28 Notable alumni of
University of Texas at Dallas
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The University of Texas at Dallas is 1633rd in the world, 572nd in North America, and 539th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 notable alumni from the University of Texas at Dallas sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Aziz Sancar
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at Dallas
- In 1977 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- molecular biologistbiochemistscientistuniversity teachergeneticist
- Biography
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Aziz Sancar is a Turkish molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair. He has made contributions on photolyase and nucleotide excision repair in bacteria that have changed his field.
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Katrina Pierson
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at Dallas
- In 2006 graduated with Bachelor of Science in biology
- Occupations
- political campaign staffpolitical adviserconsultant
- Biography
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Katrina Lanette Pierson is an American activist and communications consultant. She was the national spokesperson for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. She defeated Justin Holland by 56.4% to 43.6% on May 28, 2024, in the Republican primary runoff for the Texas House of Representatives for the 33rd District.
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Naveen Jindal
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Naveen Jindal is an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, politician, sportsperson and the Member of Parliament of Kurukshetra constituency in Haryana. He is the youngest son of Late Om Prakash Jindal, also an industrialist-politician who is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, from the Kurukshetra constituency in the 2024 Indian general election for a 3rd term. Previously, he represented the constituency in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha as well between 2004–2014. As an industrialist, he currently serves as the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited and Chancellor of the O. P. Jindal Global University.
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Austin Tindle
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- actortelevision actorvoice actor
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Austin Tindle is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing the lead role of Ken Kaneki in the Tokyo Ghoul series, Kiyoshi Fujino in Prison School, Ayumu Aikawa in Is This a Zombie?, Yu Ishigami in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Setsuna Sanzenkai in Island, Accelerator in the A Certain Magical Index series, as well as its spinoffs A Certain Scientific Accelerator and A Certain Scientific Railgun S, Karma Akabane in Assassination Classroom, Shu Ouma in Guilty Crown, Tsukasa Yugi in Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, Vali Lucifer in High School DxD, Marco Bodt in Attack on Titan, Neito Monoma in My Hero Academia, Kenji Kazama in D-Frag!, Crowley Eusford in Seraph of the End, Leopold Vermillion in Black Clover and Yoshio Kobayashi in Trickster.
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David Hanson
- Occupations
- sculptorchief executive officerroboticist
- Biography
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David Hanson Jr. is an American roboticist who is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hanson Robotics, a Hong Kong–based robotics company founded in 2013.
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Morgan Luttrell
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at Dallas
- In 2016 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- businesspersonpoliticiannaval officer
- Biography
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Morgan Joe Luttrell is an American politician, businessman, and military veteran serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 8th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Merve Kavakcı
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherdiplomat
- Biography
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Merve Safa Kavakcı is a Turkish politician who was elected to parliament as a Virtue Party deputy for Istanbul on 18 April 1999 but was never able to take office. She was ambassador to Malaysia from 4 December 2017 until 25 June 2022.
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Michael C. Burgess
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at Dallas
- In 2000 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- politicianphysiciangynecologistobstetrician
- Biography
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Michael Clifton Burgess is an American physician and politician who represented Texas's 26th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2025. The district is anchored in Denton County, a suburban county north of Dallas and Fort Worth. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Alejandro Ramírez
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez is a Costa Rican-American chess Grandmaster and commentator. At the age of 15, he became the first Central American to achieve the title of Grandmaster and was the second youngest chess grandmaster in the world at the time. Born in Costa Rica, he represented Costa Rica before switching to the United States in 2011.
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James F. Reilly
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at Dallas
- In 1995 graduated with doctorate in geosciences
- Graduated with master's degree in geosciences
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in geosciences
- Occupations
- astronautdirectormilitary officergeologist
- Biography
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James Francis Reilly II is an American geologist, retired astronaut, and honorary United States Marshal who served as the 17th Director of the United States Geological Survey from 2018 to 2021. He flew on three Space Shuttle missions with the NASA Astronaut Corps: STS-89, STS-104 and STS-117.
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Ravza Kavakcı Kan
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Ravza Kavakçı Kan is a Turkish politician, elected as the President of the Turkish Inter-Parliamentary Union Group for the 27th legislative term of Grand National Assembly of Turkey and is a member of the Committee on Digital Platforms that is newly established.
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Amon Simutowe
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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Amon Simutowe is a Zambian chess grandmaster. He is the first grandmaster from sub-Saharan Africa and the third black chess grandmaster in history, after Maurice Ashley and Pontus Carlsson. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Master of Science in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford.
