Faculty

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

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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
Nanotechnology, Nanocrystals, Biomedicine, Renewable Energy, Quantum Information Systems
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David Awschalom
David Awschalom
Director of the Chicago Quantum Institute; Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Areas
Quantum Spintronics, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Communication, Quantum Computing, Quantum Materials, Semiconductor and Molecular Qubits
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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 Areas
Quantum Sensing, Condensed Matter Physics, AMO Physics
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Frederic Chong
Frederic Chong
Seymour Goodman Professor, Department of Computer Science in the Physical Sciences Division
Research Areas
Quantum Computing
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Andrew Cleland
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
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Aashish Clerk
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
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Greg Engel
Greg Engel
Professor in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Department of Chemistry in the Physical Sciences Division; Co-Director of the Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine
Research Areas
Excited State Dynamics, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Coherence, Spectroscopy, Biophysics
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William Fefferman
William Fefferman
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science in the Physical Sciences Division
Research Areas
Quantum Computing, Quantum Complexity Theory
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Laura Gagliardi
Laura Gagliardi
Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the James Franck Institute in the Physical Sciences Division, and the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Director of the Catalyst Design for Decarbonization Center
Research Areas
Quantum chemical methods development, Catalysis, Spectroscopy, Photochemistry, Gas separation, Actinides, Quantum Materials
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Giulia Galli
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
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Supratik Guha
Supratik Guha
Professor in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Senior Advisor to Argonne Physical Sciences and Engineering
Research Areas
Information Processing Systems, Quantum Computing, Semiconductor Materials, Sensor Networks
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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 Information
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Andrew Higginbotham
Andrew Higginbotham
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics in the Physical Sciences Division
Research Areas
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information
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Alex High
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
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Liang Jiang
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
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Dahlia Klein
Dahlia Klein
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and James Franck Institute in the Physical Sciences Division
Research Areas
Condensed Matter Physics
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Peter Littlewood
Peter Littlewood
Professor of Physics, James Franck Institute, and Chair of the Department of Physics in the Physical Sciences Division
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Nadya Mason
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
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Peter Maurer
Peter Maurer
Associate 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
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David Mazziotti
David Mazziotti
Professor of Chemistry in the Physical Sciences Division
Research Areas
Quantum Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Quantum Information
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Jiwoong Park
Jiwoong Park
Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Chair of the Department of Chemistry in the Physical Sciences Division
Research Areas
Nanoscale Materials, Chemical Physics
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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
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Allison Squires
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
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Dmitri Talapin
Dmitri V. Talapin
Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Chemistry in the Physical Sciences Division; the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; and the College
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Ruben Verresen
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
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Zoe Yan
Zoe Yan
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics in the Physical Sciences Division
Research Areas
AMO Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Computing, Quantum Information
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Shuolong Yang
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
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Tian Zhong
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