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Nancy Kawalek

Nancy Kawalek

Professor and Distinguished Fellow in the Arts, Sciences and Technology

Nancy Kawalek is a New York theatre-trained actor whose credits include Strider on Broadway, as well as several leading roles Off Broadway, such as the one-woman show, Alice Without, which she also co-authored. Performing in regional theatre, Nancy has been privileged to work with directors such as Frank Galati, JoAnne Akalaitis and Dennis Zacek…

Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar

Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar

Director of Science

Dr. Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar obtained her Diplôme d’Ingénieur in Applied Mathematics and Micro-Nano-Opto Electronics from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris; PhD in Electrical Engineering with research in Quantum Transport of Two-dimensional Electron Gas Systems from Northwestern University, Evanston; and worked at Radius Product Development, Chicago…

Sonja Coates

Sonja Coates

Program Manager

Sonja Coates is Program Manager of the Scientists, Technologists, and Artists Generating Exploration (STAGE) Center at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME), responsible for program administration, event coordination, and student employee management. She oversees STAGE-specific projects and serves as liaison for larger PME initiatives, interdepartmental efforts, and external partnerships…

Kerri Pride-Fair

Kerri Pride-Fair

Business Administrator

Kerri Pride-Fair, Business Administrator, supporting David Awschalom, Andrew Cleland, and Nancy Kawalek. She can be contacted for invitations and responses for meetings, recruitment and scheduling, project coordination, data coordination and management, assisting with grants and administrative procedures, students and post-doctoral concerns, and daily operational and business needs…

Mary Pat McCullough

Mary Pat McCullough

Emeritus Executive Assistant, PME, University of Chicago

Mary Pat McCullough joined the PME in May of 2015; in addition to her work with the UChicago STAGE staff, Mary Pat supports the research efforts of David Awschalom and Andrew Cleland. Mary Pat came to the University of Chicago joining the Office of the Vice President for Research and for National Laboratories in September of 2012 as the Department Administrator…

Current Team

Sawiros Abebe Quantum Games, Web Development
Urunna Anyanwu Quantum Games
Yijin Bao Film
Nolan Bitner Quantum Games
Marie Buclez Film
Novak Chernesky Quantum Games
Sanskriti Chitransh Theatre, Quantum Games
Denise Fischer Quantum Games
Sonny Heyes Quantum Games
Sara Hoggatt Film
Adem Imamovic Quantum Games
Kayla Keener Film
William Knight Film
Avery Linder Quantum Games, Quantum Computer Exhibit
Ya Qi Lydia Liu Quantum Games
Ziyi (Sunny) Liu Quantum Games, Theatre
Jessica Sarah Markman Theatre, Quantum Games
Reet Santosh Mhaske Quantum Computer Exhibit
Noa Morris Quantum Games
Amanda Murphy Film
Shane Murtagh Quantum Games
Maya Mustata Quantum Games
Attila Newey Film, Vidyut Project
Srimaye Peddinti Quantum Games
Melanie Vazquez Pita Film, Vidyut Project
Charlotte Quintanar Quantum Games, Quantum Computer Exhibit
Maya Rajesh Quantum Games
Karaen Senthilkumar Quantum Games
Jocelyn Sun Quantum Games
Miranda Tipton Film
Rohan Venkat Quantum Computer Exhibit
Kelsey Wang Film
Chloe Washabaugh Quantum Games
Austin Xie Quantum Games, Vidyut Project
Annabel Yarborough Film, Vidyut Project
Chenjia Justin Zhang Quantum Games

Alumni

2023

Meenakshi Ajit Theatre
Walter Alvarado Quantum Influencer
Nolan Bitner Quantum Games, STAGE TA for Fall 2023
Abby Delio Film
William S DeVito Theatre
Omar Elkashef Quantum Games
Harriet Fisher Theatre, Web Development
Savannah Gowen Film
Jaden Hamilton Quantum Games
Alexander Hryciuk Film
Ava Huszti Quantum Games
Ron Kiehn Film
Jinhee Kim Theatre
Kayoung Kim Theatre
Katie Kloska Film
Dr. Nicholas LaRacuente Theatre, Quantum Games
Zixiang Lu Film
Tony Luo Quantum Games
Nico Martin Film
Gio Maya Quantum Games
Amrit Menon
Argyris Nipyrakis Theatre, Quantum Games
Tina Oberoi Quantum Influencer
Arman Olgun Theatre
Sugata Paul Film
Bowen (Ike) Peng Quantum Games
Collin Polasky Quantum Games
Dr. Abhishek Sharma Theatre, Film
Himank Sharma Theatre
Ibna Sharma Theatre
Riya Sheth Film
Aarushi Singh Film
Muskan Singh Quantum Influencer
Calahan Smith Film
Katherine Waterman Quantum Games
Jarvis Zhang Quantum Games
Tian-Xing Zheng Quantum Games
Patricia Zhou Quantum Games
Christian Ziebold Quantum Games
Uri Zvi Quantum Games, STAGE TA for Fall 2022