Featured Alumni
Our goal with this listing is to provide details about a person’s first position after leaving IQIM, and additional current information if possible. If you have additional information you would like to include, please send an email to marcia.brown@caltech.edu.
All Postdoc Alumni
| Name | MA | Academic Title | Departure date | Research Group | Position/Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alagic, Gorjan | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2014 | Preskill | Associate Research Scientist at QuICS and UMIACS |
| Albert, Victor | MA-1 | Lee A. DuBridge Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Preskill | Permanent Staff, NIST |
| Babadi, Mehrtash | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2016 | Refael | Computational Biologist, Broad Institute |
| Bao, Ning | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2017 | Preskill | current: Brookhaven National Lab, Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley |
| Bardyn, Charles | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2016 | Refael | Postdoctoral Research fellow, University of Geneva |
| Berta, Mario | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2017 | Brandao, Preskill | Professor of Physics at the Institute for Quantum Information RWTH Aachen University |
| Boixo, Sergio | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2010 | Preskill | Chief Scientist, Quantum Computer Theory for Google’s Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab |
| Cao, Charles | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2023 | Preskill | Virginia Tech |
| Caro, Matthias | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2023 | Preskill | Warwick |
| Chabaud, Ulysse | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2023 | Vidick | ENS, Paris |
| Chang, Darrick | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2011 | Preskill | Faculty, ICFO Barcelona |
| Choi, Joonhee | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Endres | Assistant Professor, Stanford |
| Cooper-Roy, Alexandre | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019 | Endres | Research Associate, Senior Technical Lead – IQC, Waterloo University |
| Covey, Jacob | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2019 | Endres | Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Crosson, Elizabeth | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2017 | Preskill | Associate Professor of Physics, University of New Mexico |
| Delfosse, Nicholas | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2017 | Preskill | Permanent Staff, Microsoft Research |
| Deshpande, Abhinav | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2023 | Preskill | Research Staff, IBM |
| Dua, Arpit | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | UQM-IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2023 | Xie Chen | Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech |
| Elben, Andreas | MA-1, MA-3 | Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2024 | Preskill | PSI, ETH |
| Evenbly, Glen | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2014 | Preskill | Faculty, Georgia Tech |
| Faist, Philippe | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2019 | Preskill, Brandão | Postdoctoral Scholar, Dahlem Center, Freie Universität Berlin |
| Fang, Kejie | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2017 | Painter | Assistant Professor, University of Illinois |
| Fawzi, Omar | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2015 | Preskill | Faculty, ENS Lyon |
| Fidkowski, Lukasz | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2010 | Preskill, Refael | Faculty, University of Washington |
| Fink, Johannes | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2016 | Painter | Assistant Professor, IST Austria |
| Finkelstein, Ran | MA-1, MA-3 | Troesh Postdoctoral Scholar | 2024 | Endres | Tel-Aviv University |
| Flammia, Steve | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2012 | Preskill | Professor of Computer Science, Virginia Tech |
| Gefen, Tuvia | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2023 | Brandão, Preskill | Hebrew University |
| Gharibyan, Hrant | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Preskill | Co-Founder BlueQubit |
| Gheorghiu, Andru | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Vidick | Junior Fellow, ETH Institute for Theoretical Studies |
| Gilyen, Andras | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2021 | Vidick, Preskill, Brandão | Marie Curie Fellow, Renyi Institute |
| Gopalakrishnan, Sarang | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2016 | Refael | City University of New York, Staten Island |
| Gorshkov, Alexey | MA-1, MA-2 | Postdoc; Lee A. DuBridge Postdoctoral Fellow | 2013 | CMT, Preskill | Permanent Staff, NIST |
| Gosset, David | MA-1 | Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2016 | Preskill, Vidick | Associate Professor, University of Waterloo |
| Groeblacher, Simon | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2014 | Painter | Asst Professor at Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology |
| Gu, Zhengcheng | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2013 | Preskill | Associate Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Hou, Chang-Yu | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2014 | Refael | Senior Visiting Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research |
| Huang, Yi-Chen | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2018 | Xie Chen | current: Postdoctoral Scholar MIT; Microsoft Research |
| Jahn, Alexander | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2023 | Preskill | Free University, Berlin |
| Jeffery, Stacey | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2016 | Preskill, Schulman, Vidick | Senior Researcher, CWI (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica), The Netherlands |
| Jiang, Liang | MA-1 | Postdoc; Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2012 | CMT, Preskill | University of Chicago |
| Jiang, Shenghan | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Xie Chen | Assistant Professor, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Sciences in Beijing |
| Jordan, Stephen | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2011 | Preskill | NIST and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Maryland |
| Kato, Kohtaro | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Brandão | Assistant Professor, Osaka University, Japan |
| Keller, Andrew | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019 | Painter | Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services |
| Kemmer, Jeannette | MA-1, MA-2 | Postdoc | 2019 | Nadj-Perge | attocube systems, Germany |
| Kim, Eun Jong | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Painter | Assistant Professor, Seoul National University |
| Klco, Natalie | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Preskill | Assistant Professor, Physics, Duke University |
| Koenig, Robert | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2011 | Preskill | Professor, Technical University Munich – Theory of Complex Quantum Systems |
| Kueng, Richard | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2020 | Preskill | Faculty, Johannes Kepler University |
