Computing PhD Graduates

Graduated Fall 2021
Post-graduation employment: Computational Scientist at Idaho National Laboratory in Boise, ID

Tyler Phillips’ LinkedIn

Tyler Phillips’ Google Scholar

Graduated Fall 2020
Post-graduation employment: Senior Software Engineer at Apple in San Diego, CA

Kathryn Drake’s LinkedIn

Graduated Fall 2022
Post-graduation employment: Bioinformatics Scientist – Technology Platform at Scribe Therapeutics in Alameda, CA

James Beck’s LinkedIn

Graduated Fall 2022
Post-graduation employment: Plasma Physics Group at Sandia National Lab, Postdoc Position

Andrew Jones’ LinkedIn

Graduated in Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Senior Scientist at BAE Systems Inc. in Arlington, Virginia

Miu Lun Lau’s LinkedIn

Miu Lun Lau’s Google Scholar

Graduated Fall 2024
Post-graduation employment: Postdoctoral position at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Sante Fe, NM

Damyn Chipman’s LinkedIn

Damyn Chipman’s Google Scholar

Graduated Summer 2024
Post-graduation employment: Postdoctoral position at the Center for Ocean Atmospheric Predictions Studies at Florida State University-Tallahassee, FL

Yao Gahounzo’s LinkedIn

Yao Gahounzo’s Google Scholar

Graduated Summer 2024
Post-graduation employment: Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences in Atlanta, GA

Brian Kyanjo’s LinkedIn

Brian Kyanjo’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2025
Post-graduation employment: Lecturer at Malawi University

Michael Chiwere’s LinkedIn

Graduated Fall 2019
Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Miami University and Director of the NSSR Cybersecurity Lab in Oxford, OH

Samer Khamaiseh’s LinkedIn

Samer Khamaiseh’s Google Scholar

Graduated in Fall 2021
Post-graduation employment: Software Engineer at KLA in Portland, OR

Golam Bashar’s LinkedIn

Golam Bashar’s Google Scholar

Graduated Summer 2021
Post-graduation employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Micron Technology in Boise, ID

A K M Nuhil Mehdy’s LinkedIn

A K M Nuhil Mehdy’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduate employment: System Security Engineer II at Raytheon in Tucson, AZ

Will Unger’s LinkedIn

Graduated in Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Software Engineer at Amazon in San Francisco, CA

Ning Shen’s LinkedIn

Ning Shen’s Google Scholar 

Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor of Cyber Systems at University of Nebraska-Kearney, NE

Chidi Agbo’s LinkedIn

Chidi Agbo’s Google Scholar

Graduated Summer 2024
Post-graduation employment: Tenure track Assistant Professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), a private university in Wisconsin

Chibuzo Ukegbu’s LinkedIn

Chibuzo Ukegbu’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2025
Post-graduation employment: Senior Data Scientist at Walmart Global Tech in Bentonville, AR

Nahid Anwar’s LinkedIn

Nahid Anwar’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2019
Post-graduation employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Micron Technology in Boise, ID

Eddie Davis’s LinkedIn

Graduated Fall 2019
Post-graduation employment: Senior Data Scientist at Lowe’s Companies, Inc. in Mooresville, NC

Ion Madrazo’s LinkedIn

Ion Madrazo’s Google Scholar

Graduated Fall 2020
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Climate Corp in Seattle, WA

Mikel Joaristi’s LinkedIn

Mikel Joaristi’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduation employment: Mixed Methods User Experience Researcher at Ivanti in Boise, ID

Dhanush Kumar Ratakonda’s LinkedIn

Dhanush Kumar Ratakonda’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduate employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Intel Corporation in Portland, OR

Anu Shrestha’s LinkedIn

Anu Shrestha’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduate employment: Software Engineer and Contractor at Meta in Redmond, WA

Iker Vazquez Lopez’s LinkedIn

Iker Vazquez Lopez’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2023
Post-graduation employment: Senior GPU Compiler Engineer at Qualcomm in San Diego, CA

Tobi Popoola’s LinkedIn

Tobi Popoola’s Google Scholar

Graduated Summer 2023
Post-Graduation employment: Senior Scientific Engineer for Moody’s Analytics in Newark, CA

Golam Md Mortuza’s LinkedIn

Golam Md Mortuza’s Google Scholar

Graduated Summer 2023
Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Utah Valley University in Orem, UT

Qudrat E Alahy Ratul’s LinkedIn

Qudrat E Alahy Ratul’s Google Scholar

Graduated Fall 2023
Post-Graduation employment: Applied Scientist at Microsoft in Redmond, WA

Amifa Raj’s LinkedIn

Amifa Raj’s Google Scholar

Graduated Summer 2024
Post-Graduation employment: Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at California State University-San Marcos, CA

Kenny Ballou’s LinkedIn

Kenny Ballou’s Google Scholar

Graduated Fall 2024

Janet Layne’s LinkedIn

Janet Layne’s Google Scholar 

Graduated Fall 2024
Post-graduate employment: Data Scientist at the J.R. Simplot Company in Boise, ID

Graham Annett’s LinkedIn

Graham Annett’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2025
Post-graduate employment: Research Scientist at Meta in Seattle, WA

Royal Pathaks’ LinkedIn

Royal Pathak’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2025
Post-graduate employment: Pending

Josh Johnston’s LinkedIn

Graduated Summer 2025
Post-graduate employment: Tenure-track Assistant Professor at University of Central Arkansas’ Computer Science and Engineering Department in Conway, AR

Sharif Ahmed’s LinkedIn

Sharif Ahmed’s Google Scholar

Graduated Summer 2022
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Novant Health in Winston-Salem, NC

Mintaek Lee’s LinkedIn

Graduated Fall 2022
Post-graduation employment: Advanced Modeling Engineer/Data Scientist at Micron Technology in Boise, ID

Amir Farizhandi’s LinkedIn

Amir Farizhandi’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2023
Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship Award, 2023 recipient
Post-graduation employment: Post-Doc with Boise State University’s Dr. Nancy Glenn developing new machine-learning algorithms to address challenges in snow density estimation

Ahmad Hojatimalekshah’s LinkedIn

Ahmad Hojatimalekshah’s Google Scholar

Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Data Analytics Specialist/Program Admin Spec II, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in Richmond, VA

Md Asif Rahman’s LinkedIn

Md Asif Rahman’s Google Scholar

Graduated Fall 2023
Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship Award, 2024 Recipient
Post-graduation employment: Water Resources Data Scientist with Lynker and Contractor with NOAA’s Office of Water Prediction in Boise, ID

Arash Modaresi Rad’s LinkedIn

Arash Modaresi Rad’s Google Scholar

Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Micron Technology in Boise ID

Amrina Ferdous’s LinkedIn

Graduated Spring 2024

Ngozi Ihemelandu’s LinkedIn

Ngozi Ihemelandu’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2024
Post-graduation employment: Summer internship at Idaho National Laboratories followed by Postdoctoral Associate position at Rutgers-New Brunswick in Piscataway, NJ

Tianjie Zhang’s LinkedIn

Tianjie Zhang’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2025
Post-graduation employment: Postdoctoral position with CryoGARS at Boise State University, ID

Ibrahim Alabi’s LinkedIn

Ibrahim Alabi’s Google Scholar

Graduated Spring 2025

Clayton Fields’ LinkedIn