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Positions taken by graduates of the UIUC Department of Mathematics

The information contained in this list was compiled by the Department of Mathematics Graduate Office. The position listed for each graduate is the position they took in the first year after receiving their Ph.D.
If the information provided is incorrect, please contact Lori Dick at ldick@math.uiuc.edu.

Name Date Ph.D. Received Thesis Director Job Information
Gepner, David

5/15/2006 Ando, Matt University of Sheffield
Chan, O-Yeat 5/15/2006 Berndt, Bruce unknown
Li, Jinjia 5/15/2006 Dutta, Sankar Syracuse University
Mullet, Joshua 5/15/2006 Grayson, Dan & Sheldon Katz VIGRE Ross Asst. Prof., Ohio State University
Sabalka, Lucas 5/15/2006 Kapovich, Ilya Krener Assistant Professorship, University of California-Davis
Yang, Jian 5/15/2006 Sowers, Richard/Pearson , Neil (finance) Currency Strategist, Goldman Sachs
Yu, Gexin 5/15/2006 Kostochka, Alexandre Asst. Prof.,Vanderbilt University
Zhang, Feng 5/15/2006 Song, Renming Ernst & Young LLP
Liu, Chaoyuan (Mary) 12/15/2005 J. Rosenblatt Visiting Asst. Prof., University of Kentucky, Lexington
Wang, Yun 10/15/2005 Song, Renming Ernst & Young, New York
Polkowska, Dominika 10/15/2005 Anand Pillay Dominican Sister, St. Cecilia Motherhouse, Nashville, TN
Yew, Khye Loong 10/15/2005 Junge, Marius Unknown
Yi, You-Chiang 10/15/2005 Boston, Nigel Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Theoretical Sciences
Selvakumaran, T.V. 5/15/2005 Everett Dade Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Chan, Song Heng 5/15/2005 Bruce Berndt 2-yr Postdoc, National University
Groisman, Pavel 12/15/2004 John Sullivan Investment Banking position
Nakprasit, Kittikorn 12/15/2004 Alexandr Kostochka unknown
Demeter, Ciprian 10/15/2004 Joseph Rosenblatt Hedrick Asst. Prof., UCLA
Giarlotta, Alfio 10/15/2004 C. Ward Henson Asst. Prof., Faculty of Economics, University of Catania, Italy
Hahn, Heekyoung 10/15/2004 Bruce Berndt Teaching, University of Rochester
Jegdic, Katarina 10/15/2004 Robert Jerrard Visiting Asst. Prof., University of Houston, Texas
Kang, Jeong-Hyun 10/15/2004 Zoltan Furedi Postdoc/Fellow, University of Central Florida
Kulosman, Hamid 10/15/2004 Phillip Griffith Postdoc, University of California - Riverside
Mileti, Joseph
10/15/2004 Carl Jockusch Postdoc, University of Chicago
Murphy, David 10/15/2004 Robert Fossum and William Haboush Asst. Prof., Kalamazoo College
Petracovici, Boris 10/15/2004 Robert Jerrard Asst. Prof., Western Illinois University
Petrenko, Bogdan 10/15/2004 Nigel Boston Visiting Asst. Prof., Texas A&M
Sano, Akira 10/15/2004 William Haboush Postdoc, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Galway, William 10/15/2004 Harold Diamond Postdoc, Simon Fraser University
Wong, Kittipat 10/15/2004 Song, Renming Postdoc, Chulalongkorn University
Yesilyurt, Hamza 10/15/2004 Berndt, Bruce John Thompson Asst. Prof., University of Florida - Gainesville
Shebalov, Sergey 10/15/2004 Diego Klabjan unknown
Bush, Michael Raymond 5/15/2004 Nigel Boston Visiting Asst. Prof., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Denne, Elizabeth 5/15/2004 John Sullivan Benjamin Peirce Asst. Prof., Harvard
Gagelman, Jerry 5/15/2004 Anand Pillay Researchers, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Musa, Mona Barakat 5/15/2004 Nigel Boston Asst. Prof., Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Al-Fadhel, Tariq 12/15/2003 Julian Palmore King Saud University
Kim, Seog-Jin 12/15/2003 Doug West Visiting Asst. Prof., Arizona State University
Kongsiriwong, Sarachai 12/15/2003 Bruce Berndt Lecturer, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand
Martin Pizarro, Amador 12/15/2003 Anand Pillay Assistant, Humboldt University, Berlin
Avramidou, Parthena 10/15/2003 Joseph Rosenblatt Zassenhauss Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Li, Hui 10/15/2003 Susan Tolman Postdoc, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal
Li, Xiaosheng 10/15/2003 Aimo Hinkkanen Asst. Prof., University of Minnesota , Morris
Minasian, Vahagn 10/15/2003 Randy McCarthy Postdoc, Tamarkin, Brown University, 3 year
Petracovici, Lia 10/15/2003 Aimo Hinkkanen Asst. Prof., Western Illinois University
Rohwer, Thomas 10/15/2003 Lou van den Dries ISP - he founded , Germany.
