# Erika Ye Wins 2018 Google PhD Fellowship

**Source**: https://aph.caltech.edu/news/erika-ye-wins-2018-google-phd-fellowship
**Parent**: https://aph.caltech.edu/people/aminnich

[Home](https://aph.caltech.edu/)
 / 
[News](https://aph.caltech.edu/news)
 / 
Erika Ye Wins 2018 Google PhD Fellowship

# Erika Ye Wins 2018 Google PhD Fellowship

April 19, 2018

Graduate student Erika Ye co-advised by Professors [Austin Minnich](http://eas.caltech.edu/people/aminnich), [Garnet Chan](http://cce.caltech.edu/people/garnet-k-chan), and [Fernando Brandao](http://cms.caltech.edu/people/fbrandao), has been awarded a 2018 [Google PhD Fellowship](https://research.googleblog.com/2018/04/announcing-2018-google-phd-fellows-for.html). The fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students doing exceptional research in computer science and related disciplines. Erika is attempting to discover what current quantum computers can do that classical computers cannot. Currently she is focusing on computational chemistry—particularly, calculating the behavior of electrons in complex molecules, which ultimately could provide detailed information about reaction rates or how enzymes in cells work. [[Caltech story](http://www.caltech.edu/news/caltech-grad-student-awarded-google-phd-fellowship-82027)]

Written by

Trity Pourbahrami

Graduate student Erika Ye

### Subscribe

[*The Caltech Weekly*](https://www.caltech.edu/caltech-weekly)

### Share this

### Tags

[awards and honors](https://aph.caltech.edu/news?tag=awards%20and%20honors)

[See All News](https://aph.caltech.edu/news)