Past Members

Ph.D. / Postdoc

Tori Borish (Ph.D., 2020): now a postdoc in physics education research at CU Boulder (group of Heather Lewandowski).

Emily Davis (Ph.D., 2020): Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley (group of Norman Yao).  Faculty member at New York University starting in 2024.

Gregory Bentsen (Ph.D., 2019): postdoctoral positions at Princeton (group of Steve Gubser) and at Brandeis University (group of Brian Swingle).

Tracy Li (postdoctoral researcher, 2016-17): now at Apple Corp.

Ognjen Markovic (Ph.D., 2021): now a postdoc at Harvard in the group of Markus Greiner.

Undergraduates & Visitors

Galit Anikeeva (undergraduate researcher, 2019-2020): now a PhD student in physics at MIT.

Brandon Buscaino (undergraduate/co-term, 2014-15): completed Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Stanford in 2021.

Andrea "Aj" Chlarson (undergraduate researcher, 2016-17): graduated from Cañada College and transferred to UCLA for Physics degree.

Michelle Chong (undergraduate researcher, 2018): joined us through the Leadership Alliance Summer Research Program as a visiting undergraduate from the University of Chicago.  Now a Ph.D. student at MIT.

Simon Evered (undergraduate researcher, 2017-19): winner of Stanford's Firestone award for senior thesis; visiting student with Immanuel Bloch (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics), 2019-2020; now a Ph.D. student at Harvard (group of Mikhail Lukin).

Lukas Homeier (visiting student researcher, 2017-18):  recipient of Bavarian Max Weber Fellowship; now a graduate student at LMU Munich.

Harry Levine (undergraduate researcher, 2014): completed Ph.D. in 2021 at Harvard University (group of Mikhail Lukin).

Nazli Koyluoglu (undergraduate researcher, 2020-2022): now a PhD. student in quantum science & engineering at Harvard.

Alex Kwiatkowski (undergraduate/co-term, 2016-17): now a Ph.D. student in physics at CU Boulder.

Erica McDowell (undergraduate researcher, 2014).

Eduardo Torres Montano (undergraduate researcher, 2013-14).

Thomas Reimann (visiting student researcher, 2014): Ph.D. at ENS Paris (group of Christophe Salomon).

Alyssa Rudelis (undergraduate researcher, 2014): now a Ph.D. student in physics at MIT (group of Vladan Vuletic).

Sebastian Scherg (visiting student researcher, 2015): Ph.D. & postdoc at LMU Munich (group of Immanuel Bloch).

Katherine Van Kirk (undergraduate researcher, 2018-19):  M.Phil. at Cambridge University (Part III) in 2020.  Now a Ph.D. student at Harvard University (group of Mikhail Lukin).

Anna Wang (undergraduate researcher, 2014): visited from the group of Wes Campbell at UCLA; now a Ph.D. student in applied physics at Stanford (group of Phil Bucksbaum).

Cameron Wagner (undergraduate researcher, 2020-2022): now a Ph.D. student in physics at CU Boulder.

Julian Wienand (visiting student researcher, 2019-20): visited from the group of Immanuel Bloch at LMU Munich; now a Ph.D. student at LMU Munich (group of Monika Aidelsburger).

Melody Yang (undergraduate researcher, 2019).