Students | Quantum Science and Engineering
Current Students
Students in the quantum science and engineering program receive hands-on access to world-class labs and facilities and work side by side with award-winning faculty, taking a project-based approach to their studies and research. Our students benefit from interdisciplinary expertise and collaboration with engineering, physics, math and computer science students in their labs, faculty who teach their courses or advise them, and classes they take as electives.
Bao Bach
Ph.D.
Advisor:聽Ilya Safro
Research interest/focus:聽Quantum optimization and algorithms for graph problem, approximation algorithms and graph theory
Maria Gamez
Ph.D.
Advisor:聽Matthew Doty
Research interest/focus:聽Nanofabrication of inverse design photonic devices in the telecom wavelength range with rare-earth and III-V materials
Jackson Hanle
Ph.D.
Advisor:聽Ryan Comes
Research interest/focus:聽Epitaxial synthesis of chalcogen-based thin films with a focus on materials that are predicted to have novel magnetic qualities.
Reid Markland
Ph.D.
Advisor:聽Wenjin Zhao
Research interest/focus:聽Probing quantum Hall states to understand topological effects in 2D materials via low-temperature measurement. Developing approachable quantum education.
Radheya Sarode
Ph.D.
Advisor:聽Matthew Doty
Research interest/focus:聽Erbium ion integration with gallium arsenide photonics for applications in quantum technologies.聽
Kylee Smith
M.S.
Advisor:聽Swati Singh
Research interest/focus:聽How different kinds of quantum measurements effect the outcome of the quantum prisoner's dilemma
Shedrack Dafe
Ph.D.
Advisor:聽Yuping Zeng
Research interest/focus:聽GeSn growth using MBE, characterization of (Si)GeSn (TOF-SIMS, XRD, and Raman), transfer of materials, fabrication and electrical property measurement聽
Youssef El Gharably
Ph.D.
Advisor:聽Ryan Comes
Research interest/focus:聽Optimizing Quantum Material Fabrication Methods with ML (mostly MBE), Tight-Binding Modeling, NEGF modeling, many-body simulations, bridging simulations and experiments, quantum sensing for Astrophysical phenomena, Quantum Education and Quantum Workforce Coordination
William Neuschwender
Ph.D.
Advisors:聽Lars Gundlach
Research interest/focus:聽Excitation and probing of ultrafast quantum dynamics through 2D Terahertz Spectroscopy in antiferromagnetic materials
Musarate Shams
Ph.D.
Advisor:聽Wenjin Zhao
Research interest/focus:聽Low-temperature optical and transport experiments on topological and correlated quantum states in 2D nanomaterials for topological quantum computing聽
Matt Whalen
Ph.D.
Advisor:聽John Xiao
Research interest/focus:聽Tuning the magnetic and electronic behavior of two-dimensional magnets via strain and substrate interactions for next-generation spintronics.
Quantum Science and Engineering Alumni
Tyler Manfre
M.S.
Advisor:聽Matthew Doty
Research interest/focus:聽Etch-bias and etch-depth analysis in GaAs nanostructures to evaluate how Cl-ICP dry etching conditions and process parameters affect feature geometry and surface quality.