{"id":2385,"date":"2026-04-06T14:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/members\/people-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:06:42","slug":"people-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/people-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Meet THE JAIN LAB! (AND FRIENDS!)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1641\" height=\"1210\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2024\/02\/thumbnail_Spring2024-UF-Bamberg-lab-photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2024\/02\/thumbnail_Spring2024-UF-Bamberg-lab-photo.png 1641w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2024\/02\/thumbnail_Spring2024-UF-Bamberg-lab-photo-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2024\/02\/thumbnail_Spring2024-UF-Bamberg-lab-photo-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2024\/02\/thumbnail_Spring2024-UF-Bamberg-lab-photo-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2024\/02\/thumbnail_Spring2024-UF-Bamberg-lab-photo-1536x1133.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1641px) 100vw, 1641px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ph.D. Students<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/10\/IMG_6664-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1464\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/10\/IMG_6664-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/10\/IMG_6664-1024x1018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/10\/IMG_6664-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/10\/IMG_6664-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/10\/IMG_6664-1536x1527.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/10\/IMG_6664-2048x2037.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Shakthi Saravanan Sampath<br>Research Interests:<\/strong> Usable Privacy, Qualitative Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2024\/12\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1907\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2024\/12\/images.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2024\/12\/images-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Arihant Yadav<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong>: Robotics, HRI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/396\/2025\/04\/arihant_CV.pdf\">CV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/09\/IMG_0463-scaled-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2057\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/09\/IMG_0463-scaled-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/09\/IMG_0463-scaled-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/09\/IMG_0463-scaled-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/09\/IMG_0463-scaled-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/09\/IMG_0463-scaled-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Ekin Ercetin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong>: Computer Vision, HRI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/12\/HeadshotTW-236x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2115\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/12\/HeadshotTW-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/12\/HeadshotTW-805x1024.png 805w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/12\/HeadshotTW-768x977.png 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2025\/12\/HeadshotTW.png 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Theo Weise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Eye Tracking, Vision-Language Models<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2026\/02\/gregory-scaled-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2179\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2026\/02\/gregory-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2026\/02\/gregory-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2026\/02\/gregory-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2026\/02\/gregory-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2026\/02\/gregory-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gregory Nobleza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong>: Privacy and security<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ph.D. Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Surya Majumder<br>Currently advised by Anand Rangarajan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shaina Murphy<br>Now a PhD student at SoundPAD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mansi Pai<br>Now PhD student at Geoplexity Group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Azim Ibragimov<br>Now a PhD student at Indie Lab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethan Wilson<br><a href=\"https:\/\/ethanrwilson1998.wixsite.com\/ethan-wilson\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ethanrwilson1998.wixsite.com\/ethan-wilson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a>, After graduation: Startup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heng Yao<br>Collaborating student from <a href=\"https:\/\/verg.cise.ufl.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/verg.cise.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UF VERG Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brendan David-John<br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-3QynyXl3AW0Uu572uswKD6y4qpmmSjR\/view\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-3QynyXl3AW0Uu572uswKD6y4qpmmSjR\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/website.cs.vt.edu\/people\/faculty\/brendan-david-john.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/website.cs.vt.edu\/people\/faculty\/brendan-david-john.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><br>After graduation: Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yuzhu Dong<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yuzhudong\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yuzhudong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><br>After graduation: Research Engineer at Google DeepMind.<br>Now: Principal AI Research Engineer at NVIDIA Cosmos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>M.S. Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Krishna Niveditha Sudeep Kumar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Piyush Singh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swapna Adavikolanu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tingshan Pan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Srividya Surampudi<br>Now a Software Engineer at Apple<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Niraj Chowdhary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manishkumar Chopra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pallavi Raiturkar<br>Now a Software Engineer at Walmart Labs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Khimya Khetarpal<br>Now a PhD student at McGill University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lavanya Chennupatti<br>Software Engineer at Netflix, Spotify<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Archana Nagarajan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sachin Paryani<br>Software Engineer at Microsoft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chaitra Yangandul<br>UX designer at EAB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Madhusudan Govindraju<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sean Sheikholeslam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Xuanting Liu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethan Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ritam Rana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zachary Tenn Yuk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karina LaRubbio<br>Incoming Ph.D. student at Brown University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Katherine Hartley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacob Shirey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aidan Persaud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicholas Esposito<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Max LoGalbo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adam Opyrchal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Song Li<br>Now a Master\u2019s student at Johns Hopkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Li<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Katrina Barredo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jessica Buchanan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mikayla Crawford<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greg DeCanio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas Domas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kevin Tandi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Noah Kurrack<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brittani Lounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hannah Fechtel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nadia Crocker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jamie Tompkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Garrick Sewsankar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cody Laflamme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erin Fierce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Xiaohe Yue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Isaiah Bonds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew Lee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melissa Franklin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Caleb Bryant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Isaac Manjarres<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting Student, CMU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Julian Tolentino<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Isabella Cuba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DREU, Vasser College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew Pearson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chesalon Taylor Jr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kartik Chaturvedi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skyler Burgoyne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Henning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tana Konda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aditi Singh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet THE JAIN LAB! (AND FRIENDS!) Ph.D. Students Shakthi Saravanan SampathResearch Interests: Usable Privacy, Qualitative Research Arihant Yadav Research Interests: Robotics, HRI CV Ekin Ercetin Research Interests: Computer Vision, HRI Undergraduate Students Theo Weise Research Interests: Eye Tracking, Vision-Language Models Gregory Nobleza Research Interests: Privacy and security Alumni Ph.D. Students M.S. 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