Spiroff, Sandra 10/15/2003 Phillip Griffith VIGRE Asst. Prof./Lecturer, University of Utah
Yeap, Boon Pin 10/15/2003 Bruce Berndt Postdoc, Academica Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Bourd, Alexei 5/15/2003 Alexander Tumanov Sr. Engr., Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, California
Choi, Youn-Sun 5/15/2003 Robert Muncaster Postdoc, University of Ottawa, Canada
Jung, Nara 5/15/2003 Robert Jerrard Postdoc, Institute Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Kim, Dong-Il 5/15/2003 Aimo Hinkkanen Professor, Hallym University, Korea
Littmann, Friedrich 5/15/2003 Harold Diamond Simon Fraser Postdoc, University of British Columbia -Vancouver, Canada
Song, Minsu 5/15/2003 Robert Jerrard unknown
Suh, Jiyeon 5/15/2003 Donald Burkholder Postdoc, Purdue University, Statistics Department
Tyne, James 5/15/2003 Lou van den Dries VIGRE Postdoc, Ohio State University
Anderson, Mark 12/15/2002 Robert Muncaster unknown
Kuhnt, Thomas 12/15/2002 Nigel Boston Business Job, Germany
Adan-Bante, Edith 10/15/2002 Everett Dade Visiting Asst. Prof., Univ. of Illinois
Davis, Craig 10/15/2002 Igor Nikolaev unknown
Dunphy, Brian 10/15/2002 Udday Reddy National Security Agency
Goubran, Nader 10/15/2002 Joseph Rosenblatt New York City College of Technology
Mauer-Oats, Andrew 10/15/2002 Randy McCarthy VIGRE Postdoc, Purdue Univ.
McLaughlin, James 10/15/2002 Douglas Bowman Visiting Asst. Prof., Trinity College
Musat, Magdalena 10/15/2002 Donald Burkholder & Marius Junge SEW Visiting Asst. Prof., University of California, San Diego.
O'Bryant, Kevin 10/15/2002 Ken Stolarsky NSF Postdoc, University of California at San Diego
O'Bryant, Natella 10/15/2002 Richard Sowers Visiting Asst. Prof., University of California - Irvine
Pelsmajer, Michael 10/15/2002 Douglas B. West Asst. Prof., Illinois Institute of Technology
Wichiramala, Wacharin 10/15/2002 John Sullivan Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Willett, Christopher 10/15/2002 Eugene Lerman Indiana University
Wojtowicz, Ralph 10/15/2002 Robert Muncaster Visiting Asst. Prof., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Lawton, Linda 5/15/2002 Carl Jockusch Asst. Prof., Western Illinois University
Myung, Sung 5/15/2002 Daniel Grayson Research fellow, KIAS
Richardson, Andrew 5/15/2002 Phillip Griffith 2-yr Postdoc, Western Ontario Univ., Winnepeg
Shin, Kwang 5/15/2002 Richard Laugesen Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri
Kaur, Manmohan 12/15/2001 Zhong-Jin Ruan Asst.Prof., Benedictine University
Argiris, Georgios 10/15/2001 Joseph Rosenblatt Investment Bank, Barclays Capital, London
Aschenbrenner, Matthias 10/15/2001 Lou van den Dries Charles B. Morrey Postdoc, University of California - Berkeley
Ayaragarnchanakul, Jantana 10/15/2001 Joseph Rosenblatt Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand
Bauer, Mark 10/15/2001 Nigel Boston Postdoc, University of Waterloo, Center for Applied Cryptographic Research
Loukaki, Maria 10/15/2001 Everett Dade Visiting Asst.Prof., University of Crete
Moosa, Rahim Nazim 10/15/2001 Anand Pillay Moore Instructor, MIT
Ramamurthi, Radhika 10/15/2001 Douglas West Visiting Prof., University of California - San Diego
Baxter, Kristine E. 5/15/2001 Randy McCarthy J.J. Sylvester Postdoc, John Hopkins Univ.
Chaoha, Phichet 5/15/2001 Randy McCarthy Lecturer, Chulalongkorn University, June 2001 - November 2003
Chiang, River
5/15/2001 Susan Tolman & Eugene Lerman Fellowship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Choi, Geumlan 5/15/2001 Doug Bowman Instructor, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hyeon, Donghoon 5/15/2001 Steven Bradlow & William Haboush G. C. Evans Instructor, Rice Univ.
