#  People 

 



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###    Postdocs  expand\_more  

### Postdocs

- [Pierre Le Doussal](http://www.phys.ens.fr/~ledou/), Directeur de Recherche de Classe Exceptionnelle, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l' Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.
- [Rodolfo Jalabert](http://www.ipcms.unistra.fr/?page_id=13887&lang=en), Professeur à l'Université Louis Pasteur, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, France.
- [Andrey Chubukov](https://cse.umn.edu/physics/andrey-chubukov), William I. and Bianca M. Fine Chair in Theoretical Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
- [Satya Majumdar](http://www.lptms.universite-paris-saclay.fr/satya-majumdar/), Directeur de Recherche, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques, University of Paris XI, France.
- [Matthias Vojta](https://tu-dresden.de/mn/physik/itp/tfp/die-professur/inhaber?set_language=en), Chair of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany
- [Oleg Starykh](http://www.physics.utah.edu/~starykh/), Professor, Department of Physics, University of Utah.
- [Marcus Kollar](http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/~mkollar/index.shtml), Theoretische Physik III, Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, Germany.
- [Kwon Park](http://newton.kias.re.kr/~kpark/), Professor, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul.
- [Takao Morinari](http://cmt.phys.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
- [Adam Durst](https://www.hofstra.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-profile.html?id=4712), Professor, Hofstra University.
- [Krishnendu Sengupta](https://iacs.res.in/athusers/index.php?navid=0&userid=IACS0038), Senior Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India.
- [Lorenz Bartosch](http://itp.uni-frankfurt.de/~lb/), Assistant Professor, University of Frankfurt.
- [Predrag Nikolic](http://physics.gmu.edu/~pnikolic/), Associate Professor, George Mason University
- [Ribhu Kaul](https://science.psu.edu/physics/people/rpk5594), Professor, Penn State University
- [Markus Müller](https://www.psi.ch/en/lsm/people/markus-muller), Senior Scientist, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland.
- [Lars Fritz](http://www.uu.nl/staff/LFritz), Associate Professor, University of Utrecht
- [Michael Levin](https://physics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/michael-levin/), Professor, University of Chicago
- [Cenke Xu](https://sites.google.com/view/xucenkewebsite/home), Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
- [Sean Hartnoll](http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/research/gr/person/sah40), Professorship of Mathematical Physics (1967), University of Cambridge
- [Erez Berg](https://www.weizmann.ac.il/condmat/berg/welcome), Faculty, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- [Liang Fu](https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/liang-fu/), Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- [Liza Huijse](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhuijse), Co-founder and Head of Data Analytics at [Base5 Genomics](https://www.b5genomics.com)
- [Chris Laumann](https://www.bu.edu/physics/profile/christopher-laumann/), Associate Professor, Boston University
- [Matthias Punk](https://www.mcqst.de/about/members/matthias-punk.html), Patent Attorney, [Epping Hermann Fischer Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH](https://www.ehf-ip.com/expert/prof-dr-matthias-punk/), Munich
- [Philipp Strack](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipp-strack-00404299/), Department Head, Strategic Business Development at [ASML](https://www.asml.com/en)
- [Brian Swingle](https://www.brandeis.edu/physics/people/profiles/swingle-brian.html), Associate Professor, Brandeis University
- [Dmitry Abanin](https://phy.princeton.edu/people/dmitry-abanin), Professor of Physics, Princeton University
- [Ling-Yan (Janet) Hung](https://ymsc.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1031/2336.htm), Professor, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing
- [Jay Sau](http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~jaydsau/), Professor of Physics and Co-director, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland
- [Sarang Gopalakrishnan](https://ece.princeton.edu/people/sarang-gopalakrishnan), Assistant Professor, Princeton University
- [Andrea Allais](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-allais-a9a089a9), Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles - Perception, Nuro
- [Johannes Bauer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-bauer-63b872), Data Science Executive Director at S&P Global
- [Paul Chesler](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmchesler/), Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- [Andreas Eberlein](http://users.physics.harvard.edu/~eberlein/), Harvard University
- [William Witczak-Krempa](https://www.wklab.ca/en/team/), Professeur agrégé, University of Montreal
- [Richard Davison](https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/richard-davison), Associate Professor, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
- [Chong Wang](https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/people/chong-wang), Faculty, Perimeter Institute
- [Mathias Scheurer](https://www.itp3.uni-stuttgart.de/institute/team/Scheurer-00001/), Professor, University of Stuttgart
- [Yingfei Gu](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qkmfFxMAAAAJ&hl=en), Institute for Advanced Study at Tsinghua University
- [Grigory Tarnopolsky](https://www.cmu.edu/physics/people/faculty/tarnopolsky.html), Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
- [Harley Scammell](https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Harley.Scammell), Senior Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney
- [Darshan Joshi](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6754-6591), Assistant Professor, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Hyderabad
- [Alex Kruchkov](https://www.alexkruchkov.com), Princeton University
- [Ya-Hui Zhang](https://physics-astronomy.jhu.edu/directory/yahui-zhang/), Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
- [Zhu-Xi Luo](https://www.zhu-xi-luo.com), Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
- [Daniel Parker](https://danielericparker.github.io), Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
- [Ilya Esterlis](https://www.physics.wisc.edu/directory/esterlis-ilya-a/), Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- [Pavel Volkov](https://pavolkov.com), Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
- [Peter Lunts](https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=LdmKCbIAAAAJ&hl=en), [Episteme](https://episteme.com)
- [Pietro Bonetti](https://www.fkf.mpg.de/person/95807/2206), Max Planck for Solid State Research, Stuttgart.
- [Zhaoyu Han](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jJokEbsAAAAJ), Harvard University
- [Pavel Nosov](https://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=mHVNsOsAAAAJ&hl=en), Harvard University
- [Felix Desrochers](https://www.linkedin.com/in/félix-desrochers-1715b5143/), Harvard University
- [Oriana K. Diessel](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OW0NuNkAAAAJ&hl=en), Harvard University
- [Carl P. Zelle](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wXcOvtoAAAAJ&hl=en), Harvard University

