Ph.D. Degrees Supervised and Completed at Iowa State University

Brian Patterson, 2011
Thesis: Three Topics in the Theory of Computing: Multi-Resolution Cellular Automata, the Kolmogorov Complexity Characterization of Regular Languages, and Hidden Variables in Bayesian Networks
(supervised jointly with James I. Lathrop)

Present Position: Assistant Professor

Division of Mathematics and Computer Science

Oglethorpe University

Atlanta, GA
Scott M. Summers, 2010
Thesis: Universality in Algorithmic Self-Assembly
(supervised jointly with James I. Lathrop)

Present Position: Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Platteville, WI
Matthew J. Patitz, 2010
Thesis: Toward a Molecular Programming Language for Algorithmic Self-Assembly

Present Position: Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science

University of Texas - Pan American

Edinburg, TX
Xiaoyang Gu, 2009
Thesis: Fractals in Complexity and Geometry

Present Position: Principal Software Engineer

LinkedIn

Mountain View, CA
Satyadev Nandakumar, 2009
Thesis: Dynamics, Measure and Dimension in the Theory of Computing

Present Position: Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Kanpur, India
David S. Doty, 2009
Thesis: Applications of the Theory of Computation to Nanoscale Self-Assembly
(supervised jointly with James I. Lathrop)

Present Position: Computing Innovation Fellow and Postdoctoral Scholar

Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA
John M. Hitchcock, 2003
Honorable mention (runner-up) for the 2004 Zaffarano Award for Graduate Student Research (awarded to one Iowa State University graduate student each year)
Thesis: Effective Fractal Dimension: Foundations and Applications

Present Position: Associate Professor of Computer Science

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY
Jack J. Dai, 2001
Winner of the 2001 Zaffarano Award for Graduate Student Research (awarded to one Iowa State University graduate student each year)
Thesis: Some Results in Probability and Theoretical Computer Science
(supervised jointly with Krishna B. Athreya)

Present Position: Postoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Mathematics

Fudan University

Shanghai, China
James I. Lathrop, 1997
Thesis: Computing and Evolving Variants of Computational Depth

Present Position: Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

Iowa State University

Ames, IA
Josef M. Breutzmann, 1996
Thesis: The Complexity of Parameters for Probabilistic and Quantum Computation

Present Position: Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics

Chair, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics

Wartburg College

Waverly, IA
David W. Juedes, 1994
Thesis: The Complexity and Distribution of Computationally Useful Problems

Present Position: Associate Professor and Chair

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Ohio University

Athens, OH

Present Position:	Assistant Professor
	Division of Mathematics and Computer Science
	Oglethorpe University
	Atlanta, GA

Present Position:	Assistant Professor
	Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
	University of Wisconsin - Platteville
	Platteville, WI

Present Position:	Assistant Professor
	Department of Computer Science
	University of Texas - Pan American
	Edinburg, TX

Present Position:	Principal Software Engineer
	LinkedIn
	Mountain View, CA

Present Position:	Computing Innovation Fellow and Postdoctoral Scholar
	Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
	California Institute of Technology
	Pasadena, CA

Present Position:	Associate Professor of Computer Science
	University of Wyoming
	Laramie, WY

Present Position:	Postoctoral Research Fellow
	Department of Mathematics
	Fudan University
	Shanghai, China

Present Position:	Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
	Iowa State University
	Ames, IA

Present Position:	Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
	Chair, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics
	Wartburg College
	Waverly, IA

Present Position:	Associate Professor and Chair
	School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
	Ohio University
	Athens, OH