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66<p>Jump to <a href="#phd-students">PhD students</a>, <a href="#undergraduate-students">Undergraduate students</a>, <a href="#affiliated-student-collaborators">Affiliates</a>, <a href="#alumni">Alumni</a></p>
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73    <h4><a href="https://blast-cu.github.io/mlpacheco/">Maria Leonor Pacheco</a></h4>
74    <p><i>Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science</i></p>
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86    <h4><a href="https://aleto1999.github.io/">Alex Leto</a></h4>
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96    <h4><a href="https://blast-cu.github.io/team/#phd-students">Dananjay Srinivas</a></h4>
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108    <h4><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-gluck-b63695354/">Aaron Gluck</a></h4>
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118    <h4><a href="https://www.rohandas.net/">Rohan Das</a></h4>
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130    <h4><a href="https://chloes.computer/">Chloe Eggleston</a></h4>
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140    <h4><a href="https://blast-cu.github.io/team/#phd-students">Mary Martin</a></h4>
141    <p><b>Co-advised with <a href="https://www.colorado.edu/faculty/palmer-martha/">Martha Palmer</a></b></p>
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154    <h4><a href="https://blast-cu.github.io/team/#phd-students">Matt Pauk</a></h4>
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170    <h4><a href="https://github.com/kywi4190/Projects">Kyle Wilson</a></h4>
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180<h3 id="affiliated-student-collaborators">Affiliated Student Collaborators</h3>
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182  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/henry-radovich-25896023a/">Henry Radovich</a>, CS Undergraduate Student, University of Colorado Boulder</li>
183  <li><a href="https://juan-vasquez.com/">Juan Vasquez</a>, CS PhD Student, University of Colorado Boulder</li>
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184<a href="https://advaitdeshmukh.com/">Advait Deshmukh</a>, CS PhD Student, University of Colorado Boulder</li>
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187<h3 id="alumni">Alumni</h3>
188<h5 id="first-position"><em>(First Position)</em></h5>
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192  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mreedul-gupta/">Mreedul Gupta</a> (2025-2026). <em>AI Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin Space</em></li>
193  <li><a href="https://obedjunias.com/">Obed Junias</a> (2025-2026). <em>Researcher at at the University of Colorado Boulder</em></li>
194  <li><a href="https://prajaktakini.github.io/">Prajakta Kini</a> (2025-2026). <em>Machine Learning Engineer II at Deep Sync</em></li>
195  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/graysonth/">Grayson Hubbell</a> (2025-2026). **</li>
196  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/saksham-khatwani/">Saksham Khatwani</a> (2025-2026). <em>Researcher at at the University of Colorado Anschutz</em></li>
197  <li><a href="https://www.ta.vin/">Tavin Turner</a> (2025). <em>Associate Software Engineer at Ibotta</em></li>
198  <li><a href="https://bagyasree.com/">Bagyasree Sudharsan</a> (2024-2025). **</li>
199  <li><a href="https://advaitdeshmukh.com/">Advait Deshmukh</a> (2024-2025). <em>PhD Student at the University of Colorado Boulder</em></li>
200  <li><a href="https://alvin-pc-chen.github.io/">Alvin Chen</a> (2024-2025). <em>Co-Founder/CPO at Stealth Startup</em></li>
201  <li><a href="https://github.com/lunaria-bee">Luna Peck</a> (2024-2025). <em>PhD Student at the University of British Columbia</em></li>
202  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/denzilbilson/">Denzil Ekow Bilson</a> (2023-2025). <em>

202Machine Learning Engineer at Intuit</em></li>
203  <li><a href="https://karthiksairam01.github.io/">Karthik Sairam</a> (2025). **</li>
204  <li><a href="https://ashwinumadi.github.io/">Ashwin Umadi</a> (2024-2025). <em>Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs</em></li>
205  <li><a href="https://anirudhmaiya.github.io/">Anirudh Maiya</a> (2024-2025). <em>Software Engineer at Commvault</em></li>
206  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankush-raut-3ab09b113/">Ankush Raut</a> (2024-2025). <em>Applied Scientist at Microsoft</em></li>
207  <li><a href="https://github.com/sonofposeidon1999">Daksha Singhal</a> (2024-2025). <em>Software Development Engineer at Amazon</em></li>
208  <li><a href="https://blast-cu.github.io/team/#phd-students">Matt Pauk</a> (2023-2025). <em>PhD Student at the University of Colorado Boulder</em></li>
209  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/acprime96/">Aditya Chandra</a> (2023-2024). <em>Associate Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs</em></li>
210  <li><a href="https://www.rohandas.net/">Rohan Das</a> (2023). <em>PhD Student at the University of Colorado Boulder</em></li>
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213<h4 id="undergraduate-students-1">Undergraduate Students</h4>
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215  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/niklas-hofstetter-1662441b2/">Niklas Hofstetter (Europe-Colorado Mobility Program)</a> (2025). **</li>
216  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-barry1/">Alexandra Barry</a> (2024-2025). **</li>
217  <li><a href="https://www.ta.vin/">Tavin Turner</a> (2024-2025). <em>MS Student at the University of Colorado Boulder</em></li>
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222  <li><a href="https://blast-cu.github.io/team/#affiliated-student-collaborators">Ronald Jangam</a>, CS Undergraduate Student, University of Colorado Boulder (2026). **</li>
223  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoharnaaman/">Zohar Naaman</a>, MS Linguistics Student, University of Colorado Boulder (2025). <em>PhD Student at the University of Colorado Boulder</em></li>
224  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleshi/">Kyle Shi</a>, CS Undergraduate Student, University of Colorado Boulder (2024). <em>Software Engineer at Uber</em></li>
225  <li><a href="https://maksimseniw.com/">Maksim Seniw</a>, CS Undergraduate Student, University of Colorado Boulder (2024). <em>Software Engineer at Spectrum</em></li>
226  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-a-perez/">Brandon Perez</a>, CS Undergraduate Student, University of Colorado Boulder (2024). <em>MLOps Engineer at Apple</em></li>
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