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Prospective Students

Thank you for your interest in our group! I receive far more email than I can answer, so I'm unable to reply to most messages from prospective students.

PhD applicants

All PhD admissions go through the department's admissions process, and I read applications that mention me. I can't assess your chances of admission or review your materials by email, so the application itself is the best place to make your case.

The strongest statements of purpose are specific. Tell us which problems you want to work on and why, and how they connect to our research. Engaging with one or two of our papers says far more than a list of topics. Prior research experience, in any area, is a plus.

MS applicants

Please apply through the department's MS program. Once you're at Texas A&M, see the advice for current students below.

Current Texas A&M students

The best way to get started is to take one of my courses. That gives us a chance to get to know each other, and gives you a sense of the kinds of problems we work on. If you then reach out, tell me which of our projects interests you and what you'd like to try.

High school students

I'm glad you're interested in research, but I'm unable to supervise high school students or host them in the lab, and I can't respond to requests for mentoring or summer projects.

If you do email

Keep it short, and make it specific to our work. A brief note about a particular paper or dataset is far more likely to get read than a general message. Please don't be discouraged if you don't hear back; it reflects the volume of email I receive, not the quality of your note.

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