Refael, Gil

Committee Member — 60 thesises

• Peng, Siying — 2D and 3D Photonic Crystals: Synthesis, Characterization and Topological Phenomenon (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Youngjoon — A Spectroscopic Study of Electronic Correlations in Twisted Bilayer Graphene by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meiburg, Alexander — A System for Cancellation of Two-Level System Noise in Kinetic Inductance Devices (2018, Senior thesis (Major))
• Rice, Frank Randolph, III — A Very Wide Bandwidth SIS Heterodyne Receiver Design for Millimeter and Submillimeter Astronomy (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lundblad, Nathan Eric — All-Optical Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensation and the Spinor Dynamics-Driven Atom Laser (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Van Valen, David Ashley — Case Studies in Quantitative Biology: Biochemistry on a Leash and a Single-Molecule Hershey-Chase Experiment (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Russell Lowell — Characterization and Control of a Strongly-Coupled Atom-Cavity System (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sonka, Rita Frances — Characterization and Improvement of the Thermal Stability of TES Bolometers (2018, Senior thesis (Major))
• Northup, Tracy Eleanor — Coherent Control in Cavity QED (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Kyung Soo — Coherent Control of Entanglement with Atomic Ensembles (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Isaac Hyun — Conditional Independence in Quantum Many-Body Systems (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stockton, John Kenton — Continuous Quantum Measurement of Cold Alkali-Atom Spins (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Titum, Paraj — Disorder Driven Transitions in Non-Equilibrium Quantum Systems (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Christopher Kai-Chen — Dynamical Control of Many-Body Interactions in Driven Quantum Matter (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zwolak, Michael Philip — Dynamics and Simulation of Open Quantum Systems (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Kun Woo — Electronic States in Disordered Topological Insulators (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sørensen, Ina Muggerud — Emergent Behaviors of Electrons in 2D Materials: From Electron Hydrodynamics to Majorana Zero Modes (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mandayam Doddamane, Prabha — Emerging Paradigms in Quantum Error Correction and Quantum Cryptography (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chatto, Andrew Rosenberg — Experiments on the Self-Organized Critical State of ⁴He (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yao, Jia (Kelly) — First-Principles Simulation of Nonequilibrium Coupled Electron–Phonon Dynamics: Algorithms, Acceleration, and Coherent Phenomena (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Hyunjin — From Symmetry Breaking to Superconductivity: Unraveling the Hierarchy of Correlated Phases in Moiré Graphene (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Foote, Logan Michael — High-Sensitivity Superconducting Detectors for Far-Infrared Space Astrophysics (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Glaudell, Rebecca Denise — Interface Optimization for Improved Photovoltaic Devices (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Shannon — Investigating Quantum Speedups through Numerical Simulations (2017, Senior thesis (Major))
• Hughes, Cameron Richard — Investigations of Nanoscale Variations in Spin and Charge Transport in Manganites and Organic Semiconductors Using Spin Polarized Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lai, Hsin-Hua — Ladder Studies of Gapless Quantum Spin Liquids: Spin Bose-metal and SU(2)-invariant Majorana Spin Liquids (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Haah, Jeongwan — Lattice Quantum Codes and Exotic Topological Phases of Matter (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chaudhary, Swati — Light Induced Dynamics in Quantum Matter (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Narang, Prineha — Light-Matter Interactions in Semiconductors and Metals: From Nitride Optoelectronics to Quantum Plasmonics (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lei, Mi — Many-Body Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Spin Dynamics with an Ensemble of Rare-Earth Ions (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Ann Miao — New Physics Models in the Diphoton Final State at CMS (2015, Senior thesis (Major))
• Roberts, Brenden Carlisle — New Tensor Network Methods and Studies of Criticality in Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bishara, Waheb — Non-Abelian Quantum Hall States and Fractional Statistics (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Simon, Christopher — Non-Equilibrium Quantum Dynamics in a Disordered Ising Magnet (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chu, Hao — Nonlinear and Ultrafast Optical Investigations of Correlated Materials (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hill, Jeffrey Thomas — Nonlinear Optics and Wavelength Translation Via Cavity-Optomechanics (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• White, Christopher David — Numerical Methods for Many-Body Quantum Dynamics (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deshpande, Vikram Vijay — One-Dimensional Physics of Interacting Electrons and Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Tony Eilo — Quantum Nonequilibrium Physics with Rydberg Atoms (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zou, Yue — Quantum Phases and Phase Transitions in Disordered Low-Dimensional Systems: Thin Film Superconductors, Bilayer Two-Dimensional Electron Systems, and One-Dimensional Optical Lattices (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ye, Erika — Reducing Computational Costs for Many-Body Physics Problems (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scheel, Janet D. — Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard Convection (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Ching-Tzu — Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Studies of High-Temperature Cuprate Superconductors (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kopp, Gillian Baron — Search for SUSY with Delayed Photons at the Compact Muon Solenoid (2018, Senior thesis (Major))
• Bilgin, Ersen — Simulation of Strongly Correlated Quantum Many-Body Systems (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kogan, Oleg Boris — Stochastic and Collective Properties of Nonlinear Oscillators (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Finck, Aaron David Kiyoshi — Studies of Exciton Condensation and Transport in Quantum Hall Bilayers (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tracy, Lisa A — Studies of Two Dimensional Electron Systems via Surface Acoustic Waves and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Techniques (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Xueyue — Superconducting Circuit Architectures Based on Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Gihwan — Tailoring Tunable Interactions in Superconducting Circuits Using Many to No Modes (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rydenfelt, Mattias Sven Olof — The Combinatorics of Transcriptional Regulation (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Brien, Liam Christopher — The Enemy of my Enemy: How Disorder and Dissipation Can Be Your Friend in Quantum Systems (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Iyer, Shankar — The Interplay of Localization and Interactions in Quantum Many-Body Systems (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chiu, Hsin-Ying — Thermal Properties and Nanoelectromechanical System Based on Carbon Nanotubes (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Seetharam, Karthik Iyengar — Thermalization in Periodically-Driven Interacting Quantum Systems (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leefmans, Christian Richard — Topological Phenomena in Time-Multiplexed Resonator Networks (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beverland, Michael Edward — Toward Realizable Quantum Computers (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Went, Cora Margaret — Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Ultrathin Solar Cells (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ning, Honglie — Ultrafast Optical Control of Order Parameters in Quantum Materials (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tay, Tiamhock — Variational Studies of Exotic Bose Liquid, Spin Liquid, and Magnetic Phases (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))