Group
Faculty
Adilson E. Motter
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor
Office: Tech F323
Phone: 847-491-4611
Fax: 847-491-9982
E-mail: motter [at] northwestern [dot] edu
Photo by Eileen Molony
Mailing Address
[Person's name]
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208 USA
Postdoctoral Researchers
Thomas Wytock
Research: Modeling of Genetic Networks
Office: Tech F321
Phone: 847-467-2493
E-mail: t-wytock@northw...
Arthur N. Montanari
Research: Network Dynamics
Office: Tech F325
Phone: 847-491-4602
E-mail: arthur.montanari@northw...
Graduate Students
Chloe T. Calderon
Research: Biological Networks
Office: Tech F324
Phone: 847-491-4602
E-mail: chloecalderon2024@u.northw...
Yanxuan (Charlotte) Shao
Research: Quantum and Fluid Networks
Office: Tech F324
Phone: 847-491-4602
E-mail: yanxuanshao2024@u.northw…
Jorin Graham
Research: Complex Systems
Office: Tech F324
Phone: 847-491-4602
Email: joringraham2025@u.northw…
Yi (Eva) Zhao
Research: Metamaterial Networks
Office: Tech F318
E-mail: yizhao2025@u.northw…
Yian (Ann) Xu
Research: Biophysical Oscillations
Office: Tech F318
E-mail: yianxu2026@u.northw…
Ana Elisa D. Barioni
Research: Network Dynamics
Office: Tech F324
Phone: 847-491-4602
E-mail: ana.barioni@north...
Yuzuru Mitsui
Research: Network Dynamics
Visiting Student from the University of Tokyo, Japan
Office: Tech F325
E-mail: yuzuru.mitsui@north...
Daniel Buser
Research: Quantum Dynamics
Office: Tech F324
E-mail: dpbuser@u.northw...
Thomas Q. Mckenzie-Smith
Research: Network Data Science
Office: Tech F318
E-mail: ThomasMckenzie-smith2027@u.n...
Pietro Zanin
Research: Synchronization Dynamics
Office: Tech F318
E-mail: pietrozanin2027@u.northw...
Zhuoxuan (Jeff) Xie
Research: Quantum Networks
Office: Tech F324
E-mail: ZhuoxuanXie2027@u.northw...
Buduka Ogonor
Research: AI and Machine Learning
Office: Tech F318
Undergraduate Students
Benjia (Steve) Li
Remote intern from the University of Science and Technology of China
E-mail: qdlbjcxb@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Former Members
Takashi Nishikawa
Research Faculty
Research: Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics (2012-2022)
Josh Genender
Undergraduate Student
Research: Symmetry Phenomena (2020-22)
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at UCLA
Ka Man (Amanda) Chan
Undergraduate Student
Intern from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research: Quantum information (Summer 22)
Fiona Brady
Undergraduate Student
Research: Network Dynamics (2018-21)
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Princeton University
Yuanzhao Zhang
Graduate Student
Research: Network Synchronization (2015-20)
Subsequent position: Schmidt Science Fellow at Cornell University and Santa Fe Institute
Arthur Montanari
Student visitor from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Research: Network Observability (2019-20)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg
Brandon Campbell
Summer Intern from Washington University in St. Louis
Research: Chemical Reaction Networks (Summer 2020)
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Harvard University
Daniel J. Case
Graduate Student
Research: Microfluidic Networks (2013-19)
Subsequent position: Manager, Search Engine Marketing at Cars.com
Pratyush Chakraborty
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Network Dynamics (2018-19)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Utah
Deniz Eroglu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Network Dynamics (2017-18)
Subsequent position: Assistant Professor at Kadir Has University, Turkey
Phalguni Shah
Graduate Student (rotation)
Research: Network Stability (2016-17)
Program: Physics
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Northwestern University
Ferenc Molnar
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Network Dynamics (2015-17)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Notre Dame
Yang (Angela) Yang
Graduate Student
Research: Network Cascades, Network Observability (2010-16)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Northwestern University
Daniel K. Wells
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Control of Chemical Networks (2015-16)
Subsequent position: Data Scientist at the Parker Institute
Aleksandar Haber
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Optimization and Control (2014-16)
Subsequent position: Assistant Professor at City University New York
Liyue (April) Zhang
Graduate Student
Visitor from Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Research: Oscillator Networks (2014-16)
Slava Tsirelnikov
Visiting Scholar
Research: Mechanical Materials (2012-15)
Xiaowen Chen
Undergraduate Student
Research: Transient Chaos (2014-15)
Program: ISP/Physics/Math
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Princeton University
Rosangela Follmann
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research: Network Synchronization (2012-15)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Illinois State University's School of Biological Sciences
Kyle McCall
Pre-doctoral Student
Research: Metamaterials (Summer 14)
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Northwestern University
Nicholas Boffi
Pre-doctoral Student
Research: Hamiltonian Chaos (Summer 14)
Subsequent position: Fulbright Student at Tel Aviv University, Israel (2014-15)
and graduate student at Harvard University (2015- )
Joshua Williams
Undergraduate Student
Intern from Hampton University, Virginia
Research: Network Control (Summer 14)
Rita Andrade
Undergraduate Student
Intern from the University of California, Los Angeles
Research: Network Synchronization (Summer 13)
Daniel Wells
Graduate Student
Research: Epigenetic Networks (2011-13)
Program: ESAM
Elizabeth Hicks
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Advection Dynamics (2011-13)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Fellow at CIERA
Sascha Herrmann
Undergraduate Student
Research: Nonlinear Dynamics (2010-12)
Program: Physics/ISP/Math
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Stanford University
Daniel Monge
Undergraduate Student
Intern from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Research: Chaos (Summer 12)
Sagar Sahasrabudhe
Graduate Student
Research: Network Rescue and Control (2007-11)
