Thesis Committees

Pitt committee

Student Institution Status
Wenjie Huang Pittsburgh (Batell, BSM pheno) Defense being scheduled — July 2026.
Vatsalya Sharan Pittsburgh (Homiller & Han) Invited 2026-04-28 to serve.
Arthur (Tong) Wu Pittsburgh (Tao Han) Admitted to candidacy Nov 2025; 1st committee meeting held.
Rui Xue Pittsburgh (Batell et al.) Candidacy / dissertation-writing stage (Apr 2025).
Tianping Gu Pittsburgh Defended; post-defense paperwork Dec 2023.

External

CMU

Student Institution Status
Chuyuan Liu CMU CMS (Paulini/Dutta/Han) Defended Fall 2025
Wesley Terril CMU CMS Defended Fall 2025
Aleesha KT CMU CMS (Dutta) Annual review held ~mid-March 2026.