Aaveg Aggarwal
PhD Student
Office location: Cook 4017
aaveg@u.northwestern.edu
Group: de la Cruz Group
Research Statement: Theoretical and computational modeling of responsive polymer hydrogels
Graduate Students
Fahad Alanazi
Master's Student
Office location: Dearborn Observatory
FahadAlanazi2022@u.northwestern.edu
Eduardo Alejandro
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-6588
Office location: Mudd 1173
EduardoAlejandro2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Geraci Group
Research Statement: Using cold atoms to sympathetically cool a single nanosphere down to it's vibrational ground-state
Abdulwahab Al Luhaibi
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F213
AbdulwahabAlLuhaibi2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Ketterson Group
Research Statement: Studying the response of vortices in artificial pinning site of type-II superconductors, and its potential applications
Dany Atallah
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8025
danyatallah@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Rasio Group
Research Statement: The dynamical capacity and stability of black hole hierarchies formed in globular clusters beyond triples
Saptarshi Biswas
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn Observatory
SaptarshiBiswas2026@u.northwestern.edu
James Bueghly
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F122
jamesbueghly2015@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Velasco Group
Research Statement: Search for Higgs boson decays to a Z boson and a photon
Nia Burrell
PhD Student
Office location: Mudd 1185
niaburrell2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Odom Group
Research Statement: Searching for dark matter using optical cavities at cryogenic temperatures
Lindsey Byrne
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8030A
lindseybyrne2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Faucher-Giguere Group
Research Statement: Simulations of galaxy formation investigating the co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies
Chloe Calderon
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-491-4602
Office location: Tech F324
chloecalderon2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Motter Group
Research Statement: Computational and network analysis in plant biophysics
Gabriel Casabona
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 22
GabrielCasabona2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Larson Group
Research Statement: Studying binary compact object mergers, specifically looking at neutron stars and white dwarfs to better understand the gravitational wave emissions while incorporating the structure of both of these objects
Ran Chen
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F140
ranchen@northwestern.edu
Group: Figueroa-Feliciano Group
Research Statement: Developing a sensitive detector to measure the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS)
Sai Pavan Chitta
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
SaiChitta2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Koch Group
Research Statement: Simulation and design of protected superconducting qubits
Lindsay DeMarchi
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8038B
lindsaydemarchi2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Margutti Group
Research Statement: Multimessenger observations of compact-object formation in core collapse supernovae
Ken DeRose
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 5
KennethDerose2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kovachy Group
Research Statement: Testing Einstein's equivalence principle, the gravitational inverse square law, and searching for forces beyond the Standard Model using atom interferometry
Travis Douglas
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-491-3477
Office location: Tech F265
tdouglas@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Dutta Group
Research Statement: Studying the distribution of ions near a charged interface in highly concentrated electrolyte systems using x-ray scattering
James Dragan
PhD Student
Office location: Mudd 1181
JamesDragan2020@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Odom Group
Research Statement: Nondestructive Spectroscopy of a Single Molecular Ion using Photon Recoil Readout
William Eom
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-6588
Office location: Mudd 1173
williameom2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Geraci Group
Research Statement: Preparing ground-state cooled, optically levitated nanospheres for precision force sensing of Casimir forces and Yukawa-type corrections to gravity
Joshua Fuhrman
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-6852
Office location: Tech F140
joshuafuhrman2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Figueroa-Feliciano Group
Research Statement: Supernova remnant study and dark matter search with Micro-X, a NASA Sounding Rocket program flying Transition-Edge Sensors and their SQUID readout system
Chetan Galla
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-6588
Office location: Mudd 1173
chetangalla2021@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Geraci Group
Research Statement: Study of gravity and micron scale using optical levitation of nanoparticles
Monica Gallegos Garcia
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8036A
monicagallegosgarcia2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kalogera Group
Research Statement: Formation of merging binary black holes
Ethan Garvey
PhD Student
Office location: Mudd 1177
EthanGarvey2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Stern Group
Research Statement: Optical experiments for understanding the properties of novel low dimensional magnetic materials and devices
S. Carin Gavin
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-3976
Office location: Mudd 1177
sarahgavin2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Stern Group
Research Statement: Optical and spin properties of mixed-dimensional heterostructures
Jonah Glick
PhD Student
Office location: Mudd 1164
JonahGlick2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kovachy Group
