Gleb Finkelstein
Professor of Physics
Professor of ECE
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708
Research interests include the interplay of superconductivity and Quantum Hall effect in graphene, superconducting quantum devices in KTaO3, and thermal properties of quantum materials and devices at mK temperatures. Outside of the lab, Gleb appears to enjoy writing emails.
Phone: 919 660 2523
Email: gleb@duke.edu
Personal website
Graduate Students
Jordan McCourt
Entered 2019. Jordan is interested in the interface of superconducting states to topological phases, such as Integer Quantum Hall states in van der Waals heterostructures with a range of materials.
Email: jordan.mccourt@duke.edu
Johnny Chiles
Entered 2020. Johnny is interested in thermal transport in quantum Hall systems, novel superconducting materials, and the manipulation of multi-terminal Josephson junctions for emulating topological materials and generating superconducting devices. Outside of the lab, Johnny enjoys walking his dog, playing tennis, and lifting weights.
Email: john.chiles@duke.edu
Chun-Chia Chen
Entered in 2021. Chun-Chia is interested in the properties of interfaces between quantum Hall edge states in graphene and superconductors. His main focus is on chiral Andreev edge states generated in graphene–superconductor systems. Chun-Chia is also working on quantum point contact tunneling and AFM-etched graphite gate tuning in the quantum Hall regime. Outside the lab, he enjoys watching movies and streaming series on Netflix.
Email: chunchia.chen@duke.edu
Ryan Henderson
Entered 2025. Ryan is interested in unconventional superconductors in 2D systems and creating devices to reveal the physics of these devices, such as anistropic electronic transport in KTaO3 interfaces. In addition to physics, he loves playing and listening to music of all kinds.
Email: ryan.henderson@duke.edu
Alex Hilty
Entered 2025. Alex is interested in novel superconducting materials and studying topological phases of matter through fabricated superconducting devices, such as Weyl Josephson circuits. Outside of the lab, Alex enjoys reading science fiction, photography, playing DND, attempting to learn languages, and volunteering as a test subject for Aperture Science.
Email: alexander.hilty@duke.edu
Undergraduate Students
Davyd Kasperovych-Pustovit
Entered 2025. Davyd is interested in the fabrication of van der Waals heterostructures for quantum transport devices and the development of low-noise electronics for cryogenic measurements, including AC–DC power converters, filters, and signal-conditioning circuits. In his free time, he enjoys listening to his vinyl record collection and discovering new kinds of tea.
Former Members
Postdocs:
- Zubiar Iftikhar (2021-2024), now at NcodiN Inc.
- Francois Amet (2014-2015), now at Northrop-Grumman
- Sarah Goldberg (2009-2011), now a researcher at the Israel Institute of Technology
- Yuriy Bomze (2006-2011), now Advanced Lab Manager at Duke University
- Ulas Coskun (2007-2009), now a research engineer at UIUC
- Alexei Zhukov (2003-2005), now at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Russia
Graduate students:
- Lingfei Zhao (2016-2022), now at HyperLight
- Ethan Arnault (2016-2022), now a postdoc at MIT and Raytheon (Dirk Englund and Kin Chung Fong’s groups)
- Trevyn Larson (2016-2022), now a postdoc at NIST (advanced microwave photonics group)
- Andrew Seredinski (2014-2020), now an assistant professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology
- Ming-Tso Wei (2013-2018), now a senior engineer at Qualcomm
- Anne Draelos (2012-2018), now a professor at U. Michigan
- Chung-Ting Ke (2010-2017), went on to become a professor at Academia Sinica in Taiwan
- Matthew Meers (2014-2017), now a research technician at NCSSM
- Mauricio Pilo-Pais (2009-2014), went on to a postdoc position at LMU in Germany (Liedl’s group)
- Ivan V Borzenets (2006-2012), now a professor at Texas A&M
- Henok T Mebrahtu (2006-2012), went on to become a researcher at Intel
- Alex Makarovski (2001-2006), went on to a MFE at Carnegie-Mellon
- Matthew Prior (2001-2006), went on to become a Program Manager at Nonin Medical
- Sung Ha Park (2001-2005), went on to a postdoc at Caltech. Now a professor at Sungkyunkwan University
Undergraduates:
- Ryan Henderson (2025) –> went on to grad school at Duke
- Lindsay Chetkof (2024)
- Stephen Wang (2024)
- Jeree Murray (2023)
- Liam Idrovo (2018)
- Hongwei Huang (2019)
- Bolaji Eniwaye (2015-2017), –> grad student at the University of Michigan
- Avery Silverman (2014-2015)
- Jiyingmei Wang (2014-2015), –> went on to grad school at École Polytechnique
- Steven Demers (2013-2014), –> went on to grad school at Rice University
- Zach Corse (2010)
- Ryan Magee (2009)
- Maxwell Thayer (2006-2009)
- Paul Huang (2005-2009)
- Jeremy Huang (2006-2007)
- Vadzim Karpusenka (2004-2005), –> went on to grad school at NCSU
- Scott Miller (2002-2003)
