Former WCA Members

Where possible, LinkedIn/Institution/Google Scholar profiles are attached to names.

Former WCA Postdoctoral Fellows

Name Dates Went to...  Current position (if different)
Tom Rose 2021-2025    
Jerome Quintin 2022-2025 Contract faculty at Ecole de technologie superieure, Quebec  
Amber Hollinger 2023-2024 Postdoc, Lyon, France  
Simone Paradiso 2023-2024 Postdoc, INAF (Astrophysics national institute), Italy  
Shahab Joudaki 2021-2023 Dennis Sciama Research Fellowship, University of Portsmouth  
Elena Massara 2019-2023 Researcher at FDL-X Heliolab Applied Machine Learning Scientist, TD
Alexa Villaume 2020-2023    
Zhongxu Zhai 2021-2022 Faculty, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, WCA Associate  
Fil Simovic 2021-2022 Research Fellow, Macquarie University, Australia Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, University of Waterloo
Laura Henderson 2021-2022 Research Fellow, University of Queensland, Australia  
Go Ogiya 2019-2021 Faculty, Zhejiang University, China  
Andrej Obuljen 2018-2021 Research Fellow, University of Zurich, Switzerland  
Faizan Mohammed 2018-2021 Data Scientist, Beam Data Senior data scientist, BC Ferries

Former PhD Students

Name Date Degree Supervisor Went to Current position
Dyuman Bhattcharya 2021-2025 Ph.D Mann    
Brayden Hull 2021-2025 Ph.D Geshnizjani/Mann Postdocoral Fellow, University of Lethbridge  
Amir Dehghani 2021-2025 Ph.D Geshnizjani    
Muzi Li 2019-2025 Ph.D McNamara    
Conner Dailey 2020-2025 Ph.D Afshordi Postdoctoral Researcher, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany  
Evan Peters 2019-2024 Ph.D Kempf Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waterloo Quantum Scientist, Xanadu
Guillaume Dideron 2020-2024 Ph.D Broderick    
Chunchong (Rufus) Ni 2020-2024 Ph.D Broderick    
Suraj Srinivasan 2019-2023 Ph.D  Hudson    
Boris Georgiev 2018?-2023 Ph.D Broderick Postdoctoral Fellow, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona  
Mike Chapman 2018-2023 Ph.D Percival    
Andrew Reeves 2019-2023 Ph.D Hudson Organizer/Software Developer for CUPE  
Krishan Saraswat 2018-2023 Ph.D Afshordi Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Santa Barbara  
Jack Davis 2018-2023 Ph.D Mann Postdoctoral Fellow, India, Paris  
Erickson Tjoa 2019-2023 Ph.D Mann Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany  
Ken Yoshimura 2019-2023 Ph.D Mann Assistant Professor, Kyushu University, Japan  
Alex Woodfinden 2019-2023 Ph.D Percival Junior Quant Trader at Akuna Capital  
Yuba Amoura 2019-2023 Ph.D Taylor Analyst, Economics and Investment research, AIMCo  
Kristi Webb 2017-2023 Ph.D Balogh Environment Canada as part of Canada Centre for Climate modelling and analysis (CCCma).  
Setareh Foroozan 2020-2023 Ph.D Percival Software engineer/Computational Scientist for Aurora Solar  
Maxence Corman 2019-2023 Ph.D East/Afshordi    
Finnian Padraig Stott Gray 2018-2023 Ph.D Kubiznak/Mann Postdoc at University of Vienna  
Prathamesh Tamhane 2017-2022 Ph.D. McNamara Postdoctoral Researcher, Univesrity of Alabama in Huntsville  
Barbara Soda 2019-2022 Ph.D Kempf/Hardy Postdoctoral Fellow at Perimeter Institute Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb 
Soham Mukherjee 2017-2022 Ph.D Schnetter/Broderick Data Scientist at Shopify  
Isaac Spitzer 2016-2022 Ph.D Hudson Staff at Space Telescope Science Institute  
Chengyu Xi 2014-2022 Ph.D Taylor Content producer, Bilibili Assistant Professor at the Henan Institute of Science and Technology
Allison Sachs 2018-2021 Ph.D Mann/Kempf Returned to US  
Wan Cong 2018-2021 Ph.D Kubiznak/Mann Postdoc at the University of Vienna  
Fiona McCarthy 2017-2021 Ph.D Kubiznak/Mann Postdoctoral Researcher and Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Cambridge)
Matthew Robbins 2017-2021 Ph.D Mann/Afshordi Sessional Instructor, Dept Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream (UToronto)
Nitica Sakharwade 2017-2021 Ph.D Hardy/Kempf Postdoctoral Fellow at University Gdansk, Poland  
Paul Tiede 2017-2021 Ph.D Broderick Postdoctoral Fellow Centre for Astrophysics | Havard & Smithsonian  
Abdulrahim Al Balushi 2017-2021 Ph.D Mann    
Juan Ignacio Cayuso 2017-2021 Ph.D Johnson/Afshordi SSr Data Scientist, Mercado Libre Manager, Strategic Data and Analytics, Yorkville University
Utkarsh Giri 2016-2021 Ph.D Afshordi Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison Postdoctoral Researcher, Caltech
Masoud Rafiei Ravandi 2016-2021 Ph.D Broderick/Smith Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University  
Pablo Bosch Gomez 2015-2021 Ph.D Lehner/McNamara Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA & IHEF) Researcher, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University
Hyung Jin Kim (Tony) 2015-2021 MMath + PhD Geshnizjani Software engineer at Comparative Software engineer, Validus Risk Management
Daniel Grimmer 2017-2020 Ph.D Mann/Martin-Martinez DPhil in Philosophy of Physics at Oxford University Hertz Postdoctoral Fellow in History and Philosophy of Physics, University of Bonn
Supranta Sarma Boruah 2016-2020 MMath + PhD Geshnizjani/Hudson Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Arizona Center for Particle Cosmology Fellow, University of Pennsylvania 
Nayeli Azucena Rodriguez Briones 2016-2020 Ph.D Laflamme/Kempf Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at Berkley Postdoctoral Researcher, TU Wien Atominstitut
Qingwen Wang 2016-2020 Ph.D Afshordi Senior Quantitative Analyst XVA Quant, Scotiabank
Britt Jeter 2015-2020 Ph.D Broderick/McNamara Postdoctoral Fellow, Academia Sinica, Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics  
Marvy Onuma-Kalu 2012-2020 M.Sc and Ph.D Mann Accelerated Cyber Security Training Program, Toronto Metropolitan University Information Security Advisor,  City of Calgary
Nicole Drakos 2015-2019 Ph.D Taylor Postdoctoral Scholar at University College Santa Cruz Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii, Hilo
Meenu Kumari 2014-2019 Ph.D Ghose/Mann Postdoctoral researcher at Perimeter Institute Research Officer, National Research Council Canada
Saoussen Mbarek 2014-2019 Ph.D Mann Data Scientist at Videns Analytics Data Scientist, Senior Advisor, CATSA
Keith Kai-Chung Ng 2014-2019 Ph.D Mann Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore  
Faerlin Pulido 2019-   McNamara    
Alexander Roman 2019- Ph.D Smith/Afshordi    

