Yale Sigma Pi Sigma Inductees
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Nathan ApfelMajor(s): Mathematics & PhysicsResidential College: Pierson CollegeAdvisor: Nir NavonResearch Project: "Axisymmetric excitations of superfluid vortices" |
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Diego AspinwallMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Saybrook College |
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Timothy AtkesonMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Branford CollegeAdvisor: Hong TangResearch Project: "Phase-Locking in a Fiber Optic Squeezed Light Setup" |
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Aaron ChizhikMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); MusicResidential College: Grace Hopper CollegeAdvisor: Karsten Heeger |
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William ChoMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Morse CollegeAdvisor: Steven Konezny |
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Adrian HallMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Jonathan Edwards CollegeAdvisor: Joe Howard |
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Henry KaplanMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Branford CollegeAdvisor: Laura Havener |
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Reece KirkpatrickMajor(s): Physics; Political ScienceResidential College: Silliman CollegeAdvisor: Steve Lamoreaux |
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Quazi Rumman RahmanMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Jonathan Edwards CollegeAdvisor: Edurado Higino da Silva Neto |
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Alex RosemanMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Berkeley CollegeAdvisor: Steven ZuckerResearch Project: "Maniforld Inference" |
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Matt BruningMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Pierson CollegeAdvisor: Yehia KhalilResearch Project: "Root Cause Analysis of the Nuclear Accidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi" |
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Jessie ChenMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); Computer ScienceResidential College: Davenport CollegeAdvisor: Meng ChengResearch Project: "Lindbladian Dynamics in Open–System Phase Transitions with Strong-to-Weak SSB" |
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Sri DevulapalliMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Berkeley CollegeAdvisor: Charles BailynResearch Project: "ML Classification of XRB Spectral and Timing Properties" |
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Kameron DuncanMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Morse CollegeAdvisor: Jack HarrisResearch Project: "Measuring Femtometer Displacement in High-finesse Cavity Optomechanics" |
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Elsa DurcanMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); History Science, Medicine & Public HealthResidential College: Morse CollegeAdvisor: Reina MaruyamaResearch Project: "Superconducting Nanowire Electron Detectors for the RAY Experiment" |
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Sofia FausoneMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); Mathematics & PhilosophyResidential College: Grace Hopper CollegeAdvisor: Joe HowardResearch Project: "Data-Driven Discovery of Governing Equations: Microtubule Dynamic Instability" |
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Sofie FuscoMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Jonathan Edwards CollegeAdvisor: Steven KoneznyResearch Project: "Exploring Copper-Thiocyanate (CuSCN) as a Hole Transport Layer in Thin-Film Photovoltaic Cells (PVCs)" |
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Sophia GetzMajor(s): Economics; PhysicsResidential College: Berkeley CollegeAdvisor: Juan LoraResearch Project: "Modeling Climate Impacts of Deforestation in the Amazon" |
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Michael LeeMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Silliman CollegeAdvisor: Michel DevoretResearch Project: "Investigating the Zak Transform and its applications to Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) quantum error correction" |
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Michael LinMajor(s): Physics; EconomicsResidential College: Jonathan Edwards CollegeAdvisor: Reina MaruyamaResearch Project: "Synthetic Signal Injection Routines for the Haloscope At Yale Sensitive to Axion Cold Dark Matter (HAYSTAC)" |
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Ben McDonoughMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); Mathematics (Intensive)Residential College: Branford CollegeAdvisor: Steven GirvinResearch Project: "Tensor-network perspectives on gauging SPT phases" |
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Rachel MerrillMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Trumbull CollegeAdvisor: Stephen Irons and Alison SweeneyResearch Project: "Investigating the Impact of Introductory Lab Experiments on Students' Physics Self-Efficacy" |
