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• Post-doctoral Fellows
• Doctoral Students
• Master's Students
• Visiting Scholars
• Undergraduates
• Principal Investigator
• Alumni

Post-doctoral fellows

Hanjing Xu

• Joined in Fall 2025.
• Ph.D. Computer Science, Purdue University, 2025.

Research topics: Combinatorial Optimization, Graph Theory and Quantum Machine Learning.

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• ORCID

Bruna Gabrielly de Moraes Araújo

• Joined in Winter 2026.
• Temporary Research Fellow, Politecnico di Milano, 2024–2026.
• Postdoc, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2023–2024.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New Mexico, 2022–2023.
• Ph.D., Physics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2022.
• M.S., Theoretical Physics, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2015.
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2015.
• B.S., Theoretical Physics, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco and University of Porto, 2013.

Research topics: Quantum Information and Quantum Computing, Quantum Chemistry, Optimization.

Doctoral students

Albert Lee

• Joined in Fall 2022.
• B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Korea University, 2021.

Research topics: Superstructure Optimization, Generalized Disjunctive Programming.

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• GitHub
• ORCID

Anurag Ramesh

• Joined in Fall 2023
• B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, 2023.

Research topics: Benchmarking Classical and Quantum Algorithms for Optimization and Computational Chemistry.

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• GitHub
• ORCID

Yirang Park

• Joined in Fall 2023
• B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2015.
• Professional M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 2019.

Research topics: Pharmaceutical Process Synthesis and Optimization.

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• GitHub
• ORCID

Sergey Gusev

• Joined in Fall 2024
• B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Gubkin University, Moscow, 2016.
• MSEng, Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, 2019.

Research topics: Hybrid Quantum Algorithms for Structured Optimization Problems in Process Systems Engineering.

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• ORCID

Andres F. Cabeza

• Joined in Fall 2024
• B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, 2017.
• M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, 2023.

Research topics: Optimization-aided process synthesis and operations

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• ORCID

Anja Hribljan

• Joined in Fall 2025
• B.S. Chemistry, Dillard University, 2025.
• B.S. Physics, Dillard University, 2025.

Research topics: Quantum Physics Informed Neural Networks

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• GitHub
• ORCID

Mohamed Mazhar Laljee

• Joined in Fall 2025.
• B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, 2023.

Research topics: Data-Driven Enhanced Oil Recovery.

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• ORCID

Master's students

Woosik Kim

• Joined in Fall 2025.
• B.Sc. Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2024.

Research topics: Quantum Optimization.

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• GitHub

Visiting scholars

Chaolong Wang

• Joined in Spring 2026.
• B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, expected 2026.

Research topics: Process Superstructures

• GitHub
• LinkedIn
• ORCID

Undergraduates

Akshay Mahajan

• Joined in Spring 2025.
• B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, expected May 2026.

Research topics: Process Systems Machine Learning.

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• GitHub

Sai Karthik

• Joined in Spring 2025.
• B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, expected December 2026.

Research topics: Pharmaceutical Process Synthesis and Optimization.

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• GitHub

Alan Yi

• Joined in Summer 2025.
• B.Sc. Computer Science, Purdue University, expected May 2027.

Research topics: Quantum Federated Learning for Biomedical Applications.

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• GitHub

Azain Khalid

• Joined in Summer 2025.
• B.Sc. Computer Science, Purdue University, expected May 2028.

Research topics: Quantum Integer Programming and Machine Learning

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• GitHub
• ORCID

Tarik Guler

• Joined in Spring 2026.
• B.S. Computer Science, Purdue University, expected May 2028.
• B.S. Applied Mathematics, Purdue University, expected May 2028.

Research topics: Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization.

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Principal Investigator

David E. Bernal Neira

• Started officially in Fall 2023.
• Main information.

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• GitHub
• ORCID

Alumni

Postdoctoral fellows

• 2025. Carolina Tristan. KeyLogic at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
  • ORCID
• 2025. Hamta Bardool.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
  • ORCID
• 2024. Zedong Peng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
  • ORCID
• 2024. Amandeep Singh Bhatia. North Carolina State University.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub

Visiting scholars

• 2026. João Victor Paim. Military Institute of Engineering.
  • GitHub
  • LinkedIn
• 2025. Mateo Huertas Marulanda. National University of Colombia.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
• 2025. Daniel Anoruo. Towson University.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
• 2024. Andres F. Cabeza. Purdue University, PhD Student Chemical Engineering.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
  • ORCID
• 2024. Iago Leal de Freitas. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
  • ORCID
• 2024. André Lima Alambert. University of São Paulo.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
• 2024. Juan S. Rodríguez F. AgroParisTech Université Paris-Saclay.
  • GitHub
  • ORCID
• 2023. Pedro Maciel Xavier. Purdue University, PhD Student Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
  • ORCID

Undergraduates

• 2026. Soumen Pradhan. Purdue University.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
• 2025. Alexander (AJ) Collins. Purdue University.
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  • GitHub
• 2025. Ben Murray. Applied Materials.
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  • GitHub
• 2024. Sergio Barrios. Imperial College London, MSc Student in Management.
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  • GitHub
• 2024. Dhruv Mendpara. Apex Healthcare USA Inc.
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  • GitHub
• 2024. Lukas Peng. Purdue University.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
• 2024. Keegan Duffin. Purdue University.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
• 2024. Dale Stager. Purdue University.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
• 2024. Abigail Delaney. Imperial College London, MSc Student in AI and Machine Learning.
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub

Our Members' Locations

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