Alumni
2022 Graduates

Dmitry Chichinadze
Ph.D. Dissertation:
Advisor: Andrey Chubukov (FTPI)
Current Institution: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Daniel Schubring
Ph.D. Dissertation:
Advisor: Mikhail (Misha) Shifman, FTPI
Current Institution: CUNY

Sarunas Verner
Ph.D. Dissertation:
Advisor: Keith Olive, FTPI
Current Institution:

Hsiu-Chung Yeh
Ph.D. Dissertation:
Advisor: Alex Kamenev (FTPI)
Current Institution:
2021 Graduates


Hanteng Wang
Ph.D. Dissertation: Interplay between disorder and interactions: from non-Fermi liquid superconductivity to iterative quantum optimization
Advisor: Alex Kamenev (FTPI)
Current Institution: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Yiming Wu
Ph.D. Dissertation: Superconductivity at a quantum critical point: A theoretical approach to the understanding of unconventional superconductors in strongly correlated systems.
Advisor: Andrey Chubukov (FTPI)
Current Institution: Stanford University
2020 Graduates

Yuting Wang
Ph.D. Dissertation: Finite Size Scaling Around One Dimensional Topological Quantum Phase Transitions
Advisor: Alex Kamenev (FTPI)
Current Institution: Wells Fargo

Xuzhe Ying
Ph.D. Dissertation: Symmetry Protected Topological Metals and the Transport Signature
Advisor: Alex Kamenev (FTPI)
Current Institution: University of Waterloo
2019 Graduates

Michael Sammon
Ph.D. Dissertation: Electronic Properties of Oxide and Semiconductor Heterostructures
Advisor: Boris Shklovskii (FTPI)
Current Institution: University of Minnesota

Ruiqi Xing
Ph.D. Dissertation: Charge order, Magnetism and Superconductivity In Iron-Based Superconductors And Their Interplay
Advisor: Andrey Chubukov (FTPI)
Current Institution: Wells Fargo

Mengxing Ye
Ph.D. Dissertation: Magnetism in Correlated Electron Systems
Advisor: Andrey Chubukov (FTPI)
Current Institution: KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara
2018 Graduates

Michael Janas
Ph.D. Dissertation: Applications of Semiclassical Theory in Statistical and Quantum Mechanics
Advisor: Alex Kamenev (FTPI)
Current Institution: University of Minnesota
2017 Graduates

Han Fu
Ph.D. Dissertation: Electron Transport in SrTiO3 Accumulation Layers and Semiconductor Nanocrystal Films
Advisor: Boris Shklovskii (FTPI)
Current Institution: University of Chicago

Sergey Monin
Ph.D. Dissertation: Abelian and non-Abelian String
Advisor: Mikhail Shifman (FTPI)
Current Institution: Impulse Company

Jiaming Zheng
Ph.D. Dissertation: Dark Matter Models in Non-Supersymmetric SO(10) Unification Models
Advisor: Keith Olive (FTPI)
Current Institution: Shanghai Jiaotong University, INPAC
2016 Graduates

Jin Chen
Ph.D. Dissertation: Topics in Two-dimensional Heterotic and Minimal Supersymmetric Sigma Models
Advisor: Arkady Vainshtein (FTPI)
Current Institution: Yau Mathematical Sciences Center

Marcos Garcia Garcia
Ph.D. Dissertation: No-Scale Inflation
Advisor: Keith Olive (FTPI)
Current Institution: Instituto de Física of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Ivan Gordeli
Ph.D. Dissertation: Singlet Glueballs In Klebanov-Strassler Theory
Advisor: Arkady Vainshtein (FTPI)
Current Institution: EDHEC Business School

Tobias Gulden
Ph.D. Dissertation: A Semiclassical Theory on Complex Manifolds with Applications in Statistical Physics and Quantum Mechanics
Advisor: Alex Kamenev (FTPI)
Current Institution: IST Austria

Alberto Hinojosa
Ph.D. Dissertation: Sign-changing S-wave Symmetry in Iron-based Superconductors: Manifestations and Extensions
Advisor: Andrey Chubukov (FTPI)
Current Institution: Intel

Adam Peterson
Ph.D. Dissertation: Low energy dynamics of non-perturbative structures in high energy and condensed matter systems
Advisor: Mikhail Shifman (FTPI)
Current Institution: Berkeley Lab Center for Computation Sciences and Engineering
2015 Graduates

Xin Li
Ph.D. Dissertation: Phenomenology of Hadrons Containing Heavy Quarks
Advisor: Mikhail Voloshin (FTPI)
Current Institution: Morgan Stanley
2014 Graduates

Tianran Chen
Ph.D. Dissertation: Disorder Effects on Electron Transport in Nanocrystal Assemblies and Topological Insulators
Advisor: Boris Shklovskii (FTPI)
Current Institution: West Chester University

Michael Schecter
Ph.D. Dissertation: Dynamics of mobile impurities in one-dimensional quantum liquids
Advisor: Alex Kamenev (FTPI)
Current Institution: Allianz Life
2013 Graduates

Thomas Dunn
Ph.D. Dissertation: Dynamics and performance optimization of spin-torque switching in magnetic tunnel junctions
Advisor: Alex Kamenev (FTPI)
Current Institution: Seagate Technology
2012 Graduates

Erik Aver
Ph.D. Dissertation: Self-consistent helium abundance determinations using Markov Chain Monte Carlo
Advisor: Keith Olive (FTPI), Evan Skillman (MIfA)
Current Institution: Gonzaga University

Xiaoyi Cui
Ph.D. Dissertation: Perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of heterotic sigma models
Advisor: Mikhail Shifman (FTPI)
Current Institution: Sun Yat-Sen University

Peter Koroteev
Ph.D. Dissertation: On extended supersymmetry in two and four dimensions
Advisor: Arkady Vainshtein (FTPI)
Current Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Feng Luo
Ph.D. Dissertation: The effects of supersymmetric particle decays and annihilations on big-bang nucleosynthesis
Advisor: Keith Olive (FTPI)
Current Institution: Sun Yat-Sen University

Serkay Olmez
Ph.D. Dissertation: Critical Vortices in 2+1 dimensions and stochastic background of gravitational waves from cosmic strings
Advisor: Mikhail Shifman (FTPI)
Current Institution: Seagate Technology
2011 Graduates

Matthew Loth
Ph.D. Dissertation: Large enhancement of capacitance driven by electrostatic image forces
Advisor: Boris Shklovskii (FTPI)
Current Institution: University of Minnesota, School of Nursing

Matthew Parker
Ph.D. Dissertation: Noise-induced large fluctuations in oscillatory population systems
Advisor: Alex Kamenev (FTPI)
Current Institution: Optum

Brian Skinner
Ph.D. Dissertation: Microscopic theory of supercapacitors
Advisor: Boris Shklovskii (FTPI)
Current Institution: Ohio State University
Graduates from 1996-2010
Name | Year | Advisor | Current Affiliation | Dissertation |
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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 |