Alumni

Name	Graduated	Dissertation	Advisor	Current Affiliation
Kazi Ranjibul Islam	2025	Interplay between nematicity and superconductivity in iron-based high temperature superconductors, application to doped FeSe	Andrey Chubukov	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ting Gao	2025	CP-violating observables within and beyond the Standard Model	Maxim Pospelov	Alberta University
Foster Thomson	2025	Population Dynamics of Schrodinger Cats	Alex Kamenev	University of Cologne
Hao Zhang	2025	Disordered systems and quantum algorithms: from spin glasses to neural networks	Alex Kamenev
Chao-Hsiang Sheu	2024	Topics in Sigma Models with Inhomogeneous Target Spaces	Mikhail "Misha" Shifman	University of California, Irvine
Yi Huang	2023	Disorder Effects in Quantum Materials	Boris Shklovskii
Evgeny Kurianovych	2023	From heterotic supersymmetry to topological defects	Mikhail "Misha" Shifman	University of Minnesota
Dan Phan	2023	Superconductivity Away From the High-Density Limit	Andrey Chubukov	Rincon Research Corporation
Dmitry Chichinadze	2022	Itinerant fermion approach to correlated physics of twisted bilayer graphene	Andrey Chubukov	Washington University in St. Louis
Daniel Schubring	2022	Classical and quantum aspects of non-linear sigma models with a squashed sphere target space	Mikhail "Misha" Shifman	CUNY
Sarunas Verner	2022	No-scale Supergravity, Inflation, and Dark Matter	Keith Olive	University of Florida
Hsiu-Chung Yeh	2022	Rare Events by Quantum Fluctuation: from Emptiness Formation to Quantum Optimization	Alex Kamenev	Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Yahor Savich	2021	3D Orientation of Alpha Helix in Muscle Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Using Bifunctional Electron Paramagnetic Resonance	Alex Kamenev	Center for Systems Biology Dresden
Hanteng Wang	2021	Interplay between disorder and interactions: from non-Fermi liquid superconductivity to iterative quantum optimization	Alex Kamenev	Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University
Yiming Wu	2021	Effect of lattice mismatch strain on Fe8N-Fe16N2 phase transformation and aging process.	Andrey Chubukov	Stanford University

Name	Graduated	Dissertation	Advisor	Current Affiliation
Yuting Wang	2020	Finite Size Scaling Around One Dimensional Topological Quantum Phase Transitions	Alex Kamenev	Wells Fargo
Xuzhe Ying	2020	Symmetry Protected Topological Metals and the Transport Signature	Alex Kamenev	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Michael Sammon	2019	Electronic Properties of Oxide and Semiconductor Heterostructures	Boris Shklovskii	EeroQ Quantum Hardware
Richard "Ruiqi" Xing	2019	Charge order, Magnetism and Superconductivity In Iron-Based Superconductors And Their Interplay	Andrey Chubukov	Occudo Quantatitive Strategies
Mengxing Ye	2019	Magnetism in correlated electron systems	Andrey Chubukov	University of Utah
Michael Janas	2018	Applications of Semiclassical Theory in Statistical and Quantum Mechanics	Alex Kamenev	University of Minnesota
Han Fu	2017	Electron transport in SrTiO$_3$ accumulation layers and semiconductor nanocrystal films	Boris Shklovskii	William & Mary
Sergey Monin	2017	Abelian and non-Abelian strings	Mikhail Shifman	Impulse Company
Jiaming Zheng	2017	Dark Matter Models in Non-Supersymmetric SO(10) Unification Models	Keith Olive	Shanghai Jiaotong University, INPAC
Jin Chen	2016	Topics in Two-dimensional Heterotic and Minimal Supersymmetric Sigma Models	Arkady Vanshtein	Xiamen University (XMU)
Marcos Garcia Garcia	2016	No-Scale Inflation	Keith Olive	Instituto de Física of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ivan Gordeliy	2016	Singlet Glueballs In Klebanov-Strassler Theory	Arkady Vainshtein	EDHEC Business School
Tobias Gulden	2016	A Semiclassical Theory on Complex Manifolds with Applications in Statistical Physics and Quantum Mechanics	Alex Kamenev	TNG Technology Consulting
Alberto Hinojosa Alvarado	2016	Sign-changing s-wave symmetry in iron-based superconductors: Manifestations and extensions	Andrey Chubukov	Intel Corporation
Adam Peterson	2016	Low energy dynamics of non-perturbative structures in high energy and condensed matter systems	Mikhail Shifman	Berkeley Lab
Xin Li	2015	Phenomenology of Hadrons Containing Heavy Quarks	Mikhail Voloshin	Morgan Stanley
Tianran Chen	2014	Disorder effects on electron transport in nanocrystal assemblies and topological insulators	Boris Shklovskii	West Chester University
Michael Schecter	2014	Dynamics of mobile impurities in one-dimensional quantum liquids	Alex Kamenev	Quantinuum
Thomas Dunn	2013	Dynamics and performance optimization of spin-torque switching in magnetic tunnel junctions	Alex Kamenev	Seagate Technology
Erik Aver	2012	Self-consistent helium abundance determinations using Markov Chain Monte Carlo	Keith Olive, Evan Skillman (MIfA)	Gonzaga University
Xiaoyi Cui	2012	Perturbative and nonperturbative aspects of heterotic sigma models	Mikhail Shifman	Sun Yat-Sen University
Peter Koroteev	2012	On extended supersymmetry in two and four dimensions	Arkady Vainshtein	University of California, Berkeley
Feng Luo	2012	The effects of supersymmetric particle decays and annihilations on big-bang nucleosynthesis	Keith Olive	Sun Yat-Sen University
Serkay Olmez	2012	Critical Vortices in 2+1 dimensions and stochastic background of gravitational waves from cosmic strings.	Mikhail Shifman	Seagate Technology
Matthew Loth	2011	Large enhancement of capacitance driven by electrostatic image forces.	Boris Shklovskii	University of Minnesota
Matthew Parker	2011	Noise-induced large fluctuations in oscillatory population systems.	Alex Kamenev	Optum
Brian Skinner	2011	Microscopic theory of supercapacitors	Boris Shklovskii	Ohio State University

