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FQC Advisory Board

Advisory Board for the Fisher Center for Interdisciplinary Quantum Science & Engineering

Ex Officio Members:

  • Sheahon Zenger – President, Illinois Wesleyan University
  • John Miles – Provost, Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Narendra Jaggi – Director, Fisher Center for Interdisciplinary Quantum Science & Engineering, Illinois Wesleyan University 
  • Jesse Meyer – Vice President for Advancement, Illinois Wesleyan University 
  • Mark Gibson – Chief Marketing and Branding Officer, Illinois Wesleyan University 
  • Gaelyn Rose – Vice President for Enrollment, Illinois Wesleyan University 

Founding Donors:

  • Alan Fisher
  • Ann Fisher

Trustee Representative:

  • Mark Denzler

Physics Alumni in Quantum Science & Technology:

  • Dr. Andy Ding – Quantum Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services (Ph.D., Yale)
  • Dr. Mark Kasperczyk – Application Manager for Quantum Computing, Zurich Instruments (Ph.D., ETH Zurich)
  • Dr. Minzhao Liu – Senior Scientist, IonQ (Ph.D., University of Chicago)

Senior Alumni who are Industry Leaders:

  • Dr. Andy Nelson – Director, ERDC-CERL (Ph.D., UIUC)
  • Dr. Bill Murphy – Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison)
  • Dr. Dana Deardorff – Managing Director, Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures (Ph.D., UC Berkeley)
  • Aaron Cornelius – Chief Software Architect at EPIC until 2021, CEO of Acorn Talks