Quantum Materials

Quantum materials researchers are at the forefront of engineering materials – including superconducting materials, topological insulators, and ultra-cold atoms – optimized for a broad range of functional uses. Theorists and experimentalists are working together to pioneer ways to adapt and optimize materials while overcoming their disadvantages. Quantum materials research links together a wide spectrum of areas, allowing theory, experiments, and fabrication to come together to both understand and employ these unique properties for scientific applications, such as aircraft development and scientific optical tools.

Quantum Materials
David Awschalom

David Awschalom

Director of the Chicago Quantum Institute, Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Spintronics
Quantum Sensing
Quantum Communication
Quantum Computing
Quantum Materials
Semiconductor and Molecular Qubits
Research Groups
Awschalom Group
Aashish Clerk

Aashish Clerk

Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Theoretical Quantum Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Optics
Engineered Quantum Systems
Quantum Information
Research Groups
Clerk Group
Greg Engel

Greg Engel

Professor, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Co-Director of the Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine; Chair of the Department of Chemistry; Director of the NSF Quantum sensing for Biophysics and Bioengineering (QuBBE) Quantum Leap Challenge Institute
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Excited State Dynamics
Quantum Sensing
Quantum Coherence
Spectroscopy
Biophysics
Research Groups
Engel Group
Laura Gagliardi

Laura Gagliardi

Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor, Department of Chemistry, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the James Franck Institute; Director of the Catalyst Design for Decarbonization Center; Director of the Center for Advanced Materials for Environmental Solutions (CAMES)
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum chemical methods development
Catalysis
Spectroscopy
Photochemistry
Gas separation
Actinides
Quantum Materials
Research Groups
Gagliardi Group
Giulia Galli

Giulia Galli

Liew Family Professor of Electronic Structure and Simulations, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Theoretical and Computational Modeling of Materials for Renewable Energy Sources and Quantum Information Technologies
Research Groups
Galli Group
Supratik Guha

Supratik Guha

Professor, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Senior Advisor to Argonne Physical Sciences and Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Quantum Science and Engineering
Arts, Sciences, and Technology
Research and Scholarly Interests
The discovery science and heterogeneous integration of new materials and devices for quantum and microelectronics technologies
Research Groups
Guha Lab
F. Joseph Heremans

F. Joseph Heremans

Staff Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory; UChicago CASE scientist
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Communication Quantum Sensing Condensed Matter Physics Quantum Materials Quantum Optics Nanomechanics Quantum Information
Research and Scholarly Interest
Quantum Communication, Quantum Sensing, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Materials, Quantum Optics, Nanomechanics, Quantum Information
Website
Argonne National Labs Profile
Andrew Higginbotham

Andrew Higginbotham

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics in the Physical Sciences Division
Research and Scholarly Interests
Condensed Matter Physics Quantum Information Quantum Computing Quantum Materials Nanomechanics
Research and Scholarly Interest
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information, Quantum Computing, Quantum Materials, Nanomechanics
Website
Department page
Alex High

Alex High

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Materials
Heterogeneous Integration and Hybrid Quantum Technologies
Quantum Sensing
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Optomechanics
Research Groups
High Lab
Liang Jiang

Liang Jiang

Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Communication
Quantum Computing
Quantum Sensing
Quantum Simulation
Quantum Control
Quantum Error Correction
Research Groups
Jiang Group
Dahlia Klein

Dahlia Klein

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Physics
Nadya Mason

Nadya Mason

Vice President for Research; Robert J. Zimmer Professor of Molecular Engineering and Physics at the University of Chicago
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Materials
Electronic transport in nanostructures
Superconductivity
Peter Maurer

Peter Maurer

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Optics
Quantum Sensing
Solid-State Spin Systems
Single-Molecule Biophysics
Physical Chemistry
Research Groups
Maurer Lab
Jiwoong Park

Jiwoong Park

James Franck Professor, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, and the College
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Nanoscale Materials
Chemical Physics
Research Groups
Park Group
Dmitri V. Talapin

Dmitri V. Talapin

Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Chemistry, the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the College
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Inorganic Nanomaterials
Nanocrystals
Self-Assembly
Research Groups
Talapin Lab
Ruben Verresen

Ruben Verresen

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Information
Topological Physics
Quantum Simulation
Engineered Quantum Systems
Research Groups
Verresen Group
Shuolong Yang

Shuolong Yang

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Materials Engineering
Thin-Film Deposition
Ultrafast Photoemission Spectroscopy
Research Groups
Yang Lab
Tian Zhong

Tian Zhong

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Arts, Sciences, and Technology
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Information
Quantum Networking
Solid-State Quantum Technologies
Research Groups
Zhong Lab