| Landon-Cardinal, Olivier | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2015 | Preskill | Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University |
| Li, Ke (Carl) | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2017 | Brandao | Faculty, CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information |
| Lindner, Netanel | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2013 | Preskill, Refael | Assistant Professor Condensed Matter & Materials Physics, Technion Israel Institute of Technology |
| Lucia, Angelo | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2021 | Preskill | Ramon y Cajal Fellow, Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| Mehraban, Saeed | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Preskill, Vidick, Brandão | Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Tufts University |
| Milekhin, Alexey | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2025 | Preskill, Kitaev | University of Kentucky |
| Milsted, Ashley J. | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Preskill | Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services |
| Mong, Roger | MA-1 | Postdoc; Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2016 | Alicea, Motrunich, Refael, Vidick | Assistant Professor of Physics, Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, University of Pittsburgh |
| Natarajan, Anand | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Vidick, Preskill | Assistant Professor, EECS department, MIT |
| Nezami, Sepehr Ghazi | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Preskill | Renaissance Technologies |
| O’Connor, Tomas Jochym | MA-1 | Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019 | Preskill | Permanent Staff, IBM |
| Paraiso, Taofiq | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2014 | Painter | Toshiba Research Europe Limited |
| Pastawski, Fernando | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2016 | Preskill | AWS Research Scientist |
| Peng, Yang | MA-1, MA-2 | Postdoc | 2020 | Refael | Assistant Professor, CSU Northridge |
| Pekker, David | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc; Lee A. DuBridge Postdoctoral Fellow | 2015 | Refael, Endres, CMT | Assistant Professor of Physics, Univ of Pittsburgh |
| Pironio, Stefano | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2010 | Preskill | Faculty, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Ren, Hechen | MA-1, MA-2 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019 | Nadj-Perge | Faculty, Center for Joint Quantum Studies, Tianjin University |
| Riedel, Daniel | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Faraon | Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University |
| Sahinoglu, Mehmet Burak | MA-1 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Simons Qubit Fellow | 2019 | Preskill | PsiQuantum; Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Salton, Grant | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2020 | Preskill | Quantum Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services |
| Schuch, Norbert | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2012 | Preskill | Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics |
| Sipahigil, Alp | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Painter | Assistant Professor, EECS, UC Berkeley |
| Slagle, Kevin | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Xie Chen | Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice |
| Song, Justin | MA-1, MA-2 | Postdoc; Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2016 | Refael | Assistant Professor of Physics, Nanyang Technical University – Singapore |
| Su, Yuan | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2021 | Brandão | current: Sr. Researcher, Microsoft; Research Scientist, Google |
| Surace, Federica | MA-1, MA-2 | AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar | 2025 | Preskill, Motrunich | Trinity College |
| Temme, Kristan | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2015 | Preskill, Vidick | Permanent Staff, IBM |
| Tong, Yu | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2024 | Preskill | Duke University |
| Wang, Ling | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2015 | Motrunich, Preskill | Research Asst Professor at Beijing Computational Science Research Center |
| Wehner, Stephanie | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2010 | Preskill | Professor in Quantum Information, QuTech, TU Delft |
| Wright, John S. | MA-1 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Preskill, Vidick | Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin |
| Xie, Xin | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2021 | Endres | Quantum Engineer, Atom Computing |
| Yoshida, Beni | MA-1 | Postdoc, David & Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Scholar | 2015 | Preskill | current: Faculty at Perimeter Institute; prior: Five Year Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Perimeter Institute |
| Zhou, Leo | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2024 | Preskill | UCLA |
| Zhou, Sisi | MA-1 | Postdoc | 2023 | Preskill | Perimeter Institute |
| Ardonne, Eddy | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2007 | current: Assoc. Professor Stockholm University; Dec 2007- Nov 2012 Asst. Professor, Nordita; | |
| Beigi, Salman | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2011 | Preskill | current: Faculty, School of Mathematics IPM; 2011-15 Senior Associate Researcher IPM (Iran) |
| Blume-Kohout, Robin | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2010 | Research Associate Professor, Univ of New Mexico/ Technical Staff Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque | |
| Boixo, Sergio | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2010 | Research Associate Professor, Computer Scientist – University of Southern California/ISI | |
| Bose, Sougato | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2002 | Current: Professor, University College London | |
| Bravyi, Sergey | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | IBM Research, New York | ||
| Chang, Darrick | MA-1, IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2011 | Preskill | Professor ICFO |
| Childs, Andrew | IQI | Postdoc, DuBridge Postdoctoral Scholar (IQI) | 2007 | Assoc Professor, Univ of Maryland | |
| Doherty, Andrew | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | Current: Associate Professor, Univ of Sydney | ||
| Duan, Luming | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2003 | Current: Professor, Univ of Michigan | |
| Fidkowski, Lukasz | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2010 | Current: Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University | |
| Flammia, Steve | MA-1, IQI | Postdoc | 2012 | Preskill | Current: Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services; prior: Associate Professor, Univ of Sydney |
| Hallgren, Sean | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | Current: Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State University | ||
| Hayden, Patrick | IQI | Postdoc (IQI); Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2004 | Current: Stanford Professor of Quantum Physics | |
