Hoffman group photo

Hoffman Lab, December 2025

Current Group Members

Jenny Hoffman

Jenny Hoffman

Professor

Adam Ackerman

Adam Ackerman

Financial Guru

Christine Benoit

Christine Benoit

Portfolio Manager

Jan Kasik

Jan Kašik

Laboratory Administrator

Stefan Ulrich

Stefan Ulrich

Consultant & STM wizard

Wan-Ting Liao

Wan-Ting Liao

Postdoctoral Fellow

Gal Tuvia

Gal Tuvia

Israeli Council for Higher Education Postdoctoral Fellow

Subhamita Sengupta

Subhamita Sengupta

Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow

Kuanysh Zhussupbekov

Kuanysh Zhussupbekov

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow

Anjola Bamtefa

Anjola Bamtefa

Grad Student, MSME (SEAS)

Tan Dao

Tan Dao

Grad Student, Physics

Diego Panzardi Serra

Diego Panzardi Serra

Grad Student, App. Phys. (SEAS)

Victor Huang

Victor Huang

Grad Student, App. Phys. (SEAS)

Henry Bowman

Henry Bowman

Grad Student, App. Phys. (SEAS)

Zeyu Ma

Zeyu Ma

Grad Student, App. Phys. (SEAS)

Yidi Wang

Yidi Wang

Grad Student, Physics

Sarah Ziegler

Sarah Ziegler

Grad Student, Physics

Phil Shenk

Phil Shenk

Grad Student, Physics

Dorsa Najafipanah

Dorsa Najafipanah

Post-Bac, Quantum Science & Engineering

Jeffrey Shi

Jeffrey Shi

Undergraduate '26

Corey Becker

Corey Becker

Undergraduate '26

Amy Kaniper

Amy Kaniper

Undergraduate '26

Marcos Johnson-Noya

Marcos Johnson-Noya

Undergraduate '26

Daria-Teodora Harabor

Daria-Teodora Harabor

Undergraduate '26

Rares-Georgian Mihalcea

Rares-Georgian Mihalcea

Undergraduate '27

Sophia Si

Sophia Si

Undergraduate '27

Michelle Liu

Michelle Liu

Undergraduate '28

Moana Gorezi

Moana Gorezi

Undergraduate '28

Jolana Kampfova

Jolana Kampfova

Undergraduate '28

Ethan Li

Ethan Li

Undergrad '28

Adnan Bin Alamgir

Adnan Bin Alamgir

Undergrad '29

Sophia Montgomery

Sophia Montgomery

Undergrad '26

Ben Killip-Leonard

Ben Killip-Leonard

Undergrad '29

Noah Weintrob

Noah Weintrob

Undergrad '29

Tymofii Baranenko

Tymofii Baranenko

Undergrad '28

Azaria Tsegaye

Azaria Tsegaye

High School (CRLS '27)

Recent Members/Alums

Hoffman group photo

Hoffman Lab in Maine, February 2023

Federico Maccagno

Federico Maccagno

Undergraduate '25

Aaron Coe

Aaron Coe

Grad Student, Physics
→ HRL

Heorhii Ambartsumov

Heorhii Ambartsumov

Undergraduate '27

Ada Kilian

Ada Kilian

High School (CRLS '25) → MIT

Jason Hoffman

Jason Hoffman

Research Scientist
→ CTO, FerroStream

Mengke Liu

Mengke Liu

HQI Postdoc
→ Asst. Prof. Physics, U.T. Dallas

Kevin Hauser

Kevin Hauser

Grad Student, Physics

Ruizhe Kang

Ruizhe Kang

Grad Student, SEAS
→ LAM Research

Ben November

Ben November

Grad Student, Physics
→ Qblox

Rosalinda Rojas

Rosalinda Rojas

Undergraduate '28

Frank Gubars

Frank Gubars

Undergraduate '28

Cecilia Prasanna

Cecilia Prasanna

High School (CRLS '26)

Alexander Ulrich

Alexander Ulrich

High School (International Academy '25) → Oakland University

Rodrick Shumba

Rodrick Shumba

Undergraduate '25 → Engineer, NVIDIA

Jasleen Kaur

Jasleen Kaur

Undergraduate '25 → Columbia

Yizhe Sun

Yizhe Sun

Undergraduate '25 → Princeton

Yiting Huang

Yiting Huang

Undergraduate '24 → Stanford

Lolwa Ghandour

Lolwa Ghandour

High School (RSI '25)

