Members

Dr. Bhramar Mukherjee

Biostatistics & Data Science

Yale's Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Biostatistics and Senior Associate Dean for Public Health Data Science; member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Development Economics

Development economist and pioneer of field experiments (RCTs) on technology and behavioral adoption across the developing world.

Konrad Lehnert

Quantum Physics

Experimental condensed matter physicist and Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Yale, where his group coaxes electrical and electromechanical machines into exhibiting quantum behavior.

Peter Morgan

Foundations of Physics

A British physicist and Lab Associate in Yale University's Physics Department, working on the foundations of physics and the relationship between classical and quantum mechanics.

Dr. G. Sam Samdani

Emerging Tech & Quantum

Chemical engineer and former McKinsey senior expert who guides Connecticut's quantum ecosystem as Executive Director of QuantumCT, the Yale-UConn public-private partnership.

Technology executive with 30+ years building large-scale platforms across telecommunications, enterprise infrastructure, and AI.

CEO of a cybersecurity software company and an early champion of agentic AI, applying it to how legacy insurers price complex re-insurance schemes.

Munir Sheikh

Blockchain & Quantum Security

An inventor and technologist building a specialized blockchain and crypto platform, with plans to incorporate quantum-computing algorithms for security.

Software CEO whose company performs complex calculations for asset-backed securities, a structured-finance product.

Waliur Rahman

AI & Enterprise Platforms

Veteran enterprise architect and innovation leader who reportedly pioneered cloud computing as AT&T's Chief Architect and built innovation programs at AT&T and Verizon.

Duke Young Danso

Cybersecurity & FinTech Security

Cybersecurity graduate researcher at the University of New Haven (an NSA Center of Academic Excellence) and a founding member of the SMART America Institute, with nine years of fintech operations and fraud-detection experience.