People

Our members have backgrounds in physics, chemistry, mathematics and materials science. Our group is composed of one faculty member, one PhD student, two senior thesis students, and five student researchers working on individual and group projects throughout the academic year. Check our profiles below.

Academic Faculty

Steve Ndengue
Steve Ndengue
Assistant Professor (PI)

Doctoral Students

Sosthene Irambona
Sosthene Irambona
November 2021 - Present

Senior Thesis

Ellie Park
Ellie Park
September 2024 - Present
Heshu Yin
Heshu Yin
January 2026 - Present

Student Researcher

Zaid Sbaiti
Zaid Sbaiti
June 2025 - Present
Lann Wallace
Lann Wallace
January 2026 - Present
Yijin Yuan
Yijin Yuan
January 2026 - Present
Conrad Seib-Levinson
Conrad Seib-Levinson
January 2026 - Present
Ivan Paiewonsky
Ivan Paiewonsky
January 2026 - Present

Collaborators

Fabien Gatti (Research Professor)
Université Bourgogne Europe and CNRS
Richard Dawes (Program Manager)
NSF and Missouri S&T
Nicola Marzari (Professor)
EPFL
Neepa Maitra (Professor)
Rutgers University-Newark

Alumni

Ayda Badri (2021-2022)
Postdoc (Curr. Postdoc SNS Pisa)
Herve Tajouo Tela (2020-2024)
PhD Student (Curr. Postdoc SNS Pisa)
Ange Benise Niyikiza (2022)
MSc Student (Curr. PhD Student Univ Houston)
Jean Paul Nshuti (2023)
MSc Student (Curr. PhD Student Univ Rennes)
Micah Lachman (2025-2026)
Senior Thesis Student
Owen Gill (2025-2026)
Senior Thesis Student
Haverford College

The Molecular Quantum Dynamics Lab is a computational chemical physics lab of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Haverford College. Its physical location is L114 in the KINSC Building.