Meet the Team

Graphics, Interaction, and Visualization Group

Team Leader

Faramarz F. Samavati

Professor

Ph.D. Students

Lakin Wecker

Ph.D. Candidate

September 2017 - present

Fatemeh Yazdanbakhsh

Ph.D. Candidate

September 2017 - present

Roghayeh Heidari

Ph.D. Student

September 2021 - present

M.Sc. Students

Christopher Mossman

M.Sc. Student

September 2020 - present

Jeffrey Layton

M.Sc. Student

September 2022 - present

Xi Wang

M.Sc. Student

September 2019 - present

Amir Mirzai Golpayegani

M.Sc. Student

September 2022 - present

Amirhossein Mirtabatabaeipour

M.Sc. Student

September 2019 - present

Armin Kazemi Zanjani

M.Sc. Student

January 2023 - present

Arya Banaeizadeh

M.Sc. Student

January 2021 - present

Erik Biederstadt

M.Sc. Student

September 2021 - present

Hesam Damghanian

M.Sc. Student

January 2023 - present

Mahsa Anvarian

M.Sc. Student

January 2024 - present

Mohammad Hameed

M.Sc. Student

January 2020 - present

Mohammadreza Osouli

M.Sc. Student

September 2021 - present

Undergraduate Students

Riley James

Undergraduate Students

Summer 2023

Tung Nguyen

Undergraduate Students

Summer 2023

Alumni Postdoc and Research Associate

Katayoon Etemad

Alumni Postdoc and Research Associate

September 2016 - 2022

Ali Mahdavi-Amiri

Alumni Postdoc and Research Associate

April 2015 - December 2016

Mohammed S.M. Elbaz

Alumni Postdoc and Research Associate

January 2017 - January 2018

Roya Olyazadeh

Alumni Postdoc and Research Associate

January 2019 - December 2019

Alumni Ph.D. Students

Hessam Djavaherpour

Alumni Ph.D. Student

January 2016 - July 2021

Adam Runions

Alumni Ph.D. Student

January 2008 - January 2015

Troy Alderson

Alumni Ph.D. Student

September 2014 - November 2019

Timothy Davison

Alumni Ph.D. Student

2012 - December 2019

Ali Mahdavi-Amiri

Alumni Ph.D. Student

September 2009 - April 2015

Elisa Portes dos Santos Amorim

Alumni Ph.D. Student

September 2010 - November 2016

Javad Sadeghi

Alumni Ph.D. Student

January 2007 - March 2013

John Brosz

Alumni Ph.D. Student

September 2005 - April 2011

Luke Olsen

Alumni Ph.D. Student

September 2006 - January 2011

Mahmudul Hasan

Alumni Ph.D. Student

September 2009 - August 2018

Ronan Amorim

Alumni Ph.D. Student

September 2010 - May 2017

Alumni M.Sc. Students

Amir Mehr

Alumni M.Sc. Student

January 2021 - February 2023

Meysam Kazemi

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2019 - September 2023

Mia MacTavish

Alumni M.Sc. Student

January 2018 - September 2021

Hooman Khosravi

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2017 - August 2021

Kathleen Ang

Alumni M.Sc. Student

August 2016 - September 2019

Benjamin Ulmer

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2017 - August 2020

John Hall

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2017 - 2022

Samin Sabokrohiyeh

Alumni M.Sc. Student

August 2016 - September 2019

Aaron Severn

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2004 - Octoboer 2006

Alex Brown

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2014 - January 2018

Amirhessam Moltaji

Alumni M.Sc. Student

January 2013 - May 2016

Bita Akram

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2013 - August 2015

Chao Liu

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2009 - January 2012

Elahe R. Moghaddam

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2012 - December 2014

Erika Harrison

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2009 - December 2011

Gaurav Tripathi

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2015 - May 2018

Haleh Alemasoom

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2012 - April 2015

Hamid-Reza Pakdel Sefidgar

Alumni M.Sc. Student

January 2003 - January 2005

Hung-Li Chen

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2005 - Octobor 2007

Jeff Packer

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2010 - May 2013

John Brosz

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2003 - August 2005

Joseph Cherlin

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2003 - March 2006

Kamyar Allahverdi

Alumni M.Sc. Student

January 2015 - May 2018

Kaveh Ketabchi

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2012 - August 2015

Lakin Wecker

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2004 - December 2006

Luke Olsen

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2004 - September 2006

Mahsa Eshraghi

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2006 - August 2008

Mark Koleszar

Alumni M.Sc. Student

January 2011 - September 2015

Mark Sherlock

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2012 - July 2017

Meru Brunn

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2002 - August 2006

Mitra Shirmohammadi

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2004 - March 2008

Nader Hamekasi

Alumni M.Sc. Student

January 2010 - December 2012

Richard Pusch

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2006 - August 2009

Shannon Halbert

Alumni M.Sc. Student

January 2009 - December 2017

Torin Taerum

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2004 - September 2006

Troy Alderson

Alumni M.Sc. Student

September 2010 - June 2014

Alumni Undergraduate Students

Andrew Baker

Alumni Undergraduate Student

2008

Benjamin Stewart

Undergraduate Student

July 2018 - present

Braden Matthew Mund

Alumni Undergraduate Student

May 2016 - September 2016

Eric Nosal

Alumni Undergraduate Student

2003

Faraz Bhojani

Alumni Undergraduate Student

2013

Graham Wells

Alumni Undergraduate Student

May 2009

Hung-Li Chen

Alumni Undergraduate Student

Summer 2005

Jacob Siemons

Alumni Undergraduate Student

May 2015 - September 2015

Jeffrey Layton

Alumni Undergraduate Students

Summer 2021

Jeff Nicholson

Alumni Undergraduate Student

May 2012

Jeremy Hart

Alumni Undergraduate Student

2014

Jonathan Couch

Alumni Undergraduate Student

May 2011 - September 2011

Kyle Dormer

Alumni Undergraduate Student

2009

Layla Arab

Alumni Undergraduate Students

Summer 2022

Marc Stiver

Alumni Undergraduate Student

Summer 2008

Nathan Sorenson

Alumni Undergraduate Student

Summer 2005

Philip Whittingham

Alumni Undergraduate Student

2013 - 2014

Rafael Flores Souza

Alumni Undergraduate Students

Summer 2021

Sean Lynch

Alumni Undergraduate Student

Summer 2007

Soha Hemmati

Alumni Undergraduate Student

2013

Terry Arsenault

Alumni Undergraduate Student

2004

Torin Taerum

Alumni Undergraduate Student

2004

Zaw Aung

Alumni Undergraduate Student

2009