| Jordan, Stephen | MA-1, IQI | Postdoc; Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2011 | Preskill | NIST and Adjunct Associate Professor Univ of Maryland |
| Koenig, Robert | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2011 | Current: Assistant Professor, Technical Univ Munich | |
| Kong, Liang | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2009 | Current: Associate Member,Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University | |
| Leung, Debbie | IQI | Postdoc (IQI); Tolman Fellowship | 2004 | Professor, Canada Research Chair, Univ of Waterloo | |
| Lindner, Netanel | MA-1, MA-2, IQI | Postdoc | 2013 | Preskill, Refael | Assistant Professor Condensed Matter & Materials Physics, Technion Israel Institute of Technology |
| Liu, Yi-Kai | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | NIST and Adjunct Associate Professor Univ of Maryland | ||
| Nayak, Ashwin | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2002 | Current: Professor, University of Waterloo | |
| Pironio, Stefano | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2010 | “Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles” | |
| Poulin, David | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2006 | Professor, University of Sherbrooke | |
| Raussendorf, Robert | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2006 | Associate Professor, University of British Columbia | |
| Reichardt, Ben | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2008 | Assistant Professor, University of Southern California | |
| Schuch, Norbert | MA-1, IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2012 | Preskill | Current: Research Group Leader at Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics |
| Shi, Yaoyun | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2002 | Associate Professor, University of Michigan | |
| Shtengel, Kirill | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | Professor, UC Riverside | ||
| Terhal, Barbara | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2001 | Professor, RWTH Aachen | |
| Verstraete, Frank | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2006 | Professor, University of Vienna | |
| Vidal, Guifre | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2005 | Professor, Perimeter Institute | |
| Wehner, Stephanie | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2010 | Current: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek professor at the Delft University of Technology/ QuTech | |
| Wocjan, Pawel | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2006 | Professor, Univ of Central Florida | |
| Zhang, Shengyu | IQI | Postdoc (IQI) | 2009 | Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Name | MA | Academic Title | Departure date | Research Group | Position/Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartholomew, John | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2019 | Faraon | Lecturer & Director, Quantum Integration Laboratory, University of Sydney |
| Baum, Yuval | MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Refael | Lead Automation Scientist at Q-CTRL |
| Beckert, Adrian | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2024 | Faraon | Senior Quantum Engineer, Photon Inc. |
| Bergman, Doron | MA-2 | Postdoc; Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | June 2013 | CMT | Data Scientist and Walmart Labs. Current (2015): Data Physicist at Tachyus |
| BenTov, Yoni | MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | Sept-2018 | Kitaev | Postdoctoral Fellow, Perimeter Institute |
| Buchhold, Michael | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Refael | Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Cologne, Germany |
| Clarke, David | MA-2 | Postdoc; visiting scholar | 2014 | Alicea | Research Associate, Univ of Maryland |
| Dua, Arpit | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | UQM-IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2023 | Xie Chen | Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech |
| Duran, Alberto de la Torre | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2019 | Hsieh | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University |
| Esin, Iliya | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2024 | Refael | Bar-Ilan University |
| Essin, Andrew | MA-2 | Postdoc | Fall-2016 | Alicea, Motrunich | Visiting Assistant Professor, UC Davis |
| Fidkowski, Lukasz | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2010 | Preskill, Refael | Faculty, University of Washington |
| Gorshkov, Alexey | MA-1, MA-2 | Postdoc; Lee A. DuBridge Postdoctoral Fellow | Fall-2013 | CMT, Preskill | Adjunct Assistant Professor JQI – NIST |
| Haim, Arbel | MA-2, MA-3 | Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Refael | Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services |
| Harter, John | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | Fall-2017 | Hsieh | Asst Professor, UC Santa Barbara, Materials Dept |
| Hermans, Sophie | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2025 | Faraon | TU Delft |
| Hou, Chang-Yu | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2014 | Refael | Senior Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research |
| Hsu, Chen Chih (Frank) | MA-2 | Postdoc | 2020 | Yeh | Permanent Staff, Applied Materials |
| Huang, Yi-Chen | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | Aug-2018 | Xie Chen | Microsoft Research |
| Jiang, Liang | MA-1, MA-2 | Postdoc; Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | June 2012 | CMT, Preskill | June 2012, Asst Professor of Applied Physics, Yale |
| Jiang, Shenghan | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Xie Chen | Assistant Professor, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Sciences in Beijing |
| Karzig, Torsten | MA-2 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | Sept 2015 | Refael, Alicea | Lead Researcher, Microsoft Research, Station Q |
| Kemmer, Jeannette | MA-1, MA-2 | Postdoc | 2019 | Nadj-Perge | Menlo Systems |
| Knapp, Christina | MA-2, MA-3 | Lee A. DuBridge Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Refael, Alicea | Microsoft Quantum – Santa Barbara Station Q |
| Laurita, Nick | MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Hsieh | Sr. Principal Physicist at Northrup Grumman |
| Lewandowski, Cyprian | MA-2, MA-3 | Moore Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Refael | University of Florida |
| Li, Xinwei | MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM & Troesh Postdoctoral Scholar | 2023 | Hsieh | National University of Singapore |
| Mishmash, Ryan | MA-2 | DuBridge Postdoctoral Scholar | Jan-2018 | Alicea | Permanent Staff, IBM |
| Mross, David | MA-2 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2016 | Alicea | Assistant Professor, Weizmann Institute |
| Murciano, Sara | MA-2 | Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2025 | Alicea | CNRS Université Paris-Saclay |
| Noguchi, Ryo | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoctoral Scholar | 2025 | Hsieh | National Taiwan University |
| Peng, Yang | MA-1, MA-2 | Postdoc | 2020 | Refael | Assistant Professor, CSU Northridge |
| Psaroudaki, Christina | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2021 | Refael | Marie Curie Fellow, University of Cologne |
