Research

Lab Director - Dr. Gahangir Hossain

Current Students & Researchers

PhD Students & Researchers

Name	Joined SCORE Lab	Concentration	Role
Leela Pavani Velagala	2022	Cybersecurity	TA/RA
Salleh Sonko	2023	Data Science	TA/RA
Prashant Vajpayee	2023	Data Science	Lead Researcher
Yahya Awaad	2023	General	TA/RA
Bryan Anderson	2023	Cybersecurity	RA
Yara Mohammed	2023	Data Science	Analyst, Accenture
Mary Nusrat	2023	Data Science	RA
Andrew Holmes	2023	Cybersecurity	VP, Exelon
Tayiba Raheem	2024	Data Science	RA
Anthonia Guevara	2024	Cybersecurity	RA
Rimma Shilkina	2025	Cybersecurity	Intern, Fidelity; PhD Student
Esther Chinwe Eze	2025	Cybersecurity	Volunteer RA
Shilpi Mittal	2025	Cybersecurity	Volunteer RA
Tanesha K. Hollingshed	2025	Cybersecurity	Volunteer RA

Master’s Students

Name	Joined	Role
Binod Tandon	2023	RA
Prakhar Rustagi	2024	RA

Undergraduate Researchers

Name	Joined	Role
Selena Lolljee	2025	Volunteer RA

Graduated & Transfered Students

PhD Students

Name	Concentration	Graduation Year	Outcome
Kossi Biddasu	Cybersecurity	Spring 2024	Graduated Spring 2024 – US Navy
Enamul Hasan	Data Science	Transfered Fall 2024	Transferred to Stony Brook University
Jesudhas Yogarajah	Data Science	Spring 2025	SVP Analytics, Bank OZK

Master’s Students

Name	Role	Outcome
Durga Srikari Maguluri	RA	Graduated 2023 – Director, Data Trust (Newrez LLC)
Dedeepya Yarra	TA/RA (PERFECT project)	Graduated 2024 – ML/MLOps Engineer, eBay
Shafi Parvez	TA/RA (PERFECT project)	Graduated 2024
Syed Yaseen	TA/RA (PERFECT project)	Graduated 2024

Undergraduate Researchers

Name	Role	Outcome
Srikar Kanthala	Summer RA (Cyber-CREWS project)	Graduated 2024