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Graduate Students

NameTenurePositions held since departureCurrent position
Alex White2019-2024Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford UniversitySame
Melissa Guidry2018-2023Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford UniversitySame
Daniil Lukin2017-2022Postdoctoral Scolar, Stanford UniversitySame
Jinhie Skarda2017-2022Engineer, AppleSame
Alison Rugar2017-2022Postdoctoral Scholar, Sandbox QuantumSame
Guillermo Angeris2019-2022Head of Research, Bain Capital CryptoSame
Rahul Trivedi2016-2020Postdoctoral scholar, Max Planck Institute of Quantum OpticsAssistant Professor, University of Washington
Neil Sapra2015-2020Photonic Design Engineer, Ayar LabsSame
Logan Su2015-2020Software Engineer, WaymoAlgorithm Engineer, Hudson River Trading, London, UK
Constantin Dory2015-2020Photonics Engineer, Secret optics companySame
Linda Zhang2013-2019Hardware Engineer, WaymoSame
Eliza Cornell2018-2019PhD Student, HarvardSame
Kevin Fischer2012-2018Software Engineer, Secret companySame
Yousif Kelaita2012-2018Hardware Engineer, Google, Inc.Same
Alexander Piggott2012-2018Silicon Photonics Senior Scientist, PointcloudHardware Engineer - Advanced LiDAR at Waymo
Marina Radulaski2011-2017Nano- and Quantum Science and Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford UniversityAssociate Professor, UC Davis
Jan Petykiewicz2010-2016Senior Research Engineer, Global FoundriesHardware Engineer, Google, Inc.
Armand Rundquist2009-2015Laser Design Engineer at NeoPhotonicsHardware Development Engineer at Infinera
Sonia Buckley2009-2014NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, NIST BoulderSame
Jesse Lu2007-2013Founder and CEO, Spins Photonics
Gary Shambat2008-2013Hardware product lead, Lyft
Arka Majumdar2007-2012Associate Professor, University of Washington
Kelley Rivoire2007-2012Postdoctoral fellow, HP LabsData Scientist, Stripe
Bryan Ellis2006-2011Senior Hardware Development Engineer, Infinera
Yiyang Gong2006-2010Postdoctoral fellow, Mark Schnitzer groupAssistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Maria Makarova2003-2010Lecturer, Monterey Tech
Andrei Faraon2005-2009Professor, Caltech 
Dirk Englund2003-2008
  • Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University
  • Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Associate Professor, MIT
Ilya Fushman2003-2008General Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Hatice Altug2003-2006Professor, EPFL, Bioengineering

 

Postdoctoral scholars, research scientists, and research engineers

NameTenurePositions held since departureCurrent position
Kasper Van Gasse2021-2024Associate Professor, Ghent UniversitySame
Chris Anderson2022-2023Assistant Professor, UIUCSame
Kiyoul Yang2018-2022Assistant Professor, Harvard UniversitySame
Daniel Riedel2020-2022Quantum Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services Quantum, Cambridge, MASame
Hyounghan Kwon2021-2022Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Science and TechnologySame
Shahriar Aghaeimeibodi2019-2021Quantum Research Scientist, Amazon Web ServicesSame
Eric Yue Ma2017-2021Assistant Professor, UC BerkeleySame
Dries Vercruysse2016-2020Optical design engineer, Ayar LabsSame
Jean Philippe MacLean2020-2020Scientist, GHGSat, Montreal, CanadaSame
Shuo Sun2017-2020Assistant Professor, University of Colorado BoulderSame
Tomas Sarmiento2013-2018Laser Engineer, Secret optics companySame
Konstantinos Lagoudakis2012-2017Reader (Associate Professor), Department of Physics at the University of StrathclydeSame
Kai Mueller2013-2015Senior Research Scientist, TU Munich, Walter Schottky InstituteAssistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, TU Munich
Thomas Babinec2012-2015
  • Research Scientist, Army Research Lab
  • Research Associate at Harvard
Principal Scientist, Physical Sciences Inc.
Michal Bajcsy2010-2013Assistant Professor, IQC, WaterlooAssociate Professor, IQC, Waterloo
Erik Kim2009-2011Research scientist at KLA Tencor, Research scientist at HGSTHardware Engineer at Waymo
Edo Waks2003-2006Assistant Professor, University of MarylandProfessor, University of Maryland
Vanessa Sih2007-2008
  • Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
  • Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Professor, University of Michigan

Undergraduate Students

NamePositionTenure
Kalyan NarayananUndergrad researcherJanuary 2021-Sep 2021
Diego Ahmed-SteinUndergrad researcherJanuary 2021-Sep 2021
Julian RoveeUndergrad researcherJune 2019-Sep 2021
Dominic CatanzaroUndergrad researcherJune 2020-Sep 2020
Andrew GuoUndergrad researcherJune 2015-Aug 2015
Zain ZaidiUndergrad researcherJanuary 2014-June 2014
Olivia GrubertUndergrad researcherJune 2011-January 2012
Mickey HaggbladeUndergrad researcher 
Jieyang JiaUndergrad researcher 
Mai LeUndergrad researcherJune 2009-September 2009
Asmita KumarUndergrad researcherJanuary 2008-December 2008
Serena YeungUndergrad researcherJune 2008-August 2008
Stephen AltamiranoUndergrad researcherJune 2007-June 2008
Tim ChangUndergrad researcherJune 2004-June 2006
Joel GohUndergrad resarcher (honors thesis)
Current position: Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard
Jan. 2005-June 2006
Kishore JayantiUndergrad researcherJune 2005-August 2005
Jaeman ParkUndergrad researcherJune 2005-August 2005

Visiting Scholars

NamePositionTenurePosition after departure
Ulrich CzopakVisiting researcher01/2019 - 03/2019PhD student, Universität Innsbruck
Armin ReglerVisiting researcher2016PhD student, Technische Universität München
Per KaerVisiting researcher2013Postdoctoral Scholar, Technical University of Denmark
Takuya KonnoVisiting researcher2009-2010Toshiba, Tokyo, Japan
Satoshi IshikawaVisiting researcher2008-2009Toshiba, Tokyo, Japan
Mitsuru ToishiVisiting researcher2007-2008Sony Research Labs, Tokyo, Japan
Hideo IwaseVisiting researcher2005-2007Canon, Japan

Other

NamePositionTenurePosition after departure
Rieko SasakiAdministrative Associate2019-2021Administrative associate at Ginzton
Ingrid TarienAdministrative Associate2005-2018Administrative associate at Ginzton
Vincent SebagVisiting undergradSummer 2015Imperial College London
Nicolas ManquestMS Student2009-2010Astrium, France
Yurika PetermanAdministrative associate2003-2005Administrative associate at Stanford
Benedikt SteinVisiting diploma studentFall 2005Student at U. of Karlsruhe, Germany