{"id":7,"date":"2024-11-20T02:59:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T02:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-11-07T19:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:56:01","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 26.6689%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-87 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/mfpars-20240920-e1756949493570-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/mfpars-20240920-e1756949493570-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/mfpars-20240920-e1756949493570-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/mfpars-20240920-e1756949493570.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 73.3311%\"><strong>Maxwell Parsons<\/strong> is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics.\u00a0 He received his PhD in physics in 2016 in the group of Markus Greiner, where he developed the <a href=\"https:\/\/greiner.physics.harvard.edu\/li\/index.html\">lithium quantum gas microscope<\/a>.\u00a0 After his PhD, he spent 6 years as a research scientist at <a href=\"https:\/\/atom-computing.com\/\">Atom Computing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.facebook.com\/reality-labs\/\">Reality Labs<\/a>, before joining UW in 2022, initially to lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/uw.edu\/qt3-lab\/home\">QT3 lab<\/a>.\u00a0 When not in the lab, he can be found singing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlepromusica.org\/\">Seattle Pro Musica<\/a>, seeking out good food, or enjoying some splendid isolation among the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Graduate Students<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27.1976%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-43 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/11\/JC_headshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Test\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8024%\"><strong>Julie Chen<\/strong> is a PhD Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27.1976%\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-90 size-thumbnail\" style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/bukehu-e1756950574715-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/bukehu-e1756950574715-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/bukehu-e1756950574715-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/bukehu-e1756950574715-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/bukehu-e1756950574715-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/bukehu-e1756950574715.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8024%\"><strong>Buke Hu<\/strong> is a Master\u2019s student in Electrical Engineering. He received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Washington. Outside of the lab, he plays badminton and enjoys exploring nature through hiking.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27.1976%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-89\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/ohik-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"157\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8024%\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span class=\"il\">Ohik<\/span>\u00a0Kwon<\/strong> is a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u00a0 He received his B.S. in EE from Iowa State University with a minor in Physics.\u00a0 Outside of the lab, he enjoys photography and reading.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27.1976%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-88 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/kevin_wu-e1756949683253-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/kevin_wu-e1756949683253-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/kevin_wu-e1756949683253-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/kevin_wu-e1756949683253-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/kevin_wu-e1756949683253.jpg 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8024%\"><b>Kevin Wu <\/b>is a PhD Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his BS in Math and Computer Science from William &amp; Mary in 2024. Outside of school and research, he enjoys weightlifting and both sweep rowing and sculling on Seattle\u2019s lakes and waterways.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 854px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 166px\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.1316%;height: 166px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/badge_photo-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8684%;height: 166px\"><strong><strong>Ashton Doane <\/strong><\/strong>is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science at UW, who is currently focused on simulating quantum optical systems. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, playing classical piano, and strategy games.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 166px\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.1316%;height: 166px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-91 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/aarjav-e1756950750624-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/aarjav-e1756950750624-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/aarjav-e1756950750624.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8684%;height: 166px\"><strong>Aarjav Jain <\/strong>is an undergraduate student majoring in CS at UW working on developing optical systems for our neutral atom quantum processor. In his free time, he likes reading, going on hikes, and swimming.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 166px\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.1316%;height: 166px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-40 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/11\/Lopez_Arturo_Headshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8684%;height: 166px\"><strong>Arturo Lopez Chavez<\/strong> is an undergraduate studying informatics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 166px\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.1316%;height: 166px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-107 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/IMG_2658-e1757370887249-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/IMG_2658-e1757370887249-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/IMG_2658-e1757370887249-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/IMG_2658-e1757370887249-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/IMG_2658-e1757370887249.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8684%;height: 166px\"><strong>Tracy Le<\/strong>\u00a0is an undergraduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering student. When not in the lab, she is either reading, watching movies, or exploring somewhere new.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 166px\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.1316%;height: 166px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-146 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/image-3-e1758320535860-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/image-3-e1758320535860-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/09\/image-3-e1758320535860.png 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72.8684%;height: 166px\"><strong>Skyler Yan <\/strong>is an undergraduate studying computer science. He enjoys tennis, movies, and card games in his free time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Alumni<\/h2>\n<table class=\"tg\" style=\"width: 44.3372%;height: 312px\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<th class=\"tg-1h1z\" style=\"height: 24px;width: 21.0134%\">Name<\/th>\n<th class=\"tg-1h1z\" style=\"height: 24px;width: 45.7526%\">Role<\/th>\n<th class=\"tg-1h1z\" style=\"height: 24px;width: 32.0417%\">Last seen<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 21.0134%\">Joseph Lee<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 45.7526%\">Undergrad researcher (2023-2024), ECE<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 32.0417%\">Electronics Lead<br \/>\nUW Formula Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 21.0134%\">Ziwen Li<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 45.7526%\">Undergrad researcher (2023-2024), ECE<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 32.0417%\">Quantum Masters Program<br \/>\nUCLA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 21.0134%\">Asher Han<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 45.7526%\">Undergrad research, post-bac (2022-2024)<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 32.0417%\">PhD at MIT EECS (Dirk Englund)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 21.0134%\">Tianyi Wang<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 45.7526%\">Visiting undergrad researcher (summer 2024), Physics<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 32.0417%\">PhD at Boston University Physics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 24px;width: 21.0134%\">Sean Wong<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 24px;width: 45.7526%\">Undergrad researcher (2023-2024), Physics<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 24px;width: 32.0417%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 24px;width: 21.0134%\">Robert Thomas<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 24px;width: 45.7526%\">Undergrad researcher, post-bac (2022-2025)<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 24px;width: 32.0417%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 21.0134%\">Enrique Garcia<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 45.7526%\">Undergrad researcher, masters student (2022-2025)<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-il3a\" style=\"height: 48px;width: 32.0417%\">PhD at Berkeley EECS (Alp Sipahigil)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 21.0134%\">Ankit Talluri<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 45.7526%\">Professional Master&#8217;s Program student researcher (2025)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 32.0417%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigator &nbsp; Maxwell Parsons is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics.\u00a0 He received his PhD in physics in 2016 in the group of Markus Greiner, where he developed the lithium quantum gas microscope.\u00a0 After his PhD, he spent 6 years as a research scientist at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ece.uw.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}