👩‍🏫 Staff

Rod Albuyeh

ralbuyeh@ucsd.edu

Lecture(s): MWF 8-8:50AM (D), Peterson 104

🎓 PhD, Political Science, USC

🏠 San Jose, CA

🙋 Mixed martial arts, machine learning platforms and deployment, international politics, and retro gaming

🍔 The Friendly, Hodad's, The Balboa, Rocky's

Suraj Rampure

he/him

rampure@ucsd.edu

Lecture(s): MWF 1-1:50PM (C), Mandeville B-210

🎓 MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley

🏠 Windsor, Ontario, Canada

🙋 Credit card points and traveling, my dog back home, the Lakers, future DSC courses, my academic journey, and this

🥘 Menya Ultra, Tacos El Gordo, DJK, Charminar, Koon Thai, Bangkok Bay, SomiSomi

Janine Tiefenbruck

she/her

jlobue@ucsd.edu

Lecture(s): MWF 9-9:50AM (B), 10-10:50AM (A), Mandeville B-210

🎓 PhD, Mathematics, UCSD

🏠 Wayne, NJ

🙋 Math, baking, camping, games, and puzzles

🥖 Wayfarer Bread & Pastry, Bronx Pizza, Buona Forchetta, Taco Stand

TA
Arya Rahnama

he/him

erahnama@ucsd.edu

🎓 1st year, M.S. in Data Science

🏠 Portland, OR

🙋 Internships at Intel and Deloitte, SSBM, Counter Strike, chess (especially chess engines), and watching basketball

🍦 Salt & Straw, Kabob Lounge, Din Tai Fung

Tutor
Oren Ciolli

he/him

ociolli@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Data Science, Math-Econ, Revelle

🏠 San Jose, CA

🙋 Basketball, my internship at expedia, and cooking

🍜 Raki Raki, Turmeric Thai Kitchen, Tacos El Gordo

Tutor
Nate del Rosario

he/him

nadelrosario@ucsd.edu

🎓 3rd year, Data Science, Sixth

🏠 San Francisco, CA

🙋 First internship, living in Pasadena, Kdramas, playing music, weightlifting, clothes, and favorite places to travel

🍮 Meet Fresh, Jomaru, Grandma’s Tofu, Hidden Fish

Tutor
Jack Determan

he/him

jodeterman@ucsd.edu

🎓 2nd year, Math-Computer Science, ERC

🏠 North Andover, MA

🙋 Professional certification in web development through Harvard, soccer, piano, running, chess, and Ethics/Philosophy in Data Science/Statistics

🍍 Duke's La Jolla

Tutor
Sophia Fang

she/her

sofang@ucsd.edu

🎓 2nd year, Data Science, Sixth

🏠 San Diego, CA

🙋 Web design, webtoons, and baking

🥟 Taste of Hunan, Tofu House, Little Sakana

Tutor
Charlie Gillet

he/him

cgillet@ucsd.edu

🎓 3rd year, Data Science, Seventh

🏠 Redwood City, CA

🙋 Music, basketball, and dragon boat racing

🍗 Bonchon, Spicy House, El Gordo Mexican Food

Tutor
Ashley Ho

she/her

a1ho@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Probability & Statistics, Marshall

🏠 Irvine, CA

🙋 Cooking, movies/tv shows, and corgis

🥡 Tasty Noodle House, Pho La Jolla, Monello

Tutor
Chia-Chan Ho

he/him

chh061@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, International Business, Data Science Minor, Revelle

🏠 Taichung, Taiwan

🙋 Guitar, video games, and K-pop

🍚 YinTang, Din Tai Fung, Haidilao

Tutor
Vanessa Hu

she/her

vhu@ucsd.edu

🎓 3rd year, Data Science, Sixth

🏠 San Jose, CA

🙋 Baking and reading

🍜 RAKIRAKI Ramen, Grandma Tofu, Izola

Tutor
Leena Kang

she/her

l1kang@ucsd.edu

🎓 3rd year, Applied Mathematics, Sixth

🏠 San Ramon, CA

🙋 Pulling a perfect espresso shot, best ice cream spots, and baking french macarons

🦐 Oscars, Menya Ultra

Tutor
Norah Kerendian

she/her

nokerendian@ucsd.edu

🎓 2nd year, Math-Econ, Data Science Minor, Marshall

🏠 Los Angeles, CA

🙋 Reading, networking, and taekwondo

🥐 Parisien Gourmandises

Tutor
Anthony Li

he/him

all010@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Data Science, Seventh

🏠 San Ramon, CA

🙋 The new Mortal Kombat game, new films coming out, and art

🍱 CoCo Ichibanya, Tasty Noodle House

Tutor
Weiyue Li

he/him

wel019@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Warren

🏠 Shenzhen, China

🙋 My research about Multimodal LLM, my academic journey & advice at UCSD, and my cat Emo 🐱