| Ren, Hechen | MA-1, MA-2 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019 | Nadj-Perge | Industry position |
| Reuther, Johannes | MA-2 | Postdoc | 2014 | CMT | Asst Professor of Physics, Freie Univ Berlin |
| Ron, Alon | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Hsieh | Faculty, Tel Aviv University |
| Rudner, Mark | MA-2 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2012 | Refael | Associate Professor, University of Washington |
| Seyler, Kyle | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2023 | Hsieh | University of Arizona |
| Slagle, Kevin | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Xie Chen | Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice |
| Song, Justin | MA-1, MA-2 | Postdoc; Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | Jan-16 | Refael | Assistant Professor of Physics, Nanyang Technical University – Singapore |
| Surace, Federica | MA-1, MA-2 | AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar | 2025 | Preskill, Motrunich | Trinity College |
| Thomson, Alex | MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2021 | Alicea, Refael | Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, UC Davis |
| Torchinsky, Darius | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | Aug 2015 | Hsieh | Asst Professor of Physics, Temple Univ |
| Tseng, Wei-Shiuan | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2019 | Yeh | National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan |
| van Nieuwenburg, Evert | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Refael | Assistant Professor, Niels Bohr Institute |
| Wilson, Justin | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | Fall 2018 | Refael | Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University |
| Zhang, Pengfei | MA-2, MA-3 | Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Kitaev | Fundan University, Shanghai |
| Zhao, Liuyan | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | Nov 2016 | Hsieh | Asst Professor of Physics, University of Michigan |
| Zhong, Ding | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2024 | Faraon | Quantitative Researcher, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. |
| Zhong, Tian | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | Spring 2018 | Faraon | Asst Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago |
| Name | MA | Academic Title | Departure date | Research Group | Position/Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartholomew, John | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2019 | Faraon | Lecturer & Director, Quantum Integration Laboratory, University of Sydney |
| Baum, Yuval | MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Refael | Lead Automation Scientist at Q-CTRL |
| Beckert, Adrian | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2024 | Faraon | Senior Quantum Engineer, Photon Inc. |
| Berta, Mario | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2017 | Brandao, Preskill | Professor of Physics at the Institute for Quantum Information RWTH Aachen University |
| BenTov, Yoni | MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | Sept-2018 | Kitaev | Postdoctoral Fellow, Perimeter Institute |
| Buchhold, Michael | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Refael | Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Cologne, Germany |
| Choi, Joonhee | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Endres | Assistant Professor, Stanford |
| Clarke, David | MA-3 | Postdoc; Visiting Scholar | 2014 | Alicea | Research Associate, University of Maryland |
| Cooper-Roy, Alexandre | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019 | Endres | Research Associate, Senior Technical Lead – IQC, Waterloo University |
| Covey, Jacob | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2019 | Endres | Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Deshpande, Abhinav | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2023 | Preskill | Research Staff, IBM |
| Dua, Arpit | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | UQM-IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2023 | Xie Chen | Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech |
| Duran, Alberto de la Torre | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2019 | Hsieh | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University |
| Elben, Andreas | MA-1, MA-3 | Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2024 | Preskill | PSI, ETH |
| Esin, Iliya | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2024 | Refael | Bar-Ilan University |
| Faist, Philippe | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2019 | Preskill, Brandão | Postdoctoral Scholar, Dahlem Center, Freie Universität Berlin |
| Fang, Kejie | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2017 | Painter | Assistant Professor, University of Illinois |
| Fidkowski, Lukasz | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2010 | Preskill, Refael | Faculty, University of Washington |
| Finkelstein, Ran | MA-1, MA-3 | Troesh Postdoctoral Scholar | 2024 | Endres | Tel-Aviv University |
| Gefen, Tuvia | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2023 | Brandão, Preskill | Hebrew University |
| Gilyen, Andras | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2021 | Vidick, Preskill, Brandão | Marie Curie Fellow, Renyi Institute |
| Haim, Arbel | MA-2, MA-3 | Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Refael | Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services |
| Harter, John | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2017 | Hsieh | Asst Professor, UC Santa Barbara, Materials Dept |
| Hermans, Sophie | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2025 | Faraon | TU Delft |
| Hou, Chang-Yu | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2014 | Refael | Senior Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research |
| Huang, Yi-Chen | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | Aug-2018 | Xie Chen | Microsoft Research |
| Jiang, Shenghan | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Xie Chen | Assistant Professor, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Sciences in Beijing |
| Kato, Kohtaro | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Brandão | Assistant Professor, Osaka University, Japan |
| Keller, Andrew | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019 | Painter | Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services |
| Kim, Eun Jong | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Painter | Assistant Professor, Seoul National University |
| Knapp, Christina | MA-2, MA-3 | Lee A. DuBridge Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Refael, Alicea | Microsoft Quantum – Santa Barbara Station Q |
| Laurita, Nick | MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Hsieh | Sr. Principal Physicist at Northrup Grumman |
| Lewandowski, Cyprian | MA-2, MA-3 | Moore Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Refael | University of Florida |
| Li, Ke | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2017 | Brandao | |
| Li, Xinwei | MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM & Troesh Postdoctoral Scholar | 2023 | Hsieh | National University of Singapore |