Kapitza, Paul 5/15/2001 Robert Craggs Illinois Wesleyan University
Lee, Donghi 5/15/2001 Sergei Ivanov Visiting Asst. Prof., Tulane Univ.
Scalari, Alberto 5/15/2001 Alexander Tumanov Societe Genarald (Investment Bank), Paris, France
Sohn, Jaebum 5/15/2001 Bruce Berndt Postdoc, Ohio State University
Yi, Jinhee 5/15/2001 Bruce Berndt Monmouth College, Illinois
Hill, Christopher 10/15/2000 A.J. Hildebrand Visiting position, Grinnell College
Ho, Kejia 10/15/2000 Carl Jockusch Wheaton College
Jiang, Tao 10/15/2000 Douglas West Asst. Prof., Michigan Technological University
Kahng, Byungik 10/15/2000 Julian Palmore Lecturer, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kilmurray, Donough 10/15/2000 Maarten Bergvelt Goldman Sachs, research department
Pomper, Marcus 10/15/2000 C. Ward Henson Asst. Prof., Indiana University East - Richmond
Retzlaff, Todd 10/15/2000 Joseph Rosenblatt Visiting Asst. Prof., Haverford College, PA
Steichen, Jennifer 10/15/2000 Donald Burkholder & Bruce Hajek Independent Researcher, IBM Research Center, (TJ Watson Research Center) Yorktown Heights, NY.
Yang, Yi-Fan 10/15/2000 Adolf Hildebrand Institute for Advanced Study, 2000-2001
Bedenikovic, Anthony 5/15/2000 Robert Craggs Asst. Prof., Bradley University
Branson, William 5/15/2000 Julian Palmore Visiting Asst. Prof., Carleton College
Chen, Ya-Chen 5/15/2000 Zoltan Furedi Visiting Asst. Prof., Arizona State Univ.
Kuhlman, Douglas 5/15/2000 Nigel Boston Permanent position, Motorola Labs, Schaumberg, IL
McLallen, Nicola (Whitley) 5/15/2000 Everett Dade Eastern College, Pennsylvania
Richert, Benjamin 5/15/2000 Graham Evans 3-yr Postdoc, University of Michigan
Schwartz, Gary 5/15/2000 Everett Dade University of Oklahoma
Song, Joung Min 5/15/2000 Harold Diamond VIGRE Postdoc, Rice University
Kalikakis, Dimitrios 1/15/2000 Igor Nikolaev Visiting Asst. Prof., Crete University
Kim, Seon-Hong 1/15/2000 Kenneth Stolarsky Adjunct Asst. Prof., Seoul National University
Maneesawarng, Chaiwat 1/15/2000 Stephanie Alexander Asst. Prof., Committee Chairman, M.Sc. Programme, Applied Mathematics, Mahidol University, Bangkok
Axenovich, Maria 10/15/1999 Zoltan Furedi Asst. Prof., Iowa State University
Eichhorn, Dennis 10/15/1999 Bruce Berndt VIGRE Postdoc, University of Arizona
Ho, Jeffrey
10/15/1999 Richard Bishop Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
Kundgen, Andre 10/15/1999 Zoltan Furedi Asst. Prof., California State University at San Marcos
Liaw, Wen-Chin 10/15/1999 Bruce Berndt National Chung Cheng University
Perry, David 10/15/1999 Nigel Boston Ripon College
Saveliev, Peter 10/15/1999 Mary-Elizabeth Hamstrom Wabash College
Troitsky, Vladimir 10/15/1999 Peter Loeb & Yuri Abramovich University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Brueggeman, Sharon Ann 5/15/1999 Nigel Boston Ross Postdoc, Ohio State Univ.
Choi, Youn-Seo
5/15/1999 Bruce Berndt Korea Institute for Advance Study
Demir, Sakin 5/15/1999 Joseph Rosenblatt unknown
Doud, Darrin 5/15/1999 Nigel Boston NSF Postdoc, Harvard University
Hoit, Abigail 5/15/1999 Adolf Hildebrand Elmhurst College
Iwashita, Yuichi 5/15/1999 Randy McCarthy Howard, Missouri
Kang, Soon-Yi 5/15/1999 Bruce Berndt 3-yr Postdoc, Ohio State Univ.
Kantorovitz, Miriam 5/15/1999 Randy McCarthy Postdoc, Univ. of California at Berkeley
Paek, Dae-Hyun 5/15/1999 Derek Robinson Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Smith, Daniel 5/15/1999 Phillip Griffith unknown
Boyd, David 10/15/1998 Aimo Hinkkanen Postdoc, Purdue Univ.
