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MAA MathFest 2023 in Tampa
Left to right: Gail, Usman, Dylan, Dr. Pu, Nitul and Mingfang

Pu's MIND Lab Members
(updated 10/05/2025)
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Name: Sean Fang
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Field of Study: Statistics and Machine Learning
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Date Joined the Lab: Spring 2024
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Project: (1) Development of new generalized distributions, proofs of mathematical properties, Monte Carlo simulations, and parameter estimations for statistical models (2) applications of machine learning models (3) community detections in complex networks via modified spectral clustering.
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Current Position: dual-enrolled undergraduate student/senior at Pensacola High School
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Name: Kellie Tamimi
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Field of Study: Biology, Mathematics, Psychology
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2023
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Project: Salivary pH v Life Satisfaction through Perceived Stress and Sleep Quality
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Current Position: Undergraduate Student​
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Name: Ming Zou
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Field of Study: Biomedical Sciences
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2025
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Project: OUR works program at UWF
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Current Position: Undergraduate Student
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Name: Simone Landry
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Field of Study: Statistics
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2024
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Project: Statistical modeling of urban flooding in coastal areas
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Current Position: Undergraduate Student
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Name: Declan McGurk
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Field of Study: Mathematics / Neuroscience
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Data Joined the Lab: Fall 2023
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Projects: Computational Neuroscience Review Paper, Spiking Neural Network Simulations, Neuronal Readings Data Analysis, and New Statistical Distributions Exploration
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Current Position: Undergraduate student
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Name: Phi Truong
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Field of Study: Biology
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2024
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Project: The efficiencies of iPSCS against Parkinson's Disease
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Current Position: Master’s Student (Full-Time)
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Name: Angelique Jefferson
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Field of Study: Psychology
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Date Joined the Lab: Spring 2025
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Project: Computational neuroscience with the mathematical insights
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Current Position: Undergraduate Student
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Name: Brianna Perea
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Field of Study: Statistics
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Date Joined the Lab: Spring 2024
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Project: Applied probability and generalized statistical distributions
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Current Position: Undergraduate Student
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Name: Sunny Anderson
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Field of Study: Statistics
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Date Joined the Lab: Spring 2024
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Project: Applied probability and generalized statistical distributions
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Current Position: Undergraduate Student
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Name: Thanh Bui
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Field of Study: Statistics/Mathematics
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Date Joined the Lab: Spring 2024
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Project: Statistical simulation and generalized statistical distributions
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Current Position: Graduate Student
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Name: Christina Hoffman
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Field of Study: Data Science
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2024
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Project: Organ transplant and its data analysis​
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Name: Lance Penaflor
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Field of Study: Data Science
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2024
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Project: Data Science and Python for everyone (project co-lead)
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Current Position: Undergraduate student
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Name: Leaf Wood
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Field of Study: Computer Science
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2024
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Project: Data Science and Python for everyone (project co-lead)
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Current Position: Undergraduate student
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Name: Will Ezeogu
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Field of Study: Psychology
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2025
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Project: Emotion Research with IAPS, GAPED, and HRV
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Current Position: Undergraduate student
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Name: Gabriel Patton
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Field of Study: Computer Science
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2025
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Project: Machine learning in stock trading
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Current Position: Undergraduate student
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Name: Benjamin Green
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Field of Study: Computer Science
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Date Joined the Lab: Summer 2025
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Project: AI in stock trading
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Current Position: Undergraduate student
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Name: Chris Jackson
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Field of Study: Computer Science
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Date Joined the Lab: Summer 2025
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Project: Machine learning in stock trading
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Current Position: Undergraduate student
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Name: Frank Liu
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Field of Study: Computer Science
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Date Joined the Lab: Summer 2025
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Project: AI in computational neuroscience
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Current Position: Ph.D. student at Case Western Reserve University (co-advised with Dr. Jing Ma at CWRU)
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Name: Peng Jiang
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Field of Study: Computer Science
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Date Joined the Lab: Spring 2025
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Project: AI in computational neuroscience
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Current Position: undergraduate student at New York University (co-advised with Dr. Yue Liu at NYU)
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Name: Zhuomin Chen
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Field of Study: Computer Science
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Date Joined the Lab: Summer 2025
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Project: machine learning models in neuroscience data analysis
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Current Position: Ph.D. student at Florida International University (co-advised with Dr. Ning Xie and Dr. Dongsheng Luo at FIU)
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Name: Michael (Chenlin) Fang
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Field of Study: Statistics and Machine Learning Models
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Date Joined the Lab: Spring 2024
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Project: Statistical model development, computation, inference methods and model fitting
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Current Position: dual-enrolled undergraduate student/senior at Pensacola High School

Lab Alumni
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​Aaron Stringfellow, undergraduate student (2022-2023)
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Dylan Wright, undergraduate/graduate student (2022-25)
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Adjoa Ofori, graduate student (2024-2025)
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Siting Dai, undergraduate student (2023-2024)
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Jason Gerstenberger, graduate student (2023-2024)
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Luis Madrigal Gonzalez, undergraduate/graduate student (2024-25)
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Luke Synoground, undergraduate student (2024-2025)
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Sudakshina Singha Roy, graduate student (2023-2024)
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Leon Schröder, graduate student (2022-2023)
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Muhammad Usman Aslam, graduate student (2022-2023)
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Michael Carnival, graduate student (2023‑present)
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Steven Le, graduate student (2024)
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Mingfang Huang, graduate student (2022‑2024)
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FNU Shrishti, undergraduate student (2024-2025)
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Xinyu Chen, graduate student (2023‑2024)
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Nitul Singha, graduate student (2023‑2024)
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Hector Gavilanes, graduate student (2023‑2024)
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Alex Dampier, undergraduate student (2023‑2024)
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Hank Thompson, undergraduate student (2023‑2024)
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Hunter Evans, undergraduate student (2023‑2024)
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Hannah Knehr, graduate student (2023‑2024)
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Maxime Martin, graduate student (2023‑2024)
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Josh Cook, graduate student (2023‑2024)
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Sy Fontenot, graduate student (2023‑2024)
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Natalie Belford, graduate student (2023‑2024)
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Muhammad Usman Aslam, graduate student (2022‑2023)
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Leon Schröder, graduate student (2022‑2023)
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Aaron Stringfellow, undergraduate student (2022‑2023)


