Physics PhD Students
Olivia Meredith Bitter
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F418
oliviabitter2027@u.northwestern.edu
Group: de Gouvea Group
Research Statement: My research interests span the field of neutrino phenomenology. Currently my projects include exploring time invariance violation effects in matter with applications to the future DUNE experiment, as well as looking into pseudo-Dirac neutrinos through sterile neutrino extensions.
Daniel Buser
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F321
danielbuser2028@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Motter Group
Research Statement: The study of links between synchronization and entanglement in coupled spin networks.
Danyang Chen
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F225
DanyangChen2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Koch Group
Research Statement: Characterizing quantum error correction schemes and developing high fidelity qubit operations on superconducting circuits
Sai Pavan Chitta
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F229
SaiChitta2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Koch Group
Research Statement: Simulation and design of protected superconducting qubits
Ken DeRose
PhD Student
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
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
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
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 F213
scottgrudichak2021@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Geraci Group
Research Statement: Fabrication and characterization of thin film type 2 superconductors, patterned with anti-dot arrays
Enes Haxhimali
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F335
eneshaxhimali2030@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kovács Group
Savannah King
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F122
SavannahKing2027@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Velasco Group
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
Aakash Lakshmanan
PhD Student
AakashLakshmanan2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kamal Group
Research Statement: Development of theoretical tools to understand topological phases
Qiaofeng Liu
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F420
QiaofengLiu2027@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Low Group
Research Statement: Entanglement in quantum field theory; quantum simulation of fundamental physics
Natalie Love
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F335
NatalieLove2029@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kovács Group
Leone Luzzatto
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F332
LeoneLuzzatto2028@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kovács Group
Austin Marga
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F226
austinmarga2027@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Chandrasekhar Group
Research Statement: Low temperature fabrication and measurement of superconducting electron interference devices
Michael McGinnis
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F127
MichaelMcginnis2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Hahn Group
Research Statement: Constraints on di-Higgs production and EFT interpretation with the CMS experiment; data acquisition systems and online track-fitting for CMS and MUonE.
Nicholas Miller
PhD Student
NicholasMiller2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kovachy Group
Research Statement: Searching for ultralight scalar field dark matter through differential strain measurements of cryogenic optical cavities
Geev Nahal
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-467-9116
Office location: Mudd 1195
geevnahal2021@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Sauls Group
Research Statement: A measurement of the electron and positron magnetic moments
Buduka Ogonor
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F318
budukaogonor2028@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Motter Group
Daehan Park
PhD Student
DaehanPark2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Halperin Group
Research Statement: Order parameter collective modes and acoustic properties of superfluid Helium-3 with disorders such as in ultra-dilute aerogel and confinement
Alejandro Rodriguez
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 5
alejandrorodriguez2028@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Figueroa-Feliciano Group
Sharika Saraf
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 21
SharikaSaraf2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kovachy Group
John Scott
PhD Student
Phone number: 847-491-8616
Office location: Tech F226
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
Zhiheng Sheng
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F140
zhihengsheng2024@u.northwestern.edu
Research Statement: Data acquisition in scintillating LAr bubble chamber (SBC) for direct dark matter detection
Hardeep Singh
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F146
hardeep.singh@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kovachy Group
Lillian Soucy
PhD Student
Office location: Mudd 1195
lilliansoucy2030@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Gabrielse Group
Research Statement: Improved precision measurements of the electron and positron magnetic moments
Imran Sultan
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8032C
ImranSultan2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Faucher-Giguere Group
Research Statement: Cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of massive galaxy formation
Sarvesh Upadhyay
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F224
sarveshupadhyay2027@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Goswami Group
Samvardhan Vishnoi
PhD Student
SamvardhanVishnoi2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Amaral Group
Research Statement: Link prediction methods in complex networks
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
Yi Zhao
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F318
YiZhao2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Motter Group
Research Statement: Genetic network dynamics and complex systems modeling
Angela (Chunxi) Zhou
PhD Student
Office location: Mudd Library
ChunxiZhou2027@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Stern Group