Alex Ruichao Ma
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Email: maruichao (at) purdue (dot) edu
Office: PHYS Room 252
Lab: PHYS Room G41
Address: 525 Northwestern Ave, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Full CV in pdf, updated Oct 2024
Google Scholar Page
Graduate Students
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
Hebah Goderya
hgoderya (at) purdue (dot) edu
Undergraduate Students
Santiago López
lopez503 (at) purdue (dot) edu
Zach Miles
zmmiles (at) purdue (dot) edu
Dhruv Upreti
dupreti (at) purdue (dot) edu
Killy Haoyuan Yang
yang2137 (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
Join US!
If you are interested in joining the team, please contact Alex directly.
- Motivated to explore quantum physics;
- Love hands-on work, building with cutting-edge technology;
- Growing with a motivated, collaborative, and inclusive team.