Quantum Sensing

The delicate sensitivity of quantum systems to even the slightest changes in their environment – including temperature, magnetism, electricity, and other sources of noise – makes these systems excellent at detecting a wide range of small, and even previously undetectable signals from the world around us. Researchers are currently working to develop quantum sensors with applications in a wide range of areas, from biology to high-energy physics.

Quantum Sensing
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
Cheng Chin

Cheng Chin

Professor in the Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, Enrico Fermi Institute in the Physical Sciences Division, and the College
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Sensing Condensed Matter Physics AMO Physics
Research and Scholarly Interest
Quantum Sensing, Condensed Matter Physics, AMO Physics
Website
Chin Lab
Andrew Cleland

Andrew Cleland

John A. MacLean Sr. Professor of Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Director, Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Computing
Quantum Communication
Quantum Sensing
Research Groups
Cleland Lab
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
Jacob Covey

Jacob P. Covey

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Department of Physics
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Atomic Physics
Optical Physics
Molecular Physics
Fundamental Physics
Metrology
Device Engineering
Research Groups
Covey Lab
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
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
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
Headshot of Daniel Laorenza smiling in a dark suit and light tie, standing in front of a softly blurred outdoor background.

Daniel Laorenza

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Research and Scholarly Interests
Semiconductor and Molecular Qubits
Heterogeneous Integration and Hybrid Quantum Technologies
Quantum Sensing
Quantum Communication
Research Groups
Laorenza Lab
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
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Benjamin Pingault

Assistant Staff Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory; UChicago CASE scientist