Team
People who have contributed to the lab through research, collaboration, and applied project work across different years and stages of study.
2025-2026Postdoc: 1Graduate: 3Undergraduate: 11High School: 4
Postdoc
Graduate
Tejaswi Velaga
University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Research: Heat Risk Calculator Web Portal Development
Undergraduate
Akhilasri Arla
Area of Research: Understanding Data Center Impacts: A Resource Use and Environmental Assessment Framework
Alexa Bueno
Area of Research: Decoding the Impact of Catchment Dynamics on Horseshoe Lake Water Quality

Asher Chan
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Area of Research: Horseshoe Lake Chlorophyll Prediction using Water Quality and Environmental Datasets
Azibator Alagoa
Area of Research: Data Center Community Profile Analysis Dashabrod
Bianca Udeogu
Area of Research: Estimating H5N1 Transmission Potential (Rₑ) Using Epidemiological Modeling and One Health Data
Olukolajo (KJ) Sodipe
Area of Research: Development of a Heat Action Planning Portal for Cities
Shruti Mukhopadhyay
Area of Research: Data Center Community Profile Analysis Dashboard

Yahir Langumas
Area of Research: Understanding Data Center Impacts: A Resource Use and Environmental Assessment Framework
High School
Inayat Chandra
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Area of Research: Estimating H5N1 Transmission Potential (Rₑ) Using Epidemiological Modeling and One Health Data
Issac Emmanuel
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Area of Research: Vegetation Influence on Chlorophyll Variability in Horseshoe Lake (Madison County) Using Satellite Remote
Kavya Shah
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Area of Research: Estimating H5N1 Transmission Potential (Rₑ) Using Epidemiological Modeling and One Health Data

Pragyan Misra
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Area of Research: Vegetation Influence on Chlorophyll Variability in Horseshoe Lake (Madison County) Using Satellite Remote
2024-2025Graduate: 7Undergraduate: 6High School: 2
Graduate

Aarsh Patel
University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Research: Artificial Intelligence-Based Dashboard development for Diabetic Retinopathy
Aayush Gupta
University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Research: Inclusive Machine Learning-Based Asthma Risk Assessment Model

Raj Mehta
University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Research: Autonomic AI-ML Platform Development
Vatsal Tailor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Area of Research: Remote sensing to detect harmful algal blooms in inland waterbodies
Undergraduate
High School

Ellen Hsuan
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Area of Research: Spatiotemporal Water Quality Assessment in Spatially Heterogeneous Horseshoe Lake, Madison County, Illinois
Yoonseo Kim
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Area of Research: Segmentation and measurement of Diabetic Retinopathy lesions in retinal fundus images
2023-2024Graduate: 4Undergraduate: 8High School: 1
Graduate

Aditya Nair
University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Research: Machine Learning, Predictive AI, Epidemiology Modeling

Karan Jogi
University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Research: Machine Learning, Explainable AI, Climate Modeling

Nitish Dewan
University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Research: Deep Learning, Google Earth Engine, Biomedical Image Processing
Undergraduate
Christina Jordan
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Area of Research: Automated AI/ML Platform Development
Daniel Peredes
Northeastern Illinois University
Edgar Brizuela
University of Illinois Chicago
Jennifer Gonzalez
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Jennifer Lopez Montoya
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Joshua Bueno
University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Research: Spatial Data Integration and Visualization of Chicago Community Area Datasets Using GeoPandas and VegaLite
High School

Saye Vikram Karthikeyan
Waubonsie Valley High School, Aurora, Illinois
Area of Research: Nonparametric Trend Analysis (Mann-Kendall) of Atmospheric Datasets
2022-2023Undergraduate: 2
Undergraduate

Chenfei Hu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Area of Research: Time Series Analysis, Cluster Analysis, COVID-19 Data Analytics

Vish Gopal Sekar
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Area of Research: Data Management and EPA WWTPs Data Analytics
2021-2022Graduate: 1
Graduate

Arya Dadhania
University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Research: Bio-medical Image Processing, deep Learning, Lung and Colon Cancer Classification





