Research group

I am extraordinarily lucky to work with many wonderful collaborators, especially junior researchers. In addition to the advisees below, we also have worked with many undergraduate and Master’s students over time.

Current PhD Advisees

• Gabriel Agostini (Cornell IS; co-advised with Emma Pierson)
• Sidhika Balachandar (Berkeley EECS; co-advised with Emma Pierson)
• Vince Bartle (Cornell IS; co-advised with Nicki Dell)
• Kenneth Peng (Cornell CS; co-advised with Jon Kleinberg)
• Erica Chiang (Cornell CS; co-advised with Emma Pierson)
• Evan Dong (Cornell CS; co-advised with Angelina Wang)
• Sophie Greenwood (Cornell CS; co-advised with Jon Kleinberg)
• Kevin Ren (Cornell CS)

Current Postdocs/related positions

• Ira Globus-Harris; Co-Mentor for Assistant Research Professor position as part of Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society, 2025-Present

Graduated PhD Advisees

• Zhi Liu; Cornell ORIE, 2025; First position: Research Scientist at Upstart (finalist for the 2025 INFORMS George Dantzig Dissertation Award)

Previous Postdocs/related positions

• Alfredo Torrico; Co-Mentor for Assistant Research Professor position as part of Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society, 2022-2025; First position: Assistant Professor at USC ISE
• Smitha Milli; Co-Mentor for Postdoctoral position, 2022-2024; First position: Meta FAIR

Selected Advisee Awards

• INFORMS George Dantzig Dissertation Award Finalist: Zhi Liu (2025)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Kevin Ren (2026), Sidhika Balachandar (2023), Erica Chiang (2023), Evan Dong (2023)
• Canada Graduate Research Scholarship: Sophie Greenwood (2024)

I am also fortunate to have worked with many other students and collaborators; please see publication list for details.