Our Former Team Members

Masahiko Yunokizaki is currently a PhD candidate in Physics at the University of Tokyo, Japan. His research focuses on magnetoelastic coupling in rare-earth-based heterostructures, with particular interest in magnetic thin films, nanostructured materials, and quantum transport simulations. At nextnano, he was conducting an R&D research internship via the 1-year program “Vulcanus in Europa 2025-2026” of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation.

Kaisei Furudate holds a BEng degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Tohoku University in Japan. At nextnano, he was conducting an R&D research internship via the 1-year program “Vulcanus in Europa 2024-2025” of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation.

Lucie holds a MSc in condensed matter physics and optics from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD in physics at Technische Universität Berlin under the Marie Curie program Quantimony. Her research focuses on the simulation and optimization of Sb-based semiconductor devices, with a particular emphasis on quantum dots and quantum rings. At nextnano, she is involved in developing the optimization module, nextnanoevo.

Wilson is an undergraduate from Singapore pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore. Wilson specializes in both the fields of business and technology, possessing a diverse range of experiences and skills in these two domains. As part of the NUS Overseas College Entrepreneurship programme, Wilson is eager to contribute to both the software and business aspects of nextnano, focusing on automating processes, developing new features for customers, and strategic planning for sustainable growth.

Niklas is a student from Germany who is currently studying Engineering Physics (BSc) at the University of Applied Sciences Munich. He is interested in optics, micro- & nanotechnology, and numerical modeling. Niklas is interning for five months at nextnano, where he will gain practical experience in his field of study.

Yuta holds BSc degree in physics and is currently pursuing an MSc degree in Material Science at Kyoto University in Japan. In his MSc degree, he examines microfabrication of semiconductors using two-dimensional materials, and characterizes the obtained samples. At nextnano, he is doing an R&D internship via "Vulcanus in Europe 2023-2024" of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation. He works on the development of its software and customer service.

Allard is an undergraduate from Singapore who is pursuing a Bachelor of Computing in Computer Science as well as a Minor in Management at the National University of Singapore. Allard had diverse experiences in technological fields such as web development, data science, machine learning, and quality engineering. Through the NUS Overseas College entrepreneurial programme, Allard completed his internship at nextnano where he contributed in both the software and business aspects. At nextnano, Allard's focus centered on automating processes, developing new features for customers, as well as strategic planning for nextnano's sustainable growth.

Zhi Rong was a student from Singapore pursuing both a BEng degree in Civil Engineering and an MSc degree in Finance at the National University of Singapore. Prior to joining nextnano, he spent three years working as a financial analyst and copywriter for a Singapore start-up called Dr Wealth. Zhi Rong completed an internship at nextnano through the NUS Overseas College entrepreneurial programme. Zhi Rong's role at nextnano involved business development, where he was responsible for streamlining company processes and charting the company's direction. He was also involved in the company's sales and marketing efforts, leveraging his experience in finance and copywriting to promote nextnano's products and services.

Kemal was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He holds a BSc degree in Engineering Science from the Technische Universität München and a MSc degree in Mathematics from the Technische Universität München. For his studies at TUM, he received the prestigious DAAD scholarship. At nextnano, he was working on R&D, focusing on quantum transport in Electron Flying Qubits within our EU project UltraFastNano.

Max was born in the Netherlands and holds a BSc degree in Applied Physics from Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. He is currently studying towards his Master of Science in Applied Physics at the same university. He follows the specialization track covering Nano, Quantum and Photonics. At nextnano he was doing a three-month internship working on Avalanche Photodetectors.

Lucas was born in France. He is studying engineering at CentraleSupélec (CS), Paris, France. He did a gap year between his M1 and M2, where he first did an internship at Institut Néel (CNRS) in Grenoble, France, and then a second internship for six months at nextnano where he worked in collaboration with Institut Néel and CEA on the implementation of an optimization algorithm for electron flying qubits within the EU project UltraFastNano.

Brandon was born in Singapore and is currently pursuing a BEng degree in Engineering Science with a specialisation in nanoscience & technology at the National University of Singapore. His degree covers physics, electrical engineering and data science. He did an internship at nextnano for six months under the NUS Overseas College entrepreneurial programme.

Naoki was born in Japan. He holds a BSc degree in Physics from Waseda University in Tokyo and MSc degree in Informatics from Nagoya University. In his BSc degree, he studied Physics and Electrical Engineering. In his MSc research, he examined the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics using quantum information theory under the supervision of Prof. Francesco Buscemi. At nextnano, he was doing an R&D internship via the 1-year program “Vulcanus in Europe 2021-2022” of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation where he works on the simulation of optoelectronic devices.

He is now at Nichia Corporation, Tokushima, Japan

Jun-Liang was born in Madrid, Spain. He holds a BSc degree in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain, and a MSc degree in Materials Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. Currently he is working towards his PhD degree at the Institut Néel (CNRS) in Grenoble, France, on the topic “Towards a flying qubit architecture with single electrons using surface acoustic waves”. Within the Grenoble Quantum Engineering (GreQuE) doctoral programme, he spent two months at nextnano in 2020 for an internship where he developed the nextnanopy Python package.

He is now at Institut Néel (CNRS), Grenoble, France

Amit was born in India. He holds a BSc degree in Physics from the University of Delhi, India, and a MSc degree in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. Currently he is working towards his PhD degree at the Laboratoire de physique et modélisation des milieux condensés (LPMMC), Université Grenoble Alpes and CNRS, in Grenoble, France, on the topic “Quantum Properties of Exciton Polaritons”. Within the Grenoble Quantum Engineering (GreQuE) doctoral programme, he spent two months at nextnano in 2020 for an internship where he set up our new documentation (Sphinx / Read the Docs).

Max was born in Ukraine and studied Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). He holds a BSc and a MSc degree in Physics from LMU where he worked as an experimental physicist on low-dimensional semicondutor structures in the Quantum Transport group at the Chair of Solid State Physics. In 2020, he obtained a PhD degree in Chemistry from the Technische Universität München. Before joining nextnano in 2014, he worked at attocube systems AG.

He is now at Infineon Technologies AG, Germany

Zoltán was born in Hungary and holds a BSc degree in Theoretical Physics and a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), and a MSc degree in Applied and Engineering Physics of the Technische Universität München. In 2010 he won the gold medal and the special prize for the best experimental work, and in 2011 the bronze medal at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Zagreb (Kroatia) and Bangkok (Thailand), respectively. At the national level, he was 2^nd (2010) and 5^th (2011), respectively. In 2017 he founded Xiences where he developed the XienceSim simulation software.

He is now working at WorldQuant, Hungary.