QDW 2026 • June 15–18 • UCLA
Meet the Team
The dedicated students, researchers, and advisors behind QDW 2026.
Leadership
Victor Yu
President
Electrical Engineering • 2nd Year
Alexander Jürgens
President
EECS • PhD Student
Ilaana Khan
President
Physics • 2nd Year
Nicolas Dirnegger
QDW Organizer
Electrical Engineering • PhD Student
Cody Fan
QDW Organizer
EE & Physics • PhD Student
Sadman Ahmed Shanto
QDW Organizer
Physics • PhD Candidate
Sanskriti Shindadkar
Research Lead
Bioengineering • 4th Year
Nachiket Joshi
Research
Physics and Materials Engineering • 2nd Year
Connor Engel
Events & Advertisement
Physics • 3rd Year
Clyde Villacrusis
Web Developer Tech Lead
Computer Science • 4th Year
Dibyesh Ganguly
Web Developer Tech Lead
Computer Science and Engineering • 2nd Year
Dhruv Saran
Web Developer
Computer Science • 3rd Year
Ivan Fang
Web Developer
Computer Science • 1st Year
Kimberley Wu
Designer
Design Media Arts and Psychology • 2nd Year
Gina Namkung
Designer
Cognitive Science and Architecture • 2nd Year
Matt Guibord
Events & Advertisement
Electrical Engineering • PhD
Advisors
Professor Mark Gyure
Faculty Advisor
UCLA
Eli Levenson-Falk
Advisor
University of Southern California
Murat Can Sarihan
Advisor
Google Quantum AI
Zlatko Minev
Advisor
Google Quantum AI