Name	Year	Advisor	Current Affiliation	Dissertation
Alexander Monin	2010	Mikhail Voloshin	École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne	Effects of extra degrees of freedom on decay rate of metastable topological objects
Sergiy Dubynskiy	2009	Mikhail Voloshin	Microsoft	Strong dynamics near open heavy flavor thresholds, hadronic molecules and hadroquarkonium.
Oleksandr Levchenko	2009	Alex Kamenev	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Transport properties of low-dimensional mesoscopic conductors: interplay of disorder, interaction and fluctuation effects
Maribel Nunez Valdez	2009	Arkady Vainshtein	Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main; Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam	Structural and Elastic Properties of Fe-Bearing Mg2SiO4 Polymorphs at High Pressures and Temperatures: A First-Principles Study
Tao Hu	2008	Boris Shklovskii	Kroger	How proteins search for their targets on DNA
Pearl Sandick	2008	Keith Olive	University of Utah	Gut-less Supersymmetry
Robert Wellington	2008	Keith Olive	Normandale Community College
Dmitri Ryzhikh	2006	Mikhail Shifman	Homesite Insurance
Vladislav Elgart	2006	Alex Kamenev	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Rare Events and Phase Transitions in Reaction-Diffusion Systems
Jingshan Zhang	2006	Boris Shklovskii	Zhejiang University	Conductance of Water-filled Ion Channel and Nanopores
Seokcheon Lee	2005	Keith Olive	Sungkyunkwan University	Phenomena of Quintessence Models
Soo-hyeon Nam	2005	Mikhail Voloshin	Korea University	Radiative Correction, Mixing, and CP Violation in the B Meson System
Chushun Tian	2005	Anatoly Larkin	ITP, Chinese Academy of Sciences	Ehrenfest Time in Weak Anderson Localization and Dynamical Localization
Rui Zhang	2005	Boris Shklovskii	Northeastern State University	Self-assembly of Charged Macroions
Hassib Amini	2003	Arkady Vainshtein	Seagate Technology	Higgs Bosons in Minimal Supersymmetric Models with an Augmented Gauge Group
Xinrui Hou	2003	Mikhail Shifman	Nankai University	Topological Defects in Supersymmetric Field Theory
Victor Galitski	2002	Anatoly Larkin	University of Maryland	Fluctuation Phenomena in Superconductors at Low Temperatures
Toan Nguyen	2002	Boris Shklovskii	Vietnam National University	Correlation Theory of Charge Inversion
Alexei Kaminski	2001	Leonid Glazman	Morgan Stanley	Interaction Effects in Mesoscopic Electron Systems
Andrew Ferstl	2000	Keith Olive	Winona State	The Effect of CP-violating Factors on the Neutralino Cross Section
Boris Chibisov	1998	Mikhail Shifman	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney	Domain Walls in Supersymmetric Theories
Alexei Koulakov	1998	Boris Shklovskii	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	Static and Dynamic Properties of Small Particles
R. David Dikeman	1997	Mikhail Shifman	Lockheed Martin	The Semileptonic Lifetime of the D Meson
Mikhail Fogler	1997	Boris Shklovskii	University of California, San Diego	Quantum Hall Effect In Weak Magnetic Fields
Jamal Jalilian-Marian	1997	Larry McLerran	Baruch College	What is Big in Small x Physics?
Alexander Rudin	1997	Leonid Glazman	State Street Global Advisors	Zero-bias Anomaly in Tunneling into the Two-dimensional Electron Liquid
Sean Scully	1997	Keith Olive	James Madison University	The origin and evolution of the light elements D and (3)He
Igor Aleiner	1996	Leonid Glazman	Columbia University	Classical and Semiclassical Effects in Low-dimensional Systems
Richard Madden	1996	Keith Olive		Branch Changing in String Cosmology

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