Principal Investigator
Prof. Marina Radulaski
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis
Associate Professor of Physics, by courtesy, UC Davis
Faculty Affiliate, LBNL Molecular Foundry
Ph.D. Applied Physics, Stanford University
B.Sc./M.Sc. Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
B.Sc./M.Sc. Computer Science, Union University, Serbia
e-mail: mradulaski [at] ucdavis.edu
address: 3179 Kemper Hall, One Shields Lane, Davis, CA 95616
phone: (530) 754 0648
Graduate Students
Elnaz Hamdarsi
Ph.D. candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis
M.Sc. Physics, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
B.Sc. Engineering Physics, University of Tehran, Iran
e-mail: ehamdarsi [at] ucdavis.edu
Nathan Gonzalez
Ph.D. student, Physics, UC Davis
UC Noyce PhD Fellow 2026-2028
B.Sc. Physics, Gordon College
e-mail: nrgonz [at] ucdavis.edu
Rubek Poudel
Ph.D. student, Physics, UC Davis
M.Sc. Applied and Engineering Physics, Technical University of Munich, Germany
B.Sc. Physics, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
e-mail: rpoudel [at] ucdavis.edu
Jeanette Simo
Ph.D. student, Physics, UC Davis
GEM Fellow 2026-2031
B.Sc. Physics, UC Davis
Master Students
Madhu Bala Challa
Master's student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis
B. Tech. Electronics and Computer Engineering, KL University, India
email: mchalla [at] ucdavis.edu
Md. Asif Adib
Ph.D. student, Physics, UC Davis
M.Sc. Physics, BUET, Bangladesh
B.Sc. Physics, Khulna University, Bangladesh
e-mail: madib [at] ucdavis.edu
Nivita Reddy
M.S. student, Computer Science, UC Davis
B.Sc. Computer Science, UC Davis
email: nivreddy [at] ucdavis.edu
Alumni
PhD researchers
Sridhar Majety
In R-Lab 2019 - 2024: PhD researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Process Engineer at Intel, Quantum Hardware Engineer at Qolab
Victoria Norman
In R-Lab 2019 - 2024: PhD researcher, Physics, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge
Pranta Saha
In R-Lab 2020-2026: Ph.D. researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Photonics Engineer at memQ
Alex Rubin
In R-Lab 2022-2026: Ph.D. researcher, Physics, UC Davis
After R-Lab: quantum industry
MS researchers
Dinesh Nagulapati
In R-Lab: 2024-2026: MS researcher, Electrical Engineering, UC Davis
Rahul Bandyopadhyay
In R-Lab: 2023-2024: MS researcher, Electrical Engineering, UC Davis
After R-Lab: PhD researcher, Leiden University
Raunaq Chopra
In R-Lab: 2022-2023: MS researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Analog design engineer at Texas Instruments
Undergraduate researchers
Madeleine Klein
In R-Lab: Undergraduate researcher, Computer Science, UC Davis
Liam Hofmann
In R-Lab: Undergraduate researcher, Physics, UC Davis
After R-Lab: PhD student at Northwestern University
Zia Steele
In R-Lab: Undergraduate researcher, Physics, UC Davis
After R-Lab: MS Physics student at ETH Zurich
Jeanette Simo
In R-Lab: Undergraduate researcher, Physics, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Researcher at the Advanced Quantum Testbed, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, IBM Quantum intern, PhD student at UC Davis
Damien Bowen
In R-Lab: Undergraduate researcher, Physics and Math, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Graduate student in Quantum MS program at SJSU
Akhil Timmapuram
Undergraduate student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Photonics Intern at Leidos, digital test engineer at Qualcomm
Ayush Gilotra
In R-Lab: CITRIS undergraduate intern, Physics, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Undergrad researcher at UC Davis, PhD student at Harvard University
Brinda Puri
In R-Lab 2021 - 2024: Undergraduate researcher, Computer Science Engineering, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Intern at Watchfire Signs, MS student at UC Davis
Zainab Rizvi
In R-Lab: Undergraduate researcher, Computer Science, UC Davis
After R-Lab: MS student at SeoulTech
Zbynka Kekula
In R-Lab: Undergraduate researcher, ECE and Russian, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Electronics Intern at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, RF engineer at Google AI Quantum
Anjali (Jay) Jain
In R-Lab: Undergraduate researcher, Computer Science, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Quantum Test Engineer Intern at Rigetti Computing
Sean Riley
In R-Lab: Undergraduate researcher, Physics, UC Davis
Furi (Jack) Xiang
In R-Lab: 2023, Undergraduate researcher, UC Davis
After R-Lab: MS student at Johns Hopkins University
Bradi Palomarez
In R-Lab: 2023, REU researcher, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Undergraduate student at UC Irvine, PhD student at UC Irvine
Eliana Mann
In R-Lab 2021-2022: Undergraduate researcher, Physics, UC Davis
After R-Lab: PhD student in Electrical Engineering at Harvard University
Tristan Adams
In R-Lab: 2021-2022, Undergraduate researcher, Computer Science, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Research and Development Engineer at the UC Davis Tech Foundry
Aadithyaa Sridharbaskari
In R-Lab: 2022, Undergraduate researcher, Computer Science, UC Davis
Anahita Pochiraju
In R-Lab 2022: Undergraduate researcher, Computer Science and Engineering, UC Davis
Jesse Patton
In R-Lab 2020-2021: Undergraduate researcher, Applied Physics, UC Davis
After R-Lab: Quantum analyst at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences
Miranda Bell
In R-Lab 2020-2021: Undergraduate researcher, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Davis
After R-Lab: PhD student in Materials, Colorado School of Mines
Liang Li
In R-Lab 2019-2020: Undergraduate researcher, Applied Physics, UC Davis
After R-Lab: MS student in Electromagnetics and Photonics, University of Pennsylvania, engineer at TSMC