Former Group Members
Postdoctoral fellows: |
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| Name | Affiliation [and background] | Afterwards... |
| Seth Aubin | Postdoctoral fellow, Sept 2003-Sept 2006 [Ph.D. Stoney Brook, Orozco gp] |
07-12: Asst. Professor, Dept of Physics, College of William & Mary 13-: Assoc. Professor, Dept of Physics, College of William & Mary |
| Scott Beattie | Postdoctoral fellow, Oct 2012-March 2014 [Ph.D. York, Kumarakrishnan gp] |
10-12: Postdoc, Hadzibabic gp, Cambridge 14-: Scientific Staff, NRC |
| David McKay | Postdoctoral fellow, fall 2012 [Ph.D 2012 UI Urbana-Champaign (DeMarco gp)] |
13-14: Postdoc U. Chicago, Schuster gp (Superconducting Qubits) 15-: Research Staff Member, IBM Yorktown Heights |
| Jason McKeever | Postdoctoral fellow, Feb 2007-Dec 2009 [Ph.D. Caltech, Kimble gp] |
04-07: Marie Curie fellow, ENS Paris 10-14: Senior Scientist, Entanglement Technologies (Palo Alto) 14-15: System Specialist, Xiphos Technologies (Montreal) 16-: Systems Lead, GHGSat, Inc. (Montreal) |
| Stefan Myrskog | Postdoctoral fellow, Jan 2004-Apr 2006 [Ph.D. Toronto, Steinberg gp] |
06-08: Research Associate, UofT ECE (gp of Peter Smith & Ted Sargent) 08-10: Lead Photovoltaic Scientist, Morgan Solar (Toronto) 10-: Director of Science, Morgan Solar |
| Ben Olsen | Postdoctoral fellow, Sept 2016-June 2018 [Ph.D. Princton, Happer gp] |
18-: Assistant Professor, Yale-NUS, Singapore |
| Karl Pilch | Postdoctoral fellow, Mar-Nov 2009 [Ph.D. Innsbruck, Grimm gp] |
10-: Senior Engineer, Infineon Technologies Austria (Villach) |
| Thorsten Schumm | Postdoctoral fellow, May-July 2006 [Ph.D. Heidelberg, Aspect/Schmiedmayer] |
06-10: Assistant Professor, TU Wien, Austria 10-: Group leader, Thorium Group, Atom Institute |
| Stefan Trotzky | Postdoctoral fellow, 2012-2017 [graduate work at Mainz+Munich, with I. Bloch] |
17-: Senior Optical Engineer, Metamaterials Technologies Inc. (Halifax) |
| Fudong Wang | Postdoctoral fellow, 2016-2018 [graduate work at CUHK, with Dajun Wang] |
19-: Assistant Researcher, SIQSE-SUSTech (Shenzhen) |
Graduate students: |
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| Name | Degrees, fellowships [and background] | Afterwards... |
Alma Bardon |
Ph.D. 2014 NSERC CGS Fellow 2006-10 Walter C. Sumner Fellowship 2008-9 [B.Sc. Physics 2006 Mt. Allison] |
14-15: Medical biophysics (Graham gp) Sunnybrook Research Institute 15-17: Photovoltaic Scientist, Morgan Solar 17-: Senior Optical Engineer, Metamaterials Technologies Inc.(Halifax) |
Nathan Cheng |
M.Sc. 2012 NSERC CGS fellowship 2010-11 [B.Sc. Eng Phys 2010 McMaster University] |
13-14: backpacking & e-commerce (Thailand; China, ...) 15-: Instructor (Guangzhou) |
| Hai-Jun Cho | M.Sc. 2010 [B.Sc. 2009 Queen's University] |
10-11: Ph.D. candidate in the Burch group 12-: Ph.D. candidate, Materials Science Engineering (Erb gp.) |
| Ryan Day | M.Sc. 2014 [B.Sc. 2013 U. Toronto] |
14-15: Research Assistant, Dept Physics, Dalhousie Univeristy (Dahn gp.) |
| Graham Edge | Ph.D. 2016 NSERC CGS Fellow 2010-11, 2012-15 OGS fellowship 2011-12, 2015-16 [B.Sc. 2010 Queen's University] |
16: Postdoc with Vutha group at U of T |
| Marcius Extavour | Ph.D. 2009; M.Sc. 2004 OGS fellowship 2004-08 [B.A.Sc. 2003 UofT EngSci] |
09-10: Analyst, Ontario Power Generation 10-11: Arthur H. Guenther Congressional science policy fellow 10-12: Canadian Science Policy Centre 12: Council of Canadian Academies: Science Policy Consultant 12-14: Director of Corporate Partnerships, University of Toronto 15-: Technical Director of Carbon XPRIZE Operations |