| Mehraban, Saeed | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Preskill, Vidick, Brandão | Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Tufts University |
| Mirhosseini, Mohammad | MA-3 | KNI Postdoctoral Scholar in Applied Physics and Materials Science | 2019 | Painter | Faculty, Caltech Electrical Engineering |
| Noguchi, Ryo | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoctoral Scholar | 2025 | Hsieh | National Taiwan University |
| Paraiso, Taofiq | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2014 | Painter | Toshiba Research Europe Limited |
| Pekker, David | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc; Lee A. DuBridge Postdoctoral Fellow | 2015 | Refael, Endres, CMT | Assistant Professor of Physics, Univ of Pittsburgh |
| Psaroudaki, Christina | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2021 | Refael | Marie Curie Fellow, University of Cologne |
| Riedel, Daniel | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Faraon | Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University |
| Ron, Alon | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Hsieh | Faculty, Tel Aviv University |
| Seyler, Kyle | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2023 | Hsieh | University of Arizona |
| Sipahigil, Alp | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Painter | Assistant Professor, EECS, UC Berkeley |
| Slagle, Kevin | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Xie Chen | Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice |
| Su, Yuan | MA-1, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2021 | Brandão | Research Scientist, Google |
| Suh, Josephine | MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Kitaev | Assistant Professor, KAIST |
| Tantivasadakaran, Nat | MA-3 | Postdoc | 2025 | X. Chen | Stony Brook |
| Thomson, Alex | MA-2, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2021 | Alicea, Refael | Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, UC Davis |
| Torchinsky, Darius | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2016 | Hsieh | Assistant Professor, Temple University |
| Tseng, Wei-Shiuan | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2019 | Yeh | National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan |
| van Nieuwenburg, Evert | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2020 | Refael | Assistant Professor, Niels Bohr Institute |
| Wilson, Justin | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | Fall 2018 | Refael | Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University |
| Xie, Xin | MA-1, MA-3 | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2021 | Endres | Quantum Engineer, Atom Computing |
| Zhang, Pengfei | MA-2, MA-3 | Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar | 2022 | Kitaev | Fundan University, Shanghai |
| Zhao, Liuyan | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2016 | Hsieh | Asst Professor of Physics, University of Michigan |
| Zhong, Ding | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | 2024 | Faraon | Quantitative Researcher, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. |
| Zhong, Tian | MA-2, MA-3 | Postdoc | Spring 2018 | Faraon | Asst Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago |
| Name | MA | Academic Title | Departure date | Research Group | Position/Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asenjo Garcia, Ana | Affiliate | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2018 | Kimble | Faculty, Columbia University |
| Bergman, Doron | Affiliate | Postdoc | 2013 | CMT | Data Physicist at Tachyus |
| Botimer, Jeffrey | Affiliate | Postdoc | Oct-2018 | Schwab | Sr. Project Scientist, Northrup Grummond |
| Burgers, Alex | Affiliate | Postdoc | 2019 | Kimble | Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University |
| Eichholz, Johannes | Affiliate | Postdoc | 2019 | Adhikari | Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University |
| Garcia, Ana Asenjo | Affiliate | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2018 | Kimble | Assistant Professor of Physics, Columbia University |
| Henriksen, Erik | Affiliate | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2013 | Eisenstein | Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Hung, Chen-Lung | Affiliate | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2014 | Kimble | Asst Professor of Physics, Purdue University |
| Kamai, Brittany | Affiliate | Postdoc | 2019 | Adhikari | Heising-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowship, Joint appointment UC Santa Cruz/Caltech |
| Lee, Jae Hoon | Affiliate | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | Jan-2014 | Kimble | Senior Scientist, Korean Institute of Standards |
| Lee, Seung Hoon | Affiliate | Postdoc | 2017 | Vahala | Senior Hardware Engineer, Apple |
| Li, Jiang | Affiliate | Staff Scientist | Vahala | President, hQphotonics | |
| Lu, Mingwu | Affiliate | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | July-2016 | Kimble | NIST, Laser Cooling and Trapping Group |
| Martin, Mike | Affiliate | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | Oct-2015 | Kimble | Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque |
| Pollanen, Johannes | Affiliate | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | Jan-2016 | Eisenstein | Assistant Professor, Michigan State University |
| Reuther, Johannes | Affiliate | Postdoc | 2014 | CMT | Assistant Professor of Physics, Freie University Berlin |
| Smith, Nicolas | Affiliate | Postdoc | 2015 | Adhikari | Imaging Scientist, Google |
| Suh, Junho | Affiliate | Postdoc | 2014 | Schwab | Senior Research Scientist, Korean Research Institute of Standards and Science |
| U, Chandni | Affiliate | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | Dec-2016 | Eisenstein | Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science |
| Wade, Andrew | Affiliate | Postdoc | 2019 | Adhikari | Research Fellow, Australian National University |
| Yang, Qifan | Affiliate | IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar | 2020 | Vahala | Assistant Professor, Peking University |
All Graduate Student Alumni
| Name | MA | Academic Title | Departure date | Research Group | Position/Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anikeeva, Galit | MA-1 | Undergraduate alum | 2020 | Preskill | SURF |
| Arora, Harpreet | MA-1, MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Nadj-Perge | Boston Consulting Group |
| Baumgartner, Alexander | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | Fall 2017 | Endres | Intern at QNAMI, Switzerland |
| Berger, Brett | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2018 | Painter | Software Engineer, Cruise Automation |
| Beverland, Michael | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2016 | Preskill | Permanent Staff, Microsoft Research |
| Blasius, Tim | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2016 | Painter | |
| Bohdanowicz, Thom | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Brandão | Industry Position, Goldman Sachs |
| Brooks, Peter | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2013 | Preskill | Research Staff Physicist, HRL Laboratories |
| Buser, Alex | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Preskill | Forward Deployed Engineer, Palantir Technologies |
