Group Members
We are actively looking for new PhD students, Postdocs to join the team (see openings) !
Postdoctoral Researchers
Gonzalo Esteban Constante Flores
Joined the group in Spring 2023
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2022
Research topic: power systems optimization
email: geconsta@purdue.edu
PhD Students
Asha Ramanujam
Joined the group in Fall 2021
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2021
Research topic: electrification, stochastic programming
email: aramanuj@purdue.edu
Hao Chen
Joined the group in Fall 2022
MPhil, Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2021
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham, 2020
Research topic: explainable machine learning
email: chen4433@purdue.edu
Akshdeep Singh Ahluwalia
Joined the group in Fall 2023
B.Tech. + M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2023
Research topic: distributed optimization for data sharing
email: ahluwala@purdue.edu
Sai Madhukiran Kompalli
Joined the group in Fall 2023
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2022
M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 2021
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Osmania University, 2020
Research topic: explaining optimization and machine learning models using LLM
email: skompall@purdue.edu
Hsuan-Han Chiu
Joined the group in Fall 2024
M.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 2023
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Chang Gung University, 2021
Research topic: analysis of single cell RNA datasets using LLMs
email: Chiu137@purdue.edu
Shraman Pal
Joined the group in Fall 2024
B.Tech. + M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2024
Research topic: explainable and physics-informed machine learning
email: pal52@purdue.edu
Piyush Sharma
Joined the group in Fall 2024
Co-advised with Brian Tackett
M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, 2023
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Science & Technology, Pilani, 2020
Research topic: optimization methods for electrochemical engineering
email: sharm984@purdue.edu
MS Students
Ashley Jojan Varghese
Joined the group in Spring 2024
B.S., Computer Science, Purdue University, 2023
Research topic: AI/ML for single cell RNA analysis
email: varghes8@purdue.edu
Visiting Scholars
Chun-Cheng Chang
Joined the group in Fall 2024
Affiliation: China Steel Corporation, Taiwan
email: chan1110@purdue.edu
André Hernán Quisaguano Paredes
Joined the group in Spring 2025
Affiliation: Undergraduate student, Electrical Engineering, Escuela Politécnica Nacional
Research topic: power systems optimization, machine learning
email: aquisagu@purdue.edu
Haechang Kim
Joined the group in Spring 2025
Affiliation: PhD student, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University
Research topic: explainable reinforcement learning
email: kim5265@purdue.edu
Alumni
Postdocs
Chi Zhang (Postdoc, 2022-2023): Postdoc, University of Central Florida
Kaiyu Cao (Postdoc, 2022-2024):
MS Students
Priya Kumari (MS Student, CS, 2025):
Adam Elyoumi (MS Student, CS, 2024-2025): AI/ML Engineer, CubeNexus Inc
Rahul Nahar (MS Student, CS, 2024):
Yen-Chun Lu (MS Student, ChE, 2022-2025):
Abdullah Khan (MS Student, CS, 2023-2024): Software Engineer, Cisco
Krishna Sri Ipsit Mantri (MS Student, CS, 2023-2024):
Undergraduate Students
Annie Zheng (UG Student, IE, 2022-2023): MS Student, Georgia Tech
Yash Sinhal (UG Student, CS, 2022-2023):
Jaatani Abdi (UG Student, ChE, 2022-2023): PhD Student, MIT
James Kor (UG Student, CS, 2022-2024): Software Engineer, Raytheon
Carson Felton (REU Student, 2023):
Nathan Lavoie (REM Student, 2023):
Zachary Rasmussen (REU Student, 2024):
Camerin Lee (REM Student, 2024):