| Daniel Fine | M.Sc. 2013 NSERC CGS-M fellow 2012-13 [B.Sc. Eng Phys 2010 Queen's University] |
13-14: chef de cuisine, Edinburgh Scottland |
| Carolyn Kierans | M.Sc. 2012 NSERC CGS-M fellowship 2011-12 [B.A. 2011 Simon Fraser University] |
12-18: Doctoral student, U. Cal. Berkeley (Astrophysics) 14-17: NSERC PGSD Fellow 18-: Postdoc, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Dylan Jervis | Ph.D. 2014, M.Sc. 2007 [B.Sc. 2006 McGill] |
14-16: Aerodyne Research, Inc. 17-: Systems Specialist, GHGSat, Inc. (Montreal) |
| Lindsay LeBlanc | Ph.D. 2010; M.Sc. 2005 NSERC CGS fellow 2004-08 [B.Sc. 2003 University of Alberta] |
10: DAMPhi Thesis prize winner 10-13: postdoc with Ian Spielman and Bill Phillips at NIST/JQI 11-13: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 13-: Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Dept of Physics 14-: Canada Research Chair in Ultracold Gases for Quantum Simulation 15-: Fellow, CIFAR Quantum Materials Program |
| Chris Luciuk | Ph.D. 2017; M.Sc. 2013 [B.Sc. Physics 2012 UBC] |
18-: Program Director, Data Scientist at Insight Data Science |
| Amir Mazouchi | M.Sc. 2007 [B.Sc. EE 2005; M.Sc. Physics 2006 Sharif U.] |
07-13: PhD Physics, Gradinaru group, UTM biophysics |
| Dave McKay | Ph.D 2012 UI Urbana-Champaign (DeMarco gp) NSERC PGS fellow 2006-10 |
12: Postdoc in our group 13-14: Postdoc U. Chicago, Schuster gp (Superconducting Qubits) 15-: Research Staff Member, IBM Yorktown Heights |
| Daniel Nino | M.Sc. 2015 [B.Sc. (2014) UTM] |
15-: Ph.D., Milstein gp |
| Haille Sharum | M.Sc. 2018 [B.Sc. (2015) U. Alberta] |
19-: Data analyst, City of Edmonton |
| Michael Sprague | M.Sc. 2010 [B.Sc. 2009 Queen's University] |
10-14: Ph.D. in the Walmsley gp, Oxford University 14-16: Systems Engineer and Physicst, Profound Medical Inc (Toronto) 16-: Senior Data Scientist at HERE |
Undergraduates students: |
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| Name | Affiliation | Afterwards... |
| Boris Braverman | Undergraduate thesis, 2010-11 | B.Sc. 2011, UofT physics. 11-17: Ph.D. program, MIT (Vuletic gp) 18-: Postdoctoral Fellow, U. Ottawa (Boyd gp) |
| David Burns | NSERC USRA, summer 2006 | B.Sc. 2007, Queen's University 07-09: Atomic Energy of Canada 09-12: M.D., McMaster U. School of Medicine 12-: Resident, Orthopedic Surgery, University of Toronto |
| Will Cairncross | NSERC USRA, summer 2011 & 2013 | B.Sc. 2013, Queen's University 13-18: Ph.D. candidate, U.C. Boulder, Cornell/Ye gp 19-: MPGQ Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard (Ni gp) |
| Barbara Cieslak | B.A.Sc. Thesis 2005, UofT EngSci Technical support, 2005-6 |
08: Multimedia Developer, Splashworks (Toronto) 18-: Developer, Prodigy (Burlington) |
| Wentao Cui | CQIQC Undergraduate Fellowship, 2018 | B.Sc. candidate, Physics, University of Toronto |
| Asya Danilova | Developer, UCAN web site, 2005-10 | 05-10: Research Assistant, Miller Gp (Toronto) 10-14: Analyst, BMO Financial Group (Toronto) 15-: Senior Data Scientist, car2go | moovel GmbH (Stuttgart) |
| Ryan Day | NSERC USRA, summer 2013 | 13-14: MSc. in our group 14-15: Research Assistant, Dept Physics, Dalhousie Univeristy (Dahn gp.) 15-: Ph.D. candidate, UBC Physics (Damascelli gp.) |
| Bernie Hsu | NSERC USRA, summer 2018 | B.Sc. candidate, Physics, UofT |