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Eitan Meir Minsky-FenickMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Benjamin Franklin CollegeAdvisor: Michael LoewenbergResearch Project: "Unsteady-State Particle Distribution in Poiseuille Flow" |
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Luke MozarskyMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); Statistics and Data ScienceResidential College: Berkeley CollegeAdvisor: Helen CainesResearch Project: "Tuning the Herwig 7.2 Monte Carlo Event Generator using Professor 2.0" |
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Alexa PanMajor(s): Physics & PhilosophyResidential College: Saybrook CollegeAdvisor: L.A. PaulResearch Project: "Cooperating with Changing Selves: A Decision-Theoretic Framework for Self-Modifying Rational Agents" |
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Pranav ParakhMajor(s): Mathematics & PhysicsResidential College: Timothy Dwight CollegeAdvisor: Michel DevoretResearch Project: "Design, Testing, and Fabrication of a Cavity Shield & Simulation of Trajectory States" |
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Rose PowersMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Sarah DemersResearch Project: "Photon Energy Resolution Studies for a 10TeV Muon Collider" |
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Juan RecoaroMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Benjamin Franklin CollegeAdvisor: Jack HarrisResearch Project: "Probing Supercooled Water with a Magnetic Levitation Platform" |
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Michael SacksMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Silliman CollegeAdvisor: Simon MochrieResearch Project: "Recovering 3-Dimensional Loci Dynamics with Multiple Particle Tracking" |
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Varun VaranasiMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); Statistics and Data ScienceResidential College: Timothy Dwight CollegeAdvisor: Jun KorenagaResearch Project: "Investigation of Autocatalytic Reaction Networks" |
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Elizabeth Welch-JaniMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); SpanishResidential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Meg UrryResearch Project: "Corrected Luminosity Distribution for AGN at Redshift 1" |
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David WellsMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Trumbull CollegeAdvisor: Nir NavonResearch Project: "Phase impriting a vortex on an ultracold fermi gas" |
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Barkotel ZemenuMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Grace Hopper CollegeAdvisor: David MooreResearch Project: "Characterizing the Outgassing of Electronegative Impurities in nEXO" |
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Olivia AspegrenMajor(s): Physics-Intensive with DistinctionResidential College: Benjamin Franklin CollegeAdvisor: Meg UrryResearch Project: "The Relative Sensitivity of eROSITA, Chandra and XMM-Newton to Heavily Obscured AGN" |
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Eric ChavezMajor(s): Physics; Spanish (Intensive)Residential College: Berkeley CollegeAdvisor: Steven KoneznyResearch Project: "PTAA Solar Cells" |
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Nikhil HarleMajor(s): Physics (Intensive) with DistinctionResidential College: Pierson CollegeAdvisor: Michel DevoretResearch Project: "Exploring the Computational Complexity of Hilbert Space and Phase Space with Numerical Simulations" |
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Tausif HossainMajor(s): Physics (Intensive) with DistinctionResidential College: Saybrook CollegeAdvisor: Sarah DemersResearch Project: "The Mu2e Trigger Rates Analysis and Data Quality Monitor Development" |
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Richard LiMajor(s): B.S., Physics (Intensive) with DistinctionResidential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Steven GirvinResearch Project: "Hybrid Qubit-Bosonic Mode Quantum Computers and Cat-State Amplification" |
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Helena Lyng-OlsenMajor(s): Physics with Distinction; EnglishResidential College: Pierson CollegeAdvisor: Mary-Louise Timmermans |
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Neal MaMajor(s): Physics (Intensive) with DistinctionResidential College: Silliman CollegeAdvisor: Diana QiuResearch Project: "Modelling Two-Dimensional HfSe2 and the Screening Effects of HfO2" |
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Claire RecamierMajor(s): Physics with DistinctionResidential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Nikhil PadmanabhanResearch Project: "Investigating Fuzzy Dark Matter through Stellar Streams" |
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Kohsuke SatoMajor(s): Physics with DistinctionResidential College: Morse CollegeAdvisor: Charles Baltay |
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Yu Jun ShenMajor(s): Electrical Engineering with Distinction; Physics with DistinctionResidential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Abhishek Bhattacharjee Research Project: "Investigation of Variational Quantum Eigensolver techniques in Qiskit" |