Brueggeman, Jeffrey 10/15/1998 A.J. Hildebrand Nation Wide Mutual Insurance Enterprise, Columbus, Ohio
Chang, Jen-Hsu 10/15/1998 Robert Carroll Postdoc, Academia Sinica
Fawaz, Amine 10/15/1998 Philippe Tondeur Texas
Mubayi, Dhruv 10/15/1998 Douglas West Georgia Tech.
Schaeffer, Benjamin 10/15/1998 Carl Jockusch Integrated Systems Lab, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
Son, Seung Hwan 10/15/1998 Bruce Berndt Asst. Prof., University of Colorado
Iskra, Boris 5/15/1998 Nigel Boston Simon Bolivar University, Venzuela, 10 year position (1998)
Kim, Dong-Hyun 5/15/1998 A.J. Hildebrand Fellow, Global Analysis Research Center, Seoul National University, 98-99
Stankewitz, Rich 5/15/1998 Aimo Hinkkanen Texas A&M
Wu, Yu-Fen 5/15/1998 Derek Robinson National Kaohsiung Normal University
Amini, Massoud 1/15/1998 Zhong-Jin Ruan Junior Associate Researcher, Associate Professor, Tarbiat Modares University
McCreary, Paul 1/15/1998 George Francis Xavier University, New Orleans
Murray, John 1/15/1998 Everett Dade Forbirt Postdoctoral Fellowship, University College, Dublin
Shim, Jae-Kwan 1/15/1998 Franz Kamber unknown
Colliander, James 10/15/1997 Jean Bourgain NSF Postdoc, Univ. of California at Berkeley
Hartman, Christopher 10/15/1997 Douglas West University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Liow, Yihsiang 10/15/1997 Nigel Boston Visiting Prof., Univ. of Arizona
Mason, Alan 10/15/1997 Philippe Tondeur unknown
Meyer, Jeffrey 10/15/1997 Bruce Berndt Asst. Prof., University of Syracuse
Miller, Claudia 10/15/1997 Phillip Griffith 3-yr Postdoc, University of Michigan
Rohde, G. Scott 10/15/1997 Paul Schupp Programmer, On the Job Cons Inc.
Xiao, Mingqing 10/15/1997 Tamar Basar University of California, Davis
Balanzario-Gutierrez, Eugenio 5/15/1997 Harold Diamond Teaching Position, University of Zacatecas, Mexico
Bauer, Robert 5/15/1997 Donald Burkholder NSF postdoc fellowship
Dai, Mingde 5/15/1997 Julian Palmore Vice President, (Emerging Markets Quantitative Research), Solomon Smith Barney, New York.
Folguera, Alejandra 5/15/1997 RobertCarroll/Anastasios Fokas Postdoc, TAM
Huang, Sen-Shan 5/15/1997 Bruce Berndt National Chang Hua University of Education
Stajner, Ivanka 5/15/1997 Julian Palmore GSC, Greenbelt, Maryland
Fitzgerald, Kevin 1/15/1997 Zhong-Jin Ruan Non-academic Institution or Company
Lee, Jui-Lin 1/15/1997 Gaisi Takeuti Visiting scholar, Math Institute Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Niamsup, Piyapong 1/15/1997 Julian Palmore Chiangmai University, Thailand
Chappell, Glenn 10/15/1996 Douglas West Asst. Prof., South East Missouri State, Cape Girardeau
Chen, Chien-Hsiung 10/15/1996 Richard Bishop Asst. Prof., National Changhua University
Hu, Zhu-Xin 10/15/1996 Kenneth Appel unknown
Kotlica, Sonja 10/15/1996 Everett Dade Morris College
Parra, Carlos 10/15/1996 Gaisi Takeuti Universidad Nacional Medellin, Columbia
Speissegger, Patrick 10/15/1996 Lou van den Dries University of Wisconsin
Woerheide, Arthur 10/15/1996 Lou van den Dries Continuing Education, Finance Program, University of Chicago
Axel, Ralph 5/15/1996 Paul Newton Lehman Brothers
Dabrowski, Walter 5/15/1996 Nigel Boston unknown
Kim, Eun Sang 5/15/1996 Franz Kamber unknown
Knox, Steven 5/15/1996 John Wetzel unknown
Walker, Judith 5/15/1996 Nigel Boston University of Nebraska
Walker, Mark 5/15/1996 Daniel Grayson Visiting Asst. Prof., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1996 – 1998
Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University, Jan. – Mar. / Sep. - Dec., 1997
Harnish, Stephen David 1/15/1996 Gaisi Takeuti Newman College, Philadelphia

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