| Vincent Kan | Undergraduate project, 2006-7 |
B.Sc. 2008, UofT 08-: Ph.D. candidate, Univ. of Virginia, Dept. of Chemistry |
| Ian Kivlichan | NSERC USRA, summer 2012 | B.Sc. Physics 2014, UofT 14-: Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University (Aspuru-Guzik gp.) |
| Ian Leroux | Senior Thesis 2004-5 | B.A.Sc. 2005, UofT EngSci |
| Dave McKay | NSERC USRA, summer 2004 & 2005 Senior Thesis 2005-6 |
B.A.Sc. 2006, UofT EngSci 06-12: Ph.D physics, UI Urbana-Champaign (DeMarco gp) 06-10: NSERC PSG fellow 13-14: Postdoc U. Chicago, Schuster gp (Superconducting Qubits) 15-: Research Staff Member, IBM Yorktown Heights |
| Ryan McKenzie | NSERC USRA, summer 2004 |
B.Sc. 2005 in Physics, UBC 08-16: Ph.D, UBC physics (Stamp gp) |
| Lenard Miller | Undergraduate thesis, 2018-2019 |
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| Michael Morris | NSERC USRA, summer 2018 | B.Sc. candidate, Physics, UofT |
| Alena Nierhauve | Undergraduate project, 2019 |
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| Alex Piggott | NSERC USRA, summer 2010 |
B.A.Sc 2012, UofT EngSci 12-18: Ph.D., Stanford ECE (Vuvkovic gp) 18-: Silicon Photonics Senior Scientist, Pointcloud (San Francisco) |
| Gabriello Presenza | NSERC USRA, summer 2009 |
09-11: Ph.D. candidate, UofT physics (Miller gp.) NSERC CSG fellow. |
| Chenge (Amy) Qu | Undergraduate project, spring 2012 NSERC USRA, summer 2012 |
B.Sc. Physics 2014, UofT 14-15: M.Sc., Physics, Columbia University 15-: Ph.D. candidate,UBC Physics (Damascelli gp.) |
| Kirby Schiemann | Undergraduate project, spring 2011 |
B.Sc. candidate, UofT |
| Phil Scrutton | NSERC USRA summer 2003; Research Assistant, 9/03 to 2/04 |
M.A.Sc. 2007, ECE dept, UofT 07-09: Millenium Research Group 09-: Director, Consumer Insight, BrandSpark International (Toronto) |
| Dave Shirokoff | NSERC USRA, summer 2005 | B.A.Sc. 2006, UofT EngSci 06-11: Ph.D. Applied Math, MIT 11-14: Postdoc, McGill Applied Math (Nave gp & Choksi gp) 15-: Assistant Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark) |
| Brian Shuve | NSERC USRA, summer 2006. Senior Thesis 2006-7 (winning the Centennial Thesis award!) |
B.A.Sc. 2007, UofT EngSci 07-12: Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University (Randall gp) 12-14: Postdoc, Perimeter Institute and Institute for Particle Physics 15-16: Postdoc, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) 16-: Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College (Claremont) |
| Iliya Sigal | Research assistant, summer 2007 | B.A.Sc. 2008, UofT EngSci 08-10: M.A.Sc, UofT ECE Dept, Aitchison gp. 10-12: Consultant, Deloitte (Toronto) 12-16: Ph.D., BioPhotonics, University of Toronto (Ofer Levi gp.) 14-16: VP Product Development, Enceladus Imagaing Inc. (Toronto) 16-: Senior Optical Design Engineer, ASML (Veldhoven) |
| Swati Singh | NSERC USRA, summer 2003. Senior thesis, 2003-4, McMaster University |
B.Sc. Physics 2004, McMaster University 04-07: M.Sc Physics UBC, (Madison gp) 08-12: Ph.D. Physics, Univ. of Arizona (Meystre gp) 12-15: ITAMP Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University 16-17: Assistant Professor of Physics, Williams College (Williamstown VA) 18-: Assistant Professor, University of Deleware |
| John Simpson | NSERC USRA, summer 2009. | B.Sc. 2010, Queen's University 10-: PhD candidate Mech Eng, UCSB 10-14: NSERC PSG fellow 15-: Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo |
