Alumni Farjana Mukta and Masud Rana Join Kennesaw State University Faculty

We are proud to announce that two of our alumni have joined the faculty at Kennesaw State University (KSU) in August 2024.

  • Farjana Mukta, a former PhD student in our lab, has accepted a position as a Lecturer.
  • Masud Rana, a former Postdoctoral Researcher, has accepted a position as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor.

Congratulations to both Farjana and Masud on their new appointments! We wish them great success in their academic careers.

For more information, please visit the KSU Mathematics Faculty & Staff page.

Farjana Mukta
Farjana Mukta
Lecturer of Mathematics, Kennesaw State University (Former Nguyen Lab PhD Student)

Farjana Tasnim Mukta is a Lecturer of Mathematics at Kennesaw State University. She received her PhD in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky in 2024, advised by Dr. Duc Nguyen. Her research focuses on advanced mathematical graph-based machine learning and deep learning models for drug design.

Masud Rana
Masud Rana
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Kennesaw State University (former Nguyen Lab postdoc)

Masud Rana is an assistant professor of mathematics at Kennesaw State University and a former postdoctoral scholar in the Nguyen Lab. He works on graph-theoretic and geometric methods for AI-driven drug discovery.