| Chan, Jasper | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2012 | Painter | CTO Massdrop |
| Choi, Youngjoon | MA-1, MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Nadj-Perge | Postdoc, UC Santa Barbara |
| Cohen, Justin | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2015 | Painter | Lead Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton |
| Coladangelo, Andrea | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Vidick | Assistant Professor, University of Washington |
| Cvitkovic, Milan | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2019 | Vidick | Applied Scientist, Amazon Web Services |
| Dalzell, Alex | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Preskill, Brandao | Researcher, Amazon Web Services |
| Dieterle, Paul | MA-1, MA-3 | Undergraduate alum | 2017 | Painter | Graduate Student at Harvard University |
| Durney, Megan | MA-1 | Undergraduate alum | 2019 | Preskill | Caltech Undergrad and SURF |
| Fang, Michael | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Painter | Research Scientist at Amazon Web Services |
| Fefferman, Bill | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2014 | Preskill | Current: Research Assistant Professor in QuICS |
| Ferreira, Vinicius | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Painter | Quantum Research Scientist, Google |
| Fishman, Matthew | MA-1 | Graduate alum | June 2018 | Preskill | Center for Computational Quantum Physics at the Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation |
| Gordon, Spencer | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Vidick, Schulman | Postdoc, University of Liverpool |
| Gu, Shouzhen (Bailey) | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Preskill | Postdoctoral Scholar, Yale |
| Haah, Jeongwan | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2013 | Preskill | Faculty, Stanford |
| Hadi, Sultana | MA-1 | Undergraduate alum | 2019 | Preskill | SURF “Decoding Approximate Holographic Quantum Error Correcting Codes” |
| Hill, Jeff | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2013 | Painter | Physical Research Associate at the Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford |
| Huang, Hsin Yuan (Robert) | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Vidick | Assistant Professor, Caltech & Senior Research Scientist Google Quantum AI |
| Hunter-Jones, Nick | MA-1 | Graduate alum | Fall 2018 | Preskill | Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin |
| Iverson, Joe | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Preskill | Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services |
| Iyer, Shankar | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2013 | Refael | Staff Data Scientist, Quora |
| Kalaee, Mahmoud | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Painter | Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services |
| Kim, Isaac Hyun | MA-1, IQI | Graduate alum | 2013 | Preskill | Faculty, University of Sydney |
| Kim, Kun Woo | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2014 | Refael | Research Fellow, Korea institute for advanced study |
| Komar, Anna | MA-1 | Graduate alum | Fall 2018 | Preskill | Data Scientist, MGM Resorts International |
| Krause, Alex | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2015 | Painter | Associate at Exponent, Inc. |
| Kubica, Aleksander | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2017 | Preskill | Assistant Professor, Yale |
| Liu, Junyu | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Preskill | Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh |
| MacCabe, Gregory | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | August 2018 | Painter | Advanced Concepts Modeling & Simulation Analyst, Millennium Space Systems |
| Madjarov, Ivaylo | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Endres | Senior Advanced Physicist, Quantinuum |
| Maguire, Shaun | MA-1 | Graduate alum | June 2018 | Preskill | Partner, Sequoia |
| Martyn, John | MA-1 | Undergraduate alum | 2019 | Preskill | SURF “Studying the Boundary Theory of the 2D AKLT Model” |
| Meenehan, Sean | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2015 | Painter | Researcher, HRL Laboratories |
| Mehta, Jenish | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Vidick | Research and Software Engineering, Krypton |
| Nanda, Sasha | MA-1 | Undergraduate alum | 2020 | Preskill | Caltech Undergrad and SURF |
| Norte, Richard | MA-1, MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2015 | Painter | Postdoctoral Researcher – TU Delft |
| Polski, Robert | MA-1, MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Nadj-Perge | Senior Data Scientist, Zartico |
| Poremba, Alexander | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Vidick | Postdoc, MIT |
| Safavi-Naeini, Amir | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2013 | Painter | Asst Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University |
| Shaw, Adam | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Endres | Stanford Science Postdoc Fellow, Stanford University |
| Shirley, Wilbur | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Xie Chen | Kadanoff Fellow, University of Chicago |
| Shukla, Sujeet | MA-1 | Graduate alum | Fall 2017 | Preskill | Amazon Web Services |
| Sun, Shi-Ning | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Minnich | Nvidea |
| Tan, Adrian | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Minnich | Quantum Control Research Scientist, Q-Ctrl |
| Tang, Yu Qing (Eugene) | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Preskill | Assistant Professor Math and Physics, Northeastern University |
| Titum (Bhattacharjee), Paraj | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2016 | Refael | Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Maryland |
| Wang, Tian | MA-1 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Preskill | NTT Research |
| Wang, Zitao | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2019 | Chen | Research Scientist, Facebook |
| Wood, Steven | MA-1, MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Painter | Quantum Device Characterization Scientist, HRL Laboratories |
| Ye, Erica | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Minnich, Chan, Brandão | Postdoc, LBL |
| Yunger Halpern, Nicole | MA-1 | Graduate alum | Sept 2018 | Preskill | QuICS Fellow at the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science |
| Zhang, Xueyue (Sherry) | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Painter | Assistant Professor, Columbia |
| Zhang, Yong-Liang | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Chen |
| Name | MA | Academic Title | Departure date | Research Group | Position/Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aasen, David | MA-2 | Graduate alum | June 2018 | Alicea | Joint Postdoctoral Fellow at Microsoft Station Q and the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics |
| Anderson, Margaret | MA-2, MA-3 | Undergraduate alum | 2020 | Yeh | SURF |
| Arora, Harpreet | MA-1, MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Nadj-Perge | Boston Consulting Group |
| Bagley, Jacob | MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Yeh | Postdoctoral Fellow, Umea University, Sweden |
| Chaudhary, Swati | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Refael | Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Texas, Austin |