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Alejandro SimonMajor(s): Physics (Intensive) with Distinction; Computer ScienceResidential College: Silliman CollegeAdvisor: Abhishek BhattacharjeeResearch Project: "A Quantum Algorithm for the Leaky Competing Accumulator" |
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Tristan WeaverMajor(s): Physics (Intensive) with Distinction; Mathematics (Intensive)Residential College: Silliman CollegeAdvisor: Meg Urry |
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Sami AlvesMajor(s): Physics; Computer ScienceResidential College: Morse CollegeAdvisor: Damon Clark |
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Keon AzarMajor(s): Physics; EconomicsResidential College: Pierson CollegeAdvisor: Gregory LaughlinResearch Project: "Conducting simulations of multi-exoplanet systems in order to characterize their orbital dynamics and constrain their masses" |
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Amanda ButlerMajor(s): Astronomy; Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Jonathan Edwards CollegeAdvisor: Daisuke Nagai |
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Jack ChapmanMajor(s): Physics & PhilosophyResidential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Mark GersteinResearch Project: "Applying Quantum Neural Networks to Problems in Bioinformatics " |
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Jeff CieslikowskiMajor(s): Political Science; PhysicsResidential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Alexey FedorovResearch Project: "Physical Forcings of ENSO under a Warming Climate" |
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Rebecca DaiMajor(s): Physics; HistoryResidential College: Branford CollegeAdvisor: Helen Caines |
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Sarah DicksonMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: David MooreResearch Project: "Detection of Whispering Gallery Modes in Optically-Levitated Microspheres" |
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Ryan FlynnMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Morse CollegeAdvisor: Daisuke NagaiResearch Project: "Shattering in the Intergalactic Medium in TNG100" |
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Luke GrossmanMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Berkeley CollegeAdvisor: Nir Navon |
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Matt KingMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); Mathematics (Intensive)Residential College: Ezra Stiles CollegeAdvisor: Bonnie FlemingResearch Project: "Pion Absorption Cross Section Measurement in Liquid Argon" |
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Charlie MayhewMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); HistoryResidential College: Benjamin Franklin CollegeAdvisor: David Moore |
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Jack McArthurMajor(s): Chemistry; PhysicsResidential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Diana QiuResearch Project: "Molecular dielectric embedding GW for ionically bonded hybrid perovskites" |
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Georgia MichelmanMajor(s): Physics; HistoryResidential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Meg Urry |
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Daniel QenaniMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Davenport CollegeAdvisor: Keith BakerResearch Project: "Quantum K-Means Algorithm for Signal Processing of H → ZZ* → 4l as Proof of Quantum Entanglement" |
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Annika SalmiMajor(s): Physics; AstronomyResidential College: Grace Hopper CollegeAdvisor: Meg Urry |
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Will SunMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Steven GirvinResearch Project: "Generating Qubits with QGANs" |
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Jiawei TangMajor(s): Physics; Applied MathematicsResidential College: Ezra Stiles College |
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Ben TogniMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Grace Hopper CollegeAdvisor: Meg Urry |
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Charlie UchnoMajor(s): Physics; EconomicsResidential College: Berkeley CollegeAdvisor: Alison Sweeney |
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Jean WangMajor(s): Physics (Intensive); Mathematics & PhilosophyResidential College: Morse CollegeAdvisor: Steven GirvinResearch Project: "Frequency Stability of Oscillator Systems" |
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Grace ZdeblickMajor(s): Mathematics; PhysicsResidential College: Pierson CollegeAdvisor: Meg UrryResearch Project: "Identifying Active Galactic Nuclei with Machine Learning" |
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Yiming ZhangMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Benjamin Franklin CollegeAdvisor: Jack HarrisResearch Project: "Building a Optomechanical Platform for Eigenvalue Braids and Knots" |
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Laura ZhouMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Benjamin Franklin CollegeAdvisor: Nir Navon |
