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SUDHIR KUMAR SAHU, Postdoctoral Research Associate

(Joint appointment at NIST Boulder)

Sudhir did his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (India). For his Ph.D., he developed a cavity electromechanical device for investigating the change in elastic response of a high-Tc superconductor due to electric charges associated with vortex cores. His research interests include cavity electromechanics, superconducting circuit QED, and quantum hybrid devices. Apart from research, he enjoys photography, and playing cricket and badminton. 

GHOFRANE BEL-HADJ-AISSA, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ghofrane obtained her PhD from the University of Siena in Italy, co-directed with the University of Aix-Marseille in France. During her PhD, she used differential geometric methods to address two fairly distinct topics: classical equilibrium phase transitions and quantum entanglement. Her current research interests include quantum entanglement, quantum many-body physics, quantum foundations, differential geometry and cosmology.

DEBSUVRA MUKHOPADHYAY, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Debs completed his Ph.D. in Physics from Texas A&M University, followed by a short postdoctoral stint at Washington University in St. Louis where he explored the multiphoton excitation regime of waveguide QED. He joined the QUEST group in April 2024, where he plans to investigate cooperative and non-Markovian effects in waveguide QED and engineered open quantum systems. Outside research, he enjoys traveling, watching travel vlogs, and keeping up with current events. Additionally, he is an avid chess enthusiast, and can be found engrossed in playing speed chess and solving chess puzzles in his free time.

JUZAR THINGNA, Visiting Scientist

Juzar did his Ph.D. in Quantum Transport at the National University of Singapore. After postdocs in Germany, Singapore, Luxembourg, and South Korea he joined the QUEST group in May 2022 as a postdoctoral associate, before transitioning to a visiting scientist position in June 2023. He primary research interests are quantum open systems, quantum transport, and quantum thermodynamics.

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ANDREW "RED" KEEFE, Graduate student

Red majored in physics from UML in 2019. He continued his Ph.D. in QUEST group after finishing his senior thesis, which focused on investigations of non-Markovian dynamics in circuit-QED systems. He is a man of few words.

TARUSH TIWARI, Graduate student 

(Visiting Scientist at Raytheon-BBN Technologies)

Tarush is a Ph.D. candidate in physics at UML. After receiving his undergraduate degree in Biochemical Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi in India, he switched to physics and joined the QUEST group in 2021. Prior to joining the group, he has worked on the study of light propagation in Bose-Hubbard type open qubit lattices using exact and approximate methods. Apart from the academia, Tarush’s interests include playing soccer and tennis.

VEDANT KASHYAP, Graduate student

Vedant is a Ph.D. candidate in Physics at UML. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Physics from IIT (BHU), Varanasi in India. For his master's thesis, he studied light transmission through an one-dimensional open quantum system of Lambda type atoms and analysed the stability of dark states in such systems.  He joined QUEST group in the summer of 2023. Other than research, he is interested in computer gaming and keeps himself updated with the developments in the video game industry.

ENNIS MAWAS, Graduate student

Ennis is a Ph.D. student in Applied Physics at Northwestern. He received his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Mathematics from University of Cincinnati in Ohio. Before joining QUEST, he worked on models of interacting axion-like dark energy and dark matter. He then gained some laboratory experience with experiments involving superconducting quantum circuits. Outside of academia, his interests include playing basketball and reading Arabic poetry.

PAWAN GOSWAMI, Graduate student 

Pawan is a Ph.D. candidate in Physics at UML. He completed his B. Tech. in Engineering Physics from IIT Delhi. For his undergraduate thesis, he studied Chern Insulating states in Magic angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene. He joined the QUEST group in 2023 where he plans to explore quantum physics from a mathematical perspective. Other than research, Pawan likes to sing and listen to Indian classical music, along with a whole spectrum of other genres.