{"id":5,"date":"2013-09-10T12:21:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T12:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/template-research\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:01:03","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/tchernyshyov-group\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Current members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Principal investigator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/physics-astronomy.jhu.edu\/directory\/oleg-tchernyshyov\/\"><strong>Oleg Tchernyshyov<\/strong><\/a> Ph.D. 1998 Columbia University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Postdoctoral fellows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Ph.D. students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Rotation students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aashish Chahal<\/strong> M.Sc. 2025 Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Undergraduates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Julia Gelfond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jake Hoffmann<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Alumni<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Basti\u00e1n Pradenas<\/strong> PhD student 2021-2025<br>Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, postdoctoral fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Haoyu Wang<\/strong> PhD student 2014-2021<br>Citadel, quantitative researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/xingjian-di-481826157\">Xingjian Di<\/a><\/strong><br>undergraduate student (UIUC) 2020-2021<br>NYU (New York and Shanghai), PhD student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daniel Hill<br><\/strong>Postdoctoral fellow 2019-2021<br>University of Missouri, postdoctoral fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=rIFFTBMAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\"><strong>Sayak Dasgupta<\/strong><\/a><br>PhD student 2015-2020<br>University of British Columbia and University of Tokyo, postdoctoral fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oist.jp\/research\/research-units\/cdqt\/shu-zhang\"><strong>Shu Zhang<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PhD student 2014-2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, assistant professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/hiteshchanglani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hitesh Changlani<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Postdoctoral fellow 2016-2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida State University, associate professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Derek Reitz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">undergraduate student 2016-2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop Grummann, principal transformational physicist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Anirban Ghosh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. student 2011-2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mathworks, technical writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinshuang.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kevin Huang<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">High-school student 2016-2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Princeton University, PhD student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ceps.unh.edu\/person\/jiadong-zang\">Jiadong Zang<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Postdoctoral fellow 2012-2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of New Hampshire, professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/yuanwan\/members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yuan Wan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. student 2010-2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, associate research scientist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pure.kaist.ac.kr\/en\/persons\/se-kwon-kim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Se Kwon Kim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. student 2012-2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, associate professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/berkeley.academia.edu\/ChristopherMogni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christopher Mogni<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undergraduate student 2012-2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of&nbsp;California, Berkeley, graduate student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=DrZKdrYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Imam Makhfudz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. student 2009-2010 and 2012-2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IM2NP, postdoctoral fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=HqH0a6kAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olga Petrova<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. student 2009-2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Criteo, ML tech lead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Benjamin Ponedel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undergraduate student 2011-2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Square, data scientist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Zhihao Hao&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. student 2007-2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Royal Bank of Canada, senior manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yichen Shen&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undergraduate student, 2010-2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lightelligence Inc., CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Paula Mellado<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. student 2005-2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adolfo Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez University, professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gia-Wei Chern<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. student 2003-2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of Virginia, associate professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David J. Clarke<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. student 2005-2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop Grummann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Oleg Tretiakov<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Postdoc 2005-2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of New South Wales, associate professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hyun Youk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Master student 2005-2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UMass Amherst, associate professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kathleen Merit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undergraduate student 2005<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hong Yao<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Master student 2002-2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, professor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current members Principal investigator Oleg Tchernyshyov Ph.D. 1998 Columbia University Postdoctoral fellows Ph.D. students Rotation students Aashish Chahal M.Sc. 2025 Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar Undergraduates Julia Gelfond Jake Hoffmann Alumni Basti\u00e1n Pradenas PhD student 2021-2025Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, postdoctoral fellow Haoyu Wang PhD student 2014-2021Citadel, quantitative researcher Xingjian Diundergraduate student [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/tchernyshyov-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/tchernyshyov-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/tchernyshyov-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/tchernyshyov-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/tchernyshyov-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/tchernyshyov-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/tchernyshyov-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/tchernyshyov-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}