Team

Principal Investigator

Dane W. deQuilettes

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

daned@princeton.edu

Researchers

Ryan O'Shea

2nd Year PhD Student, Chemistry/Materials Science

BS, Texas A&M University

Hometown

Dallas, Texas

Research Interests

Light-matter interactions, polariton condensation, tunable semiconductors

Outside of lab

Weightifting, reading history and science fiction, tabletop games

ro2486@princeton.edu

Zhijun Chen

2nd Year PhD Student, Electrical Engineering

BS, Peking University

Hometown

Shanxi Province, China

Research Interests

Quantum sensing and quantum information science, emerging quantum defects, advanced semiconductor characterization, AI-guided quantum device design

Outside of lab

Watching soccer, working out, exploring movies and animation

zc8858@princeton.edu

Zhijun Chen

2nd Year PhD Student, Electrical Engineering

BS, Peking University

Hometown

Shanxi Province, China

Research Interests

Quantum sensing and quantum information science, emerging quantum defects, advanced semiconductor characterization, AI-guided quantum device design

Outside of lab

Watching soccer, working out, exploring movies and animation

zc8858@princeton.edu

Ayanna Goonesekere

Undergraduate Researcher

BSE Electrical and ComputerEngineering

Hometown

Augusta, Maine

Research Interests

Optical and electronic properties of perovskite thin films

Outside of lab

Playing the alto saxophone, painting, hiking, traveling

ag4920@princeton.edu

Ayanna Goonesekere

Undergraduate Researcher

BSE Electrical and ComputerEngineering

Hometown

Augusta, Maine

Research Interests

Optical and electronic properties of perovskite thin films

Outside of lab

Playing the alto saxophone, painting, hiking, traveling

ag4920@princeton.edu

Alex Gaines

Undergraduate Researcher

BSE Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hometown

Newport, Rhode Island

Research Interests

Spin defects, 2D materials, quantum sensing, device characterization

Outside of lab

Playing tennis, reading, baking

ag0207@princeton.edu

Gloria Liu

Undergraduate Researcher

BSE Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hometown

Xi'an, China

Research Interests

Semiconductor optoelectronics, carrier dynamics, perovskite materials, optical microscopy

Outside of lab

Theater, arts, hiking

gl1480@princeton.edu

Gloria Liu

Undergraduate Researcher

BSE Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hometown

Xi'an, China

Research Interests

Semiconductor optoelectronics, carrier dynamics, perovskite materials, optical microscopy

Outside of lab

Theater, arts, hiking

gl1480@princeton.edu

Administrative Coordinator

Patricia Kuczmarski

Administrative Coordinator

Office phone

609-258-4641

Email

pk7193@princeton.edu

Office

B210 Engineering Quadrangle

QUEST Lab · Princeton Engineering

School of Engineering and Applied Science
41 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08540

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