Physics PhD Students
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
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
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.
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)
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
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
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
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. Muon capture neutron emission analysis for the AlCap experiment
Taeyoon Kim
PhD Student
Office location: Fermilab TD ICB
taeyoonkim2018@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Koch Group
Research Statement: Experimental research of quantum information processing with superconducting qubits and high-Q 3D cavities
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
Office location: Dearborn 5
AakashLakshmanan2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Kamal Group
Research Statement: Development of theoretical tools to understand topological phases
Yanlin Li
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F265
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: Tech F416
zhi-zhongli2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Low Group
Research Statement: Spontaneously broken spacetime symmetries
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
Beverly Lowell
PhD Student
Office location: 1800 Sherman #8029
beverlylowell2023@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Tchekovskoy Group
Research Statement: Dynamically important magnetic fields and black hole spin-down
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
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: 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.
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
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
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
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
Aslan Seifi
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F416
aslanseifi2024@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Carrasco Group
Research Statement: Scattering Amplitudes, Color-Kinematics duality
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
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
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
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: 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
Jinglu Wang
PhD Student
Office location: Dearborn 5
JingluWang2026@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Schmitt Group
Max Wisne
PhD Student
Office location: Tech F220
maxwellwisne2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Chandrasekhar Group
Research Statement: Studying Josephson junction physics as it pertains to superconducting qubits and correlated Josephson effects
Gan Zhai
PhD Student
GanZhai2025@u.northwestern.edu
Group: Halperin Group
Research Statement: NMR research on novel superconducting compounds
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