People

Principal Investigator

xuejian.wu @ rutgers.edu

I joined the Physics Department at Rutgers-Newark as an Assistant Professor in January 2021. Before that, I was a postdoc in the Physics Department at the University of California, Berkeley. I received my PhD from Tsinghua University and my Bachelor's Degree from Beijing Jiaotong University. I am an experimental atomic physicist. My research is to develop novel quantum sensors with unprecedented sensitivity and apply them for navigation, geophysics, and biology applications. 

Graduate Student

I received my Bachelor's Degree in Physics and Astrophysics from UC Berkeley and will be pursuing my graduate degree in Applied Physics at Rutgers-Newark starting in January 2021. As an undergraduate, I worked in Professor Holger Müller's AMO lab supporting the research and development of a mobile atom interferometer. I'm excited and ready to journey through the challenges of opening up a new lab with Professor Xuejian Wu. 

Graduate Student

I am a PhD student at Rutgers-Newark majoring in Applied Physics. I graduated from USTC, China with a bachelor's major in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. During my undergraduate, I used to work in an ion trap group and gained experience in optics and waveguides. I’m very glad to join this team and excited to do some fun physics with nanofibers.

Graduate Student

Starting in Fall 2023, I am a graduate student at Rutgers-Newark, pursuing Physics Ph.D. I got my baccalaureate degree in Physics with an astronomy concentration from Montclair State University. As an undergraduate, I did research with Dr. Rodica Martin on experimental gravitational-wave physics. I studied optical properties of magneto-optical materials for the development of Faraday isolators in future gravitational-wave detectors. I am thrilled to join and contribute to Dr. Wu’s team and further develop my education! 

Graduate Student

I am pursuing a PhD in Applied Physics at Rutgers University-Newark after receiving my Bachelor's Degree in Physics from Bard College. At Bard I did research with Prof. Antonios Kontos on gravitational-wave optics as a part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. I am now pleased to be a member of Xuejian Wu’s research group and look forward to exploring the fields of atomic interferometry and optical nanofibers!