Faculty and Graduate Students

Mackenzie Cates earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Central Florida in 2022. She is currently pursuing a M.A. degree in Elementary Education. She plans on being an elementary school teacher upon graduation. This is her first year working with EXCEL.

My name is Deepa Shah, and I am a second year MS. Biotechnology Thesis track student in Self Lab at UCF. In 2020, I graduated with Bachelors in Pharmacy from University of Mumbai, India. My research and professional interest lie in nanomaterials and their application in finding a cure for Clostridioides difficile-related infections. With a…

Michael received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Scranton in 2011; he received his Masters of Science in Pure Mathematics, with Distinction, from DePaul University in 2020; he is currently in his third year of the Pure Math PhD Program at UCF, with an interest in Discrete Mathematics. From 2011 through…

Jingxi Liao is a PhD student at University of Central Florida. His major is mathematics with financial math track.  He earned a bachelor degree in actuarial science at University of Connecticut and master degree in statistics at Columbia University. His research interest is in optimal control that concentrate on different kinds of financial products, such as…