| Julie Sutton | NSERC USRA, summer 2008. Senior Thesis, 2008-9. |
B.A.Sc. 2009, UofT EngSci 09-16: Ph.D. candidate, Pollack gp, Cornell University 16-: Postdoctoral fellow, Biological Engineering, MIT |
| Tout Wang | NSERC USRA, summer 2008. | 08-14: Ph.D. physics, Harvard University (Ketterle gp, MIT) 15-17: M Squared Lasers (Boston) 17-: Assistant Professor of Physics, Gordon College (Wenham, MA) |
| Michael Yee | NSERC USRA, summer 2007. NSERC USRA Chair's Scholar, 2008. Senior Thesis 2008-9. |
B.A.Sc. 2009, UofT EngSci. 09-14: Ph.D., Harvard University (Hoffman gp) 09-12: NSERC PSG fellow 14-: McKinsey & Company (Toronto) |
| Hyun Youk | NSERC USRA, summer 2003. | M.Sc. 2006, Johns Hopkins U |
Visitors and exchange students: |
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| Name | Affiliation | Afterwards... |
| Fabian Böttcher | Ph.D. student, visiting form U. Stuttgart, Winter 2016 | 15: M.Sc. Physics, U. Stuttgart 16-: Ph.D. candidate, University of Stuttgart (Pfau gp) |
| Geyue (Frank) Cai | Research Internship, summer 2016 Visiting from China |
18-: Ph.D. candidate, U. Chicago, Chin gp |
| Tristan Gautie | Research internship (as part of the Ecole Polytechnique 'Polytechnicien Engineer' program) Summer 2017 |
18: Diplome d'Ingénieur, Ecole Polytechnique (2018) 18-: Ph.D. candidate, ENS Paris, LPT |
| Michael Häffner | Exchange student from U. Würzburg Spring 2005 |
Dipl.-Phys. 2006, U Würzburg 06-10: Ph.D. physics, Tübingen (Kurn gp) 10-: Patent Law, Kohler Schmid & Möbus (Reutlingen, Germany) |
| Simon Heun | Research Internship 2012 | Dipl.-Phys. 2013, U. Kaiserslautern 14-: Consultant, PTA Hamburg |
| Thomas Maier | Visiting graduate student, Fall 2012 | Ph.D. candidate, University of Stuttgart (Pfau gp) Technical Project Manager, Bosch Automotive Steering / Robert Bosch GmBH |
| Josefine Metzkes | Visiting graduate student, 2008 from Martin Luther U. Halle-Wittenberg |
08-09: Diploma physics. 10-: Ph.D. candidate, Schramm gp, FZD Dresden-Rossendorf. |
| Tilman Pfau | Senior sabbatical visitor, Spring 2010 | Head of 5.Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart |
| Matthias Scholl | Visiting graudate student, 2009-10 | Dipl.-Phys. 2011 U. Kaiserslautern (Diplomarbeit Ott gp) 11-15: Doctoral student, Gerbier gp, ENS Paris 15-: Engineer, Faro Technologies Inc. (Stuttgart) |
| Micha Strauß | Exchange student from U. Würzburg Spring 2004 |
Dipl.-Phys. 2006, U Würzburg; 06-: Ph.D. candidate, U. Würzburg |
| Felix Stubenrauch | postgraduate research internship, 2010 | 10: Dipl.-Phys. U. Kaiserslautern (Ott gp) |
| Matthias Wenzel | M.Sc. student, visiting from U. Suttgart, Fall 2013 | 14: M.Sc. Physics, U. Stuttgart 14-: Ph.D. candidate, University of Stuttgart (Pfau gp) |
| Christian Veit | M.Sc. student, visiting from U. Suttgart, Fall 2013 | 14: M.Sc. Physics, U. Stuttgart 14-: Ph.D. candidate, University of Stuttgart (Pfau gp) |
| Gaël Varoquaux | Visiting graduate student, 2006 |
Ph.D. 2007 Physics, U Paris-Sud Orsay (Bouyer/Aspect pg) 08-10: postdoc INRIA parietal group 10-11: postdoc INSERM 12-: Permanent researcher, INRIA Saclay (Thirion gp) |
| Nicolas Zuber | M.Sc. student, visiting from U. Suttgart, Fall 2014 | 15-: M.Sc. candidate, University of Stuttgart (Pfau gp) |
Technical Staff: |
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| Alan Stummer | Research Laboratory Technician, 2003-2018 | 18-: Gone sailing  |