Research Statement: Development of atom interferometry techniques for precision gravitational measurements, tests of quantum mechanics, and searches for dark matter
Alexa Gordon
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
AlexaGordon2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Fong Group
Research Statement: Spectral energy distribution modeling of fast radio burst (FRB) host galaxies to constrain FRB progenitor models
Natalie Gottschlich
Master's Student
Office location: Dearborn Observatory
NatalieGottschlich2022@u.northwestern.edu
Jorin Graham
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F324
JorinGraham@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Motter Group
Research Statement: Spreading processes on complex networks; network science and machine learning for cell biology
Scott Grudichak
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-491-5468
Office location: Tech FG19
scottgrudichak2021@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Ketterson Group
Research Statement: Fabrication and characterization of thin film type 2 superconductors, patterned with anti-dot arrays
Alexander Gurvich
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8027
AlexanderGurvich2021@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Faucher-Giguere Group
Research Statement: Simulations of galaxy formation connecting stellar feedback to star formation and the emergence of galactic disks
Aprajita Hajela
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8027
AprajitaHajela2015@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Margutti Group
Research Statement: Multi-wavelength (from radio to X-rays) observations to study binary neutron star (BNS) mergers with electromagnetic counterparts, long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), and tidally disrupted events (TDEs) to provide a complete picture of the physical processes behind these cosmological stellar deaths
Bingjie Hao
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-9117
Office location: Mudd 1195
bingjiehao2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Gabrielse Group
Research Statement: Search for electron electric dipole moment (eEDM)
Jason Junguang He
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F224
junguanghe2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Sauls Group
Research Statement: Emergent properties of chiral superconductors and superfluids under different geometric confinements
Panpan Huang
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-0218
Office location: Tech F222
panpanhuang2015@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Jacobsen Group
Research Statement: Working on new reconstruction algorithms to improve the quality of x-ray images and developing instrumentation in x-ray microscopy for mm to cm samples
Andra Ionescu
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-9117
Office location: Mudd 1195
Andra-MariaIonescu2022@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Gabrielse Group
Research Statement: A search for ultralight dark matter via differential strain measurement of two optical cavities
Danat Issa
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8038D
danatissa2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Tchekovskoy Group
Research Statement: Simulations of neutron star mergers and their electromagnetic counterparts
Giancarlo Jusino
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F127
GiancarloJusino2015@u.northwestern.edu
Group: de Gouvea Group
Research Statement: Searching for signs of a sterile neutrino in long-baseline experiments
Nick Kaaz
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 21
nkaaz@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Tchekovskoy Group
Research Statement: I study the assembly and evolution of accretion disks and their outflows in a wide variety of black hole feeding scenarios
Cole Kampa
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-2477
Office location: Tech F127
colekampa2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Schmitt Group
Research Statement: Modeling Mu2e experiment's magnetic field. Developing robust statistical analyses for particle physics experiments.
Emma Kaufman
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
EmmaKaufman2026@u.northwestern.edu
Research Statement: Simulations of magnetic waves in stellar interiors
Taeyoon Kim
PhD Student
Office location: Fermilab TD ICB
taeyoonkim2018@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Sauls Group
Research Statement: Experimental research of quantum information processing with superconducting qubits and high-Q 3D cavities
Charles Kimball
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-5108
Office location: Dearborn 21
charleskimball2012@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kalogera Group
Research Statement: Characterizing the binary black hole populations inferred from LIGO's gravitational-wave measurements, with particular focus on black holes that cannot have formed directly from collapsed stars but may have been assembled from previous black hole mergers
Fulya Kiroglu
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 5
FulyaKiroglu2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Rasio Group
Research Statement: Dynamical evolution of compact objects in dense star clusters
Shelby Klomp
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F146
ShelbyKlomp2020@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Geraci Group
Research Statement: Detection of high-frequency gravitational waves using optically levitated dielectric particles
Patrick Krantz
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-3848
Office location: Tech F220
patrickkrantz2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Chandrasekhar Group
Research Statement: Probing novel quantum systems at cryogenic temperatures through electrical transport and noise spectroscopy
Aretaios Lalakos
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8033
aretaioslalakos2022@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Tchekovskoy Group
Research Statement: The role of magnetic field configuration on black hole accretion and radiation signatures from the interaction of outflows with the ambient medium
Dennis Lee
