Student Mentorship

PhD Students:

1. Sabikunnahar Jashe, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University. Expected completion: Summer 2027.

2. Heranga Rathnasekara, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University. Expected completion: Fall 2025.

Awards: R.L. Anderson Graduate Student Poster Award at the Southern Regional Council on Statistics (SRCOS) Summer Research Conference, 2025.

3. Wimarsha Jayanetti, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University. Completed: Fall 2022.  First position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Current position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Grand Valley State University, MI, USA.

Awards:  Best poster award at the American Statistical Association (ASA) Virginia chapter meeting 2021; 1st place at the ODU Graduate Research Poster Competition 2022.

Masters Student:

1. Sabikunnahar Jashe, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University. Completed: Summer 2025. 

Undergraduate Researcher (McNair Scholar):

1. Ashley Rogers, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University. Nov 2023 - April 2024. Worked on differential network analysis in colorectal cancer patients. Current position: PhD student, Department of Statistics. North Carolina State University, NC, USA.

PhD Dissertation Committee Member:                                                 

1. Obed Amo, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University. Expected completion: Summer 2026.

2. Farzana Noorzahan, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University. Expected completion: Summer 2026.

3. Stephanie Grizzard, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University. Expected completion: Summer 2026.

4. Prasansha Liyanaarachchi, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University. Completed: Fall 2021.

Masters Thesis Committee Member:

1. Emily Regan, School of Dental Hygiene, Old Dominion University. Completed: Fall 2023.

Rotation Student (PhD) from Biomedical Sciences Program: 

1. Elizabeth Humes, Biomedical Sciences PhD Program, Old Dominion University, Spring 2021.