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Angie Chen Button
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Angie Chen Button is a Taiwanese-born American politician, certified public accountant, and former marketing manager. She is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing the 112th district in Dallas County since 2009.
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Yury Shulman
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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Yuri Markavich Shulman is a Belarusian American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). He is married to the Woman International Master (WIM) Viktorija Ni.
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Conrad Holt
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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Conrad William Holt is an American chess grandmaster who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012.
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Alejandro Mendoza
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alejandro "Alex" Mendoza is an American former Marine, owner of a lawn care business and democratic socialist politician from Dallas, Texas, who was the vice presidential nominee of Socialist Party USA in the 2012 elections. Mendoza, of Texas, ran with Stewart Alexander of California for president. Mendoza is the State Chair for the Socialist Party of Texas.
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Brandon Friedman
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Brandon Friedman is an American writer, entrepreneur and former Obama administration official. He was CEO of the McPherson Square Group before co-founding Rakkasan Tea Company in 2017. Previously, he served as the deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Bechara Choucair
- Occupations
- civil servantresearcher
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Bechara Choucair is a Lebanese-American physician and public health advisor who is the chief community health officer of Kaiser Permanente. He was the senior vice president of safety net and community health at Trinity Health and served as the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health from 2009 to 2014.
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Salman Bhojani
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Salman Bhojani is an American corporate lawyer and politician who is a former member of the City Council of Euless, Texas. He was the first Muslim American to hold elected office in Euless. In October 2021 Bhojani announced his candidacy for the Texas House of Representatives. He was elected to the Texas House in November 2022, becoming one of the first Muslims and South Asians elected to the Texas Legislature.
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Magesh Chandran Panchanathan
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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Magesh Chandran Panchanathan is an Indian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006.
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Sander Kaasjager
- Occupations
- professional gamer
- Biography
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Sander Kaasjager, who plays under the pseudonym Vo0 ( pronounced ), is a Dutch professional player of the first-person shooter games Painkiller, Quake II, Quake III, Quake 4, Quake Live and Quake Champions, as well as the MMORPG World of Warcraft. He has won the most titles and prize money from professional Painkiller tournaments out of all other players, having won over US$250,000.
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Aron K. Barbey
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 48)
- Occupations
- neuroscientistresearcher
- Biography
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Aron Keith Barbey is an American cognitive neuroscientist, who investigates the neural architecture of human intelligence and brain plasticity. Barbey is the Emanuel Donchin Professorial Scholar of Psychology and a Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Bioengineering at the University of Illinois. He is director of the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and founding director of the Center for Brain Plasticity at the Beckman Institute, where he leads the Intelligence, Learning, and Plasticity (ILP) Initiative.
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Shelby Slawson
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Shelby Slawson is an American attorney, businesswoman, and politician. She has represented the 59th District in the Texas House of Representatives since 2021, and is a member of the Republican Party.
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Duane Quam
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Duane Robert Quam II is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2011. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Quam represents District 24A in southeast Minnesota, including the cities of Kasson and Byron, parts of Rochester, and parts of Dodge and Olmsted Counties. He is an engineer.
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Sandra Bond Chapman
- Enrolled in the University of Texas at Dallas
- In 1986 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in neuroscience
- Occupations
- speech and language therapistresearcherneuroscientist
- Biography
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Sandra Bond Chapman is a cognitive neuroscientist, founder and chief director of the Center for Brain Health, Dee Wyly Distinguished Professor in Brain Health, and a professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas.
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Ace Aura
- Occupations
- disc jockeymusician
- Biography
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Eric Joshua Seall, known professionally as Ace Aura, is an American DJ, music producer and remixer from McKinney, Texas. He is known as a pioneer of the melodic riddim subgenre, which is characterized by the minimalistic rhythmic elements of riddim, with a heavy emphasis on chords, melodies and experimental sounds. He has released five EPs, along with numerous singles and official remixes for record labels including Monstercat, Circus Records, Dim Mak Records, Buygore, Ophelia Records, Lowly, Disciple and Never Say Die Records. He has performed at music festivals and venues across North America and Australia, including Electric Zoo, Banc of California Stadium, Legend Valley, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the Great Saltair, the Hollywood Palladium, the Mission Ballroom and the Ogden Theatre.
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Marcin Kamiński
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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Marcin Kamiński is a Polish chess grandmaster.
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Kacper Drozdowski
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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Kacper Drozdowski is a Polish chess player who holds the title of International Master.
