Our Alumni

Columbia Affiliations
Columbia Nano Initiative
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Data Science Institute
Columbia University
Programmable Quantum Materials

Graduate Students

Wei Bao

  • Ph.D. 2015; Current position: Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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David Garfield

Kaiyuan Yao

Thomas Darlington

  • Ph.D. 2020; Current Position: The Molecular Foundry, LBNL

Changhwan Lee

Xinyi Xu

  • Ph.D. 2023

Emanuil Yanev

Emma Xu

  • Ph.D. 2024

Kevin Kwock

  • Ph.D. 2024

Benedikt Ursprung

  • Ph.D. 2025

Postdoc Fellows

Chiara Trovatello

  • Marie Curie Postdoc 2021-2024; Current position: Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano
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Andrea Camellini

Mark Ziffer

  • RISE Postdoc 2021-2024; Current position: Senior Quantum Research Engineer, Quantum Network Technologies
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Ilka Kriegel

  • Marie Curie Postdoc 2016-2018; Current position: Professor at Politecnico di Torino
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Angel Bravo

Pradeep Perera

  • Project Scientist, Energy Frontier Research Center on Nanoscale Controls on Geologic CO2, 2013-2017; Current position: Research Faculty, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Nicholas Borys

  • Postdoc and Project Scientist 2013-2017; Current position: Professor at Montana State University
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Edward Barnard

  • Postdoc 2012-2016; Current position: Data Group Lead and Principal Data Scientist, Molecular Foundry, LBNL
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Hyuck Choo

  • Postdoc 2008-2009 

Daniel Gargas

Martin Schmidt

  • Postdoc 2008-2011; Currently: Patent Attorney, Germany

Alex Weber-Bargioni

  • Postdoc 2008-2012 (joint with D.F. Ogletree and S. Cabrini); Currently: Staff Scientist, Molecular Foundry, LBNL
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Shiwei Wu

  • Postdoc (joint with M. Salmeron) 2007-2010; Currently: Professor of Physics, Fudan University
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Zhaoyu Zhang

  • Postdoc 2008-2011; Currently: Professor at Chinese University Hong Kong
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Post-baccalaureates

Alexander McLeod

  • Post-baccalaureate (joint with Jeff Neaton) 2008-2010; Currenlty: postdoc at Columbia University
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Undergraduates

Andrew Mueller

  • Research Intern 2011; Currently: graduate student at Caltech

Andrew Taber

  • Undergrad (joint with Jeff Neaton) 2010-2012; Currently: Start-up savant

 

High School Students

Ariel Kuhl

  • Student at Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering

Omar Schmitt

  • Student at Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering

 

Visiting Scholars

Prof. Francesco Scotognella

  • Currently: Professor, Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano

Prof. Andrea Bassi

  • Currently: Professor, Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano

Michele Ghini

  • Currently: PhD student, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genoa