Current Members

Dr. Michela Taufer

Director and Dongarra Professor

Dr. Jack Marquez

Research Assistant Professor

Dr. Dalal Sukkari

Senior Research Scientist

Heberth Martinez

Research Scientist

Ian Lumsden

Doctoral Student

Paula Olaya

Doctoral Student

Nigel Tan

Doctoral Student

Joseph Tippit

Doctoral Student

Jay Ashworth

Master's Student

Gabriel Laboy

Master's Student

Seoyoung (Amy) An

Undergraduate Student

(co-mentor with Katie Schuman)

Befikir Bogale

Undergraduate Student

Blake Milstead

Undergraduate Student

Andrew Lindstrom

Undergraduate Student

Dr. Lauren Whitnah

Associate Director

Barbara Fossum

Outreach Coordinator

Grace Wisser

Assistant Director

GCL Alumni since 2005

Dr. Wissam Sid Lakhdar

Senior Research Scientist

Georgia Channing

Research Scientist

Ria Patel

Doctoral Student

(co-mentor with Katie Schuman)

Brandan Roachell

Master's Student

Andrew Mueller

Master's Student

Dr. Jakob Luettgau

Research Assistant Professor

Dr. Silvina Caino-Lores

Research Assistant Professor

María Camila Roa

Master's Student

Vanessa Lama

Master's Student

Treece Burgess

Master's Student

Lauren Proctor

Undergraduate Student

Noah Dahle

Undergraduate Student

Dr. Ariel Rorabaugh

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Naweiluo Zhou

Postdoctoral Researcher

Nick Bell

Research Scientist

Dominic Kennedy

Undergraduate Student

Cole Johnston

Undergraduate Student

Kae Suarez

Master's Student

Juliet Bradford

Undergraduate Student

Jacob Leonard

Undergraduate Student

Ross Ketron

Undergraduate Student

Dr. Leobardo Valera

Postdoctoral Researcher

Clark Hathaway

Undergraduate Student

Sebastian Mobo

Undergraduate Student

Michael Wyatt II

Doctoral Student (2020)

Neil Lindquist

Doctoral Student

Dr. Danny Rorabaugh

Postdoctoral Researcher

Joe Teague

Master's Student

Dylan Chapp

Doctoral Student (2020)

Dr. Stephen Thomas

Postdoctoral Researcher

Stephen Herbein

Doctoral Student (2018)

Sean Gray

Doctoral Student (2018)

Ahmed Bin Zaman

Visiting Scholar

Rachel Kraft

Master's Student (2018)

Antonio Vega

Undergraduate Student

Matthew Dixson

Undergraduate Student

John Bounds

Undergraduate Student

Josh Davis

Undergraduate Student

Joy Kitson

Undergraduate Student

Research Staff

• Wei-Fan Chiang   (Post-doctoral Researcher, Sep 2016 - Apr 2017)
• Travis Johnston  (Post-doctoral Researcher, Sep 2014 - Jun 2016)
• Vivek Kris. Pallipuram  (Post-doctoral Researcher, Jan 2014, Jun 2015)
• Sam Schlachter  (UG researcher, MS student, Post-master, Spring 2011 - Jun 2014)
• Julian Uran  (Visitor, Jun 2014 - Nov 2014)
• Marcos Portnoi  (Student Research Assciate, Spring 2013 - Fall 2013)
• Trilce Estrada  (PhD student and Post-doc, Jan 2006 - Jul 2013)
• Narayan Ganesan  (Post-doc, GCL member: Jan 2010 - Jul 2011)
• Obaidur 'Ramie' Rahaman  (GCL member: Summer 2008 - Spring 2010)
• James Atlas   (Student Research Assistant, GCL member: Summer 2008 - Summer 2009)
• Joe Davis  (Student Research Assistant, GCL member: Spring 2008 - Summer 2009)
• Arun Rajendran  (Post-doc, GCL member: Spring and Summer 2008)
• Roberto Araiza  (Student Research Assistant, GCL member: Spring 2007 and Fall 2007)
• Andre Kerstens  (Research Associate, GCL member: Spring 2006 - Spring 2007)

