Research Group

PhD Students — Thesis committee chair or co-chair

1. Sarah Peterson (ASU Exploration Systems Design, PhD), 2024–2028
2. Amna El-Mustafa (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2024–2029
3. Amandeep Kaur (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2024–2029
4. Adam Hess-Dunlop (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2024–2029
5. Bhanu Tokas (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2024–2028
6. Chenwei Cui (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2023–2028
7. Gedeon Muhawenayo (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2023–2028
8. Mirali Purohit (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2022–2027
9. Rahul Nair (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2022–2027

PhD Students — Thesis committee member

1. Jisoo Lee (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2023–2028
2. Protik Bose Pranto (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2022–2027
3. Sizhe Wang (ASU Computer Science, PhD)
4. Hyunho Lee (ASU Geographic Information Systems, PhD), 2022–2027
5. Laurel Hopkins (Oregon State University, Computer Science, PhD), 2018–2024
6. Jianghai Peng (ASU Geological Sciences, PhD), 2022–2027
7. Zifan Yu (ASU Computer Science, PhD), 2020–2025
8. Madeline Schwarz (ASU Geological Sciences, PhD), 2021–2027
9. Paul Horton (ASU Exploration Systems Design, PhD), 2019–2025
10. Yiming Zhang (University of Maryland, Geographical Sciences, PhD), 2020–2025
11. Gabriel Tseng (McGill University/Mila, Computer Science, PhD), 2020–2025

M.S. Students — Thesis committee chair, co-chair, or member

1. Kalli Harshman (ASU Coastal and Marine Science and Management, MS), 2024–Present
2. Bradley Peterson (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2024–Present
3. Bhanu Tokas (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2022–2024
4. Matthew Watson (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2023
5. Ujjwala Anantheswaran (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2022–2023
6. Ivan Zvonkov (University of Maryland, Computer Science, MS), 2021–2023

M.S. Students — Project advisor

1. Hunter Blevins (ASU Geography, MA), 2025–Present
2. Bimal Gajera (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2024–Present
3. Vatsal Malaviya (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2024–Present
4. Snehal Chaudhari (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2023–2024
5. Kunal Kundesekar (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2023–2024
6. Kartik Jawanjal (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2023–2024
7. Aninda Ghosh (ASU Robotics, MS), 2023–2024
8. Manthan Satish (ASU Robotics, MS), 2022–2023
9. Keun Park (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2022–2023
10. Aditya Mohan (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2022–2024
11. Aditya Shrivastava (ASU Computer Science, MS), 2022
12. Afolarin Lawal (UMD Geographical Sciences, MS), 2020–2021

Undergraduate Students — Thesis committee chair, co-chair, or member

1. Michael Cencimino (ASU Pre-Law, BS, Barrett Honors thesis), 2025
2. Nicholas Johnson (ASU Computer Science, BS, Barrett Honors thesis), 2024
3. Anant Rastogi (ASU Computer Science, BS, Barrett Honors thesis), 2024
4. Rini Jain (ASU Computer Science, BS, Barrett Honors thesis), 2024
5. Sloan Cooney (ASU Computer Science, BS, Barrett Honors thesis), 2024
6. Saisumana Konatam (ASU Computer Science, BS, Barrett Honors thesis), 2023

Undergraduate Students — Project advisor

1. Catlynh Nguyen (ASU Computer Science, BS), 2025–Present
2. Barnabas Pasztor (ASU Planetary Science, BS), 2025–Present
3. Benjamin Herrera (ASU Computer Science, BS), 2024–Present
4. Adam Yang (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2022–2023
5. Ekenedilichukwu Ndu (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2022
6. Maryann Vazhapilly (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2022
7. Arushi Patel (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2022
8. Sophia Owens (UMD Geographical Sciences, BS), 2022
9. Logan Daytner (UMD Geographical Sciences, BS), 2022
10. Chin-Yun Kuei (UMD Geographical Sciences, BS), 2022
11. Eva Utzschneider (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2021–2022
12. Madhava Paliyam (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2020–2022
13. Kevin Liu (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2021
14. Bryce Dubayah (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2021
15. Sakshum Kulshrestha (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2021
16. Yao Poudima (UMD iSchool), 2021
17. William Cao (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2020–2021
18. Bissaka Kenah (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2020–2021
19. Avi Grant (UMD Geographical Sciences, BS), 2020–2021
20. Favour Nerrise (UMD Computer Science, BS), 2020–2021

High School Students — Project advisor

1. Vedant Janapaty (Silver Creek High School), 2023–2024
2. Saketh Sundar (River Hill High School), 2021–2023
3. Vinay Raman (Montgomery Blair High School), 2021–2022
4. Dhruv Pai (Montgomery Blair High School), 2020–2022

Other advisees, staff, or research team members

1. Ana M. Tárano, Assistant Research Professor, Arizona State University, 2024–Present
2. Ivan Zvonkov, Faculty Specialist, University of Maryland, 2022–Present
3. Benjamin Yeh, Intern, University of Maryland, 2023
4. Adebowale Adebayo, Intern, University of Maryland, 2022–2023
5. Abena Boatemaa Asare-Ansah, Intern, University of Maryland, 2022–2023