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MacDonald Group Alumni

Bo Zou, 2019-2025
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Jingtian (Simon) Shi, 2018-2024
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Argonne National Laboratory

Nicolás Morales-Durán, 2019-2024
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Flatiron Institute

Qiang Gao, 2023-2024
Current position:

Igor Blinov, 2017-2024
Current position:

Daoheng Niu, 2021-2022
Current position:

Yongxin Zeng, 2018-2023
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University

Nemin Wei, 2017-2023
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Yale University

Yuxuan Zhang, 2017-2023
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (CQIQC), University of Toronto

Zexun Lin, 2017-2023
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Narang Lab, UCLA

Naichao Hu, 2017-2023
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium

Christopher Roth, 2016-2023
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher,
Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute

Wei Qin, Postdoctoral researcher, 2021-2023
Current position: University of Science and Technology of China

Ajesh Kumar, Graduate student, 2016-2022
Current position: Moore Postdoctoral Scholar at MIT

Chunli Huang, Postdoctoral researcher, 2018-2021
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

Yafei Ren, Postdoctoral researcher, 2018-2021
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Washington, Seattle

Jihang Zhu, Graduate student, 2015-2021
Current position: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland

Ming Xie, Postdoctoral researcher, 2017-2021
Current position: UT Dallas

Pawel Potasz, Postdoctoral researcher, 2019-2021
Current position: Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

Benedetta Flebus, Postdoctoral researcher, 2019-2020
Current position: Assistant Professor, Boston College

Gaurav Chaudhary, Graduate student Ph.D., 2019
Current position: Research Fellow, Cambridge University

Dmitry Efimkin, Postdoctoral researcher, 2019
Current position: Assistant Professor, Monash University, Melbourne

Massoud Masir, Postdoctoral researcher, 2019
Current position: Machine Learning Research Scientist in QuinStreet/Modernize

Liang Dong, Graduate student Ph.D., 2019
Current position:

Jingjing Feng, Graduate student Ph.D., 2019
Current position:

Fei Xue, Graduate student Ph.D., 2018
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Timothy Lovorn, Postdoctoral researcher, 2018
Current position: Lead Software Engineer, Marginal Unit, Inc.

Akihiko Sekine, Visiting Postdoc, 2018
Current position: Postdoc, RIKEN

Ashley DaSilva, Postdoctoral researcher, 2018
Current position: Research Scientist, Via Science

Panteleimon Lapas, Graduate student Ph.D., 2017
Current position: Postdoc, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki

Hua Chen, Postdoctoral researcher, 2013-2017
Current position: Associate Professor, Colorado State University

John Tolsma, Graduate student Ph.D., 2017
Current position: Postdoc, ETH

Xiao Li, Postdoctoral researcher, 2013-2017
Current position: Postdoc, University of Maryland, College Park

Nicolas Leconte, Postdoctoral researcher, 2016
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Suos

Fengcheng Wu, Graduate student Ph.D., 2016
Current position: Wuhan University

Yang Gao, Research Fellow, 2016
Current position:

Bangguo Xiong, Graduate student Ph.D., 2016
Current position:

Rohit Hegde, Postdoctoral researcher, 2013-2015
Current position:

Matthias Sitte, Postdoctoral researcher, 2015
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Mainz, Germany

Karin Everschor-Sitte, Postdoctoral researcher, 2015
Current position: Postdoc, University of Mainz, Germany

Yasufumi Araki, Postdoctoral researcher, 2015
Current position: Assistant Professor, Tohoku University

Fanyao Qu, Graduate student Ph.D. 2014
Current position: University of Brazilia

Yalan Wang, Research scientist, 2014
Current position:

Inti Sodemann, Graduate student Ph.D., 2013
Current position: UC-Irvine

Guru Khalsa, Research Fellow., 2013
Current position: University of North Texas

Wang-Kong Tse, Postdoctoral researcher, 2009-2013
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Alabama

Jeil Jung, Postdoctoral researcher, 2013
Current position: Professor, University of Seoul

Byounghak Lee, Research Fellow, 2013
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Champaign

Dagim Tilahun, Postdoctoral researcher, 2013
Current position: Patent Technical Advisor, Cooley, LLP

Wang-Kong Tse, Postdoctoral researcher, 2013
Current position: University of Alabama

Ran Cheng, Graduate student Ph.D. 2013
Current position: University of California Riverside

Maria Moura, Graduate student Ph.D., 2012
Current position: Research Scientist, IBM Brazil Research Lab

Dmytro Pesin, Postdoctoral researcher, 2012
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Utah