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8036C
dennislee2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Novak Group
Research Statement: Development and use of millimeter/submillimeter-wave astronomical instrumentation for the study of star formation
Weihua Lei
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-1703
Office location: Tech EG80
weihualei2017@u.northwestern.edu
Research Statement: Data-driven modeling of complex socio-technical systems
Jinyang Li
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-7852
Office location: Tech M316
jinyangli2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Shahriar Group
Research Statement: Quantum sensing with atom interferometry
Yanlin Li
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 22
yanlinli2022@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Dutta Group
Research Statement: Specific ion effect on surfactant molecules at aqueous interface
Zhi-zhong Li
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 21
zhi-zhongli2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Low Group
Research Statement: Spontaneously broken spacetime symmetries
Jinho Lim
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-6209
Office location: Tech FG19
JinhoLim15.2014@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Ketterson Group
Research Statement: Micromagnetic simulation of microwave assisted switching; Ferromagnetic resonance measurement related to Bose-Einstein condensation of magnon
Wei-Ting Lin
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-491-3788
Office location: Tech F224
WeiTingLin2014@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Sauls Group
Research Statement: Theoretical study of zero sound in liquid He-3 near the superfluid phase transition
Camille Liotine
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
cliotine@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kalogera Group
Research Statement: The evolution of binary star systems, in particular the populations of stellar binaries that result in double compact object mergers that are detectable with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
Yihan Liu
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-4886
Office location: Dearborn 5
yihanliu2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Hahn Group
Research Statement: Search for Dark Matter mediators at CMS; Upgrade of CMS detector for High Luminosity LHC
Siyuan Liu
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-9117
Office location: Mudd 1195
siyuanliu2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Gabrielse Group
Research Statement: Search for electron Electric Dipole Moment through the ACME experiment
Chloe Lohmeyer
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-6588
Office location: Mudd 1173
ChloeLohmeyer2021@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Geraci Group
Research Statement: An experimental search for the QCD axion, a hypothetical particle that could explain dark matter, using nuclear magnetic resonance techniques
Beverly Lowell
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman, 8030-8038
beverlylowell2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Tchekovskoy Group
Research Statement: Dynamically important magnetic fields and black hole spin-down
Michael MacKenzie
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F122
michaelmackenzie2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Velasco Group
Research Statement: Experimental particle physics research on charged-lepton flavor-violating processes at Mu2e and CMS
Renee Manzagol-Harwood
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-491-3188
Office location: Tech F140
ReneeManzagol2022@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Figueroa-Feliciano Group
Research Statement: KeV dark matter searches with Micro-X, The High-Resolution Microcalorimeter X-Ray Imaging Rocket being developed for NASA's sounding rocket program
Miguel Martinez
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
miguel.martinez@northwestern.edu
Group: Rasio Group
Research Statement: Dynamics across a wide range of astrophysical regimes, from exoplanets and exomoons to massive star clusters
Daniel Martinez Zambrano
PhD Student
Office location: Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
danielmartinezzambrano2020@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Gabrielse Group
Joseph McCourt
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-491-7677
Office location: Cook 1155
josephmccourt2018@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Bedzyk Group
Research Statement: Investigation of amphiphilic assemblies using X-ray scattering experiments and molecular dynamics simulations
Nathaniel McDonough
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-9116
Office location: Mudd 1195
nathanielmcdonough2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Gabrielse Group
Research Statement: Laser cooling and precision spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen
Michael McGinnis
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
MichaelMcginnis2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Hahn Group
Research Statement: Data acquisition system for the MuonE experiment
Jacob McLaughlin
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-3752
Office location: Tech F140
A1P8Q8@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Dahl Group
Research Statement: Characterization of novel backgrounds in large scale xenon-based dark matter detectors and improving their sensitivity to low mass WIMP signals
Yulun Miao
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F127
YulunMiao2020@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Schmitt Group
Research Statement: Searching for three massive gauge boson production at CMS
Joe Michail
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 21
joemichail2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Zadeh Group
Research Statement: Characterizing the nature of the quiescent and variable components of the nearest supermassive black hole, Sgr A*
Nicholas Miller
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 5
NicholasMiller2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kovachy Group
