PhD Student Directory
Concentration: Human Factors and Ergonomics; Expected Graduation: May 2025
Research Interests: Universal Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interface Design, User Experience Research, 3D Anthropometrics
Advisor: Dr. Victor Paquet
Email: mdariful@buffalo.edu
Kaylie Butt
Concentration: Operations Research
Research Interests: Defense, logistics, transportation
Advisor: Dr. Chase Murray
Email: kayliebu@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: May 2026
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Combinatorial Optimization
Advisors: Dr. Rajan Batta, Dr. Moises Sudit
Email: kc64739@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: May 2026
Research Interests: Causal Inference, Healthcare Research, Supply Chain Risk Management
Advisor: Dr. Alexander Nikolaev
Email: spanthak@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: 2027
Research Interests: Cognitive Engineering, Reinforcement Learning, Health Care
Advisor: Dr. Xiaoyu Chen
Email: zehuadon@buffalo.edu
Elham Entezarizarch
Concentration: Human Factors; Expected Graduation: 2026
Email: elhament@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: 2027
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Game Theory
Advisor: Dr. Jun Zhuang
Email: sabihaun@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: January 2028
Research Interests: 3D printing, statistical learning, machine learning
Advisors: Dr. Xiaoyu Chen, Dr. Chi Zhou
Email: mengfanf@buffalo.edu
Gabriel Gazetta
Concentration: Human Factors; Expected Graduation: May 2025
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Explainable AI
Email: ggazetta@buffalo.edu
Fatemeh Gholizadeh
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: May 2026
Research Interests: Operations Research, AI, Health Care
Advisor: Dr. Prashant Sankaran
Email: fatemehg@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Human Factors; Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research Interests: Cognitive Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction
Advisor: Dr. Jing Yang
Email: agomezhe@buffalo.edu
Yujing Huang
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: 2028
Research Interests: Health Care, Machine Learning
Advisor: Dr. Xiaoyu Chen
Email: yujinghu@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: June 2025
Research Interests: Information Collection Wildfires and Prescribed fires Applied Operations Research Game theory
Advisor: Dr. Rajan Batta
Email: estherjo@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Production Systems; Expected Graduation: June 2025
Research Interests: Data Analytics and Applied Machine Learning, Statistical Signal Processing, and Human Reliability Analysis in Human Factors and Ergonomics and Manufacturing Systems
Advisors: Dr. Lora Cavuoto, Dr. Hongyue Sun
Email: skazemik@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Production Systems
Research Interests: Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Techniques
Advisors: Dr. Alexander Nikolaev, Dr. Sabrina Casucci
Email: foroughm@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research Interests: Multi-level optimization, Optimization within graphs, Stackelberg games
Advisor: Dr. Jose Walteros
Email: rafalmus@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: 2027
Research Interests: Applied Operations Research, Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Healthcare Systems
Advisor: Dr. Rajan Batta
Email: minasami@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: May 2025
Research Interests: Applications of Operations Research and Machine Learning/ Deep Learning tools in addressing Search Theory and Information Collection problems
Advisor: Dr. Rajan Batta
Email: noladzad@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Human Factors; Expected Graduation: May 2026
Research Interests:Human Factors in Healthcare, Surgery Ergonomics, Surgical Simulation, Wearables
Advisor: Dr. Lora Cavuoto
Email: tlquinn@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: May 2026
Research Interests: Unpredictable routes, Improving solution time through ML-based cuts
Advisor: Dr. Robert Dell
Email: arvindsi@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: June 2027
Research Interests: Vehicle routing, multi-objective optimization, risk analysis, large scale shortest path and Heuristic methods
Advisor: Dr. Rajan Batta
Email: rravisha@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: December 2025
Research Interests: Bilevel optimization, combinatorial optimization, logistics
Advisor: Dr. Jose Walteros
Email: sriabova@buffalo.edu
Noni Setiowat
Concentration: Human Factors; Expected Graduation: May 2027
Research Interests: Cognitive engineering, Human Factors in Health Care, Accessibility Study, Human-Machine Interaction
Advisor: Dr. Winnie Chen
Email: noniseti@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation:
Research Interests: Healthcare Operations Optimization, Machine Learning/Deep Learning Applications, Supply Chain Resilience
Advisors: Dr. Robert Dell, Dr. Sabrina Casucci
Email: seyedahm@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: May 2026
Research Interests: Game Theory, Optimization, Homeland Security
Advisor: Dr. Jun Zhuang
Email: ianunson@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Human Factors; Expected Graduation: June 2025
Research Interests: Collaborative robots (CoBot), Aging, Occupational ergonomics, Occupational safety and health
Advisor: Dr. Lora Cavuoto
Email: zahravah@buffalo.edu
Concentration: Operations Research; Expected Graduation: 2027
Research Interests: Disaster Response, Tiny Machine Learning, Internet of Things
Advisor: Dr. Diana Ramirez-Rios
Email: angeloso@buffalo.edu
Connor Wurst
Concentration: Human Factors; Expected Graduation: January 2025
Research Interests: Decision-Making, Interface Design, Bias, Participatory Design
Advisor: Dr. Winnie Chen
Email: cjwurst@buffalo.edu
Xinyao Yi
Concentration: Human Factors; Expected Graduation: 2027
Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicles, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Winnie Chen
Email: xinyaoyi@buffalo.edu
Yiqi Zhao
Concentration: Human Factors; Expected Graduation: 2027
Research Interests: Health Care, Cyber Crime
Email: yiqizhao@buffalo.edu