Faculty
Lei Zhang, Assistant Professor
Current Students
Ainaz Jamshidi (Ph.D., Spring 2024–Present)
Email: ainazj1@umbc.edu
Research Interests: machine learning, natural language processing, reinforcement learning, quantum software engineering
Fang Yuan (Ph.D., Fall 2023–Present)
Email: fyuan1@umbc.edu
Research Interests: software engineering, applied post-quantum cryptography
Nadeem Ahmed (Ph.D., Spring 2023–Present, supervisor: Dr. Aryya Gangopadhyay)
Email: nahmed5@umbc.edu
Research interests: applied post-quantum cryptography, cybersecurity, computer networks
Nick Kim (Master’s Research Assistant, Summer 2024–Present)
Email: dkim26@umbc.edu
Research interests: quantum software engineering, machine learning
Poojitha Thatamsetty (Master’s Research Assistant, Spring 2025–Present)
Email: pthatam1@umbc.edu
Research interests: machine learning, data analysis, quantum software engineering
Gayatri Thakur (Master’s Research Assistant, Spring 2025–Present)
Email: ml82179@umbc.edu
Research interests: machine learning, quantum software engineering
Past Students
Master’s Students
Khushdeep Kaur (Fall 2023–Fall 2024, Thesis-based)
Sireesha Bommareddy (independent study, Spring 2023– Fall 2024)
Ishan Joshi (independent study, Spring 2023)
Undergraduate Students
Nick Kim (independent study, Fall 2024)
Mikayla Hopper (cybersecurity project, Spring 2023)