Fahmida Islam is a student at Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics. Her research interests focus on quantum circuit and algorithm security.

Adelaide McDonough is a student at the Bronx High School of Science. Her research centers on quantum security.

Omar Mohamed is a senior Electrical Engineering student. His interests lie in Variational Quantum Algorithms, measurement-efficient quantum optimization, and applied machine learning.

Afia Fahmida Rahman is an electrical engineering PhD student at the Grove School of Engineering and joined SERS Lab in August 2026. She has a background in Quantum Science and Technology from her Master of Science program at Columbia University (Dec 2025), and in Software Engineering from 3.5 years of experience at Optimizely (2021 –…

Jason Perez is a senior Computer Engineering student at the Grove School of Engineering, The City College of New York. His Research interests include quantum computing, machine learning, and applied mathematics. 

Yasmell Carrasco is a high school student at Bronx Prep High School. Her research focus includes Quantum Benchmarking.

Ana Rojas is a Master’s student in Computer Engineering at The City College of New York. Her research interests focus on quantum circuit compilation.