Meet the Team
Leadership
David Awschalom
Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago; Senior Scientist, Argonne; Director of the Chicago Quantum Exchange
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter, Physics Device Physics, Quantum Information, Quantum Optics Quantum Sensing
Supratik Guha
Center for Nanoscale Materials Director and Senior Scientific Advisor to the Lab Director, Argonne; Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Device Physics, Quantum Sensing
Joe Lykken
Fermilab Deputy Director and Chief Research Officer
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Computing, High-Energy Physics
Dale Van Harlingen
Donald Biggar Willett Professor, College of Engineering, UIUC
Areas of Expertise:
Device fabrication, Transport and phase-sensitive Josephson measurements, Magnetic imaging
Staff
Kate Timmerman
Executive Director, Chicago Quantum Exchange
Diana Morgan
Strategic Operations Lead, CQE/QIS/IME
Scientists and Engineers
Yuri Alexeev
Computational Principal Project Specialist, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Simulation, Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Software
James Amundson
Head of Fermilab Scientific Computing Division, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Computing, High-Energy Physics, High-Performance Computing
Baha Balantekin
Eugene P. Wigner Professor, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Nuclear physics, particle physics and astrophysics; quantum simulation of nuclear and particle physics
Hannes Bernien
Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Quantum Information, Quantum Optics
Alexey Bezryadin
Professor of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Expertise:
Superconducting qubits, Topologically protected qubits, Transduction
Davide Braga
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Development Engineer, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Integrated Circuits, Cold Electronics
Victor Brar
Assistant Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Areas of expertise: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, 2D materials, magnetic materials, optics, metasurfaces, quantum materials
Gustavo Cancelo
Engineer, Scientific Computing Division Group Leader, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
High-Energy Physics
Marcela Carena
Head, Theoretical Physics Department, Fermilab; Professor (part-time), Department of Physics, and Enrico Fermi Institute, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
High-Energy Physics, Quantum Computing for High-Energy Physics
David Ceperley
Professor of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Chemical Physics
Clarence Chang
Assistant Physicist, Argonne; Assistant Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information, Quantum Sensing, Device Physics
Cheng Chin
Professor of Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
Fred Chong
Seymour Goodman Professor of Computer Architecture in the Department of Computer Science, UChicago; Argonne Joint Appointee
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Information
Bryan Clark
Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Simulation, Quantum Computing, Quantum Algorithms
Andrew Cleland
John A. MacLean Sr. Professor for Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise, and Director, Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility, UChicago; Argonne Joint Appointee
Areas of Expertise:
Device Physics, Nanomechanics, Quantum Information, Quantum Optics, Quantum Sensing
Aashish Clerk
Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago; Argonne Joint Appointee
Areas of Expertise:
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information, Quantum Optics
Susan Coppersmith
Robert E. Fassnacht Professor of Physics & Vilas Research Professor, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed matter theory, Quantum computing theory
Aida El-Khadra
Professor of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Expertise:
High Energy Physics, Lattice field Theory, Quantum Computing
Chang-Beom Eom
Raymond R. Holton Chair Professor in Engineering and Theodore H. Geballe, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Nanostructure fabrications of novel materials, Hetroepitaxy of complex oxide thin films and heterostructures
Mark Eriksson
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Experimental studies of nanostructures, Quantum computing, Qubits in silicon, Semiconductor membranes, Interacting electrons in low-dimensional systems, Application of nanoelectronics to biology.
Juan Estrada
Scientist, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Astrophysics, Dark Matter Detection, Superconducting Detectors
Farah Fahim
Senior ASIC Development Engineer, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Readout Integrated Circuits, Photon Detectors
Thomas Faulkner
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Expertise:
High Energy Physics and Particle Physics, Quantum Information
Hal Finkel
Compiler Technology and Programming Languages Lead, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Information, Quantum Computing
Giulia Galli
Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering, UChicago; Senior Scientist, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Physical Chemistry
Stephen Gray
Theory and Modeling Group Leader, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Physical Chemistry, Quantum Information, Quantum Optics, Quantum Sensing
Philippe Guyot-Sionnest
Professor of Chemistry and Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Device Physics, Physical Chemistry
Salman Habib
Senior Physicist and Computational Scientist, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Information, Quantum Optics, Quantum Sensing, Nanomechanics
Roni Harnik
Senior Scientist, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Standard Model Physics, Dark Matter, Quantum Sensors
F. Joseph Heremans
Applied Physicist, Argonne; Staff Scientist at the Institute for Molecular Engineering, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information, Quantum Optics, Quantum Sensing, Nanomechanics
Alexander High
Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Device Physics, Quantum Optics
Martin Holt
Nanoscientist, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Information, Nanomechanics, Device Physics
Robert Joynt
Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Computing, Superconductivity, Quantum Hall Effect
Woowon Kang
Professor of Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Device Physics, Topological Physics
Raj Kettimuthu
Computer Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
Areas of Expertise: High-Performance Computing, Machine Learning
Rakshya Khatiwada
Research Associate, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Dark matter astrophysics, quantum sensors and devices