Former Masters Students

Name Date Degree Supervisor Went to Current position
Neo Dizdar 2022-2025 MSc McNamara    
Ali Saraer Toosi 2022-2024 MSc Broderick Computer Science PhD student (UToronto)            
Jiayue Yang 2022-2024 MSc Afshordi/Mann    
Justin Marchioni 2022-2024 MSc Taylor    
Jordan Ducatel 2022-2024 MSc Balogh/Hudson Bilingual Product Information Analyst, Grainger Canada  
Guillaume Hewitt 2022-2024 MSc Balogh Ph.D Candidate, University of Nottingham  
Alan Nguyen 2022-2024 MSc Percival Ph.D candidate at Yale University  
Katherine Frazer 2022-2023 MSc Taylor MEd Student at Wilfred Laurier  
Greg Schreiner 2021-2023 MSc Percival    
Jedri de Luna 2021-2023 MSc Taylor    
Adit Edward 2021-2024 MSc Balogh PhD Candidate, York University  
Siddhardha Penmetsa 2021-2023 Msc Percival NEquest AI Data Scientist, fliteX
Manar Naeem 2021-2023 MSc Mann Music Teacher, Canadian Arabic Conservatory of Music Oudist, Canadian Arabic Orchestra
Amit Anand 2021-2023 M.Sc Ghose/Mann PhD Candidate, Perimeter Institute   
Zhiren (Joseph) Wang 2021-2023 M.Sc Broderick    
Nick De Marchi 2019-2023 M.Sc Percival Data Scientist at Altas Partners Software Engineer, Portfolio+
Ahmed Shalabi 2021-2022 M.Sc Mann    
Cemile Senem Arabaci 2020-2022 M.Sc Mann Data Reporting and Analytics Specialist, Rexel Canada Central Scheduling Analyst, Niagara Casinos
Chloe Cheng 2020-2022 M.Sc Balogh PhD candidate at Leiden Observatory  
Margie Christ 2020-2022 M.Sc Ghose/Mann Educational Services Consultant, Long and McQuade Musical Instruments Graduate Intern, Quantum Biology Laboratory, Howard University
Hamidreza Ramezani-Gol-Afshani 2021- M.Sc Afshordi    
Bailey Alexander Robison 2019-2021 M.Sc Hudson Royal Bank of Canada  
Leo Kim 2019-2021 MMath Geshnizjani PhD student at Queens University  
Mayar Tharwat Mohamed 2019-2021 M.Sc Ghose/Mann Electronic Specialist at Yasuke Audioworks  Hardware Design Engineer, Stryten Energy
Karen McNab 2018-2021 M.Sc Balogh    
Marcus Edwards 2018-2020 M.Sc Mann Ph.D in Quantum Science and Technology Lab at University of British Columbia (unfinished) Quantum Software developer, Xanadu
Samantha Hergott 2018-2020 M.Sc Afshordi Ph.D at York University  
Tianyi Yang 2018-2020 M.Sc Afshordi/Hudson Ph.D. at University of Edinburgh  
Connor Gordon Martz 2017-2019 M.Sc McNamara In-house STEM Editor at Scribendi Inc Research Technician, Western University
Faerlin Pulido 2019-   McNamara    
Haomiao Jiang 2017-2019 M.Sc Mann  PhD Candidate, Yunnan University, China