Research Statement: Searching for ultralight scalar field dark matter through differential strain measurements of cryogenic optical cavities
Thomas Glenn Myers
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-9116
Office location: Mudd 1195
ThomasMyers2021@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Gabrielse Group
Research Statement: A measurement of the electron and positron magnetic moments with greatly improved precision
Geev Nahal
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-9116
Office location: Mudd 1195
geevnahal2021@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Gabrielse Group
Research Statement: A measurement of the electron and positron magnetic moments
Man Nguyen
PhD Student
Office location: Tech FG15
ManNguyen2019@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Halperin Group
Research Statement: Ultrasound acoustics to study properties of superfluid He-3 at ultra low temperatures
Anya Nugent
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman, 8038F
AnyaNugent2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Fong Group
Research Statement: The environments and host galaxies of short gamma-ray bursts; using broad-band observations to learn more about the stellar populations around the bursts and their progenitor systems
Nicolas Pavao
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F418
pavao@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Carrasco Group
Research Statement: Calculations in quantum field theory aimed at discovering novel algebraic structures that underly particle physics and gravity
Greg R. M. da Silva
PhD Student
Office location: Tech M316
GregorioRabelo2022@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Shahriar Group
Research Statement: Experimental and computational investigations of squeezed quantum states with large atomic ensembles
Jacob "Cobi" Rabinowitz
PhD Student
Office location: Tech M234
JacobRabinowitz2021@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Ulmer Group
Research Statement: Building high-speed infrared cameras for astronomical imaging
Teresita Ramirez Aguilar
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 5
TeresitaRamirezAguilar2028@u.northwestern.edu
Jillian Rastinejad
PhD Student
Office location: 1801 Sherman
JillianRastinejad2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Fong Group
Research Statement: Observation of the astronomical explosions created by merging neutron stars, kilonovae, from both the short gamma-ray burst and gravitational wave perspective
Jeremy Rath
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8025
JeremyRath2020@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Lithwick Group
Research Statement: Theoretical characterization of chaos in multi-planet systems and inclined planet-disk interactions using both analytic theory and simulations
Nabeel Rehemtulla
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn Observatory
NabeelRehemtulla2027@u.northwestern.edu
Runze Ren
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-491-3188
Office location: Tech F140
runzeren2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Figueroa-Feliciano Group
Research Statement: The calibration and background study of SuperCDMS detectors
Monica Rizzo
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8036D
monicarizzo2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Larson Group
Research Statement: Developing data analysis and visualization tools for gravitational waves from LISA sources
Jonathan Roberts
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn Observatory
JonathanRoberts2027@u.northwestern.edu
Kyle Akira Rocha
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8038E
karocha@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kalogera Group
Research Statement: Machine learning and the evolution of binary stars and compact objects
Kevin Ryan
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F220
kevinryan2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Chandrasekhar Group
Research Statement: Fabrication and cryogenic magnetotransport of 2D and thin film devices exploring multiferroics, superconductors and related phenomena
Genevieve Schroeder
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8036B
genevieveschroeder2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Fong Group
Research Statement: The radio followup of both short and long gamma-ray bursts, in order to determine environment properties of the bursts and search for the presence of magnetars
John Scott
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-491-8616
Office location: Tech FG15
johnscott2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Halperin Group
Research Statement: Nuclear magnetic resonance study of properties and phases of Helium 3 in aerogel at ultra-low temperatures
Huei Sears
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman
HueiSears2024@u.northwestern.edu
Research Statement: Multimessenger observations of long gamma-ray burst host galaxies in the high-redshift universe
Aslan Seifi
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F416
aslanseifi2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Carrasco Group
Research Statement: Scattering Amplitudes, Color-Kinematics duality
Brian Seper
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F263
L4W8B2@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Driscoll Group
Research Statement: Experimental studies of motile structures formed by magnetically driven colloidal suspensions
Phalguni Shah
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-0997
Office location: Tech F263
PhalguniShah2021@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Driscoll Group
Research Statement: Experimental study of free surface flows in dense colloidal suspensions
Charlotte (Yanxuan) Shao
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F324
yanxuanshao2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Motter Group
Research Statement: Spontaneous oscillations and more complex dynamics in microfluidic networks
Zhiheng Sheng
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F140
zhihengsheng2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Dahl Group