Shimon Kolkowitz
Assistant Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Precision measurement; quantum sensing; metrology; timekeeping; tests of relativity; quantum optics
Jim Kowalkowski
Computational Science Researcher, Quantum Science Program, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Computing, Quantum Information
Max Lagally
Erwin W. Mueller Professor and Bascom Professor of Surface Science, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Nanoscale properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and dimensionally confined structures, Atom-scale mechanisms of film growth: Group IV semiconductors, nano-strain engineering, silicon nanomembranes
Anthony Leggett
Professor, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed matter, quantum information, topological quantum computing, superconducting qubits, quantum foundations
Alex Levchenko
Associate Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum kinetics, Mesoscopic effects, Nonequilibrium systems, Superconductivity, Topological materials
Michael Levin
Associate Professor of Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Topological Physics
Kathy Levin
Professor of Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
Andy Li
Postdoctoral Researcher, Quantum Science Program, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information
Daniel Lopez
Nanofabrication and Devices Group Leader, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Optics, Quantum Sensing, Nanomechanics, Device Physics
Virginia Lorenz
Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Expertise:
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Quantum Optics
Adam Lyon
Senior Scientist; Associate Division Head for Systems for Scientific Applications, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
High-Energy Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Computing
Xuedan Ma
Assistant Nanoscientist, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Physical Chemistry, Quantum Optics, Device Physics
Alex Macridin
Applications Physicist, Quantum Science Program, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Accelerator and Beam Simulations, Quantum Algorithms
Peter Maurer
Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Physical Chemistry, Quantum Optics, Quantum Sensing
Robert Mcdermott
Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Superconducting qubits (coherence, quantum measurement, scalable control), hybrid quantum systems
Matthew Otten
Maria Goeppert Mayer Fellow, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information, Quantum Optics, Quantum Sensing
Shengshi Pang
Research Associate, Quantum Science Program, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Computing, Quantum Information and Quantum Metrology
Kim Palladino
Assistant Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
High energy physics; dark matter searches; quantum simulation of particle and nuclear physics
Jiwoong Park
Professor of Chemistry, UChicago; Argonne Joint Appointee
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Device Physics, Physical Chemistry
Cristián Peña
Fermilab Lederman Fellow, Caltech INQNET Fellow, Co-spokesperson for Fermilab FQNet experiment
Areas of Expertise:
High-Energy Physics and Detectors, QIS High-Energy Physics Instrumentation
Gabriel Perdue
Scientist, Quantum Science Program, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Machine Learning, Quantum Information, Particle Physics
Rob Plunkett
Senior Scientist, Co-PI of MAGIS-100, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
High-Energy Physics, Particle Physics
Alex Romanenko
Senior Scientist, Technical Division Associate Head, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Physics, Superconducting Technology
Shinsei Ryu
Associate Professor of Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Topological Physics
Mark Saffman
Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Atomic physics; quantum computing with neutral atoms; quantum optics; entanglement; nonlinear optics; solitons; pattern formation
David Schuster
Associate Professor of Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Device Physics, Quantum Information, Quantum Optics
Liz Sexton-Kennedy
Fermilab Associate Director for Computing, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
High-Energy Physics
Erik Shirokoff
Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Device Physics, Quantum Sensing
Steven Sibener
Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Physical Chemistry
Jonathan Simon
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Optics, Topological Physics
Dam Son
University Professor of Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Topological Physics
Panagiotis Spentzouris
Senior Scientist, Head Quantum Science Program, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise:
High-Energy Physcs, Quantum Computing, Quantum Networking
Rick Stevens
Computing, Environment and Life Sciences Associate Laboratory Director, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Simulation, Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Software, Quantum Computer Simulation
Martin Suchara
Computer Scientist, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Computing, Quantum Networking, Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Computer Simulation
Dmitri Talapin
Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, UChicago; Argonne Joint Appointee
Areas of Expertise:
Device Physics, Physical Chemistry
Valerii Vinokour
Distinguished Fellow, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information, Quantum Sensing, Topological Physics, Device Physics
Thad Walker
Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum information using Rydberg Atoms; Spin-exchange optical pumping; Biomagnetometry
Paul Wiegmann
Robert W. Reneker Distinguished Service Professor of Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Topological Physics
Shuolong Yang
Assistant Professor in Molecular Engineering, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Superconducting Technology, Topological Physics
Deniz Yavuz
Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum and nonlinear optics; ultrafast physics and quantum interference effects such as slow light and stopped light
Linda Young
Distinguished Fellow, Argonne; Professor of Physics, UChicago
Areas of Expertise:
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Quantum Optics
Xufeng Zhang
Assistant Scientist, Argonne
Areas of Expertise:
Quantum Optics, Nanomechanics, Topological Physics, Device Physics
Tian Zhong
Assitant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago; Argonne Joint Appointee
Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics, Device Physics, Quantum Information, Quantum Optics