Fan Zhang, Graduate student Ph.D., 2012
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Pennsylvania

Zhenyu Zhang, Adjunct Profesor, 2013
Current position:

Zhenhua Qiao, Postdoctoral researcher, 2010-2013
Current position: Chinese University of Science and Technology

Hua Jiang, Postdoctoral researcher, 2011
Current position:

Yu Shi, Research Fellow, 2011
Current position:

Rafi Bistritzer, Postdoctoral researcher, 2011
Current position: Rheology R&D Leader, Aspect Imaging, Israel

Maxim Trushin, Postdoctoral researcher, 2010
Current position: Postdoc, University of Konstanz

Yongping Zhang, Postdoctoral researcher, 2010
Current position:

Tor Olof Strandberg, Graduate student Ph.D., 2009
Current position: Postdoc, Kalmar University

Cheng-Ching Joseph Wang, Graduate student Ph.D., 2009
Current position: Postdoc, Georgetown University

Jung-Jung Su, Graduate student Ph.D., 2009
Current position: Postdoc, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Ion Garate, Graduate student Ph.D., 2009
Current position: Assistant Professor, Université de Sherbrooke

Hui Pan, Research Fellow, 2009
Current position:

Hongki Min, Graduate student Ph.D., 2008
Current position: Postdoc, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Wei-Cheng Lee, Graduate student Ph.D., 2008
Current position: Postdoc, Binghamton University

Yafis Barlas, Graduate student Ph.D., 2008
Current position: Postdoc, UC Riverside

Tami Pereg-Barnea, Postdoctoral researcher, 2008
Current position: Postdoc, Caltech

Murat Tas, Postdoctoral researcher, 2008
Current position: TBA, Turkey

Jung-Jung Su, Graduate student Ph.D. 2008
Current position: Faculty member at NCTU – Taiwan

Wang Yao, Postdoctoral researcher, 2006-2008
Current position: University of Hong Kong – China

Di Xiao, Graduate student Ph.D. 2008
Current position: Carnegie Melon University

Chih-Piao Chuu, Graduate student Ph.D. 2008
Current position:

Victor Chua, Graduate student Ph.D., 2008
Current position:

Minxi Jiang, Graduate student Ph.D. 2008
Current position:

Xhengyuan Yang, Graduate student Ph.D., 2008
Current position:

Paul Haney, Graduate student Ph.D. 2007
Current position: Project Leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Jason Hill, Graduate student Ph.D., 2007
Current position: Graduate Research Assistant, Bible School

Kentaro Nomura, Postdoctoral researcher, 2007
Current position: Research Scientist, Tohoku University, Japan

Janice Adona Trinidad, Graduate student Ph.D., 2007
Current position: Instructor, Austin High School

Weidong Li, Research Fellow, 2007
Current position:

Alvaro Nunez, Graduate student Ph.D., 2006
Current position: Research Scientist, Instituto de Fisica, Chile

Emiliano Papa, Postdoctoral researcher, 2006
Current position: Director, Deutsche Bank, London

Rembert Duine, Postdoctoral researcher, 2006
Current position: Associate Professor, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Tomas Jungwirth, Postdoctoral researcher, 2006
Current position: Professor, University of Nottingham

Nikolai Sinitsyn, Postdoctoral researcher, 2004-2006
Current position: Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Yun-Pil Shim, Graduate student Ph.D., 2006
Current position: Faculty member, University of Texas El Paso

Ion Garate, Graduate student Ph.D. 2005
Current position: University of Sherbrooke – Canada

Wei-Cheng, Graduate student Ph.D. 2005
Current position: State University of New York at Binghamton

Ping Zhang, Postdoctoral researcher, 2004
Current position:

Rembertus Duine, Graduate student Ph.D., 2004
Current position: University of Utrecht – Netherlands

Max (Dimi) Culcer, Graduate student Ph.D., 2003-2004
Current position: Faculty member, University of New South Wales – Australia

Paul Haney, Graduate student Ph.D., 2004
Current position: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Enrico Rossi, Graduate student Ph.D., 2004
Current position: College of William and Mary

Chuanwei Zhang, Graduate student, 2004
Current position:

Junren Shi, Postdoctoral researcher, 2004
Current position:

Thomas Jungwirth, Research Fellow, 2003
Current position: Senior scientist at the Czech Academy of Sciences – Czech Republic

Yugui Yao, Postdoctoral researcher, 2003
Current position: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jun-Hyung Cho, Research Scientist, 2003
Current position:

Jie Liu, Research Fellow, 2003
Current position:

Hiroyasu Koizumi, Research Fellow, 2002
Current position:

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