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Current Group Members and Former Students and Post-Docs

Title

Project(s)

Room

Email

Start Date

Professor

*

MIST M425

toback@tamu.edu

Fall 2000

Senior Research Scientist

CDMS

Quantum Computing

NA

kelsey@slac.stanford.edu

Fall 2019

Grad Student

CDMS

Computing

Quantum Computing

MIST M316

rarensu@physics.tamu.edu

Summer 2016

Grad Student

CDMS

MIST M217

bookzhl@tamu.edu

Summer 2017

Grad Student

DUNE

MPHY 466

dave.elofson@tamu.edu

Summer 2018

Grad Student

CDMS

Computing

MPHY 307

iman.ataee@tamu.edu

Summer 2018

Grad Student

CDMS

MIST M316

rik@tamu.edu

Summer 2019

Grad Student

CDMS

MPHY 446

eikenbcr@tamu.edu

Summer 2021

Grad Student

DUNE

MPHY 470

bmeleton@tamu.edu

Fall 2022

Grad Student

DUNE

MPHY 480

nttenpas@tamu.edu

Spring 2023

David (Brian) Sanders

Grad Student

NA

dbsande@tamu.edu

Fall 2023

Wade Lamberson

Grad Student

NA

wlamberson@tamu.edu

Spring 2024

Dylan Monteiro

Grad Student

NA

monteiro@tamu.edu

Summer 2024

Sidney Chang

Undergraduate

CDMS

NA

sidney.se.chang@tamu.edu

Summer 2024

Emre Duvarci

Undergraduate

CDMS

NA

ed25822@tamu.edu

Summer 2024

Alina Zhang

Undergraduate

CDMS

NA

axz.zhang@tamu.edu

Summer 2024

Former Post Docs

Dates with Group

Project(s)

Subsequent Work

2014-2019

CMS

Postdoc on CDMS at Baylor University

2010-2013

CDF

Technical Staff at Row 44

2009-2012

CDF

Staff Scientist at Science Systems and Applications, Inc.

Max Goncharov

2001-2008

CDF

Research Scientist at MIT

2001-2005

CDF

Professor at Texas Tech University

Former Ph.D. Students

Degree(s)

Project(s)

Subsequent Work

Ph.D. 2023 (M.S. 2018)

CDMS

End User Support Specialist III

Ph.D. 2022 (M.S. 2019)

CDMS

Algorithm Developer at D-Wave

Ph.D. 2019 (M.S. 2014)

CDMS

Computing

Data Scientist at Amazon

Ph.D. 2015 (M.S. 2013)

CDF

Post-Doc at Northwestern University

Associate Professor at University of Toronto (CDMS)

Ph.D. 2012 (M.S. 2007)

CDF

Post-Doc at Syracuse University

Assistant Professor at University of Texas Arlington (Neutrino Physics)

Ph.D. 2012 (M.S. 2006)

CDF

Post-Doc at University of Cincinnati

Assistant Professor at University of Cincinnati (Neutrino Physics)

Ph.D. 2010 (M.S. 2005)

CDF

Post-Doc at University of Pennsylvania

Chief Medical Resident at University of Washington

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at University of Cincinnati (Medical Physics)

Associate Professor of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Ohio State University College of Medicine

Ph.D. 2007

CDF

Post-Doc at University of Pennsylvania (ATLAS)

Researcher at University of Bonn (ATLAS)

Former M.S. Students

Degree

Project(s)

Subsequent Work

M.S. 2021

CDMS

M.S. 2019

CDMS

Implementation Engineer at Q2ebanking

M.S. 2016

CDF

CDMS

Working in a Veterinary Hospital

M.S. 2015

CDMS

M.S. 2013

CDF

CDMS

Graduate Student in Digital Humanities at the Ohio State University

M.S. 2012

CDF

Support Engineer at Intergraph Corporation

Vaikunth Thukral

M.S. 2011

CDF

Project Scientist at SLAC Computing Division (LSST)

Lead AI/ML Engineer at Salesforce

M.S. 2011

CDF

Scientist at LANL

M.S. 2006

CDF

 Operations Coordinator at Brookhaven National Laboratory

M.S. 2006

CDF

Ph.D. at Texas A&M University (Nuclear)

Post-Doc at Texas A&M University (Nuclear)

Selected Former Undergraduate Honors and Thesis Students

Degree

Project(s)

Subsequent Work

CDMS

Current Undergraduate at Texas A&M University

CDMS

Current Undergraduate at Texas A&M University

DUNE

Current Undergraduate at Texas A&M University

Warren Perry

B.S. 2023

CDMS

Graduate Student at University of Toronto

Yasin Ferdous Alam

B.S. 2022

CDMS/QIS

Graduate Student at University of Texas Austin

Gavin Cichowski

CDMS/Computing

Benjamin J. Stein

CDMS

Undergraduate Student at Texas A&M

B.S. 2016

CDMS

PhD University of California Berkeley

Tanius Technology, LLC

Randy White

B.S. 2016

CDF

Graduate Student at Stanford University

Sarah Henry

B.S. 2015

CDF

Graduate Student at Rochester Institute of Technology

B.S. 2013

CMS

Graduate Student at Yale University

B.S. 2009

CDF

Ph.D. from University of California Santa Barbara (2014)

Firmware Engineer at SanDisk

B.S. 2008

CDF

Ph.D. from Stanford University (2014)

Science Education Fellow and Lecturer at Stanford University