Mikhail Tikhonov

I am an associate professor at the Physics department, also affiliated with the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences.

CV [updated 7/2025]
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Lucas Graham

Lucas is a graduate student in Physics, who likes random matrix theory and pseudospectra.

Mateja Zdravkovic

Mateja is a graduate student in Physics. He appreciates the interdisciplinary nature of biophysics and enjoys weaving together ideas from maths, science, and philosophy.

Robert Heyck

Robert is a graduate student in Physics who likes differential geometry, weightlifting, and watching sports.

Luoqi (Queenie) Wang

Queenie (class of 2026) is an undergraduate student who joined us in the spring of 2023. She is always curious about how the world works, and she loves ultimate frisbee and the arts.

Yunshi Qi

Yunshi (class of 2026) is an undergraduate student who joined us in the spring of 2025. He likes the chaos theory, and loves playing bass guitar.

Chunhao Zhou

Chunhao (class of 2027) is a Physics major who has been with the group since January 2025.

Feike (Flora) Lu

Flora (class of 2029) is an undergraduate who joined us in the spring of 2026. She likes chirality, quantum weirdness, and chocolate.

Jeremy Friedman-Wellisch

Jeremy (class of 2029) is an undergraduate who joined us in 2026. He loves metaphysics, puzzles, and nature

Devon Finlay spent 3 years with the group while an WashU undergraduate, and went on to graduate school at Yale.

Stefan Landmann visited our group in January-March 2019 from University of Oldenburg (Germany), and continued collaborating with us through 2019-20.

Ryan McGee spent 2 years as a postdoc with our group, and went on to continue his postdoc with Gaia Tavoni at WUSTL Medical School.

Jake Moran graduated with a PhD in 2023, and won a prestigious Pioneer Fellowship to continue his research as a postdoc with Kevin Wood at U Michigan.

Fang Yu graduated with a PhD in 2025 to become a Modeling and Simulation Research Engineer at Huawei.