Graduate Students

• Boyu Zhang  (Summer 2009 - present)
• Mohammad Alsulmi
• Taylor Baldwin
• Jeff Dimarco  (MS student, Fall 2012 - Spring 2014)
• Cindy Solano  (Visitor, Summer 2013)
• William Killian  (GCL member: Summer 2011 - Spring 2012)
• Omar Padron  (GCL member: Summer 2011 - Spring 2012)
• Maria Ruiz   (GCL member: Spring 2010 - Fall 2011)
• Daniel T. Yehdego  (Summmer Intern, GCL member: Summer 2011)
• Lifan Xu  (GCL member: Spring 2009 - Fall 2010)
• Abel Licon  (Master UD, BS UTEP, GCL member: Spring 2006 - Summer 2007; Spring 2008 - Spring 2010)
• Kevin Kreiser  (GCL member: Summer 2008 - Summer 2009)
• Adnan Ozsoy   (PhD student, GCL member: Fall 2008)
• David Flores  (MS UTEP, GCL member: Spring 2006 - Spring 2007)
• Richard Zamudio   (MS UTEP, now at Rockwell Collins - Iowa, GCL member: Fall 2005 - Spring 2007)
• Prayook Tungjatooronrusamee   (MS UTEP, GCL member: Spring 2006 and Fall 2006)

Undergraduate Students

• Connor Zanin   (Spring 2015 - Spring 2016)
• Ryan McKenna  (Fall 2014 - Spring 2016)
• Stephen Herbein   (Fall 2012 - Spring 2013)
• Michael Matheny  (Fall 2011 - Spring 2013)
• Matt Wezowicz  (Fall 2011 - Spring 2013)
• Ryan Huttman  (Fall 2011 - Spring 2013)
• Sean McDaniel  (Spring 2014 - Fall 2014)
• Haley Northrup  (Fall 2013)
• Casey Casalnuovo  (Fall 2011)
• Kyle Benson   (GCL member: Summer 2010 - Summer 2011)
• Jason Park  (GCL member: Summer 2010 - Spring 2011)
• Reza Hammond  (GCL member: Fall 2010 - Spring 2011)
• Dirk Mezger   (GCL member: Fall 2010)
• Dominik Kimmel  (GCL member: Fall 2010)
• Philip Saponaro   (GCL member: Spring 2009 - Spring 2010)
• Omar Padron  (GCL member: Summer 2009)
• Pat McClory (GCL member: Spring 2008 - Spring 2009)
• Reed Martz  (GCL member: Summer 2008 - Winter 2009)
• David Mireles   (UTEP, CRA-W student, GCL member: Fall 2006 - Spring 2007, Summer 2008)
• Brenda Medina  (CRA-W student; GCL member: Summer 2008)
• Robert Keller  (BS UDel, now at Vanguard, GCL member: Fall 2007 - Spring 2008)
• Jason Parrott  (BS UDel, now Factset Research Systems, Inc., GCL member: Fall 2007 - Spring 2008)
• Guillermo Lopez  (BS UTEP, not at Ximis - El Paso, Texas, GCL member: Fall 2006 - Summer 2007)
• Daniel Catarino  (BS UTEP, now at Exxon Mobile, GCL member: Spring 2006 and Fall 2006)
• Karina Escapita   (BS UTEP, GCL member: Spring 2006 - Spring 2007)
• David Gomez-Leon   (UG student UTEP, GCL member: Fall 2006 and Spring 2007)
• Princess Trillo   (UG student UTEP, GCL member: Spring 2007 and Summer 2007)
• Vladimir Soto  (UG student UTEP, GCL member: Spring 2007 and Summer 2007)

High School Students

• Lou Fogel   (High School Apprenticeship Program (HSAP) Intern, Summer 2010)