Purdue University

Meet Jacob Verburgt

Jacob is a Senior AI Applications Scientist. He is your go to for guidance with project layout or presentation, technical questions on Linux or HPC.

Meet Mihir Ahlawat

Mihir Ahlawat is a Purdue University alumnus with a master's degree in Statistics and Computer Science. He focuses on building Generative AI solutions using Purdue's high-performance computing systems, with the goal of making AI more accessible to the university community. Mihir works closely with researchers across disciplines, offers training in AI and data science, and helps users effectively tap into Purdue's advanced computing resources.

Meet LJ Lumas

LJ Lumas is a Senior Research Solutions Engineer specializing in High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Kubernetes. Lumas's current role, combines cutting-edge technology with the satisfaction of empowering researchers to solve real-world problems. Lumas enjoys helping researchers use AI tools alongside traditional HPC workflows.

Meet Frank Bakhit

Meet Guangzhen Jin

As a Senior Computational Scientist for the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, Guangzhen works with faculty and researchers from diverse backgrounds and helps them to solve their computing problems.

Meet Dane Deemer

Dane blends traditional biological training with modern full-stack software engineering and data science skills. He focuses on helping researchers understand and interpret large, complex datasets, and he develops intuitive tools - both command-line focused and graphical - to support wet-lab scientists in decision making. He enjoys mentoring others in bridging the gap between bench science and computational analysis.

Meet Bithi De

Bithi is a Senior Computational Climate Scientist. She is your go to for guidance on Linux/HPC and understanding the big picture of your project goal.

Meet David Liu

More information coming soon about David Lui and their role with the 2026 Anvil summer REU program!

Elham Barezi's project

Elham is an AI research scientist at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing at Purdue. Elham is contributing to AI computing efforts, including collaborating on research and cyberinfrastructure proposals, supporting researchers with her AI expertise. To meet Elham Barezi and learn more about her role with the 2025 Anvil summer REU program!

Sam Weekly's project

Sam Weekly is a Research Solutions Engineer at Rosen Center for Advanced Computing Purdue. He helps reseachers solve their problems by contributing to the design, buildout and operations of the compute and storage systems our researchers leverage for their work. Sam enjoys tinkering with technology, all aspects of music and being outdoors. To meet Sam Weekly and learn more about his role with the 2025 Anvil summer REU program!

Nannan Shan's project

Nannan Shan is a computational chemist by training who became a Senior Computational Scientist at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing at Purdue. Nannan is part of the user support and application team to facilitate the usage of computation and storage resources at RCAC. To meet Nannan Shan and learn more about her role with the 2025 Anvil summer REU program!

Patrick Finnegan's project

Patrick has worked with RCAC since before finishing his undergraduate degree at Purdue. He worked to build the first centralized Linux Clusters out of reused desktop PCs, moving to administrate systems with AIX, Solaris, Debian, and Redhat Linux. Patrick has spent a lot of time researching alternative and novel architectures for computing, from ARM to POWER, FPGAs, Xeon Phi, and even IBM Z. To meet Patrick Finnegan and learn more about his role with the 2025 Anvil summer REU program!

LJ Lumas's project

LJ Lumas is a Senior Research Solutions Engineer specializing in High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Kubernetes. Lumas's current role, combines cutting-edge technology with the satisfaction of empowering researchers to solve real-world problems. Lumas enjoys helping researchers use AI tools alongside traditional HPC workflows. To meet LJ Lumas and learn more about his role with the 2025 Anvil summer REU program!

Haniye Kashgarani's project

Prior to joing to RCAC team, my research area was in fields of machine learning, algorithm selection, and combinatorial optimization. To meet Haniye Kashgarani and learn more about her role with the 2025 Anvil summer REU program!

Arun Seetharam's project

Dr. Arun Seetharam is a lead bioinformatics scientist at Purdue University’s Rosen Center for Advanced Computing. With extensive expertise in comparative genomics, genome assembly, annotation, single-cell genomics, NGS data analysis, metagenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Arun supports a diverse range of bioinformatics projects across various organisms, including human model systems. To meet Arun Seetharam and learn more about his role with the 2025 Anvil summer REU program!

Ashish's project

Ashish is a Senior Research Data Scientist at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing at Purdue. Ashish specializes in analyzing complex data sets, applying statistical models, and leveraging machine learning techniques to extract meaningful insights and drive innovation in my field. To meet Ashish and learn more about his role with the 2025 Anvil summer REU program!

Rajesh Kalyanam's project

As a computer engineer and research scientist for the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, Rajesh works on both software engineering for research projects as well as writing grant proposals in collaboration with faculty who need advanced computing resources for their research projects. To meet Rajesh Kalyanam and learn more about his role with the 2024 Anvil summer REU program!

Nannan Shan's project

Nannan Shan is a computational chemist by training who became a Senior Computational Scientist at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing at Purdue. Nannan is part of the user support and application team to facilitate the usage of computation and storage resources at RCAC. To meet Nannan Shan and learn more about her role with the 2024 Anvil summer REU program!

Amiya Maji's project

Amiya Maji is a Lead Computational Scientist at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing at Purdue University, with a research background in Software Reliability and Security. In his role at RCAC, Amiya leads scientific application deployment, build automation, and software testing on various HPC clusters. To meet Amiya Maji and learn more about his role with the 2024 Anvil summer REU program!

Jungha Woo's project

Jungha Woo is a Lead Software Engineer in the Scientific Solutions Group at RCAC—a group tasked with helping researchers and professors utilize the university's computing resources. Jungha helps researchers run their code faster and easier on some Purdue or National clusters, among other things. To meet Jungha Woo and learn more about his role with the 2024 Anvil summer REU program!

Sarah Rodenbeck's project

Sarah Rodenbeck is a Lead Research Data Scientist at RCAC whose work is primarily focused around AI and machine learning. Her work primarily falls within two categories: internal data science work focused on helping improve RCAC operations with data science/AI, and researcher-facing work where she consults with researchers throughout the university on data and AI-related aspects of their work. To meet Sarah Rodenbeck and learn more about her role with the 2024 Anvil summer REU program!

Guangzhen Jin's project

As a Senior Computational Scientist for the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, Guangzhen works with faculty and researchers from diverse backgrounds and helps them to solve their computing problems. To meet Guangzhen Jin and learn more about his role with the 2024 Anvil summer REU program!

Matthew Scarpino's project

Matthew Scarpino is a Lead Research Software Engineer for the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing. Matt has worked in software development for over 20 years, focusing on high-performance computing, signal processing, and graphical user interfaces. To meet Matthew Scarpino and learn more about his role with the 2024 Anvil summer REU program!

Ashish's project

Ashish is a Senior Research Data Scientist at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing at Purdue. Ashish specializes in analyzing complex data sets, applying statistical models, and leveraging machine learning techniques to extract meaningful insights and drive innovation in my field. To meet Ashish and learn more about his role with the 2024 Anvil summer REU program!