Students

Current Research Students:

I lead the Software Engineering and Cybersecurity Research Team (SECReT). I am currently advising research of the following high-caliber students.

Prashanta Guragai

Undergraduate Student
(May 2025 - present)

Former Research Students and Post-doctoral Fellows:

I am fortunate to have advised research of the following excellent students and post-doctoral fellows:

Dr. Rakibul Islam

Ph.D. Student, Aug 2015 - April 2020, University of New Orleans.

Now a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Lamar University in Texas, USA.

Dr. Rajshakhar Paul

Postdoctoral Fellow
(August 2024 - Aug 2025)

Dr. Asif Kamal Turzo

Postdoctoral Fellow
(August 2024 - Aug 2025)

Now a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Md Kauser Ahmmed

M.Sc. Student, Aug 2018 - May 2019, University of New Orleans.

Now a Lead Specialty Software Engineer at Wells Fargo.

Reecha Khanal

Undergrad Student, Jan 2017 - Apr 2017, University of New Orleans.

PURSUE award winner. Now a software engineer at Amazon AWS.

Lindsey Ann Dale

Masters Student, Aug 2016 - Dec 2016, University of New Orleans.

Pradeep Jakibanjar

Undergrad student, Jan 2015 - May 2016, University of New Orleans.

CoSURP award winner.

Saroj Duwal

Undergrad Student, Jan 2017 - Apr 2017, University of New Orleans.

Now a Software Engineer at Google Inc.

Prospective Graduate Students:

Currently, I am not taking any new PhD students. Only current ISU students interested in doing MS thesis are welcome to reach out to me.

I welcome capable (e.g., excellent in programming, technical writing, analytical abilities, hard working, self-driven) and motivated PhD students for doing research in Software Assurance (i.e., Software Engineering and Software Security) and related areas.

A fully funded PhD student position is available to work with me at the Idaho State University. The position may be involved in collaborations and internships at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) located by the ISU campus. Minimum qualification required:

Undergraduate in CS (or related field) with CGPA higher than 3.5 out of 4.0.
TOEFL: 80 (iBT) or IELTS: 6.5
GRE (optional, but highly recommended)
Applicants with an MS in CS (or related field) may be given priority.

If interested, please email with the followings:

Email to: MinhazZibran [at] isu [dot] edu
Mention "PhD applicant" as subject
Attach CV/resume including CGPA, GRE (if any) and TOEFL/IELTS scores

Exceptional applicants with lower CGPA may be considered. Due to large volume of applicants, I am able to respond to only the shortlisted candidates. Apologies to those whose emails cannot be responded to.