Alex Ruichao Ma
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Email: maruichao (at) purdue (dot) edu
Office: PHYS Room 252
Lab: PHYS Room G41
Address: 525 Northwestern Ave, West Lafayette, IN 47907

Full CV in pdf, updated April 2025
Google Scholar Page

Current Members

Ramya Suresh
suresh52 (at) purdue (dot) edu

Graduate Student

Qihao Guo
guo710 (at) purdue (dot) edu

Graduate Student

Shishir Sudhaman
sudhaman (at) purdue (dot) edu

Graduate Student

Euihyun Jo
jo76 (at) purdue (dot) edu

Graduate Student

Killy Haoyuan Yang
yang2137 (at) purdue (dot) edu

Undergraduate

Recent Alumni

Botao Du
PhD 2025
(Graduate Student 2019-2025)
Currently: AWS Quantum

Santiago López
Purdue ’25
(Undergraduate researcher 2021-2025)
Current: Graduate student at Harvard

Recent Members

Graduate students:

  • Jeremy Cadiente Current position: Senior Scientist at Applied Research Associates

Undergraduate students:

  • Dhruv Upreti, Purdue '26: Spring 2024 - Spring 2025

  • Fateh Bagga, Purdue '26: Spring 2025

  • Zach Miles, Purdue ’25: Spring 2023 - Fall 2024 (SURF Fellowship 2023) - Currently: Graduate student at UT Austin

  • Nathan Henry, Case Western '24: Summer 2023 (REU at Purdue)

  • Darin Tsai, Purdue '25: Fall 2023

  • Peter Salisbury, Purdue ’23: Spring 2021 - Spring 2023. Currently: SpaceX

  • Nicholas Kapsos, University of Florida ’24: Summer 2022 (REU at Purdue)

  • Hyeonwoo (Drake) Wang, Purdue ’25: Spring 2022 (Purdue First Time Research Fellowship)

  • Gözde İloğlu, Purdue ’22: Spring 2020 - Fall 2021 (SURF Fellowship 2020)

  • Andrew Rockovich, Washington & Jefferson College ’21: Summer 2021 (REU at Purdue) - Currently: PhD student at Ohio State University

  • Sean Khomphengchan, Purdue ’24: Spring 2021 (Indiana Space Grant Scholarship)

  • Maaz Ahmed, Purdue ’21: Fall 2019 - Summer 2021 (DURI Scholarship 2020) - Currently: PsiQuantum

  • Mackenzie Geckler, Purdue ’21: Fall 2019 - Spring 2021 (REU at OSU for summer 2020) - Currently: Research Physicist at APL Johns Hopkins

  • Lingxue He, Purdue ’21: Fall 2019 - Spring 2020. Currently: Graduate student at University of Tokyo

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Join US!

If you are interested in joining the team, please contact Alex directly.

- Motivated to explore quantum physics;
- Love hands-on work, building with cutting-edge technology;
- Growing with a motivated, collaborative, and inclusive team.