| Chen, Chien-Chang | MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Yeh | Permanent Staff, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. |
| Chew, Aaron | MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Alicea | Postdoctoral Scholar, Princeton |
| Choi, Youngjoon | MA-1, MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Nadj-Perge | Postdoc, UC Santa Barbara |
| Chu, Hao | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | Jan 2018 | Hsieh | Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Craiciu, Ioana | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Faraon | Postdoctoral Scholar, JPL |
| Dadras, Pouria | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Kitaev | Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech |
| Deshpande, Tejas | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2019 | Hsieh | Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago |
| Hsu, Chen-Chih | MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Yeh | Permanent Staff, Applied Materials |
| Huang, Hsin Yuan (Robert) | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Vidick | Assistant Professor, Caltech & Senior Research Scientist Google Quantum AI |
| Kim, Kun Woo | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2014 | Refael | Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Advanced Study |
| Kindem, Jon | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2019 | Faraon | Group Lead & Baur-SPIE Chair in Optical Physics and Photonics, JILA |
| Kumar, Deepan Kishore | MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Yeh | Senior Engineer in Metrology, Intel |
| Lee, Shu-Ping | MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2015 | Refael | Postdoctoral Researcher, Johns Hopkins |
| Lei, Mi | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Faraon | |
| Li, Chen | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Hsieh | |
| Lin, Wei-Hsiang (Eric) | MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Yeh | |
| Mehio, Omar | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Hsieh | Postdoc, Cornell |
| Miyazono, Evan | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | June 2017 | Faraon | Research Scientist, Protocol Labs |
| Mozgunov, Evgeny | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2017 | Kitaev | Research Associate, USC (Lidar Group) |
| Ning, Honglie | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Hsieh | Postdoc, MIT |
| Norte, Richard | MA-1, MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2015 | Painter | Postdoctoral Researcher – TU Delft |
| Polski, Robert | MA-1, MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Nadj-Perge | Senior Data Scientist, Zartico |
| Rochman, Jake | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Faraon | Quantum Device Engineer, Applied Materials |
| Ruskuc, Andrei | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Faraon | Postdoc, Harvard University |
| Seetharam, Karthik | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2018 | Refael | Quantum Architect, PsiQ |
| Shan, Junyi | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Hsieh | Postdoc, UC Berkeley |
| Shirley, Wilbur | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Xie Chen | Kadanoff Fellow, University of Chicago |
| Simon, Christopher | MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Rosenbaum | Postdoc, Caltech |
| Tu, Min-Feng | MA-2 | Graduate alum | Summer 2018 | Alicea | Assistant Professor of the Practice in Physics, Wesleyan University |
| Wang, Chuting | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Faraon | R&D Engineer, MinebeaMitsumi, Japan |
| Wang, Yishu | MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2017 | Rosenbaum | Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Institute for Quantum Matter |
| Wang, Zitao | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2019 | Chen | Research Scientist, Facebook |
| White, Christopher | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2019 | Refael | Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland Condensed Matter Theory Center |
| Wood, Steven | MA-1, MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Painter | Quantum Device Characterization Scientist, HRL Laboratories |
| Yang, Huan | MA-2 | Graduate alum | 2013 | Y. Chen | Postdoctoral Scholar, Perimeter Institute |
| Zhang, Yong-Liang | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Chen |
| Name | MA | Academic Title | Departure date | Research Group | Position/Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Margaret | MA-2, MA-3 | Undergraduate alum | 2020 | Yeh | SURF |
| Baumgartner, Alexander | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | Fall 2017 | Endres | Intern at QNAMI, Switzerland |
| Berger, Brett | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2018 | Painter | Software Engineer, Cruise Automation |
| Berl, Frederick | MA-3 | Undergraduate alum | 2019 | Nadj-Perge | |
| Bohdanowicz, Thom | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Brandão | Industry Position, Goldman Sachs |
| Chan, Jasper | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2012 | Painter | Current: CTO Massdrop |
| Chaudhary, Swati | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Refael | Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Texas, Austin |
| Chu, Hao | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | Jan 2018 | Hsieh | Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Craiciu, Ioana | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Faraon | Postdoctoral Scholar, JPL |
| Dadras, Pouria | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Kitaev | Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech |
| Dalzell, Alex | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Preskill, Brandao | Researcher, Amazon Web Services |
| Deshpande, Tejas | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2019 | Hsieh | Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago |
| Dieterle, Paul | MA-1, MA-3 | Undergraduate alum | 2017 | Painter | Graduate Student at Harvard University |
| Ding, Weiyi Sophie | MA-3 | Undergraduate alum | 2019 | Alicea, Nadj-Perge | Marko Loncar Group |
| Fang, Michael | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Painter | Research Scientist at Amazon Web Services |
| Ferreira, Vinicius | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Painter | Quantum Research Scientist, Google |
| Huang, Hsin Yuan (Robert) | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Vidick | Assistant Professor, Caltech & Senior Research Scientist Google Quantum AI |
| Kalaee, Mahmoud | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Painter | Research Scientist at Amazon Web Services |
| Kim, Kun Woo | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2014 | Refael | Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Advanced Study |
| Kindem, Jon | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2019 | Faraon | Group Lead & Baur-SPIE Chair in Optical Physics and Photonics, JILA |
| Lai, Hsin-Hua | MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2012 | Motrunich | Smalley Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University |
| Lei, Mi | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Faraon | |
