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Principal Investigator

Frances Hellman

Professor
Department of Physics
317 Birge
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 642 6135
fhellman@berkeley.edu
Personal webpage

Senior Researchers

Manel Molina-Ruiz Associate Project Scientist Department of Physics 373 Birge (510) 643 4112 mmolina-ruiz@berkeley.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

Jessy Paterson Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Physics 373 Birge (510) 643 4112 jessypaterson@berkeley.edu

Subhashree Satapathy Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Physics 373 Birge (510) 643 4112 ssatapathy@berkeley.edu

Graduate Students

Soren Bear 73/75 Birge (510) 664 9171 sorenbear@berkeley.edu	Emily Hollingworth 73/75 Birge (510) 664 9171 emily_hollingworth@berkeley.edu
Donez J. Horton-Bailey 73/75 Birge (510) 664 9171 donez@berkeley.edu	Christopher Madsen 73/75 Birge (510) 664 9171 cnmadsen@berkeley.edu
Rüstem Ozgur 73/75 Birge (510) 664 9171 rustem_ozgur@berkeley.edu

Past Members

Senior Researchers

UC Berkeley

• Catherine Bordel (1998–2009): UC Berkeley (Lecturer and Researcher)
• Erik Helgren (2004–2008): CSU East Bay (Associate Professor)

Postdoctoral Researchers

UC Berkeley

• Neal Reynolds (2019–2020): Stealth Startup (Staff Physicist)
• Manel Molina-Ruiz (2015–2020): UC Berkeley (Hellman Group Project Scientist)
• Siming Wang (2015–2016): Lam Research (Senior Engineering Manager)
• Michalis Charilaou (2012–2014): ETH Zurich (Senior Research Scientist), University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Associate Professor)
• Chen-Wei Liang (2011–2012)
• Seung-Yeul Yang (2009–2011): Seagate Technology (Senior Engineer), Western Digital (Principal Engineer), SanDisk (Technologist)
• Hyeon-Jun Lee (2008–2011)
• Micol Alemani (2007–2011): Stanford University (Postdoctoral Researcher), CSU East Bay (Lecturer), University of Potsdam (Researcher in Physics Education)
• Zhenhua Chi (2007)
• Jian Zhou (2005–2007)
• Maryam Rahimi (2005–2006)
• Erik Helgren(2003–2004): UC Berkeley (Hellman Group Project Scientist)

UC San Diego

• Richard Pietri
• Y. J. Tang
• Alexander Kuprin
• Vasu Dharmavaram
• Bernard Revaz
• Romain Sappey
• Etienne Janod
• Stefan Wohlert
• Minh Tran
• Susan Watson

Graduate Students

UC Berkeley

• Ruinan Zhou (MSE PhD 2023)^@&: Applied Materials (Materials Engineer)
• Paul Corbae (MSE PhD 2022)^: UC Santa Barbara (Postdorctoral Researcher), SLAC (Research Associate)
• Tom Dauer (MS 2021): EOS IT Solutions (Senior Data Engineer), PsiQuantum (Senior R&D Engineer)
• Keerti Shukla (MSE MS 2019): Lilac Solutions (Senior Business Development Manager)
• D. Simca Bouma (PhD 2020)^@: CNA Corporation (Research Scientist)
• Niklas Roschewsky (EECS PhD 2019): Lam Research (Senior Data Scientist)
• Alejandro Ceballos-Sanchez (PhD MSE 2019): LLNL (Postdoctoral Researcher), PsiQuantum (Staff R&D Engineer)
• Hilary Jacks (PhD 2018)^@: CSU San Luis Obispo (Assistant Professor)
• Cory Antonakos (Chem PhD 2016): Diablo Valley College (Professor of Chemistry)
• Matthijs Mentink (Physics PhD 2014, University of Twente, co-supervisor)
• Chloe Baldassoroni (MSE PhD 2013)*: Lam Research (Engineering Manager), Imec the Netherlands (R&D Manager), Climate Fresk (Workshop Facilitator)
• Ryan Duchin (MSE MS 2012): Maxim Integrated (Senior Process Engineer), ApplePie Capital (Senior Software Engineer), Blend (Software Engineer), Descript (Senior Software Engineer)
• Julie Karel (MSE PhD 2012): Max Planck Institute (Postdoctoral Researcher), Monash University (Associate Professor)
• Zoe Boekelheide (PhD 2011)†: NIST (NRC Postdoctoral Fellow), Lafayette College (Associate Professor)
• Daniel Queen (PhD 2011): NRL (NRC Postdoctoral Fellow), Northrop Grumman (Staff Physicist), HRL Laboratories (Department Manager)
• David Cooke (PhD 2010): The National Academies (Associate Program Officer), Union of Concerned Scientists (Vehicle Analyst)