🥩 The Fire Spot, Barbusa, Woomiok

Tutor
Jasmine Lo

she/her

j2lo@ucsd.edu

🎓 3rd year, Data Science, Sixth

🏠 Fremont, CA

🙋 Painting (tote bags), boba, books, and my research lab at the VA

🐟 Blue Ocean, Tasty Noodle House, CoCo Ichibanya

Tutor
Arjun Malleswaran

he/him

amallesw@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Data Science, Sixth

🏠 San Ramon, CA

🙋 Basketball, volleyball, rock climbing, and hiking

🍛 Charminar, RAKIRAKI Ramen

Tutor
Mert Ozer

he/him

mozer@ucsd.edu

🎓 2nd year, Data Science, Warren

🏠 Eskişehir, Türkiye

🙋 Entrepreneurship, finance, and tennis

🍛 Anywhere they don't judge me for asking for extra napkins!

Tutor
Aaron Rasin

he/him

arasin@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Linguistics, Seventh

🏠 Newton, MA

🙋 Linguistics at UCSD and the La Jolla Symphony

🌮 Don Carlos Taco Shop, Main Chick

Tutor
Chaninder Rishi

he/him

crishi@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Data Science, Seventh

🏠 Hayward, CA

🙋 Internship at AT&T, tennis, ping-pong, cooking new recipes, and TV shows (Seinfeld, Burn Notice, White Collar, 24)

🥪 Ike's, Punjabi Tandoor, Thai Time 3

Tutor
Gina Roberg

she/her

groberg@ucsd.edu

🎓 3rd year, Data Science, Sixth

🏠 San Diego, CA

🙋 Film, acting, nail art, and crochet

🦀 Crab Hut, Sizzling Pot King, Formoosa

Tutor
Harshi Saha

any pronouns

hsaha@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Bioinformatics, Muir

🏠 Cupertino, CA

🙋 My bioinformatics research, indoor plants, and city pop

🍛 Chon Ju Jip, Star Anise Thai Cuisine, Yokohama Yakitori Koubou

Tutor
Keenan Serrao

he/him

kserrao@ucsd.edu

🎓 2nd year, Data Science, Sixth

🏠 Dallas, TX

🙋 Formula 1, cars, music, and photography

🍕 Dough Momma Pizzeria, Din Tai Fung, El Pescador

Tutor
Abel Seyoum

he/him

aseyoum@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Data Science, Warren

🏠 San Diego, CA

🙋 Surfing, soccer, basketball, and landing an internship

🌮 Tacos El Gordo, Wings n Things, CoCo Ichibanya

Tutor
Suhani Sharma

she/her

sus009@ucsd.edu

🎓 2nd year, Data Science, ERC

🏠 Los Angeles, CA

🙋 Mystery novels, Legend of Zelda, and my Spotify playlists

🍛 Taste of the Himalayas, Spice and Rice Kitchen, Rigobertos Taco Shop

Tutor
Yutian Shi

she/her

yus029@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Data Science, Sixth

🏠 Beijing, China

🙋 Traditional Chinese art, photography, and food

🍦 Yogurt World, Regents Pizzeria, BenGong's Tea

Tutor
Ester Tsai

she/her

etsai@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Data Science, Math Minor, Sixth

🏠 Pleasanton, CA

🙋 My internship at Amazon or Thermo Fisher Scientific, tennis, and Christian fellowship

🥙 Cava, Tasty Noodle House, 85°C Bakery

Tutor
Bill Li Wang

he/him

blw002@ucsd.edu

🎓 2nd year, Data Science, Seventh

🏠 San Jose, CA

🙋 Piano, reading, manga, and pen spinning

🍟 McDonald's, Spicy City, Taco Stand

Tutor
Ylesia Wu

she/her

xw001@ucsd.edu

🎓 3rd year, Data Science, ERC

🏠 Beijing, China

🙋 Chinese pop music, singing, and Genshin Impact

🍥 The Noble Chef, Taste of Hunan, Mo-Mo-Paradise

Tutor
Guoxuan Xu

he/him

g7xu@ucsd.edu

🎓 2nd year, Data Science, ERC

🏠 Shanghai, China

🙋 finding coffee shops, eating meat, and crafting

🍖 Mongolian Hot Pot, Pho La Jolla, Ajisen Ramen

Tutor
Diego Zavalza

he/him

dzavalza@ucsd.edu

🎓 4th year, Data Science, Marshall

🏠 Oakland, CA

🙋 Internship experiences, real estate, basketball, and cooking

🌮 Tacos El Gordo, Phil's BBQ

Tutor
Ciro Zhang

he/him

ciz001@ucsd.edu

🎓 2nd year, Data Science, Computer Engineering, ERC

🏠 Richmond, BC, Canada

🙋 Badminton, snowboarding, and chess

🍟 Shake Shack

Mascot
Baby Panda

any pronouns

🎓 2nd year, Data Science

🏠 IKEA

🙋 feasting on bamboo, cuddling, analyzing tabular data in Python

🍚 Panda Express