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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 08/04/2026)
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Name: Audrey Hewitt
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Field of Study: Statistics and Machine Learning
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Date Joined the Lab: Spring 2025
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Project: Correlation Between Regional UV Index Averages and Skin Cancer Rates in America
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Current Position: Undergraduate Student
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Name: Lily-ana Campbell
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Field of Study: Mathematics and Data Science
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2025
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Project: Enviromental Factors of Cancer Rates in the US
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Current Position: Undergraduate Student
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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: Shiv Patel
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Field of Study: Applied Data Analysis
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Date Joined the Lab: Fall 2025
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Project: Data analysis for biological datasets collected on Kellie's project
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Current Position: Graduate 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)


