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Dmitry Ovchinnikov
Dmitry Ovchinnikov
Bio:
2025 - Present: Research Staff Member, IBM Quantum;
2022 - 2025: Assistant Professor, Physics & EE, University of Kansas;
2019 - 2022: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Physics, University of Washington;
2017 - 2019: SNSF Fellow and Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, University of Washington;
2013 - 2017: Doctoral Assistant, Institute of Electrical and Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
Education:
PhD in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 2017, distinguished by EPFL EDMI PhD thesis distinction award and Gilbert Hausmann PhD thesis award;
MSc in Applied Physics & Mathematics, Phystech, 2011, Moscow;
BSc in Applied Physics & Mathematics, Phystech, 2009, Moscow.
Alumni
Principal Investigator:
Dmitry Ovchinnikov (Nov 2022 - July 2025) - moved to IBM Quantum in the role of Research Staff Member, building superconducting hardware for quantum computers.
Graduate students:
Salman Ahsanullah (July 2023 - Jan 2025) - proceeds with graduate school at KU, joined the Zhao Lab.
Vivek Jain (December 2023 - July 2025) - proceeds with graduate school at KU, joined the Zhao Lab.
Undergraduate students:
Darel Pates (May 2024 - July 2025) - graduated from KU, currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, under the guidance of Prof. Gerd Duscher.
Alex Guardiola (June 2023 - July 2025) - graduated from KU, proceeds with his career at the Peace Corps.
Julian Gutierrez (May 2024 - July 2024) - proceeds with his studies at KU.
Hyunje Kim (March 2024 - May 2024) - graduated from KU.
Jared Madsen (April 2023 - July 2025) - part-time student at KU.
Abishai Mathai (April 2023 - July 2025) - graduated from KU with honors; incoming student at EE department of Purdue University.
Darya Moiny (May 2024 - July 2025) - graduated from KU; incoming graduate student of Chemistry department at UT Austin.
Ben Phillips (Jan 2023 - May 2024) is pursuing his degree at KU.
Luke Ryan (March 2025 - July 2025) - proceeds with his studies at KU.
Grant Saggars (Sep 2023 - July 2025) - graduated from KU. Grant spent the spring of 2026 as SULI student at ORNL. Currently incoming graduate student in the group of Miofang Chi (Duke University, ORNL).
Ryan Spencer (May 2025 - July 2025) - proceeds with his studies at KU.
Joaquin Vargas Reyes (Jan 2023 - May 2023) - graduated from KU, now at Samsung (TX, USA).
Lily Tackett (June 2024 - December 2024) is pursuing her degree at KU.
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