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Amer Al-HiyasatMajor(s): Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry; PhysicsResidential College: Pauli Murray CollegeAdvisor: Jonathon HowardResearch Project: "A Non-Equilibrium Mechanism of Spastin's Accumulation on Shrinking Microtubule Tips" |
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Nicholas ArchambaultMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Branford CollegeAdvisor: Juan Lora (EPS)Research Project: "An Energy Balance Model of Moist Static Energy Flux on Titan" |
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India Bhalla-LaddMajor(s): Physics & PhilosophyResidential College: Timothy Dwight CollegeAdvisor: Sarah DemersResearch Project: "M2T: Late-Projected Transverse Mass Calculation in a Search for VH,H→ττ in ATLAS Run 2" |
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Joe BrownsbergerMajor(s): Physics & PhilosophyResidential College: Silliman CollegeAdvisor: Michel DevoretResearch Project: "Evaluating Retrocausal Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics" |
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Shoumik ChowdhuryMajor(s): Mathematics & PhysicsResidential College: Saybrook CollegeAdvisor: Michel DevoretResearch Project: "Investigating multi-photon nonlinear resonances and dynamical effects in driven superconducting qubits" |
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Caleb ClothierMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Saybrook CollegeAdvisor: Michel Devoret |
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Krish DesaiMajor(s): Mathematics (Intensive); Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Silliman CollegeAdvisor: Thomas AppelquistResearch Project: "String Theory" |
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Noah GoodmanMajor(s): Physics; HumanitiesResidential College: Benjamin Franklin College |
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Teddy HagueMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Branford CollegeAdvisor: Nir NavonResearch Project: "Electromagnetic Sensor Assembly in Yale's Ultracold Quantum Laboratory" |
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Gabe HoshinoMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Benjamin Franklin CollegeAdvisor: Reina MaruyamaResearch Project: "Measurements with a Desktop Muon Detector" |
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Shantanu JhaMajor(s): Mathematics & PhysicsResidential College: Saybrook CollegeAdvisor: Michel DevoretResearch Project: "Universal Control of Weakly Coupled Cavity-Transmon System" |
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Derek KuldinowMajor(s): Mechanical Engineering; Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Timothy Dwight CollegeAdvisor: Juan da la MoraResearch Project: "Cluster Sizing Studies in a Diffusive Condensation Particle Counter" |
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Alex LathemMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Berkeley CollegeAdvisor: David C. MooreResearch Project: "Outgassing of Electronegative Impurities in nEXO Candidate Polymers" |
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Lucy McEwanMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Branford CollegeAdvisor: Shelly LesherResearch Project: "Erbium 168 Transition Probabilities from Lifetime Measurements" |
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Shaun RadgowskiMajor(s): Physics; East Asian StudiesResidential College: Morse CollegeAdvisor: Shruti PuriResearch Project: "State-Overlap Hamiltonians in QAOA: Performance Advantage for Quantum Machine Learning" |
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Sajan RamanathanMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Ezra Stiles CollegeAdvisor: Laura NewburghResearch Project: "Ringmap Statistics for the CHIME Telescope" |
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Isabel SandsMajor(s): Physics (Intensive)Residential College: Pierson CollegeAdvisor: Nikhil PadmanabhanResearch Project: "Linear Approximations to UltraLight Dark Matter Stationary States" |
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Sukhman SinghMajor(s): Mathematics & PhysicsResidential College: Saybrook CollegeAdvisor: Steve LamoreauxResearch Project: "Signal Processing Techniques for the HAYSTAC Experiment" |
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Tyler TavrytzkyMajor(s): Engineering Science-Mechanical; PhysicsResidential College: Pierson CollegeAdvisor: Mark ReedResearch Project: "Merit of Nanowire Biosensors to Detect Pathogenic Organisms" |
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Miles WaitsMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Jonathan Edwards CollegeAdvisor: Meg UrryResearch Project: "Determining the Dependence of AGN Obscuration on Redshift and Luminosity" |
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Chris WestMajor(s): Physics; Computer Science & MathematicsResidential College: Saybrook CollegeAdvisor: Julie ZimmermanResearch Project: "Energy Demand of Supercritical Nanoparticle Synthesis Using Ethanol and Water" |
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Ben ZolkiewiczMajor(s): PhysicsResidential College: Trumbull CollegeAdvisor: Meg UrryResearch Project: "Project to be completed" |