Research Statement: Data acquisition in scintillating LAr bubble chamber (SBC) for direct dark matter detection
Kagan Simsek
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F420
KaganSimsek2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Petriello Group
Research Statement: Precision QCD in the Standard Model effective field theory
Zehao Song
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 15
zehao_song@northwestern.edu
Group: de la Cruz Group
Research Statement: Coarse-grained modeling of the dynamics of driven polyelectrolyte solutions with charge confinement
Kierstin Sorensen
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 21
KierstinSorensen2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Larson Group
Research Statement: Studying the gravitational waves of white dwarf binaries in simulated galaxies to compare to future results from LISA
Candice Stauffer
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8038B
candicestauffer2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Margutti Group
Research Statement: Supernovae and other stellar explosions across the electromagnetic spectrum, including X-Ray, UV, optical, IR, and radio
Benedict Sukra
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-9116
Office location: Mudd 1195
benedict.sukra@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Gabrielse Group
Research Statement: Improved measurements of the electron and positron magnetic moments
Imran Sultan
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
ImranSultan2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Faucher-Giguere Group
Research Statement: Cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of massive galaxy formation
Elizabeth Teng
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
ElizabethTeng2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kalogera Group
Research Statement: Simulating binary compact object populations to predict gravitational-wave observations with LIGO
Samvardhan Vishnoi
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
SamvardhanVishnoi2026@u.northwestern.edu
Research Statement: Link prediction methods in complex networks
Yuxin Wang
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F224
yuxinwang2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Goswami Group
Research Statement: Topological phases of matters in condensed matter physics
Aaron (Zhiyuan) Wang
PhD Student
Office location: Mudd 1156
ZhiyuanWang2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Geraci Group
Research Statement: Detecting high-frequency gravitational waves with optically levitated micro-sensors
Newlin Weatherford
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8032C
NewlinWeatherford2017@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Rasio Group
Research Statement: Star cluster simulations, focusing on compact object dynamics and observational inference of black hole populations
Jean Weill
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-4886
Office location: Dearborn 5
jeanweill@u.northwestern.edu
Group: de Gouvea Group
Research Statement: Understanding how helicity impacts neutrino decay, and how it leads to an apparent increase in events at low energies for experiments like JUNO or DUNE
Daniel Weiss
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-0240
Office location: Tech F229
danielweiss2022@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Koch Group
Research Statement: Protected superconducting qubits and novel methods for their simulation
Paul Williams
PhD Student
Phone number: Lab: 847-491-4791
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8049, Lab: Tech FG59
PaulWilliams2015@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Novak Group
Research Statement: Astronomical instrumentation for the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope – The Next Generation (BLAST-TNG), a NASA and NSF funded telescope built to study star formation and measure foregrounds for cosmology
Max Wisne
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F146
maxwellwisne2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Chandrasekhar Group
Research Statement: Measuring nonlocal transport in superconducting mesoscopic devices
Grace (Ruiting) Xie
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F335
ruitingxie2020@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kovács Group
Wenxin Xie
Master's Student
Phone number: 847-467-4901
Office location: Dearborn 24
wenxinxie2019@u.northwestern.edu
Shi Ye
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8027
ShiYe2015@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Rasio Group
Research Statement: Globular cluster simulations using Cluster Monte Carlo (CMC) code, including the formation and evolution of millisecond pulsars in globular clusters and neutron star dynamics
Sangjun Yoo
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-491-3477
Office location: Tech F126
sangjunyoo2015@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Dutta Group
Research Statement: Distribution of Lanthanide ions near the Langmuir film at the air-water interface using synchrotron X-ray source
Suna Zekioglu
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F418
sunazekioglu2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Carrasco Group
Research Statement: Investigations of hidden structure connecting scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity
Hongfei Zeng
PhD Student
Office location: Mudd 1175
hongfeizeng2022@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Stern Group
Research Statement: Integration of two-dimensional materials on silicon nitride photonics. Light matter interaction in optical microcavities
Gan Zhai
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
GanZhai2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Halperin Group
Research Statement: NMR research on novel superconducting compounds
Yi Zhao
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn
YiZhao2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Motter Group
Research Statement: Genetic network dynamics and complex systems modeling
Angela (Chunxi) Zhou
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn Observatory
ChunxiZhou2027@u.northwestern.edu
