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Alex Ruichao Ma
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Email: maruichao (at) purdue (dot) edu
Office: PHYS 252

Short summary:
Academic Experience
from Aug 2019 - Purdue University, Assistant Professor in Physics.
2015-2019 James Frank Institute, Univ. of Chicago, Postdoc. (Advisors: David Schuster, Jonathan Simon)
2014-2015  Center for Ultracold Atoms, Harvard University, Postdoc. (Advisors: Markus Greiner)

Education
2009-2014  Harvard University, PhD in Physics. Advisor: Markus Greiner
2006-2009  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, B.Sc in Physics. Advisor: Rainer Dumke

Full CV in pdf, June 2023
Google Scholar Page
Keywords (by Scimeter)

Graduate Students

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Botao Du
du245 (at) purdue (dot) edu

Ramya Suresh
suresh52 (at) purdue (dot) edu

Sheng-Wen (Wendy) Huang
huan1780 (at) purdue (dot) edu

Qihao Guo
guo710 (at) purdue (dot) edu

Undergraduate Students


Santiago López
lopez503 (at) purdue (dot) edu

Zach Miles
zmmiles (at) purdue (dot) edu

Recent Members

Graduate students:

  • Jeremy Cadiente: Fall 2019 - Dec 2021. Currently: Senior Scientist at Applied Research Associates

Undergraduate students:

  • Nathan Henry, Case Western '24: Summer 2023 (REU at Purdue)

  • Darin Tsai, Purdue '25: Fall 2023

  • Peter Salisbury, Purdue ’23: Spring 2021 - Spring 2023. Currently: SpaceX

  • Nicholas Kapsos, University of Florida ’24: Summer 2022 (REU at Purdue)

  • Hyeonwoo (Drake) Wang, Purdue ’25: Spring 2022 (Purdue First Time Research Fellowship)

  • Gözde İloğlu, Purdue ’22: Spring 2020 - Fall 2021 (SURF Fellowship 2020)

  • Andrew Rockovich, Washington & Jefferson College ’21: Summer 2021 (REU at Purdue) - Currently: PhD student at Ohio State University

  • Sean Khomphengchan, Purdue ’24: Spring 2021 (Indiana Space Grant Scholarship)

  • Maaz Ahmed, Purdue ’21: Fall 2019 - Summer 2021 (DURI Scholarship 2020) - Currently: PsiQuantum

  • Mackenzie Geckler, Purdue ’21: Fall 2019 - Spring 2021 (REU at OSU for summer 2020) - Currently: Research Physicist at APL Johns Hopkins

  • Lingxue He, Purdue ’21: Fall 2019 - Spring 2020. Currently: Graduate student at University of Tokyo

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  • Motivated to explore quantum physics;

  • Hands-on building with cutting-edge technology;

  • Growing with a motivated, collaborative, and inclusive team.