Wesleyan Physics Career Placement

Our PhD graduates have pursued research and teaching positions in academia and industry.  Following is a list of the first position our graduates accepted upon a successful defense in the physics department of Wesleyan University.

Please note:  This list goes back 10 years only and the names of our students have been omitted for privacy.

Graduation Year Advisor Job Title Location
2023 Sher Process Engineer Intel, Oregon, USA
2022 Kottos Lab Scientist Bangkok, Thailand
2022 Stewart Internal Consultant Ab Initio Software, Lexington, MA
2022 Etson Postdoc Yale University, New Haven, CT
2021 Hüwel TD Module and Yield Engineer Intel, Oregon, USA
2021 Voth Postdoc Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Gottingen, Germany
2019 Morgan Postdoc Sandia National Lab, New Mexico, USA
2019 Kottos Postdoc Queens College/CUNY, New York, USA
2019 Ellis Research Scientist AMSL, Connecticut, USA
2018 Starr Postdoc NIST, Maryland, USA
2018 Othon Product Engineer Lam Research, California, USA
2018 Voth Staff Scientist Corning Incorporated, New York, USA
2018 Starr Postdoc Columbia University, New York, USA
2016 Blümel Chief Science Officer IonQ, Theory Divison, Maryland, USA
2016 Othon Lecturer University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA
2014 Kottos Postdoc University of California - Berkeley, California, USA
2014 Starr Postdoc NIST, Maryland, USA
2013 Hüwel Staff Scientist ASML Netherlands BV, Veldhoven, Netherlands
2013 Voth Postdoc Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
2013 Ellis Lecturer Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2012 Hüwel Postdoc Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA
2011 Voth Data Scientist City Eats
2011 Starr Unknown Bank of America