| Li, Chen | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Hsieh | |
| Liu, Xiaoling | MA-3 | Undergraduate alum | 2020 | Alicea | |
| MacCabe, Gregory | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | August 2018 | Painter | Advanced Concepts Modeling & Simulation Analyst, Millennium Space Systems |
| Madjarov, Ivaylo | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Endres | Senior Advanced Physicist, Quantinuum |
| Mehio, Omar | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Hsieh | Postdoc, Cornell |
| Miyazono, Evan | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | June 2017 | Faraon | Research Scientist, Protocol Labs |
| Mozgunov, Evgeny | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2017 | Kitaev | Research Associate, USC (Lidar Group) |
| Ning, Honglie | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Hsieh | Postdoc, MIT |
| Rochman, Jake | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Faraon | Quantum Device Engineer, Applied Materials |
| Ruskuc, Andrei | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Faraon | Postdoc, Harvard University |
| Seetharam, Karthik | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2018 | Refael | Quantum Architect, PsiQ |
| Shaw, Adam | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Endres | Stanford Science Postdoc Fellow, Stanford University |
| Shan, Junyi | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Hsieh | Postdoc, UC Berkeley |
| Shirley, Wilbur | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2022 | Xie Chen | Kadanoff Fellow, University of Chicago |
| Sun, Shi-Ning | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2024 | Minnich | Nvidea |
| Tan, Adrian | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Minnich | Quantum Control Research Scientist, Q-Ctrl |
| Wang, Chuting | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Faraon | R&D Engineer, MinebeaMitsumi, Japan |
| Wang, Zitao | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2019 | Chen | Research Scientist, Facebook |
| White, Christopher | MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2019 | Refael | Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland Condensed Matter Theory Center |
| Ye, Erica | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2021 | Minnich, Chan, Brandão | Postdoc, LBL |
| Zhang, Xueyue (Sherry) | MA-1, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2023 | Painter | Assistant Professor, Columbia |
| Zhang, Yong-Liang | MA-1, MA-2, MA-3 | Graduate alum | 2020 | Chen |
| Name | MA | Academic Title | Departure date | Research Group | Position/Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton,Daniel | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2013 | Kimble | Hardware Program Manager, Microsoft |
| Ardizzi, Anthony | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2022 | Minnich, Schwab | Research Engineer, Caltech Radio Astronomy |
| Chen, Tong | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2013 | Vahala | Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company |
| Chickering, William | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2016 | Eisenstein | Current: Data scientist Cuberon |
| DeLorenzo, Laura | Affiliate | Graduate alum | Summer 2016 | Schwab | Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services |
| Geraedts, Scott | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2015 | Motrunich | Postdoctoral Scholar, Princeton |
| Goban, Akihisa | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2016 | Kimble | Research Associate, JILA |
| Helou, Bassam | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2019 | Adhikari | Research Scientist at Aptiv Autonomous Mobility |
| Hood, Jonathan | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2017 | Kimble | Assistant Professor, Purdue University |
| Jadbabaie, Arian | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2023 | Hutzler | Postdoc, MIT |
| Kamakari, Hirsh | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2024 | Minnich | Quantum Simulation Scientist, BEIT Tech |
| Korth, Zach | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2018 | Adhikari | Engineering Physicist, Senseseeker |
| Lai, Hsin-Hua | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2012 | Motrunich | Smalley Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University |
| Lai, Yu-hung | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2019 | Vahala | Senior Research Engineer, OEwaves Inc. |
| Lei, Chan U | Affiliate | Graduate alum | Nov 2016 | Schwab | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yale University |
| Lin, Cheng-Ju (Jacob) | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2019 | Motrunich | Postdoctoral Scholar, Perimeter Institute |
| McClung, Andrew | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2017 | Kimble | Postdoc, University of Ottawa (Badolato Group) |
| Nandi, Debaleena | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2015 | Eisenstein | Intel |
| Oh, Dong Yoon | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2017 | Vahala | Senior Design Engineer, Rockley Photonics Inc. |
| Pang, Belinda | Affiliate | Graduate alum | June 2018 | Adhikari, Y. Chen | Research Associate, Theorem LP |
| Peng, Lucas | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2019 | Kimble | Physicist at AOSense, Inc |
| Pilgram, Nick | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2023 | Hutzler | Scientist, NIST, Sensor Science Division |
| Roberts, Brenden | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2021 | Motrunich | Postdoc, Harvard (Vishwanath Group) |
| Roy, Arkadev | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2023 | Marandi | Postdoc, UC Berkeley |
| Silva, Juan Muniz | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2017 | Kimble | Research Associate, JILA (Thompson Group) |
| Suh, Myoung Gyun | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2019 | Vahala | Research Scientist, NTT Research |
| Szoke, Szilard | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2022 | Cushing | Photonics Design Engineer, Quintessent Inc. |
| Wang, Yishu | Affiliate | Graduate alum | June 2017 | Rosenbaum | Postdoctoral Fellow of Institute for Quantum Matter at Johns Hopkins University |
| Weinstein, Ari | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2016 | Schwab | Research Staff HRL Laboratories |
| Wilson, Daziel | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2012 | Kimble | Postdoctoral Scholar, Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
| Wollman, Emma | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2015 | Schwab | Microdevices Engineer, JPL |
| Yang, Huan | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2013 | Y. Chen | Postdoctoral Scholar, Perimeter Institute |
| Yang, Kiyoul | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2017 | Vahala | Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford |
| Yeaton-Massey, David | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2016 | Adhikari | Northrup Grummond |
| Yi, Xu | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2017 | Vahala | Assistant Professor, University of Virginia |
| Yu, Su Peng | Affiliate | Graduate alum | 2017 | Kimble | Research Fellow, University of Colorado, Boulder |