Alwaleed Aldhafeeri, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E. (Kuwaiti PhD Fellowship).
M.Sc. UCLA, Electromagnetics 2018.
B.Sc. University of Tennessee (Dean's list honors) 2016. Breadth: Computer Science.
Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: aaldhafe@ucla.edu

Renjie Kang
M.Sc. University of California, Los Angeles, Quantum Science & Technology 2024.
B.Sc. Linfield University, Physics 2019 (Minor: mathematics).
Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: renjiekang@ucla.edu

Dr. Hyunpil Boo, Postdoctoral Research Scientist.

Ph.D. UCLA Materials Science & Engineering, Metasurfaces and augmented displays 2023.
M.Eng. Korea University, Advanced Materials Sci. & Eng. 2012.
B.Sc. Korea University, Materials Sci. & Eng. 2010.

Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: leo782@g.ucla.edu

Rita Gimelshein, M.Sc. candidate E.C.E

B.Sc. UCLA Electrical and Computer Engineering (minor: math), Dean's Honor List, 2023.

Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: rgimelshein@ucla.edu

Andrew Lin, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E. (NSF Quantum Fellowship).
B.Sc. National Chiao Tung University, Dept. of Photonics, 2024.
Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: andrewhcl@ucla.edu

Dong-IL Lee, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E. (UCLA Fellowship).
M.Sc. Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, 2022.
B.Eng. Sungkyunkwan University, 2020.
Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: dilee@ucla.edu

Cody S. Fan, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E. (NSF Graduate and NSF Quantum Fellowships).

B.Sc. UCLA Physics and B.Sc. UCLA Electrical Engineering, 2022.
Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: trifire@ucla.edu

Dr. Xiang Cheng, Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Ph.D. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Quantum Physicss 2017.
B.Sc. Huazhong University of Science and Technology 2014.
Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: chengxiang@ucla.edu

Dr. Jin Ho Kang, Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Ph.D. UCLA Electrical & Computer Engineering, Precision laser spectroscopy 2024.
B.Sc. UCLA, Optical Engineering 2016.
Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: zse0147@ucla.edu

Leo Qiyu Liu
M.Sc. University of California, Los Angeles, Quantum Science & Technology 2024.
B.Sc. University of California, San Diego, Physics 2023.
Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: liuleo184@ucla.edu

Tristan Melton, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E. (DoD SMART Fellowship).

B.Sc. UCLA, Electrical Engineering and breadth in Computer Science, 2020.

Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: tristanmelton@engineering.ucla.edu

Collaborators

Alumni

Dr. Kai-Chi Chang, Postdoctoral Research Scientist.

Ph.D. UCLA Electrical & Computer Engineering, Quantum Optics 2022 (Distinguished Dissertation finalist; J. Yang Fellowship 2020; Fellowship 2016).
M.Sc. National Chiao Tung University Electrophysics 2016.
B.Sc. Physics 2014.
Room 54-147 Eng. IV; Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: uclakcchang@ucla.edu

Wenzheng Liu, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E.

M.Sc. California Institute of Technology, Applied Physics 2018.

B.Sc. University of Sci. and Tech. China, Physics 2014.

Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: wzliu@ucla.edu

Talha Yerebakan, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E.

Middle East Technical University 2019.
B.Sc. Middle East Technical University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering 2019.

Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: talha15@ucla.edu

Raphael Low, B.Sc. candidate UCLA Physics 2025 (Singapore Scholarship).

Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: raphaellow@ucla.edu

Sophi C. Song, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E. (NSF Quantum Fellowship).
B.Sc. UCLA Physics (2024).
Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: sophsong@ucla.edu

Alexiy Samoylov, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E. (NSF Quantum Fellowship).
M.Sc. UCLA Electrical & Computer Engineering (2023).
B.Sc. UCLA Electrical & Computer Engineering (2023).
Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: asamoylov27@ucla.edu

Christine Yang, B.Sc. candidate UCLA E.C.E. 2026.
Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: cgjyang@ucla.edu

Tugce Cennet Turan, M.S. candidate E.C.E. (Fulbright Scholarship).
B.Sc. Koc University, Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: cturan@ucla.edu

Chee Wei Wong, Tannas Professor of Engineering,
Fang Lu Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Sc.D. MIT 2003, M.Sc. MIT 2001
B.Sc. and B.A. UC Berkeley 1999.
Room 56-147D Eng. IV; Phone: 310.825.6115
Email: cheewei.wong@ucla.edu

Yujie Chen, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E.
B.Sc., Electrical & Info. Engineering, University of Electronic Sci. & Tech. China

B.Eng. (First class honors), Electrical & Electronics Engineering, University of Glasgow

Room 54-147 Eng. IV
Phone: 310.206.8452
Email: yujiechen0724@ucla.edu

Hsiao-Hsuan Charlie Chin, Ph.D. candidate E.C.E.
M.Sc. University of California, Los Angeles, Quantum Science & Technology 2023.
B.Sc. University of Texas, Austin, Physics 2022.
Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: charliechin@ucla.edu

Ryan Khalkhali, B.Sc. candidate UCLA E.C.E. 2025.
Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: ryankhalkhali@ucla.edu

Karen Susanto, B.Sc. candidate UCLA E.C.E. 2025.
Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: karensusanto@ucla.edu

Justin Tang, B.Sc. candidate UCLA E.C.E. Dec 2025.
Room 210 Eng. VI
Phone: 310.794.9106
Email: justin92618@ucla.edu