UC San Diego

• Li Zeng (PhD 2007): UC Berkeley (Lab Manager), Western Digital (Technologist)
• Minjian Liu (transferred, EE PhD 2007): National Semiconductor (Senior Device Engineer), Texas Instruments (Application Engineer)
• Brian Maranville (PhD 2003): NIST (Physicist)
• Mark Wong (MS 2002): Contra Costa College (Professor)
• Barry Zink (PhD 2002): NIST (NRC Postdoctoral Fellow), University of Denver (Professor)
• Megan VanderBurch (MS 2002)
• Michael Fisher (MS 2001)
• Dongkyun Kim (PhD 2001): LANL (Researcher), Samsung (Program Manager), Valley Innovation Partners (Founder and CEO)
• David Lieberman (PhD 2001): Xerical
• Cynthia Wilson (MS 2000)
• Alex Shapiro (PhD 1999)
• Kim Allen (PhD 1998)
• Noel Abarra (PhD 1996)
• Peter Rooney (PhD 1995)
• Darrell Denlinger (MS 1994)
• Mark Messer (MS 1993, Contra Costa College)

† GMAG dissertation award
* AVS Falicov award
^@ APS DMP Ovshinsky award
^& APS AIP Hass award
^ UCB Commins award

Visiting Students

UC Berkeley

• Linus Stricker (2024–2025, University of Würzberg, MS)^!: University of Würzberg (MS Student)
• Hugo Gómez Torres (2023–2024, University of Barcelona, MS)^!: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Technology (PhD Student)
• Felix Kohr (2022–2023, University of Würzberg, MS)^!: ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (Physicist)
• Max Hofer (2022–2023, University of Würzberg, MS)^!: University of Würzberg (PhD Student)
• Nicolai Anger (2021–2022, University of Würzberg, MS)^!
• Chris Fuchs(2019–2020, University of Würzberg, MS)^!: University of Würzberg (PhD Student),  HENSOLDT (Hardware Development Engineer)
• Crystal Lee (Berkeley City College)
• Kaitlyn Parsons (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• David Castells-Graells (2016, ETH Zurich, MS)^!: Technical University of Munich (PhD Student), Planqc (Quantum Algorithms Engineer)
• Oliver Schneider (University of Würzberg)^!
• Neil Anderson (Reed College)
• Donez Horton-Bailey (2011, UC Santa Cruz)^%: UC Berkeley (Hellman Group PhD Student)
• Neal Reynolds (Reed College): Cornell University (PhD Student), Irradiance (Co-Founder), LBNL (Hellman Group Postdoctoral Researcher)
• Arne Barfuss (University of Würzberg)^!
• Peter Reisenauer (University of Würzberg)^!
• Halleh Balch (Swarthmore)
• Brooke Locklin (Contra Costa College)
• Franziska Fricke (University of Würzberg)^!
• Philipp Durenfeld(University of Würzberg)^!
• Christian Blumenthal (University of Würzberg)^!
• Erwan Guillotel^!
• Damien Querlioz^! (2004, École Normale Supérieure)
• Lauren Rand (high school student)

UC San Diego

• Geoffroy Malardier^! (École Polytechnique)

^! Visiting international undergraduate / MS scholar / intern
^% UCLeads or UC-SROP Fellow

Undergraduate Students

UC Berkeley

• Scout Weber
• Casey Vo
• Daisy O’Mahoney: Stanford University (PhD Student)
• Shiv Yallamilli^$
• Frank Bruni: Wells Fargo (Quantitative Analytics Specialist)
• Drew Mendinueto: UCLA (MS Student), Western Digital (Senior Engineer), Johnson & Johnson (Software Engineer)
• Adam de Lorimier-Farmer: Waymo (Software Quality Associate), myDevices (Software Developer)
• Alexander Barriga: University of New Haven (MS Student), kWh Analytics (Data Scientist), Lambda School (Data Science Instructor), GoGuardian (Data Scientist)
• Hye Jin Lee⁺
• Rylan Hunt
• Alex Chanson⁺
• Monica (Jinwoo) Kang⁺
• Jason Ross^~
• Kyle Miller
• Amanda Brittany
• Josh Hebert
• Carlos Forsythe
• Sal Barriga^%
• Neliza Leon^%
• Kyle Michel⁺
• Aidin Fathalizadeh⁺
• Sonny Vo^%
• Addison Huegel^+%
• Chuck Tally

UC San Diego

• Kevin McCarthy⁼
• Bryna Hazelton⁼
• Ed Wu⁼
• Nareg Sinenian⁼
• Krista Adams
• Shawn Pfeil⁼
• JJ Cherry
• Vanessa Preisler⁼
• Sara Slater
• Deva O'Neil⁼
• Moira Gresham
• Laura Kolb
• Karen Steinmeyer
• Daniel Queen: UC Berkeley (Hellman Group PhD Student)
• Ron Potok
• Mike Torre
• Owen Vajk
• Erik Muller
• Alex Gebala
• Anita Bowles
• Eric Wilcox
• Erica Perry
• Paul Zimmer
• Nancy Heizer
• Rob Pickar
• Julie Anderson
• Kathy Lieberman
• Dennis Palmer

⁼ Berkeley Undergraduate Research Awardee
⁺ Berkeley Physics Undergraduate Research Scholar (BPURS)
^~ Haas Scholar
^% UCLeads or UC-SROP Fellow
^$ Student Mentoring and Research Teams (SMART)