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CBB Alumni

Past Post-Docs

Name CBB Institution Year(s) Participated in CBB Where Are They Now LinkedIn
Matt Andorf Cornell University 2019 – 2021 Research Associate, Cornell University
Jan Balajka Cornell University 2019 – 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Technical University of Vienna (TU Wien)
Stanislav Baturin University of Chicago 2017 – 2019 Professor, ITMO University
Oksana Chubenko Arizona State University 2019 - 2022 Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University LinkedIn
Rachael Farber University of Chicago 2018 - 2022 Assistant Professor, University of Kansas LinkedIn
Benjamin Francis Brigham Young University 2018 - 2022 Chief Scientist, Achilles Heel Technologies LinkedIn
Alice Galdi Cornell University 2017 - 2021 Professor, University of Salerno LinkedIn
Jacob Graham University of Chicago 2017 - 2021 Research Associate, NASA’s Planetary Environments Lab at Goddard Space Flight Center LinkedIn
Siddharth Karkare Lawrence Berkeley National Lab 2016 – present Assistant Professor, Arizona State University LinkedIn
Danilo Liarte Cornell University 2017 – 2019

Young Investigator, São Paulo State University

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Andy Linscheid University of Florida 2017 Software Engineer, TomTom LinkedIn
Nathan Majernik UCLA 2020 - 2023 Staff Scientist, SLAC LinkedIn
Jorge Giner Navarro UCLA 2017 – 2018 Researcher, The Center for Energy Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Spain LinkedIn
Ryan Roussel University of Chicago 2020 - 2021 Associate Staff Scientist, SLAC
Dulanga Somaratne Cornell University 2020 - 2022 LinkedIn
Zeming Sun Cornell University 2021 - 2023 Research Assistant, Bruker Biotechnology Research LinkedIn
Chenyu Zhang Cornell University 2020 - 2022 Senior Software Engineer, ASML LinkedIn

Past Graduate Students

Name Degree Theses CBB Institution Year(s) Participated in CBB Where Are They Now LinkedIn
AJ Dick PhD Northern Illinois University 2019 - 2023 Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Lab
Eric Cropp PhD Thesis UCLA 2019 - 2023 Project Scientist, SLAC LinkedIn
Gevork Gevorkyan PhD Thesis Arizona State University 2019 - 2023 Postdoctoral Fellow, Mayo Clinic LinkedIn
Michelle Kelley PhD Thesis Cornell University 2019-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute LinkedIn
Pallavi Saha PhD Thesis Arizona State University 2019 - 2023 Postdoctoral Fellow, Brookhaven National Lab LinkedIn
Chris Knill PhD Thesis Arizona State University 2019 - 2023 Advanced R&D Scientist, Honeywell ACST LinkedIn
Nathan Sitaraman PhD Thesis Cornell University 2017 - 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Christopher Pierce PhD Thesis Cornell University 2017 - 2022 Associate Scientist, xLight LinkedIn
Thomas Oseroff PhD Thesis Cornell University 2017 - 2022 Research Associate, Cornell University
Kevin J. Nangoi PhD Thesis Cornell University 2017 - 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, UC, Santa Barbara LinkedIn
William Li PhD Thesis Cornell University 2017 - 2022 Research Associate, Brookhaven National Lab LinkedIn
Matthew Gordon PhD Thesis University of Chicago 2018 - 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Cameron Duncan PhD Thesis Cornell University 2018 - 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, EPFL
Jai Kwan Bae PhD Thesis Cornell University 2017 - 2022 Graduate Student, Cornell University LinkedIn
Alison McMillan PhD Thesis University of Chicago 2017 - 2022 Staff Scientist, General Atomics LinkedIn
Lipi Gupta PhD Thesis University of Chicago 2018 - 2021 Science Engagement Engineer, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center LinkedIn
Nikita Kuklev PhD Thesis University of Chicago 2019 - 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Lab LinkedIn
Ryan Porter PhD Thesis Cornell University 2017 - 2021 Staff Engineer, SLAC
Nilanjan Banerjee PhD Thesis Cornell University 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Fermilab LinkedIn
Nathan Burger MS UCLA 2018 - 2020 Research Engineer, RadiaBeam Technologies LinkedIn
Darren Veit PhD Thesis University of Chicago 2017 - 2020 Teacher, Seattle, WA
Will DeBenedetti PhD Cornell University 2017 - 2020 Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory LinkedIn
Alden Pack PhD Thesis Brigham Young University 2017 - 2020 Research Associate, Sandia National Laboratory LinkedIn
Joshua Paul PhD Thesis University of Florida 2017 - 2020 Researcher, Argonne National Lab LinkedIn
Biswas Rijal PhD Thesis University of Florida 2017 - 2020

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Buffalo

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Paul Cueva PhD Thesis Cornell University 2017 - 2019 Researcher, Corning Inc. LinkedIn
Frank Ikponmwen PhD Thesis Clark Atlanta University 2018 - 2019 Pharmaceutical Scientist, Federal Drug Administration LinkedIn
James Maniscalco PhD Thesis Cornell University 2016 - 2019 SRF Engineer, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory LinkedIn
Jeffrey Sayler PhD Thesis University of Chicago 2016 - 2019 Engineer, LASP Boulder Colorado LinkedIn
Alen Senanian Cornell University 2019 Graduate Student, Cornell University LinkedIn
Nathan Bell MS UCLA 2018
Mariah Brown MS Clark Atlanta University 2016 - 2018 Teacher, Atlanta, GA LinkedIn
Srinidhi Mula MS University of Florida 2018 Graduate Student, TU Delft LinkedIn
Bipul Pandey PhD University of Chicago 2017 - 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Austin LinkedIn
Duncan Sutherland Cornell University 2018 Graduate Student, Cornell University LinkedIn
Alex Bernstein PhD Thesis Cornell University 2017 National Security Agency (NSA) LinkedIn
Alex Cahill PhD UCLA 2016 – 2017 Sr. Research Scientist, Varian Medical Systems LinkedIn
Colin Clement PhD Thesis Cornell University 2016 - 2019 Senior Research Manager, Microsoft LinkedIn
Daniel Hall PhD Thesis Cornell University 2016 - 2017 Senior Design Engineer, ASML LinkedIn
Brianna Harris MS Clark Atlanta University 2017 Physics Teacher, Centennial High School, Atlanta Georgia LinkedIn
Eylene Pirez MS Thesis UCLA 2016 - 2018 Head of Digital Media and Research, Geodesic Pictures, LLC LinkedIn
Archishman Raju PhD Thesis Cornell University 2016 - 2018 Research Associate, National Center for Biological Science
Erik Skibinski PhD Thesis Cornell University 2016 – 2017 Engineer, Intel Corporation LinkedIn