 

 



###    Students  expand\_more  

### Ph.D. Students

- Jinwu Ye, The School of Science, Great Bay University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China  
    Thesis: Some Examples of Quantum Phase Transitions
- [T. Senthil](https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/senthil-todadri/), William and Emma Rogers Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  
    Thesis: [Quantum Phase Transitions in Random Spin Systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/T_Senthil_thesis.pdf)
- [Kedar Damle](http://theory.tifr.res.in/~kedar/), Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.  
    Thesis: [Turning on the Heat: Non-zero Temperature Dynamical Properties of Quantum Many-body Systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Kedar_Damle_thesis.pdf)
- [Chiranjeeb Buragohain](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cburagohain), Architect, Oracle.  
    Thesis: [Dynamical Properties of Quantum Antiferromagnets in One and Two Dimensions](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Chiranjeeb_Buragohain_thesis.pdf)
- [Ying Zhang](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ying-zhang/50/576/303), Portfolio Manager at Millennium, London.  
    Thesis: [Competing Orders in the Cuprate Superconductors](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Ying_Zhang_thesis.pdf)
- [Anatoli Polkovnikov](https://www.bu.edu/physics/profile/anatoli-polkovnikov/), Professor of Physics, Boston University.  
    Thesis: [Manifestation of Quantum Fluctuations in Strongly Correlated Systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Anatoli_Polkovnikov_thesis.pdf)
- [Stephen Powell](https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/stephen.powell), Associate Professor, University of Nottingham   
    Thesis: [Quantum phases and transitions of many-body systems realized using cold atomic gases](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Stephen_Powell_thesis.pdf)
- [Adrian Del Maestro](http://www.delmaestro.org/adrian/index.html), Professor, University of Tennessee  
    Thesis: [The superconductor-metal quantum phase transition in ultra-narrow wires](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Adrian_Del_Maestro_thesis.pdf)
- [Emily Dunkel](http://www.linkedin.com/in/emilydunkel) (with [David Coker](http://www.bu.edu/chemistry/faculty/profile/coker.html), Boston University), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory  
    Thesis: [Quantum Phenomena in Condensed Phase Systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Emily_Dunkel_thesis.pdf)
- [Yang Qi](https://phys.fudan.edu.cn/e4/fa/c7605a124154/page.htm), Researcher, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai  
    Thesis: [Spin and Charge Fluctuations in Strongly Correlated Systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Yang_Qi_thesis.pdf).
- [Rudro Rana Biswas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudroranabiswas/), Actuarial Analyst II, Lincoln Financial Group   
    Thesis: [Explorations in Dirac Fermions and Spin Liquids](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Rudro_Rana_Biswas_thesis.pdf).
- [Eun Gook Moon](http://physics.kaist.ac.kr/index.php?document_srl=4570&mid=p_people1), Associate Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   
    Thesis: [Superfluidity in Strongly Correlated Systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Eun_Gook_Moon_thesis.pdf)
- [Max Metlitski](https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/max-metlitski/), Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
    Thesis: [Aspects of Critical Behavior of Two Dimensional Electron Systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Max_Metlitski_thesis.pdf)
- [Yejin Huh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yejin-huh-32911223), Founding AI Scientist at Stealth  
    Thesis: [Quantum Phase Transitions in d-wave Superconductors and Antiferromagnetic Kagome Lattices](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Yejin_Huh_thesis.pdf)
- [Susanne Pielawa](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/susanne-pielawa/4/675/866), Algorithm Developer, BMW Group  
    Thesis: [Metastable Phases and Dynamics of Low-Dimensional Strongly-Correlated Atomic Quantum Gases](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Susanne_Pielawa_thesis.pdf)
- [Debanjan Chowdhury](http://debanjanchowdhury.wixsite.com/homepage), Assistant Professor, Cornell University  
    Thesis: [Interplay of Broken Symmetries and Quantum Criticality in Correlated Electronic Systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Debanjan_Chowdhury_thesis.pdf)
- [Junhyun Lee](http://www.junhyunlee.org), Postdoctoral fellow, University of Maryland  