Program: Physics
Subsequent position: Financial Engineer at Spot Trading, Chicago
Takashi Nishikawa
Sabbatical Visitor
Research: Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics (2010)
Assistant Professor at Clarkson University
Dong-Hee Kim
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Complex Systems (2006-08)
Subsequent position: Assistant Professor at GIST, Korea
Tracy Yu
Undergraduate Student
Intern from The Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology
Research: Biological Networks (Summer 08)
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Northwestern University
Robert Deloatch
Undergraduate Student
Intern from the Univ. of Maryland at Baltimore
Research: Information Diffusion (Summer 08)
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michelle Wu
Graduate Student (rotation)
Research: Cellular Metabolism (2006-07)
Program: Physics
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Northwestern University
Adrian Jinich
Undergraduate Student
Research: Cellular Metabolism (2005-06)
Program: Physics
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Harvard University
Tianyu (Terry) Wu
Undergraduate Student
Remote intern from Peking University
Research: Quantum information (Summer 22)
Chao Duan
Research Assistant Professor (2019-2022)
Postdoctoral Researcher (2018-2019)
Research: Energy Delivery Networks
Subsequent position: Assistant Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University
Alex Mercanti
Graduate Student
Research: Network Symmetries (on leave)
Zachary Nicolaou
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Dynamics of Complex Systems (2016-20)
Subsequent position: WRF Postdoctoral Fellow and Acting Instructor at the University of Washington
Erisa Apantaku
Administrative Assistant (2017-20)
Subsequent position: Journalist at the Invisible Institute
Yoshiki Sugitani
Sabbatical Visitor
Research: Network Synchronization (2019-20)
Faculty at the Ibaraki University, Japan
Gregory Keslin
Undergraduate Student
Intern from Miami University, OH
Research: Machine Learning and Networks (Summer 19)
Chiranjit Mitra
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Network Dynamics (2018-19)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Bohan (George) Xu
Undergraduate Student
Research: Quantum Scattering (2015-17)
Program: Physics
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Penn State University
Daniel Rey
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Network Dynamics (2017-18)
Subsequent position: Senior Research and Development Engineer at ANSYS, Inc.
Hamed Valizadeh Haghi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Power Systems Engineering, Data Analytics (2016-17)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Researcher at UCSD
Young Sul Cho
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Complex Networks (2015-16)
Subsequent position: Assistant Professor at Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
Keanu Guardiola
Undergraduate Student
Intern from University of Puerto Rico
Research: Chaotic Dynamics (Summer 2016)
Yuan Lin
Graduate Student
Visitor from Fudan University, China
Research: Similarity Networks (2014-15)
Luciana Zanella Tytenicz
Research Associate and Group Administrator (2011-16)
Subsequent position: Senior Executive Assistant to the Chief Research Officer
at the Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Xavier Gutierrez
Undergraduate Student
Intern from University of Maryland, College Park
Research: Network Synchronization (Summer 15)
Wei-Ting Lin
Graduate Student (rotation)
Research: Metamaterials (2014-15)
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Northwestern University
Joo Sang Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research: Physics of Cancer Metabolism (2012-14)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and University of Maryland, College Park
Erik Johnson
Undergraduate Student
Research: Structural Networks (2013-14)
Program: Physics
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at UCSB
Sean Cornelius
Graduate Student
Research: Network Rescue and Control (2008-14)
Program: Physics
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Northeastern University and Harvard University
Hongzi (Tony) Mao
Undergraduate Student
Intern from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research: Similarity Networks (Fall 13)
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at MIT
Michael Schnabel
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Biological Networks (2010-13)
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University
Daniel O. Cajueiro
Sabbatical Visitor
Research: Complex Systems and Control Theory (2012-13)
Faculty at the University of Brasília, Brazil
Zakary Whichard
Graduate Student
Research: Drug Target Identification (2011-13)
Program: Physics
Subsequent position: Associate Risk Manager at Quantitative Risk Management
Joo Sang Lee
Graduate Student
Research: Physics of Cancer Metabolism (2006-12)
Program: Physics
Subsequent position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University
Jie (Rio) Sun
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Network Rescue and Control (2010-12)
Subsequent position: Assistant Professor at Clarkson University
Zachary Nicolaou
Undergraduate Student/Visitor
Research: Structural Networks (2008-11)
Program: Physics/ISP/Math
Subsequent positions: Graduate Student at Cambridge University and Caltech
Ian Lizarraga
Undergraduate Student
Research: Statistical Physics (2009-10)
Program: Physics/Math
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Cornell University
Eduardo G. Altmann
NICO Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Complex Systems (2008-09)
Subsequent position: Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
Seth Myers
Undergraduate Student
Research: Power-grid Networks (2006-08)
Program: Physics/ISP
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at Stanford University
Nicole Carlson
Undergraduate Student
Research: Complex Networks (2007-08)
Program: Physics/ISP
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at the University of California, Berkeley
Justin Lieber
Undergraduate Student (rotation)
Research: Chaotic Dynamics (2006-07)
Program: Physics/ISP
Subsequent position: Graduate Student at the University of Chicago