzie (Information Science)
- Rebecca Kolberg (Information Science)
- Emily LaBeaume (Information Science)
- Daulat Lakhani (Communication)
- Ivo Leonhardt (MLIS exchange student from Germany)
- Nicholas Marangi (MSIM)
- Tayebeh Yazdani nina (Information Science)
- Danielle Reay (Information Science)
- Raef Salem (Information Science)
- Lupita S-O'Brien (Information Science)
- Nrithya Saravanabhavan (Information Science)
- Shishir Shetty (Business)
- Prerna Shoekand (Computer Science)
- Sameera Somisetty (Computer Science)
- Chen Song (MSIM)
- Yianyi Tang (Computer Science)
- Bandhan Vagheliya (Computer Science)
- Jaqueline Woolcott (Information Science)
- Chuxu Zhang (Computer Science)
Undergraduate Students
- Basil Ahmad (Computer Science)
- Kevin Albertson (Computer Science and Math)
- Abhijna Baddi (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Cody Bruno (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Josh Cartagena (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Vardit Cohen (Computer Science)
- Claire Digirolamo (Applied Math, Visiting student from George Washington University)
- Steven De Feo (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Marisa Delmanto (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Changling Huang (Computer Science and Math)
- Vanshika Goel (Informatics and Psychology)
- Yan Li (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Dan Pan (Computer Science)
- Kanan Parikh (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Kaushal Parikh (Computer Science)
- Vimal Persaud (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Zachary Pinner (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Abdulaziz Ramos (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Phillip Quiza (Computer Science)
- Josue Reyes (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Christine Russell (Computer Science)
- Anastasia Ryssiouk (Computer Science)
- SaraAnn Stanway (Computer Science)
- Daniel Su (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- Chui Tang (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Jose Uben (Information Technology & Informatics)
- Bhagyashree Uday (Math and Computing, Visiting student from IIT Guwahati, India)
- Serife Uzun (Microbiology)
- Jhanvi Virani (Computer Science; History)
- Angela Xu (Computer Science)
- Tommy Yan (Computer Science)
Highschool Students
- Sophia Song (Montgomery High School, NJ)
- Arvind Yalavarti (High Technology High School, NJ)