    Thesis: [Novel quantum phase transitions in low-dimensional systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Junhyun_Lee_thesis.pdf)
- [Andrew Lucas](https://www.colorado.edu/physics/andrew-lucas), Associate Professor, University of Colorado  
    Thesis: [Transport and hydrodynamics in holography, strange metals and graphene](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Andrew_Lucas_thesis.pdf)
- [Shubhayu Chatterjee](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wovjAPsAAAAJ&hl=en), Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University  
    Thesis: [Transport and symmetry breaking in strongly correlated systems with topological order](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Shubhayu_Chatterjee_thesis.pdf)
- [Wenbo Fu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wenbo-fu-9157a756/), Data Scientist, Med Data Quest, Cambridge MA  
    Thesis: [The Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model and matter without quasiparticles](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Wenbo_Fu_thesis.pdf)
- [Seth Whitsitt](https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-whitsitt-463bbb19), Senior Principal Transformational Quantum Physicist, Northrop Grumman  
    Thesis: [Universal non-local observables at interacting quantum critical points](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Seth_Whitsitt_thesis.pdf)
- [Alex Thomson](https://physics.ucdavis.edu/directory/faculty/alex-thomson), Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis  
    Thesis: [Emergent gapless fermions in strongly-correlated phases of matter and quantum critical points](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Alex_Thomson_thesis.pdf)
- [Aavishkar Patel](https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=K7a-EsQAAAAJ&hl=en), Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute   
    Thesis: [Transport, criticality, and chaos in fermionic quantum matter at nonzero density](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Aavishkar_Patel_thesis.pdf)
- [Julia Steinberg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-steinberg-11b61865/), Quantitative Researcher at Radix Trading  
    Thesis: [Universal Aspects of Quantum-Critical Dynamics In and Out of Equilibrium](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Julia_Steinberg_thesis.pdf)
- [Rhine Samajdar](https://pcts.princeton.edu/people/rhine-samajdar), Princeton University  
    Thesis: [Topological and symmetry-breaking phases of strongly correlated systems: From quantum materials to ultracold atoms](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Rhine_Samajdar_thesis.pdf)
- [Haoyu Guo](https://www.kicnano.cornell.edu/people/haoyu-guo), Cornell University  
    Thesis: [Novel Transport Phenomena in Quantum Matter](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Haoyu_Guo_thesis.pdf)
- [Henry Shackleton](https://physics.mit.edu/research/pappalardo-fellowships-in-physics/henry-shackleton-pappalardo-fellow/), Pappalardo Fellow, MIT  
    Thesis: [Fractionalization and disorder in quantum many-body systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Henry_Shackleton_thesis.pdf)
- [Chenyuan Li](https://riceacademy.rice.edu/junior-fellows/dr-chenyuan-li), Academy of Fellows, Rice University  
    Thesis: [Quantum Criticality and Superconductivity in Systems Without Quasiparticles](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Chenyuan_Li_thesis.pdf)
- [Yanting Teng](https://people.epfl.ch/yanting.teng?lang=en), Scientist, Laboratory of Quantum Information and Computation, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne  
    Thesis: [Exploring Topological Phases in Quantum Many-Body Physics](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Yanting_Teng_thesis.pdf)
- [Maria Tikhanovskaya](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tikhanovskaya/), Research Fellow, Allen Institute & University of Washington  
    Thesis: [Disorder in quantum many-body physics: from strange metal to spin glass systems](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Maria_Tikhanovskaya_thesis.pdf)
- [Maine Christos](https://www.pma.caltech.edu/people/maine-christos), AWS Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Theoretical Physics, Caltech  
    Thesis: [Criticality, fractionalization, and superconductivity in two-dimensional quantum materials](http://140.247.122.253/theses/Maine_Christos_thesis.pdf)
- [Alexander Nikolaenko](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AVTLJ-gAAAAJ&hl=en), Harvard University
- [Serhii Kryhin](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NSCesYwAAAAJ), Harvard University