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.
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UChicago PME Researchers
In Quantum Materials
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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 QubitsImage
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 InformationImage
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, BiophysicsImage
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 MaterialsImage
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 TechnologiesImage
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 NetworksImage
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 OptomechanicsImage
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 CorrectionImage
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, SuperconductivityImage
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 ChemistryImage
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 PhysicsImage
Dmitri V. Talapin
Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Chemistry, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the College
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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 SystemsImage
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 SpectroscopyImage
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 TechnologiesUChicago and Argonne Researchers
In Quantum Materials
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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 InformationImage
Andrew Higginbotham
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Research Areas
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum InformationImage
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