Faculty Claudia Scarlata Distinguished McKnight University Professor (MIfA Director of Graduate Studies), Director , Minnesota Institute for Astrophysicists Dan Boley Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Director of Graduate Studies, Data Science Graduate Program Galin Jones Professor and Director, School of Statistics Gregory Pawloski Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy Jarvis Haupt Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Lucy Fortson Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy and Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics Michael Coughlin Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy Michael Steinbach Researcher, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Patrick Kelly Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy and Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics Sara Algeri Assistant Professor CLA Statistics, School of UMN Twin Cities Vipin Kumar Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Vuk Mandic Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy and Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics Xiaotong Shen Professor, School of Statistics Cohort 1 Alexander Criswell PhD Astrophysics Angelo Rustichini MS in Statistics Brendan King PhD in Physics Jesse Miller PhD in Statistics Laura Salo PhD in Astrophysics Rebecca Dura MS in Data Science Rui Zhou MS in Data Science Sai Sundar MS in Data Science Sam Johnson MS in Data Science Shaowei Wu PhD in Physics Taarak Shah MS in Statistics Cohort 2 Andrew Toivonen PhD in Astrophysics Anjana Telidevara PhD in Astrophysics Dragon (Draco) Reed PhD in Astrophysics Mo Guiga MS in Data Science Nicole Sullivan MS in Data Science R. Oliver VandenBerg PhD in Statistics Rafia Omer PhD in Physics Will Benoit PhD in Physics Yuping Zheng PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering Professional Training Instructor Kristi Kremers Coordinator Cheryl Alementi Program Coordinator