QDW 2026 • June 15–18 • UCLA

Meet the Team

The dedicated students, researchers, and advisors behind QDW 2026.

Leadership

Victor Yu

Victor Yu

President

Electrical Engineering2nd Year

Alexander Jürgens

Alexander Jürgens

President

EECSPhD Student

Ilaana Khan

Ilaana Khan

President

Physics2nd Year

Nicolas Dirnegger

Nicolas Dirnegger

Quantum Devices

Electrical EngineeringPhD Student

Cody Fan

Cody Fan

Quantum Devices

EE & PhysicsPhD Student

Sanskriti Shindadkar

Sanskriti Shindadkar

Research Lead

Bioengineering4th Year

Nachiket Joshi

Nachiket Joshi

Research

Physics and Materials Engineering2nd Year

Connor Engel

Connor Engel

Events & Advertisement

Physics3rd Year

Clyde Villacrusis

Clyde Villacrusis

Web Developer Tech Lead

Computer Science4th Year

Dibyesh Ganguly

Dibyesh Ganguly

Web Developer Tech Lead

Computer Science and Engineering2nd Year

Dhruv Saran

Dhruv Saran

Web Developer

Computer Science3rd Year

Ivan Fang

Ivan Fang

Web Developer

Computer Science1st Year

Kimberley Wu

Kimberley Wu

Designer

Design Media Arts and Psychology2nd Year

Gina Namkung

Gina Namkung

Designer

Cognitive Science and Architecture2nd Year

Matt Guibord

Matt Guibord

Events & Advertisement

Electrical EngineeringPhD

Advisors

Professor Mark Gyure

Professor Mark Gyure

Faculty Advisor

UCLA

Eli Levenson-Falk

Eli Levenson-Falk

Advisor

University of Southern California

Murat Can Sarihan

Murat Can Sarihan

Advisor

Google Quantum AI

Zlatko Minev

Zlatko Minev

Advisor

Google Quantum AI