Group Members of

Ultracold Atoms and Quantum Gases

at the University of Washington
group July 2026

Group Photo July 2026

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Current Members

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Subhadeep Gupta
Dan
Dan Allman
Cole
Cole Williams
Emmett
Emmett Hough
Brady
Brady Egleston

Forest
Forest Tschirhart
Rowen
Rowen Halpern
Katha
Katha Rajan

Past Members

Tahiyat
Tahiyat Rahman (PhD '25)
Harini
Harini Ravi (MS 24)
Richard
Richard Kim (post-bacc 24-25)
Next: Grad Student, Northwestern U
Ian
Ian Wang (UG 24-25)
Next: Grad Student, UNC Chapel Hill
CarsonS
Carson Sander (Grad 24)
Next: Grad Student, UW (Barnard group)
Shaan
Shaan Dias (REU 24)
Next: Grad Student, UW
Lynnx
Lynnx (post-bacc 23-24)
Next: Grad Student, U. Maryland
Aidan
Aidan Kemper
(Post-bacc 23-24)
Carson
Carson Patterson (Grad 21-23)
Next: Grad Student, UW (Fu group)
Xinxin
Xinxin Tang (PhD '23)
Next: Optical Metrology Engineer, Optofidelity
Sidd
Siddharth Mukherjee (REU 23)
Next: Grad Student, Yale U.
Olivia
Olivia Peek (Undergrad 21-23)
Next: Grad Student, Cornell U.
Jun
Jun Hui See Toh (PhD '22)
Next: Optical Engineer, PacBio
Charles
Charles Skinner (Undergrad 21-22)
Next: Radiant Vision Systems
Anna
Anna Wirth-Singh (Grad Student 19-22)
Next: Grad Student, UW (Majumdar group)
Andrew
Andrew Ivanov (Undergrad 20-21)
Next: Grad Student, CalTech
Tristan
Tristan Rojo (REU 21)
Now: Grad Student, CU Boulder
Helen
Helen Chen (Undergrad 20-21)
Next: Grad Student, UW (Seidler group)
Katie
Katie McCormick (Post-Doc 19-21)
Next: Science Writer
Dan
Dan Gochnauer (PhD '20)
Next: Associate Scientist, SciTec
April
April Reisenfeld (REU 20)
Next: UG, Carleton College
Pasha
Pasha Bullock (Undergrad 19-20)
Yifei
Yifei Bai (Undergrad 18-20)
Next: Graduate Student, UCSB
Aruku
Aruku Senoo (Visitor 20)
Now: Grad Student, CU Boulder
Alaina
Alaina Green (PhD '19)
Next: Post-doc, Univ. of Maryland
Katie
Katie McAlpine (PhD '19)
Next: Optical Metrology Engineer, Optofidelity
Camden
Camden Kasik (REU 18)
Now: Graduate student, Colorado State U
Khang
Khang Ton (Undergrad 16-18)
Next: Graduate Student, UC San Diego
Ooh what a feeling! // When I'm hanging from the ceiling!
Ben Plotkin-Swing (PhD '18)
Next: Research Scientist, Nion
Eric Cooper
Eric Cooper (REU 17)
Now: Graduate student, Stanford U
Ricky
Ricky Roy (PhD '17)
Next: Postdoctoral Researcher, NASA-JPL
Dan
Ryan Bowler (Post-Doc 15-17)
Next: Research Scientist, EOSpace
Arron
Arron Potter (REU 16)
Next: Coe College
Brendan
Brendan Saxberg (Undergrad 12-16)
Next: Graduate student, U Chicago
Need a real picture here
Raj Shrestha (Post-Doc 13-15)
Next: Scientist, Synrad
Chow
Chow Yi Chao (Undergrad 13-15)
Next: Graduate student, UCSB
Happy to no longer be some swageconnectors
Will Dowd (PhD '15)
Next: Virtu Financial
...
Alan Jamison (PhD '14)
Next: Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT
...
Stephen DiIorio (REU 14)
Now: Graduate student, U Michigan
*What is this thing..?*
Alex Khramov (PhD '13)
Now: Postdoctoral researcher, ALPHA, CERN
*Wingardium Leviosa!*
Anders Hansen (PhD '13)
Now: Optical Engineer, Tomra (Norway)
...
Dan Gochnauer (REU 13)
Now: Graduate student, U Washington
My feedback circuits will soon control the lab.
Ben Schwyn
(Undergrad 11-12)
Cool story bro.
Charlie Fiesler (REU 11)
Now: Graduate student, U Washington
*this is the only picture we got*
Vlad Ivanov (Post-Doc 09-11)
Now: Laser Engineer, TeraDiode
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Frank Muenchow
(Visitor 10)
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Eric Lee-Wong
(Undergrad 09-10)
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Jason Grad
(Undergrad 09-10)
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Jiawen Pi
(Undergrad 09-10)
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Ryne Saxe
(REU 09)
...
Carson Teale
(REU 09)
Ryan being stretched on the rack
Ryan Weh
(Undergrad 08-09)
*Not another day...*
Kalista Smith
(Masters '09)
The iPod is surgically attached
Billy English
(Undergrad 08)
We found the optics more interesting than Lee
Lee Willcockson
(Grad 07-08)
insert funny here
Dane Odekirk
(Undergrad 08-09)
Nolan pointing the way
Nolan Maloney
(REU 08)