{"id":2078,"date":"2017-04-18T12:27:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T17:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/alina-zare\/?page_id=2078"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:08:18","slug":"alumni-undergraduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/machine-learning\/people\/alumni-undergraduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni – Undergraduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Are you an alumnus of the lab? Keep us updated! Let us know how you are doing and what you are up to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas Rymarz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

nicholasrymarz [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Adam Gulde<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

adamgulde [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bakari Kerr<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

bakarikerr [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aaryan Anand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

aaryananand [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Karla Fernandez<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karlafernandezol [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tomas Chavarria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

tomaschavarria [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Miguel Barrera<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

miguelbarrera [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeffrey Drew<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

jeffreydrew [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas Cimino<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ncimino1 [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kaniel Vicencio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

kvicencio [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anika Guin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

anikaguin [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Santiago Calderon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

santiagocalderon [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mira Saldanha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

mirasaldanha [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cody Hutcheson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

c [dot] hutcheson [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tomas Mejia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

tomas [dot] mejia [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug 2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aditya Ramesh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ramesh [dot] aditya [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug 2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sahil Agarwal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

sahilagarwal [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug 2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Collin Granko<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

collin [dot] granko [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emmanuel Garit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

emmanuelgarit [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Matthew Schrank<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

mschrank [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eugene Li<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

lieugene [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bozhou Chen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

chenb2 [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Melissa Uriguen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

melissa.uriguen [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kendall Willis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

kendallwillis [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cameron Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

cameronthomas [at] ufl [dot] edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ryan Roth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rosario Firmino<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Daniel Shmul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Brian Hicks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hayden Menge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hired at Amazon as Software Development Engineer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Jan. 2021 – Feb 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas Signori<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hired at Microsoft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Oct. 2020 – Dec 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Zoe Frongillo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hired at GE Healthcare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Aug. 2021 – Dec 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Caleb Wong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Sept. 2020 – Dec 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vida Tonkova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Aug. 2020 – May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Isabella Perlmutter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Aug. 2020 – May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anthony Baldino<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Aug. 2020 – May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jason Chen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Jan. 2020 – May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Daniel Bertak<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hired at Amazon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Aug. 2020 – May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sarah Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admitted to the Computer Science MS program at the University of California San Diego in San Diego, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Jan. 2020 – May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Denisse Ventura<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Jan. 2020 – May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Daniel Rodriguez<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hired as a Research Assistant in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Aug. 2020 – May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nancy Newlin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admitted to the Computer Science PhD program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2020 – May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chandler Trousdale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hired as a Software Engineer at OMP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Aug. 2020 – May 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sky Myers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant June 2020 – Feb. 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emily Pilley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Jan. 2020 – Dec. 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hubert Zhao<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hired as a Software Engineer at Capital One<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Aug. 2019 – May 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sofia Vega<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admitted to the Biostatistics PhD program at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Apr. 2019 – May 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tyler Fonzi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Aug. 2019 – May. 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kevin Naughton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hired as a Software Engineer at Google<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Jan. 2020 – May. 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Deanna Gran<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Sep. 2019 – Feb. 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Caleb Robey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hired as an Embedded Processors Applications Engineer for Texas Instruments<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Sep. 2018 – Aug. 2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Daniel Shatz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hired as Deep Learning and Computer Vision Researcher for IBM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Jan. 2019 – May. 2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Valentio Christian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Sep. 2018 \u2013 May. 2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ross Spencer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Sep. 2018 – Apr. 2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yutai Zhou<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Alyssa Bowles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Daniel Suen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admitted to the Statistics PhD program at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Nov. 2016 – Dec. 2018<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Akira Sewnath<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Dec. 2017 – Dec. 2018<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Layiwola Ibukun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Sep. 2018 – Dec. 2018<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jake Samuelson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Sep. 2018 – Dec. 2018<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jason Bonvie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Nov. 2016 – Dec. 2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Evan Gruda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant June 2017 – Dec. 2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jefferey Hornbeck<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2017 – Dec. 2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas Young<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2017 – Dec. 2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christian Marin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Nov. 2016 – Dec. 2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Samuel Goldstein<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Nov. 2016 – May 2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lysny Woodahl<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant Nov. 2016 – Apr 2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Former Undergraduate Research Assistants in our lab at the University of Missouri:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n