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Arvind Murugan

Arvind Murugan

Associate Professor

CV

Postdocs

Riccardo Ravasio

Riccardo Ravasio

Yen Fellow (shared with R. Ranganathan)

Martin Falk

Martin Falk

Schmidt Futures Fellow

Yoshiya Matsubara

Yoshiya Matsubara

Origins Initiative

Mason Rouches

Mason Rouches

CLS Postdoctoral Fellow

Graduate Students

Ruby Wen

Ruby Wen

(shared with J. Szostak)

Rio Ondo

Rio Ondo

PME (shared with J. Szostak)

Kristina Trifonova

Kristina Trifonova

NSF GRFP (shared with S. Vaikuntanathan)

Darren Liu

Darren Liu

(shared with A. Dinner)

Milena Chakraverti-Wuerthwein

Milena Chakraverti-Wuerthwein

Hertz Fellow (shared with S. Kuehn)

LaNijah Flagg

LaNijah Flagg

Christopher Russo

Christopher Russo

Undergraduates

HuiYi Mei

HuiYi Mei

Aidan Etterer

Aidan Etterer

Michele Peruzzo

Michele Peruzzo

Leon Zhou

Leon Zhou

Origins Initiative


Alumni


Former Postdocs

Kabir Husain

Kabir Husain

James McDonnell Fellow

Now: Faculty, Physics, University College London (2024)

Zhiyue Lu

Zhiyue Lu

Now: Faculty, Chemistry, UNC Chapel Hill (2024)

Maryn Carlson

Maryn Carlson

Now: NITMB fellow

Matthew Pinson

Matthew Pinson

JFI Postdoc

Now: Jesuit Novitiate, Australia (2022)

Former Graduate Students

Rudy Mendez Reina

Rudy Mendez Reina

(shared with S. Kuehn)

Jackson OBrien

Jackson OBrien

Now: Lincoln Park Capital (biotech VC) (2023)

Weerapat Pittayakanchit

Weerapat Pittayakanchit

Now: Krungthai Bank, Thailand (2023)

Vedant Sachdeva

Vedant Sachdeva

Harper Dissertation Fellow (shared with S. Palmer)

Now: Evozyne (biotech startup) (2023)

Menachem Stern

Menachem Stern

​APS GSNP award, Bloomenthal prize

Now: Faculty, AMOLF (2024)

Chukowunso Arinze

Chukowunso Arinze

Now: Kaoshi (founder) (2022)

Eric Rouviere

Eric Rouviere

(shared with R. Ranganathan)

Now: Postdoc, JHU (2025)

Former Undergraduates

Finn Roach

Finn Roach

Sumana Turimella

Sumana Turimella

Sedona Kessler

Sedona Kessler

Now: Undergrad, Harvard

Ryan Thiermann

Ryan Thiermann

Now: Grad Student, UC San Diego Physics (2022)

Amber Bourdier

Amber Bourdier

Now: ​ESILV, Paris (2019)

Viraaj Jayaram

Viraaj Jayaram

Now: Grad Student, Yale Physics (2022)

Leron Perez

Leron Perez

Now: Grad Student, Stanford (2022)

Alexandra Carruthers Ferrero

Alexandra Carruthers Ferrero

REU Student 2016

Now: Grad Student, Univ Puerto Rico (2018)

Weishun Zhong

Weishun Zhong

Now: Grad Student, MIT Physics (2022)

Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith

Now: Grad Student, UT Austin Applied Math (2022)

Jon Kutasov

Jon Kutasov

REU Student 2019

Now: Optiver (fintech) (2021)

Sophia Chiang

Sophia Chiang

Now:

Shiv Seshan

Shiv Seshan

Now: Grad Student, Caltech (2025)