About Us
YPPDO Coordinators and Contacts
- Tony Liu, tony.g.liu@yale.edu, YPPDO coordinator (2025-2026)
- Xioawei Ou, xiaowei.ou@yale.edu, YPPDO coordinator (2025-2026)
- Molly Watts, molly.watts@yale.edu, YPPDO coordinator (2025-2026)
- Victoria Misenti, victoria.misenti@yale.edu, Wright Lab Program Manager
- Karsten Heeger, karsten.heeger@yale.edu, Faculty Advisor
- Reina Maruyama, reina.maruyama@yale.edu, Faculty Advisor
Past Coordinators & Current Positions
- Fernando Antonio Flor (Postdoc): Postdoctoral appointee at Argonne National Laboratory
- Mary Lou Bailey (Ph.D. ‘22): Senior Software Engineer at Double Helix Optics
- Emma Castiglia (Ph.D. ‘22): Research Data Scientist, Meta
- Paul Fanto (Ph.D. ‘21): Senior Data Scientist, Deloitte
- Kelly Backes (Ph.D. ‘21): Senior Quantum Physicist, MITRE Corporation
- Wen Xiong (Ph.D. ‘19): Engineering Manager, ByteDance
- Estella Barbosa de Souza (Ph.D ‘20), Founding Member: Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
- Danielle Norcini (Ph.D. ‘19), Founding Member: Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University