{"id":48,"date":"2017-06-07T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/taeho-jung\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-06-12T01:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:54:17","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/taeho-jung\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students and Visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is my great pleasure to work with these wonderful people! \ud83d\ude00<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Current Ph.D. Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Nirajan Koirala: Fall 2021 – Present
    Email: nkoirala@nd.edu
    Web: https:\/\/n7koirala.github.io\/<\/a>
    Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption, Trusted Execution Environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Tasha Januszewicz: Fall 2023 – Present
    Email: ajanusze@nd.edu
    Web:     https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/tasha-januszewicz\/<\/a>
    Research interests: Lattice-based Cryptography<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Showkot Hossain: Fall 2024 – Present
    Email: shossain@nd.edu
    Web:     https:\/\/showkoth.github.io<\/a>
    Research interests: Blockchain, Web3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Micah Brody: Fall 2024 – Present
    Email: mbrody@nd.edu
    Web:     https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/micah-brody\/<\/a>
    Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption, Trusted Execution Environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Jenna Zhao: Fall 2024 – Present
    Email: jzhao7@nd.edu
    Web: TBD
    Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption, Differential Privacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Yanchen Liu: Fall 2025 – Present
    Email: yliu73@nd.edu
    Web: TBD
    Research interests: Blockchain and Zero-Knowledge Proofs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Ph.D. Alumni<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Ryan Karl (Spring 2018 – Fall 2021)
      Initial employment: Security Researcher, Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
      ryankarl915@gmail.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Jonathan Takeshita: Fall 2018 – Fall 2023
      Initial employment: Software Engineer, Cornami; now a tenure-track assistant professor at ODU
      Web:       https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/jonathan-takeshita<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Changhao Chenli: Fall 2018 – Summer 2024
      Initial employment: Tenure-track assistant professor at Indiana Tech.
      Web:       https:\/\/academics.indianatech.edu\/faculty-member\/changhao-chenli\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Wenyi Tang: Fall 2020 – Spring 2026
      Initial employment: Postdoc researcher at IU School of Medicine
      Web:       https:\/\/iynew.github.io<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Visitors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Chanyang Ju (Ph.D. student at Hanyang University, Summer 2021 – Spring 2022)
        For collaboration on Zero-knowledge Proof and Blockchain<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Gwangwoon Lee (MS student at Hanyang University, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022)
        For collaboration on Zero-knowledge Proof and Blockchain<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Hyeonbum Lee (Ph.D. student at Hanyang University, Fall 2022 – Spring 2023)
        For collaboration on Zero-knowledge Proof and Blockchain<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Kyuwhan Lee (MS student at Hanyang University, Fall 2022 – Spring 2023)
        For collaboration on Zero-knowledge Proof and Blockchain<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. Mikyung Park (Summer 2023 – Fall 2023)
        For collaboration on Malware analysis and Cyberattack defense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      6. Seongho Park (Ph.D. student at Hanyang University, Spring 2024)
        For collaboration on Zero-knowledge Proof and Blockchain<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      7. Seunghun Paik (Ph.D. student at Hanyang University, Spring 2025)
        For collaboration on Homomorphic Encryption<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      8. Yunki Kim (Ph.D. student at Hanyang University, Summer 2025, Fall 2025)
        For collaboration on Homomorphic Encryption<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      9. Hyunjung Son (Ph.D. student at Hanyang University, Summer 2025, Spring 2026)
        For collaboration on ZKP-based copyright management<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Current and Past Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Hannah Burchfield (University of Notre Dame): Summer 2018 – Fall 2018
          Research interests: Cryptography, Function computability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Cian Levy (Trinity College Dublin): Summer 2019
          Research interests: Cryptography, Somewhat Homomorphic Encryption<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Ting Gong (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2020 – Spring 2021
          Research interests: Lattice-based Cryptography, Fully Homomorphic Encryption<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. Kathryn Hund (Saint Mary’s College): Spring 2020 – Spring 2021
          Research interests: Secure deep learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. Justin Pajak (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2020 – Summer 2021
          Research interests: Secure deep learning, Trusted Execution Environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        6. Frank Gomulka (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2021
          Research interests: Blockchain<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        7. Colin McKechney (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2021 – Fall 2021
          Research interests: Lattice-based Cryptography, Fully Homomorphic Encryption<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        8. Parker Moore (University of Notre Dame): Summer 2022 – Fall 2022
          Research interests: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        9. Nathan Piecyk (University of Notre Dame): Summer 2023 – Fall 2023
          Research interests: Cyberattack emulation, Log analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        10. John Kapustka (University of Notre Dame): Summer 2023
          Research interests: Cyberattack emulation, Log analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        11. Allen Uy (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2023 – ???
          Research interests: Cyberattack and defense<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        12. Chris Boumalhab<\/span> (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2023
          Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        13. Jeremy Arellano (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2023
          Research interests: Cyberattack and defense<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        14. Jack Munhall (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2023
          Research interests: Cyberattack and defense<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        15. Jeremy Stevens (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2023 – Spring 2024
          Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption and Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        16. Jenna Zhao (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2024
          Research interests: Mathematics and Applications to Cryptography<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        17. Daniela Medrano Guti\u00e9rrez (Universidad Panamericana): Summer 2023 – Fall 2024
          Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption, Private Stream Aggregation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        18. Gustavo Prado Fenzi Aniceto (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2023 – Fall 2024
          Research interests: Web3 System Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        19. Jonathan D’Alonzo (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2024
          Research interests: Web3 System Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        20. Tommy Rozgonyi (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2024
          Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption and Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        21. Sam Martin (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2024 – Spring 2025
          Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption and Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        22. Ryan Nahm (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2025
          Research interests: Decentralized Query Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        23. Kaitlyn Galindez (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2025
          Research interests: Trusted Execution Environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        24. John Whalen (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2025
          Research interests: Lattice-based Cryptography<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        25. Maria Leal (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2025
          Research interests: Secure Decentralized File Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        26. William Martin (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2026
          Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption and Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        27. Martin Garcia (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2026
          Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption and Applications to LLM<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        28. Aaron Wang (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2025 – Spring 2026
          Research interests: Decentralized Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        29. Will Armsworthy (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2025 – Spring 2026
          Research interests: Secure Decentralized File Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        30. Kevin Vuong (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2025 – Spring 2026
          Research interests: Trusted Execution Environment and Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        31. Anna Crimmins (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2025 – Spring 2026
          Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption and Applications to LLM<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        32. Jack Nero (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2024 – Spring 2026
          Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption and Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        33. Helena Berens (University of Notre Dame): Fall 2024 – Spring 2025 & Spring 2026
          Research interests: Fully Homomorphic Encryption and Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        34. Paola Colmenero (University of Notre Dame): Spring 2026
          Research interests: Secure Decentralized File Systems<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          High School Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          1. John Thomason (Marian High School, Fall 2019 – Spring 2020): Homomorphic encryption and its application on privacy-preserving ridge regression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. Jayden Bell (Penn High School, Summer 2020): Study and implementation of Bitcoin protocols.\n