Rita Abani

Rita Abani

Grad Student, SEAS
→ Prof. Gage Hills group

Michael Maines

Michael Maines

Undergraduate '27

Aarav Mehta

Aarav Mehta

High School (RSI '24) → Stanford

Grace Zhou

Grace Zhou

Undergraduate '27

Lorenzo Funk

Lorenzo Funk

Undergraduate '27

Yuqian Chen

Yuqian Chen

Grad Student, Chemistry

Larissa Little

PhD App. Phys. (SEAS) '24

Kaylie Hausknecht

Kaylie Hausknecht

Undergraduate '24 → MIT

Lance He

Lance He

Undergraduate '24

Bradley Baltz

Bradley Baltz

Undergraduate '24 → U. Chicago

Layan Ansari

Layan Ansari

Undergraduate '25

Jingchao Fang

Jingchao Fang

Grad Student (rotating), QSE

Yu Yao

Yu Yao

Undergraduate (USTC '24) → MIT

Danielle Grey-Stewart

Danielle Grey-Stewart

Grad Student (rotating), MSME (SEAS)

Dries Rooryck

Dries Rooryck

Undergraduate '26

Lorenzo Levy

Lorenzo Levy

Undergraduate '27

Deepika Kumawat

Deepika Kumawat

Undergraduate (Mt. Holyoke '24) → MIT

Meghan Marangola

Meghan Marangola

Undergraduate '25

Diogo de Souza

Diogo de Souza

Undergraduate '25

Corinne Mulvey

Corinne Mulvey

Undergraduate '25

Salma Douieb

Salma Douieb

Undergraduate '25

Sebastian Prasanna

Sebastian Prasanna

High School (CRLS '24) → MIT

Benjamin Munoz

Benjamin Muñoz

Undergraduate (Stanford '25)

Adrienne Chan

Adrienne Chan

Undergraduate (U. Chicago '24)

Zoe Siegelnickel

Zoe Siegelnickel

High School (CRLS '23) → U.Mass Amherst

Yu (Richard) Liu

Yu (Richard) Liu

Grad Student, Physics

Alyson Spitzig

Alyson Spitzig

PhD Physics '23

Jiatong Yang

Jiatong Yang

BA Physics (Wellesley) '23 → MIT

James Wreh

James Wreh

CRLS (high school) '23 → MIT

Samantha O'Sullivan

Samantha O'Sullivan

BA Physics '22 → Oxford

Michael Arumainayagam

Michael Arumainayagam

BA Physics '22 → UC Berkeley

Elizabeth Guo

Elizabeth Guo

BA Physics '22 → Oxford

Sephora Ruppert

Sephora Ruppert

BA Physics '22 → Stanford

Matthias Fischer

Matthias Fischer

BSc Mech. Eng. '22

Wenjie Gong

Wenjie Gong

BA Physics '22 → MIT

Radu Andrei

Radu Andrei

BA Physics '22 → ETH Zurich

Shuvom Sadhuka

Shuvom Sadhuka

BA Statistics '22 → MIT

Walker Gillett

Walker Gillett

BA Physics (U. Chicago) '22

Natalie Shell

Natalie Shell

Greenwich Academy (high school) '22 → Stanford

Harry Pirie

Harry Pirie

PhD Physics '21 → Oxford

Yin Min Goh

Yin Min Goh

Grad Student (rotating), App. Phys. (SEAS)

Dagim Gebrie

Dagim Gebrie

Undergraduate '25

Daniel Shen

Daniel Shen

Undergraduate '24

Fiona Abney-McPeek

Fiona Abney-McPeek

Undergraduate '25

Greg Lapit

Greg Lapit

Undergraduate '24

Xavier Pina

Xavier Piña

Undergraduate '25

Libby Min

Libby Min

Undergraduate '25

Josh Josephy-Zack

Josh Josephy-Zack

Undergraduate '24

Motolani Oyewole

Motolani Oyewole

Undergraduate '24

Chris Milne

Chris Milne

BA Physics '22

Jens Oppliger

Jens Oppliger

Visitor, U. Zurich

Yao Yin

Yao Yin

Undergraduate '24 → École Normale Supérieure Paris, MSc. → Caltech

Mai Hoang

Mai Hoang

Undergraduate '25

Nicole Zhao

Nicole Zhao

Post-Bac (Wellesley '21)

Christian Matt

Christian Matt

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dilek Yildiz

Dilek Yildiz

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lauren Kwee

Lauren Kwee

Undergraduate '24

Arnav Srivastava

Arnav Srivastava

Undergraduate '23

Vinay Kanumuri

Vinay Kanumuri

Undergraduate '23

Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke

Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke

BSc Mech. Eng. '21 → Stanford

Alana Commons

Alana Commons

CRLS (high school) '21 → RPI

Samuel Detmer

Samuel Detmer

BA Physics-Chemistry '20 → MIT

Kevin Chen

Kevin Chen

Undergraduate '22

Piper Wysocki

Piper Wysocki

BA Physics (Wellesley) '22 → U. New Mexico