People
BPEC Researchers
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Dr. Junwei Huang
Graduate Student Researchers (Ph.D.)
Tucker Skinner
Nagesh Patle
Nathan Biesterfeld
Sourav Naval
Elisa Krause
Haifah Sambo
Wentao Xu
Tahmid Mahbub
Dennis Woo
Emmi Wyttenbach
Shuyu Zhang
Seokwon (Harry) Choi
Khalid Durani
Yogavarshini Velavan
Brycen Halfmann
Xi Zhao
Chia-Hao (Hubert) Lin
Jack Armstrong
Brennah Kennedy
Graduate Student Researchers (Masters)
Benjamin Karish
Maddie Heathwood
Ishaan Gupta
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Shirina Agrawal
Jessica Li
Stephanie Schaupp
Julian San Diego
BPEC Alumni
Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral Alumni
Francesca Giardine, Post-Doctoral Scholar and Ph.D. (2026) – now at UIUC
Rod Bayliss III, Ph.D. (2026)
– now at NVIDIA
Sahana Krishnan, Ph.D. (2026) – now at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Yicheng Zhu (2025), Post-Doctoral Scholar and Ph.D. – now at University of Texas, Austin
Dr. Logan Horowitz, Post-Doctoral Scholar and Ph. D. (2025) – Now at the University of Colorado, Boulder
Rahul Iyer, Ph.D. (2025) – Now at Tesla
Dr. Mustapha Touhami (2025)
Dr. Nathan Ellis, Post-Doctoral Scholar (2023) – Now at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Rose Abramson, Ph.D. (2024) – Now at NVIDIA
Maggie Blackwell, Ph.D. (2023) – Now at Hanwha Q Cells
Kelly Fernandez, Ph.D. (2023) – now at Form Energy
Nathan Brooks, Ph.D. (2023) – Now at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Samantha Coday, Ph.D. (2023) – Now at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ting Ge, Post-Doctoral Scholar (2022) – Now at MPS
Richard (Ricky) Liou, Ph.D. (2022) – Now at Amber Kinetics
Sophia Chou, Ph.D. (2021) – Now at Enphase
Zitao Liao, Ph.D. (2021) – Now at Tesla
Nathan Pallo, Ph.D. (2021) – Now at Form Energy
Wen-Chuen (Joseph) Liu, Ph.D. (2020) – Now at Cirrus Logic
Pourya Assem, Ph.D. (2020) – Now at Texas Instruments
Zichao Ye, Ph.D. (2020) – Now at Google
Previous Visiting Researchers
Leheng Wang, Ph.D. Exchange (2025) from Tsinghua University
Yixuan Wu, Ph.D. Exchange (2023-2024) from KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Researcher Alumni
Tami Heletz (2026)
Marrin Nerenberg (2022-2025)
Yayun Zhao (2025) – Now pursuing M.Eng. at Cornell University
Evan Sandoval (2023-2025) – Now at Apple
Khalid Durani (2023-2025) – Now pursuing Ph.D. in BPEC’s own Pilawa Group!
Ben Liao (2022-2024) – Now pursuing Ph.D. at Cornell University
Anya Shah (2024) – Now at Blue Origin
Suhrith Bellamkonda (2022-2024)
William Vavrik (2023) – Now pursuing M.S. at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne
Linshen Liu (2022-2023) – Now pursuing M.S. at University of Texas, Austin
Nicole Stokowski (2021-2022) – Now pursuing Ph.D. at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne
Amanda Jackson (2019-2023) – Now pursuing Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology