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Assistant Professor, University of Maryland College Park (2022 – Present)

Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, 2021

PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Minor: Applied Physics), Cornell University, 2017

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics & ECE, (Minor: Physics) IIT Kharagpur, 2011

Saumya exemplifies the long tradition of (half-blood) physicists who did their undergrad in Engineering and graduate (and/or postdoctoral work) in superposition of engineering and physics (Universities of California-Oregon-Maryland). He has wildly varying interests in condensed matter and quantum information theory, and in calculating things. He is a defensive chess player, a full-back in soccer, and an out-of-touch caricaturist. He obtained a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oregon, and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Link to personal site

Sashank pursued his undergraduate degree at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras majoring in Engineering Physics, where he learned quantum mechanics and embraced a probabilistic life. He is currently interested in how photons can interact with and mimic matter, and live a topologically nontrivial life on a chip. He also loves basketball, setting and solving cryptic crosswords, singing and traveling.

Nate graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2021, receiving a triple major in Physics, Engineering Physics, and Mathematics, along with a certificate in Semiconductor Materials and Devices. He is now a Chemical Physics PhD student in the FloQuET lab working on using synthetic dimensions to enable topological photonics.

Frank received his Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Rochester in Optical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering. He joined the group in 2023 with interests in the dynamics of the optical frequency comb and the generation of on-chip squeezed light. He loves swimming and playing tennis in his spare time.

Rohith joined the group in 2024.