Sanjar Zaman

Sanjar is an undergraduate student at Columbia College (CC '28). He intends to do a double major in physics and philosophy, and his primary interest at this moment is to use computational methods and machine learning in physics to understand the properties of various materials, such as quantum objects. He joined Simoncelli's group in October 2025, working on understanding the thermal conductivity of amorphous solids.

In his free time, Sanjar likes writing, hiking, and playing soccer.