Stanford
Goldhaber-Gordon Group

Group Members

Principal Investigator

Staff Scientists

Postdoctoral Scholars

Graduate Students

Visiting Students

Lab Alumni

 

NameNext positionPresent position
   
Former postdocs
  
   
Dr. Evgeny MikheevAssistant Professor, University of CincinnatiAssistant Professor, University of Cincinnati
Dr. Arthur Barnard
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Monica AllenAssistant Professor, UCSDAssistant Professor, UCSD
Dr. Reyes CalvoPostdoc, NanoGUNEIkerbasque Research Fellow, NanoGUNE
Dr. James WilliamsAssistant Professor, University of Maryland 
Dr. Michael NeumannPostdoc, Seoul National University, KoreaResearcher, Max Planck Institute
Dr. Markus KönigPostdoc, Max Planck Institute DresdenProfessor, Ruhr University Bochum
Dr. Matthias BaenningerSenior Device Engineer, SanDiskSenior Device Engineer, SanDisk
Dr. Sami AmashaResearcher, Lincoln LabResearcher, Lincoln Lab
Dr. Michael GrobisResearch Staff Member, HGSTResearch Director, HGST
Dr. Mark TopinkaFounder, Alion solar startupPrincipal Scientist, KoBold Metals
Prof. Benjamin HuardResearch Scientist, CNRS, ParisProfessor, ENS Lyon
Prof. John CumingsAssistant Professor, University of MarylandAssociate Professor, University of Maryland
Dr. Silvia LuescherResearch Scientist, UBC, VancouverResearch Associate, UBC, Vancouver
   
   
Former graduate students
  
Dr. Praveen SriramResearch Scientist, Google Quantum AIResearch Scientist, Google Quantum AI
Dr. Joe FinneySenior Quantum Engineer, Quantum MotionSenior Quantum Engineer, Quantum Motion
Dr. Molly AndersenAdvanced Physicist, QuantinuumAdvanced Physicist, Quantinuum
Dr. Linsey RodenbachQuantum Application Scientist, Zurich InstrumentsDeveloper Relations Manager, Quantum Computing - NVIDIA
Dr. Connie HsuehCongressional Fellow, U.S. House of RepresentativesTechnology Policy, Microsoft
Dr. Winston PousePhysicist, HRL LaboratoriesPhysicist, HRL Laboratories
Dr. Ilan RosenPostdoc, MITIBM
Dr. Aaron SharpeTruman Fellow, Sandia National LabSIMES Associate Scientist, Stanford
Dr. Derrick BooneConsultant, Bain & CompanyFounder/Educator, The Coding School
Dr. Lucas PeetersSystems Engineer, WaymoSystems Engineer, Waymo
Dr. Sam StanwyckPhysicist, Rigetti ComputingGroup Product Manager, Quantum Computing, NVIDIA
Dr. Trevor PetachScientist, ExponentPrincipal Consultant, Data Science & ML, Data CRT
Mr. Alex HughesResearch Assistant, ExponentResearch Assistant, Exponent
Dr. Patrick GallagherPostdoc, UC BerkeleyCo-founder, Orca Sciences
Dr. Menyoung LeePostdoc, CornellCo-founder, Orca Sciences
Dr. Andrew BestwickPhysicist, Rigetti ComputingSenior Vice President Quantum Systems, Rigetti Computing
Dr. Georgi DiankovPostdoc, Stanford 
Dr. Andrew KellerPostdoc, CalTechQuantum Hardware, Amazon Web Services Quantum
Dr. Francois AmetPostdoc, DukeStaff Systems Engineer, Northop Grumman
Dr. Matthew PelliccionePostdoc, UCSBPhysicist, HRL Laboratories
Dr. Andrei GarciaPrincipal Research Engineer, HGSTEngineer, Tesla
Dr. Adam SciambiPostdoc, UCSFCo-founder and scientist, Mission Bio
Dr. Alex NeuhausenWeb developer for Bloomberg LawWeb developer for Bloomberg Law
Dr. Arash HazeghiEngineer/Scientist, AppleEngineer/Scientist, Apple
Dr. Ileana RauPostdoc, IBM AlmadenHardware Engineering, Apple
Dr. Joey SulpizioPostdoc, Weizmann Institute of ScienceQuantum Engineer, Quandela (Paris)
Dr. Nahid HarjeeFounder/Engineer, Tacta Systems IncFounder/Engineer, Tacta Systems Inc
Dr. Nimrod StanderEngineer, IntelEngineer, Intel
Dr. Kathryn ToddProgram Manager, SRI InternationalScientist/Manager, Thermo Fischer Scientific
Dr. Michael JuraDevice Scientist, Bandgap Engineering Inc.Research Staff, HRL Laboratories
Dr. Charis Quay Huei LiPostdoc, CEA SaclaySenior Lecturer, Universite de Paris-Saclay
Dr. Hung-Tao Chou
Senior Member of Technical Staff, solar startup
Engineer, Western Digital
Dr. Lindsay MoorePostdoc, Technion, Israel 
Dr. Ron PotokSenior Engineer, AMD 
Greg TsengFounder and CEO, Jumpstart TechnologiesFounder and Board Member, if(we)
   
   
Former undergraduates
  
   
Kai WangUndergraduate student, Stanford 
Matt YankowitzPhD student, University of ArizonaPostdoc, Columbia University
Melis TekantGraduate student, MITGraduate student, MIT
Yani Zhai
Physics Engineer, Max Planck Institute Stuttgart
 
Jeremy HiattGraduate student in CS, StanfordCo-founder and Chief Engineer, Brilliant Home Technology
Dennis Lo
Graduate student in Applied Physics, Columbia
Assistant Professor, James Madison University
Guy Grazier G'SellIn memoriam 
Ryan Timmons  
Jacob BienGraduate student, StanfordAssistant Professor, Cornell University
Sanghyup KwakGraduate student, StanfordIP Attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Darin Nee
Graduate student, London School of Economics
 
Jacob GroseGraduate student, CornellSenior Manager at BASF New Business Incubation
Johann Schleier-SmithGraduate student, StanfordBoard Member, if(we)
Adam CohenGraduate student, StanfordProfessor, Harvard
Grace PanUndergraduate, YaleUndergraduate, Yale
Andrey SushkoGraduate student, MITGraduate student, MIT
   
   
Former high school students
  
Caspar FeltenHigh School Student, Eton College 
Holden KowittUndergraduate, UC Berkeley 
Nolan KowittUndergraduate, UC BerkeleyGraduate student, MIT
Nathaniel CraigUndergraduate, HarvardAssistant Professor, UCSB
Kai UeltzhoefferUndergraduate, ??Graduate student in Neuroscience, Frankfurt
Megan YamoahUndergraduate, MITUndergraduate, MIT
Paul KivelsonUndergraduate, StanfordAuthor
   

Last Updated: 03/2026