Principal Investigator
Shyam Shankar

Ph.D., Princeton University (2010)
shyam.shankar@utexas.edu
Bio and CV
Graduate Students
Theo Shaw

B.S., Northeastern University (2019)
shaw.th@utexas.edu
Haley Cole

B.S., Colorado School of Mines (2021)
hmcole@utexas.edu
Yao-Chun Chang

M.S., National Taiwan University (2022)
yaochun@utexas.edu
Jian Jun Liu

B.S., Stony Brook University (2022)
jianjun.liu@utexas.edu
Konner Feldman

B.S., University of Texas at Austin (2025)
knf749@my.utexas.edu
Yining Wang

B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison (2025)
yw28263@my.utexas.edu
Shiyu Zhang

B. S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2026)
sz23535@my.utexas.edu
Undergraduate Students
Dowon (Aiden) Lee

ldowon@utexas.edu
Alumni
- Josiah Cochran, Postdoctoral fellow from 2022 to 2026. Moved to D-wave Quantum Systems, Inc.
- Noah Mugan, Undergraduate student from 2023 to 2026. After graduation, began graduate school at University of Chicago
- Samuel Anderson, Undergraduate student from 2024 to 2025. After graduation, began graduate school at University of Washington.
- Aikaterini (Katerina) Kargioti, Masters student from 2022 to 2025. After graduation, joined Qolab, Inc.
- Zhuoqun (Ethan) Hao, Ph. D. student from 2019 to 2025. After graduation, joined Huawei, China.
- Estella Zhao, Undergraduate student in 2024.
- Ameya Riswadkar, Ph. D. student from 2021 to 2024.
- Om Joshi, Undergraduate student from 2021 to 2024. After graduation, began graduate school at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Hebah Goderya, Undergraduate student from 2021 to 2024. After graduation, began graduate school at Purdue University.
- Yongrak (Luke) Kim, Masters student from 2019 to 2021.
- Soubir Kumar, Masters student from 2019 to 2020. After graduation, joined Intel, Oregon.