Research Group

Group Members

Mentoring, supervision history, and alumni trajectories at the University of Minnesota.

Graduate Students

UMN PhD students

Peiran Li

UMN period: Apr 2022-Aug 2026

Leaving UMN: Perimeter Institute (Postdoc, Sept 2026)

Current: Perimeter Institute

Ishmam Mahbub

UMN period: Apr 2022-present

Current: University of Minnesota

Visiting graduate students

Yuxin Liu

Visiting graduate student (UCAS fellowship)

UMN period: Mar 2025-Feb 2026

Leaving UMN: Theory Division, Fermilab (Postdoc, 2026)

Current: Fermilab

Postdocs

Only local postdocs with whom I worked directly at UMN are listed.

Kunfeng Lyu

UMN period: Sept 2021-Sept 2024

Leaving UMN: University of Utah

Current: University of Oklahoma

Saarik Kalia

UMN period: Sept 2022-Aug 2025

Leaving UMN: IFAE Barcelona

Current: Fermilab / University of Chicago

Raymond Co

UMN period: Sept 2020-Sept 2023

Leaving UMN: Indiana University (Assistant Professor)

Current: Indiana University (Assistant Professor)

Matheus Hostert

UMN period: Sept 2020-Aug 2023

Leaving UMN: Harvard University (Postdoc)

Current: University of Iowa (Assistant Professor)

Yohei Ema

UMN period: Sept 2021-Aug 2024

Leaving UMN: CERN (Postdoc)

Current: University of Florida (Assistant Professor)

Wenqi Ke

UMN period: Sept 2023-Aug 2026

Leaving UMN: IFAE Barcelona (Postdoc)

Current: IFAE Barcelona

Research Graduates

Month-level graduate-level research.

Zong-En Chen · University of Minnesota, May 2026-present
Abhinaya Sinha · University of Minnesota, May 2025-Aug 2025
Haoran Cui · University of Minnesota, Feb 2024-Oct 2024
Abay Zhakenuly · University of Minnesota, May 2024-Aug 2024
Stephen Henrich · University of Minnesota, Apr 2023-Oct 2023
Colin Weber · University of Minnesota, Apr 2022-Sept 2022
Ibrahim Atilla · University of Minnesota, May 2021-Nov 2021
Yaren Aksel · University of Minnesota, May 2021-Sept 2021
Onuray Sancar · University of Minnesota, May 2021-Sept 2021
Saif Ullah Baig · University of Minnesota, May 2021-Sept 2021

Research Undergraduates

Mainly listing UMN visiting period with research.

Nick Mazzoni · UMass Amherst, NSF REU, Jun 2025-Aug 2025
Edward Morell · Florida International University, NSF REU, Jun 2024-Aug 2024
Yiheng Jiang · Zhejiang University, May 2024-Sept 2024
Collin (Wade) Hernandez · Appalachian State University, NSF REU, Jun 2023-Aug 2023
Yifan Fei · Fudan University, Jun 2023-Sept 2023
Tong Shen · Fudan University, Jun 2023-Sept 2023
Tiago Sereno · Binghamton University, NSF REU, May 2022-Aug 2022
Jett Johnson · University of Minnesota, Morris, May 2022-Aug 2022
Tong Wu · University of Science and Technology of China, Aug 2021-Jan 2022