Yinqiu (Peyton) Shi is a research associate in the QNC-MBE Lab and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Theology (Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy) at Martin Luther University College. She earned her PhD in Physics (Nanotechnology) under the supervision of Professor Zbig Wasilewski in 2021 and completed her BSc (Hons) in Physics at the University of Toronto in 2014.
Joseph Thomas served as Manager of the QNC-MBE Facility until November 2017. He is currently a Technical Support Specialist and Staff Scientist at the Waterloo Advanced Technology Lab (WATLab), University of Waterloo.
Denise Gosselink had been the manager for the Molecular Beam Epitaxy facility until August 2016. Presently she is the Bruce B Chemistry and Environment Department Manager at the Bruce Power, the world's largest nuclear power plant.
Wojciech Pasek was a postdoctoral fellow in the QNC-MBE group from November 2018 to January 2020, where he developed a theory for multi-subband plasmon formation in non-parabolic conduction bands using k·p calculations. He is now a faculty member at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
Chris Deimert is a Research Officer at the National Research Council in Ottawa, Canada, and was previously a Research Associate there. Chris earned his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering (Nanotechnology) under Professor Zbig Wasilewski's supervision in 2021.
Milad joined the QNC-MBE research team in February 2022 as an Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) PhD student to explore the development of innovative THz photoconductive antennas, particularly for sensing, spectroscopy, and communication applications. Since graduating in 2025, he has been advancing technology as a Quantum Microwave Design Engineer.
Seyed-Ali joined the QNC-MBE research team in February 2022, where he focused on developing high-performance Sub-THz and THz sources for applications in communications, imaging, sensing, and spectroscopy. He graduated in 2025 and is currently an RF Photonics Design Engineer at AttoTude in Waterloo, Canada.
Ida Sadeghi is a Staff Scientist at the Research Cores at Yale University, USA, and previously served as a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned her PhD degree in Electrical Engineering (Nanotechnology) under Professor Zbig Wasilewski's supervision in 2021.
Bohdan Khromets is a PhD candidate in quantum physics at the University of Waterloo, beginning his doctoral studies in 2023. He earned his BSc with Honours in Applied Physics from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, and completed his MSc in Physics (Quantum Information) under Professor Zbig Wasilewski in 2022.
Yunong (Anthony) Hu currently works in the electronics industry in China. He earned his MSc in Physics (Nanotechnology) under the supervision of Professor Zbig Wasilewski in 2018 and was a member of the QNC-MBE research team from September 2016, following his BSc in Physics from the University of Waterloo.
Hadiya is currently an Experimental Physicist at the Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited in Ottawa, ON.
Julie Tournet is a Senior Lecturer/Researcher and R&D Manager at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. She earned her MASc in Electrical Engineering (Nanotechnology) under the supervision of Professor Zbig Wasilewski in 2015 and was the first student of the QNC-MBE Lab. She completed her BSc in Physics and Engineering in Europe, studying in Paris, Brest, and Barcelona.
Jacky Wang works in the electronics industry in China. He graduated in 2015 with an MASc in Electrical Engineering under the supervision of Professor Zbig Wasilewski. Jacky joined the QNC-MBE team in 2013 as an exchange student from Soochow University.
Marc Jaikissoon is a Research Engineer at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA. He worked in the QNC-MBE Group as a Co-op Student from September to December 2015 and later as a Research Assistant/Facility Technician from January to July 2018. During his time in the group, Marc focused on molecular beam epitaxial (MBE) deposition and characterization of aluminum layers for superconducting resonators and qubits. He also developed a technique for cleaning MBE III-V deposits off molybdenum holders without attacking Mo itself.