Faculty

At the University of Chicago, world-class scientists and engineers lead the quantum revolution as UChicago PME unites eight disciplines through an innovative interdisciplinary curriculum.

UChicago PME Faculty Members in Quantum

Paul Alivisatos

President of the University of Chicago; John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, the Department of Chemistry, and the College

Research Areas

Materials for Sustainability, Quantum Engineering

David Awschalom

Director of the Chicago Quantum Institute, Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Research Areas

Quantum Spintronics, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Communication, Quantum Computing, Quantum Materials, Semiconductor and Molecular Qubits

Andrew Cleland

John A. MacLean Sr. Professor of Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Director, Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility

Research Areas

Quantum Computing, Quantum Communication, Quantum Sensing

Aashish Clerk

Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Research Areas

Theoretical Quantum Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Optics, Engineered Quantum Systems, Quantum Information

Greg Engel

Professor in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Department of Chemistry; Co-Director of the Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine

Research Areas

Excited State Dynamics, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Coherence, Spectroscopy, Biophysics

Giulia Galli

Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Research Areas

Theoretical and Computational Modeling of Materials for Renewable Energy Sources and Quantum Information Technologies

Laura Gagliardi

Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor in the Department of Chemistry, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the James Franck Institute. Director of the Catalyst Design for Decarbonization Center

Research Areas

Quantum chemical methods development, Catalysis, Spectroscopy, Photochemistry, Gas separation, Actinides, Quantum Materials

Supratik Guha

Professor in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Senior Advisor to Argonne Physical Sciences and Engineering

Research Areas

Information Processing Systems, Quantum Computing, Semiconductor Materials, Sensor Networks

Alex High

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Research Areas

Quantum Materials, Heterogeneous Integration and Hybrid Quantum Technologies, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Photonics, Quantum Optomechanics

Liang Jiang

Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Research Areas

Quantum Communication, Quantum Computing, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Simulation, Quantum Control, Quantum Error Correction

Nadya Mason

Dean of the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, the Robert J. Zimmer Professor of Molecular Engineering, and Interim Vice President for Science, Innovation, and Partnerships

Research Areas

Quantum Materials, Electronic transport in nanostructures, Superconductivity

Peter Maurer

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Research Areas

Quantum Optics, Quantum Sensing, Solid-State Spin Systems, Single-Molecule Biophysics, Physical Chemistry

Jiwoong Park

Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Chair of the Department of Chemistry

Research Areas

Nanoscale Materials, Chemical Physics

Allison Squires

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Research Areas

Single-Molecule Biophysics, Biomedical Devices, Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging, Nanoscale Manipulation and Sensing

Ruben Verresen

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Research Areas

Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information, Topological Physics, Quantum Simulation, Engineered Quantum Systems

Shuolong Yang

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Research Areas

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Materials Engineering, Thin-Film Deposition, Ultrafast Photoemission Spectroscopy

Tian Zhong

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Research Areas

Quantum Photonics, Quantum Information, Quantum Networking, Solid-State Quantum Technologies

Argonne Faculty Members in Quantum

F. Joseph Heremans

Staff Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory; UChicago CASE scientist

Research Areas

Quantum Communication, Quantum Sensing, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Materials, Quantum Optics, Nanomechanics, Quantum Information

Benjamin Pingault

Assistant Staff Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory; UChicago CASE scientist

Research Areas

Quantum Sensing, Solid-State Quantum Information Processing, Nanomechanics, Quantum Materials, Quantum Communication

UChicago Physical Sciences Division Faculty Members in Quantum

Cheng Chin

Professor in the Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, Enrico Fermi Institute, and College

Research Areas

Quantum Sensing, Condensed Matter Physics, AMO Physics

Frederic Chong

Seymour Goodman Professor, Department of Computer Science

Research Areas

Quantum Computing

William Fefferman

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

Research Areas

Quantum Computing, Quantum Complexity Theory

Andrew Higginbotham

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

Research Areas

Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information

Dahlia Klein

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Physics

Peter Littlewood

Professor of Physics, James Franck Institute

David Mazziotti

Professor of Chemistry, UChicago

Research Areas

Quantum Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Quantum Information

Robert Rand

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Zoe Yan

Assistant Professor of Physics, UChicago Department of Physics

Research Areas

AMO Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Computing, Quantum Information