Staff Directory

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Here you can find all 50 staff members who made this course great.
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Instructor

Michael Nowak
He / Him Trinity U (B.Sc) / TAMU (Ph.D.)

Senior Staff

Sydney Reese Casey
She / Her To infinity and beyond! 🚀
Ryan Daniel Kumar
He / Him I like playing games and love watching movies!
Connor Magnuson

Hi, I'm Connor! I love rockets, rollercoasters, oh and of course C++!

TAs

Fatima Ali
She / Her Hi, I love to paint landscapes and go on long walks :)
Jared Albert Oteng Buabeng
He / Him Hi I'm Jared a 2nd year masters student I love music and soccer
Erdion Hoxha
Hi, I’m Erdion! Big fan of soccer, F1, and learning new languages.
Muawiz Khan
He / Him I love playing sports, video games, and guitar--any drummer pls dm 🫡
The-Anh Vu
He / Him I like studying algorithms and formalized mathematics
Eleanor Wedell
She / Her 5th Year PhD CS student. I have an adorable elderly dog!
James Samuel Willson
He / They PhD Student studying Computational Biology
Erkai Yu
He / Him I'm passionate about system-level programming and I like chess.
Yuchen Zhao
He / Him MS student in Computer Science

CAs

Nalin Agrawal
Junior studying CS+Econ. Looking forward to helping out!
Keshav Badrinath
He / Him Hi everyone, I'm a CS major and I love robotics, soccer, and C++!
Chandini Chennakesavan
She / Her Hi I'm Chandini! I enjoy watching TV, reading, and crocheting.
Rami Dano
third year in cs
Roberts Ernests Fulss
He / Him Passionate about hiking, photography, and teaching.
Arha Gatram
He / Him Junior in Math & CS interested in HPC and part of the solar car team
Anuva Chetan Ghosalkar
She / Her Hi! I'm Anuva, and I'm a sophomore who likes code and robotics!
Robert Hand
Junior in Computer Science
Abhay Hiredesai
He / Him Hi, I'm a junior majoring in MCB with a minor in CS
David Huang
Sophomore in Stat & CS :)
Abhinav Jain
He / Him A fun fact about me is that I used to be on a pro Clash Royale team
Aditya Rahul Korlahalli
He / Him CS + Philosophy major who loves f1 and table tennis.
Adrian Lara
I enjoy watching horror movies in my free time!
Ryan Dongwoo Lee
He / Him I'm a CS major and I like to play basketball
Sam Li
He / Him Sophomore studying CS. Learning to cook.
Gina Liu
She / Her Sophomore studying CS+Econ! Excited for an awesome semester!
Bobby Mandell
He / Him I am a freshman here at UIUC. I love hiking, skiing, and hockey.
Paul Joseph Manning
He / Him Rust main specializing in operating systems
Nathan McElroy
He / Him I'm a CS sophomore that loves to dance, play video games, and do math!
Jack Morby
He / Him Howdy! I'm a 3rd Year CS Student. Happy to help in any way I can!
Anish Mukherjee
He / Him Coder, GB Packers fan, Singer, Professional Alarm Snoozer, etc.
Andy Murray
He / Him Freshman in CS interested in C++, finance, and teaching.
Addison Dace Naylor
He / Him follow me on letterboxd! i like movies and R (stats major spotted)
Sean Patel
He / Him Hi everyone, I'm Sean, and I'm excited to work with y'all in CS 128!
Raaghav Pillai
He / Him Life did not give me lemons
Aditya Raju
He / Him Hey everyone! I'm excited to meet you all!
Chengxun Ren
He / Him senior in math & cs.
Siddhant Shankar
He / Him I’m a CS + Econ student at UIUC who loves AI, finance, and films.
Andrew Aung Shell
He / Him Hi, I like lakes, raspberries, and (gym ∧ chipotle).
Kelly Shieh
She / Her Hello! Passion in CS and piano. Very excited to meet you guys!
Arista Kirani Sudharta
She / Her Hello! The best programming language is the one you know.
Juno Tripathi
He / Him Hey there! My recommendation: Your Lie in April ¬‿¬
Vedik Upadhyay
He / Him Hi, I'm Vedik! CS+Stats sophomore that loves soccer and video games!
Srivishnu Raja Vusirikala
He / Him I enjoy playing sports like cricket and basketball!
Lillian Violet Wang
She / Her sophomore in cs
Roy Xiong
He / Him Guitar/flute player, bad @ music theory, developer for parallel C++
Michael Yin
He / Him ps aux | grep michael_yin; Go cycling and skiing; Food lover;