Past Post-Doctoral Fellows
William Livernois
William Livernois continued as a postdoc in our group before moving to Wesleyan University in November 2006
Email: willll@uw.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willlivernois
GitHub: https://github.com/wliverno
Past PhD Students
William Livernois
William Livernois was a 5th year PhD student in the Quantum Devices lab. William’s work includes developing quantum transmission models for biological systems such as cytochromes, investigating spin-dependent transport mechanisms in biological systems, and applying ab-initio modeling to metal-modified DNA structures. Prior to his PhD, William earned dual B.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering and Physics from MIT before working in industry as an R&D engineer for four years. His work focused on optimizing chemical vapor deposition systems for nanomaterials synthesis and developing characterization methods for quality control.
Email: willll@uw.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willlivernois
GitHub: https://github.com/wliverno
Yiren Wang
Yiren (Ethan) Wang was a 5th year PhD student in the Quantum Devices lab. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Washington, in 2019 and 2021.
Email: ethanwyr@uw.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/yi-ren-wang
GitHub: https://github.com/ethanwyr
Past Undergraduate Researchers (EE499)
Keya Joy
Keya A. Joy is a junior double-majoring in Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Mathematics. She is focusing on metal atom intercalation and diffusion through 2D materials. Her hobbies include climbing, creating art in several mediums, and traveling!
Email: kjoy@uw.edu
Hailey Yuan
Hailey is a junior majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research focuses on developing a graph-based framework that identifies dominant charge transport pathways in synthetic biological materials. In her free time, she enjoys eating, baking, and playing volleyball.
Email: hyuan8@uw.edu
Sara Kumar
Sara Kumar is currently completing her B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington. She is planning to do a masters after graduation, hopefully also at UW. Her research focuses on the effects on metals in synthetic DNA strands using molecular dynamics simulations (MD).
Email: skumar8@uw.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-kumar1/
Galina Petrova
Galina Petrova is a PhD student who joined in 2025. Her research focuses on charge transport in DNA, with a strong interest in quantum chemistry and molecular orbitals. In her free time, she enjoys solving Sudoku puzzles.
Simon Cao
Simon Cao is a Ph.D. student in Anant’s group, having joined the group during his Master’s at UW, He currently works on semi-classical leaning problems, and will be moving into more quantum modeling problems for his Ph.D. His work currently includes some DFT calculations on 2D materials.
Email: purunc@uw.edu
Room: EEB 253D
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simoncaouw
Yiren Wang
Yiren (Ethan) Wang was a 5th year PhD student in the Quantum Devices lab. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Washington, in 2019 and 2021.
Email: ethanwyr@uw.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/yi-ren-wang
GitHub: https://github.com/ethanwyr