Tiphaine Kouadou

Fumihiro Kaneda

Soyoung Baek

Jian Yang

Jan Bogdanski

David Branning

Marie Ericsson

Nathan Arnold (2025)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Enhanced Free-Space Quantum Memory"
• Now: CEO at Photon Queue

Colin Lualdi (2025)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Optimized resources for efficient optical quantum information processing and sensing"
• Now: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kwiat Group (temporary)

Andrew Conrad (2024)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Drone and vehicle-based quantum communication and towards practical quantum position verification"
• Now: Quantum Cryptography Researcher at JPMorgan Chase

Spencer Johnson (2024)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Applications of Entanglement at Extreme Distance Scales"
• Now: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

AJ Schroeder (2022)

• Now: RF-Microwave Design Engineer at Astranis

Kristina Meier (2021)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Comparison, Optimization, and Application of Various Spontaneous Parametric Downconversion Sources of Polarization-Entangled Photon Pairs"
• Now: Quantum Information Scientist in Intelligence & Space Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Past: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Christopher Zeitler (2021)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Characterization of Quantum States: Advances in Quantum Tomography and Tests of Nonlocality"
• Now: TBA

Joseph Chapman (2020)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Towards Optical Quantum Communication in Space"
• Now: Research Scientist in Quantum Communications and Networking at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Past: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Quantum Information Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Michelle Victora (2020)

• Ph.D. thesis: "New Opportunities for Photon Storage and Detection: An Exploration of a High-Efficiency Optical Quantum Memory and the Quantum Capabilities of the Human Eye"
• Now: Software Engineer at Righthand Robotics

Courtney Krafczyk (2019)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Investigations of Quantum Sensing Techniques for Deflection and Displacement Metrology"
• Now: Nursing Student at the University of Illinois at Chicago in Urbana

Julia Spina (2019)

• Now: Financial author, options strategist, and podcast cohost at tastytrade

Kyle Herndon (2019)

• Now: Software Engineer at Google

Alex Hill (2018)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Spatial Mode Control and Advanced Methods for Multi-Platform Quantum Communication"
• Now: Senior Quantum Systems Engineer at Rigetti Computing

Dalton Chaffee (2018)

• Now: Graduate Student in the Ion Storage group at NIST Boulder

Michael Wayne (2017)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Optical Quantum Random Number Generation: Applications of Single-Photon Event Timing"
• Now: NRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Quantum Optics Group at NIST Gaithersburg

Rebecca Holmes Sandoval (2017)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Testing the Limits of Human Vision with Quantum States of Light"
• Now: Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Aditya Sharma (2016)

• Ph.D. thesis: "In Search of Photonic Bound Entanglement: Using Hyperentanglement to Study Mixed Entangled States"
• Now: Postdoc with Dr. Alan Migdall at the Joint Quantum Institute, Maryland
• Past: Postdoc with Dr. Philip Walther at Universität Wien in Vienna, Austria

Bradley Christensen (2016)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Advanced Tests of Nonlocality with Entangled Photons"
• Now: Postdoc with Dr. Robert McDermott at The University of Wisconsin-Madison

Trent Graham (2016)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Using Hyperentanglement for Advanced Quantum Communication"
• Now: Postdoc with Dr. Mark Saffman at The University of Wisconsin-Madison

J.J. Wong (2016)

Kevin Zielnicki (2014)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Pure Sources and Efficient Detectors for Optical Quantum Information Processing"
• Now: Stitch Fix in San Francisco, CA
• Past: Silicon Valley Data Science in Mountain View, CA

Kevin McCusker (2012)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Efficient Quantum Optical State Engineering and Applications"
• Now: Patent Attorney at Alliance IP, LLC
• Past: Barnes & Thornburg (patent law); Postdoc with Dr. Prem Kumar at Northwestern University

Radhika Dirks (Rangarajan) (2010)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Photonic Sources and Detectors for Quantum Information Processing: A Trilogy in Eight Parts"
• Now: CEO of Stealth Next-Gen AI powered Biotech and CEO and Co-founder of XLabs.ai
• Past: CEO and Co-founder of Seldn.ai; CEO and Co-founder of Rotary Gallop; Shell Corporation in Houston, TX

Onur Hosten (2010)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Applications of Quantum Measurement Techniques: Counterfactual Quantum Computation, Spin Hall Effect of Light, and Atomic-Vapor-Based Photon Detectors"
• Now: Assistant Professor at IST Austria in Klosterneuburg, Austria
• Past: Research Scientist at Stanford University; Postdoc with Dr. Mark Kasevich at Stanford University

Scott Jobling (2009)

• Master's thesis: "Adaptive Optics for Improved Mode Coupling Efficiencies"
• Now: Thorlabs Quantum Electronics in Jessup, MD
• Past: Infinera in Allentown, PA

Julio Barreiro (2008)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Hyperentanglement for Quantum Communication"
• Now: Assistant Professor of Physics, UC-San Diego
• Past: Postdoc with Dr. Immanuel Bloch at Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany; Postdoc with Dr. Ranier Blatt at Universitat Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria

Michael Wayne (2008)

• Master's thesis: "Photon Arrival Time Quantum Random Number Generation"
• Now: (See Ph.D. thesis in this list above)

Evan Jeffrey (2007)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Advanced Quantum Communication Systems"
• Now: Quantum Research Scientist at Google
• Past: Postdoc with Dr. John Martinis at UC-Santa Barbara

Aaron VanDevender (2007)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Quantum Information Applications of Frequency Upconversion"
• Now: Founders Fund in San Francisco, CA
• Past: Postdoc with Dr. David Wineland at NIST in Boulder, CO; Halcyon Molecular in Redwood City, CA

Joe Altepeter (2006)

• Ph.D. thesis: "Testing the Limits of Nonlocality"
• Now: Program Manager in Defense Sciences Office (DSO), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• Past: ‎Berberian & Company in College Park, MD; Research professor at Northwestern University; Postdoc with Dr. Andrew White at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia

Nicholas Peters (2006)

• Ph.D. thesis: "One- And Two-Photon States for Quantum Information"
• Now: Quantum Information Science Section Head & Distinguished Research and Development Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Past: Quantum Communications Team Lead, Senior Research Scientist in The Quantum Information Science Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Applied Communication Sciences

Tahereh “Tati” Rezaei

Matteo Stefanini

Madeline Dean

Jerzy Szuniewicz

Lakshman Goel

Javier Tort Serrataco

Dmytro Papaianki

Masha Kozlova

Daniel O'Leary

Michael Vayninger

Brian Petro

Shuen Wu

Emily Chen

Derek Warner

Oliver Johnson

Keshav Rakesh

Pranav Kalinadhabhotla

Grzegorz Golba

Joey Shallat

Ian Call

Hudson Jones

Leo Oshiro

Max Shepherd

Joe Lian

Scott Turro

Brian Wilens

Annika Dugad

Matthias Zajdela

Maxim Lunin

Ryan Yoseph

Brooke Polak

Henry Ando

Bruce Crabtree

Chris Chopp

Amy Zou

Malhar Jere

Sheldon Schlie

Laurynas Tamulevičius

Adam Schunk

Austin Graf

David Hervas Aguilar

Daniel Kumor

David Schmid

Mae Hwee Teo

Cory Alford

Vesselin Velev

Jake Smith

Dickson Thian

Ting-Yu Huang

Felicia Martinez

Daryl Achilles

Matthew Rakher

Kyle Arnold

Kevin Uskali

Gleb Akselrod

Rachel Hillmer