Avani Niranjan Vivrekar
Pronouns: She/Her
Email: vivrekar@wisc.edu
Research Advisor: Mark Friesen
Year of Admission: 2020
Websites: Biophysics and Condensed Matter Physics, Wisconsin Quantum Institute
Graduate Student
Jiakai Wang
Email: jwang2648@wisc.edu
Research Advisor: Maxim G Vavilov
Year of Admission: 2025
Websites: Home Page, Condensed Matter
Research Interests: Quantum error correction, superconducting qubits, tensor networks, machine learning
Jiakai Wang is a Ph.D. student in Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research focuses on superconducting quantum circuits, with particular interest in fluxonium qubits, Hamiltonian modeling, and quantum error correction.
Yiting Wang
Email: wang2632@wisc.edu
Research Advisor: Sebastian Heinz
Year of Admission: 2020
Website: Heinz Group
Abigail Catherine Warden
Email: acwarden@wisc.edu
Research Advisor: Kevin Black
Year of Admission: 2018
Websites: High Energy Physics, CMS
Spencer Clark Weeden
Email: scweeden@wisc.edu
Research Advisor: Robert McDermott
Year of Admission: 2021
Websites: McDermott Group, Condensed Matter, Wisconsin Quantum Institute
Collin James Welke
Email: cwelke@wisc.edu
Research Advisor: Brian Rebel
Year of Admission: 2025
Websites: High Energy Physics, Rebel Group
Research Interests: Experimental High Energy
Benjamin Gilbert Wellnitz
Pronouns: He/Him
Email: bwellnitz@wisc.edu
Research Advisor: Victor Brar
Year of Admission: 2025
Websites: Brar Lab, Condensed Matter Experiment
Research Interests: Experimental Condensed Matter
