Group Members

leonid Leonid Butov
Principal Investigator

Office: NSB 2117
+1.858.822.0362
lvbutov@physics.ucsd.edu
jason Jason Leonard
PhD Graduate

Office: NSB 2207
+1.858.534.8240
jleonard@physics.ucsd.edu
Bourses Chateaubriand Fellow, San Diego ARCS Scholar
peri Erik Szwed
PhD Student

Office: NSB B321
eszwed@ucsd.edu
peri Zhiwen Zhou
PhD Student

Office: NSB 2207
zhz300@ucsd.edu
peri Will Brunner
PhD Student

Office: NSB 2205
wbrunner@ucsd.edu
peri Helin Henstridge
Undergraduate Student

Office: NSB 2205
hhenstridge@ucsd.edu


Contact the Butov Group about graduate student openings.


Distinctions of students of the group

2024: Erik Szwed awarded a President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship
2024: Erik Szwed received AY23/24 Distinguished Senior Graduate Teaching Award
2018: Erik Szwed selected for Ticho Fellowship
2017: Chelsey Dorow selected as 2018 Inamori Fellow
2017: Chelsey Dorow selected as an Honorary 2017-2018 STEM Chateaubriand Fellow
2017: Jason Leonard selected as a Springer Thesis Award recipient
2015: Chelsey Dorow received NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for 2015-2018
2014: Jason Leonard named an Achievement Reward for College Scientists Scholar for 2014-15
2013: Chelsey Dorow received the Harold Ticho Award for 2013-2014
2013: Jason Leonard named an Achievement Reward for College Scientists Scholar for 2013-14
2013: Yuliya Kuznetsova selected as an Intel Fellowship recipient
2012: Michael Chu selected as a Physical Sciences Dean's Undergraduate Award for Excellence recipient
2011: Alex High selected as an Intel Fellowship recipient
2011: Jason Leonard selected as a Chateaubriand Fellowship recipient
2011: Alex High named an Achievement Reward for College Scientists Scholar

Former Group Members

Darius Choksy (graduate student)

Lewis Fowler-Gerace (graduate student)

Jeff Patz (masters student)

Erica Calman (graduate student)

Chelsey Dorow (graduate student)

Matt Hasling (graduate student)

Yuliya Kuznetsova (graduate student)

Mikas Remeika (graduate student)

Alex High (graduate student)

Alex Winbow (graduate student)

Joe Graves (graduate student)

Aaron Hammack (graduate student)

Sen Yang (graduate student)

Michael Chu (undergraduate student)

Gabriele Grosso (undergraduate student)

Averi Thomas (REU student)

James Lohner (REU student)

Martin Griswold (REU student)

Ekaterina Novitskaya (volunteer)

Sergey Lobanov (visiting scientist)

Peristera Andreakou (visiting scientist)

Sergey Poltavtsev (visiting scientist)

Nikolai Gippius (visiting scientist)

Anton Mintsev (visiting scientist)