{"id":37,"date":"2021-07-14T23:25:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T23:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angle-lab.com\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-10-25T11:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:53:53","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/angle-lab.com\/site\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the lab have a range of different backgrounds &#8212; mathematics, computer science, economics etc. The past members have gone on to prominent positions in academia and Industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk\/rsarkar\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk\/rsarkar\/\"><strong>Rik Sarkar<\/strong> <\/a>is a Reader (Associate Professor) at the School of Informatics at University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/angle-lab.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119\" style=\"width:151px;height:201px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angle-lab.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png 230w, https:\/\/angle-lab.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tobias Cheung<\/strong> PhD student.His research interests are in Geometry and Topology, Diffusion models, Fine tuning and provenance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thomas Wong<\/strong> PhD student at University of Edinburgh, his interests are in security and privacy in machine learning, Blockchains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saheltorkamani.github.io\/\">Sahel Torkamani<\/a><\/strong> PhD student. Her interests are geometry and statistics of neural networks, training dynamics and differential privacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hadis Ahmadian<\/strong> is a starting PhD student. Her interests are in drug design, protein folding and diffusion models, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"past-members\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past members <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/laurenwatson.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lauren Watson<\/a><\/strong> Paypal research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=scwihDYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rayna Andreeva <\/a><\/strong>Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/benedekrozemberczki\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Benedek Rozemberczki<\/strong><\/a> Research Scientist at Isomorphic Labs (part of Deepmind, Alphabet). Previously, Research Scientist, AstraZeneca. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cst.cam.ac.uk\/people\/ag2187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abhirup Ghosh<\/a><\/strong> Assistant Professor, University of Birmingham <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mariaast.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Asrefanoaei<\/a><\/strong>  Assistant Professor, ITU Copenhagen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/yota-katsikouli\" target=\"_blank\">Panagiota (Yota) Katsikouli<\/a><\/strong> Research Associate, University of Copenhagen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholars.ncu.edu.tw\/en\/persons\/hao-tsung-yang\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholars.ncu.edu.tw\/en\/persons\/hao-tsung-yang\"><strong>Hao-Tsung Yang<\/strong><\/a> Assistant Professor, National Central University, Taiwan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"past-visitors-and-interns\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Visitors and Interns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sahasra Vundavalli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huy Quang Le<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zeno Kujawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zhiyi Wang. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ameer Saadt Yazdi <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dimirtris Christodoulou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parul Saini<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the lab have a range of different backgrounds &#8212; mathematics, computer science, economics etc. The past members have gone on to prominent positions in academia and Industry. Rik Sarkar is a Reader (Associate Professor) at the School of Informatics at University of Edinburgh. 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