Post-Docs

Federico Battista

Federico Battista is a postdoctoral researcher at Lehigh University's Department of Industrial and System Engineering (ISE). He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of Rome "Sapienza". He earned his M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science from the University of L'Aquila (Italy). He is a member of the Computational Optimization Research at the Lehigh (COR@L) group.

His research interests are in Mixed-Integer Bilevel Optimization (MIBLP) algorithms and software development, as well as Semidefinite Programming (SDP) algorithms and their application in Combinatorial Optimization.

 
Mohammad Mohammadisiahroudi

Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Lehigh University, working in the Quantum Computing and Optimization Lab. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Lehigh University in August 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Tamás Terlaky. Before joining Lehigh, he earned his master's degree from Sharif University of Technology and his bachelor's degree from Iran University of Science and Technology, both in Industrial Engineering. His research focuses on developing, analyzing, and implementing efficient quantum and classical algorithms for solving large-scale optimization problems, particularly conic and linear optimization. His work has been recognized with the 2023 INFORMS Computing Society Best Student Paper Prize (runner-up) and the 2023 Van Hoesen Family Best Publication Award.

 

Ph.D. Students

Samuel Oluwatosin Ajibola
NameOluwatosin Akande 
Advisor: Akwum Onwunta
Lehigh ID: oaa323
Anjie Ding
Name: Anjie Ding
Advisor: Luis Nunes Vicente
Lehigh IDand523
Lingjun Guo
Name: Lingjun Guo
Advisor: Frank E. Curtis and Daniel P. Robinson
Lehigh IDlig423
Adrian Harkness
Name: Adrian Harkness
Advisor: Tamás Terlaky and Luis F. Zuluaga
Lehigh IDadh323
Sean Kelley
Advisor: Ted Ralphs
Lehigh ID: sek519
Griffin Kent
Advisor: Luis Nunes Vicente
Lehigh ID: gdk220
Zahra Khatti
Name: Zahra Khatti
Advisor: Frank E. Curtis and Daniel P. Robinson
Lehigh IDzak223
Didem Kochan
Advisor: Xiu Yang
Lehigh ID: dik318
Shutian Li
Name: Shutian Li
Advisor: Karmel S. Shehadeh
Lehigh ID: shl919
Zhendong Li
Name: Zhendong Li
Advisor: Akwum Onwunta
Lehigh IDzhl923
Sharmine Akther Liza
Name: Sharmine Akther Liza
Advisor: Larry Snyder
Lehigh ID: shl622
Yuyang Ma
Name: Yuyang Ma
Advisor: Karmel S. Shehadeh
Lehigh IDyum223
Rodolfo Alexander Quintero Ospina
Name: Josline Mwape
Advisor: Akwum Onwunta
Lehigh IDjom724
Josline Mwape
Name: Rodolfo Alexander Quintero Ospina
Advisor: Luis F. Zuluaga
Lehigh ID: roq219
Xiaoyi Qu
Name: Xiaoyi Qu
Advisor: Daniel Robinson
Lehigh ID: xiq322
Brendan Ruskey
Name: Brendan Ruskey
Advisor: Larry Snyder
Lehigh ID: bjr221
Pouya Sampourmahani
Advisor: Tamás Terlaky
Lehigh ID: pos220
Mohammad Hesam Shaelaie
Name: Mohammad Hesam Shaelaie
Advisors: Ted Ralphs
Lehigh ID: mos519
Huanwen Shen
Name: Huanwen Shen
Advisor: Aida Khajavirad
Lehigh ID: hus221
Dongwei Shi
Name: Dongwei Shi
Advisor: Xiu Yang
Lehigh IDdos222
Jingfu Tan
Name: Jingfu Tan
Advisor: Luis Nunes Vicente
Lehigh IDjit423
Man Yiu Tsang
Advisor: Karmel S. Shehadeh
Lehigh ID: mat420
Qi Wang
Name: Qi Wang
Advisor: Frank E. Curtis
Lehigh ID: qiw420
Yakun Wang
Name: Yakun Wang
Advisor: Aida Khajavirad
Lehigh ID: yaw220
Chia-Yuan Wu
Name: Chia-Yuan Wu
Advisor: Daniel Robinson
Lehigh ID: chw222
Ken Wu
Name: Ken Wu
Advisors: Luis Nunes Vicente
Lehigh IDkew324
Zeguan Wu
Name: Zeguan Wu
Advisors: Tamás Terlaky and Xiu Yang
Lehigh ID: zew220
Yu Xie
Name: Yu Xie
Advisor: Ted Ralphs
Lehigh ID: yux616
Jun-kai You
Name: Jun-Kai You
Advisor: Luis F. Zuluaga and Tamás Terlaky
Lehigh IDjuy324
Lara Zebiane
Name: Lara Zebiane
Advisor: Frank E. Curtis
Lehigh IDlaz223
Muqing Zheng
Advisor: Xiu Yang
Lehigh ID: muz219
Yunlang Zhu
Name: Yunlang Zhu
Advisor: Frank E. Curtis and Aida Khajavirad
Lehigh IDyuza23