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Research at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering is not divided into siloed departments but spans interdisciplinary research themes. UChicago PME researchers are advancing impactful research in energy, sustainability, quantum computing, cancer therapies, immunoengineering, and much more.

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Shuolong Yang

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

 

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

 

Meet PME’s Quantum Faculty

Y. Shirley Meng

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

 

Expertise: Energy, Batteries

 

Meet PME’s Materials Systems Faculty

Aaron Esser-Kahn

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

 

Expertise: Vascular Tissue Engineering, Immune Programming Polymers, Carbon Capture Methods

 

Meet PME’s Immunoengineering Faculty

Current Research

Bio-inspired membrane design unlocks new possibilities for water purification, extraction

Taking lessons from biology, researchers develop a tunable system that selectively controls chemical transport at the atomic scale

Researchers zero in on a new material for quantum information storage

An irregularity in magnesium oxide, a commonly used material in microelectronics, may be suited for qubits

Understanding the energy dissipation dynamics of new quantum dots

A new study could help scientists and engineers better understand how to tune quantum dots for different technologies

Argonne and UChicago researchers develop new membrane technology to extract lithium from water

Researchers have developed an advanced membrane technology that extracts lithium from water

 

A new architecture for Quantum RAM

Random-access memory gets a quantum boost in a new theoretical framework based on routing sound

Shape-shifting particles let scientists control how fluids flow

University of Chicago and NYU Tandon researchers develop temperature-responsive materials that could improve manufacturing and 3D printing

Photographer John Zich shooting Meng Lab

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Paul Dailing
PME media liaison for sustainability, climate, energy, materials, immunology, arts/science, community outreach
dailing@uchicago.edu
312.444.0354

Tyler Prich
PME/UChicago media liaison for quantum engineering, quantum internet, investment in quantum architecture
tprich@uchicago.edu
773.834.8326

Mike Herbst
PME/UChicago media liaison for immunoengineering, cell and gene therapy, vaccine and immunotherapy development
mikeherbst@uchicago.edu
708.381.9550

Melissa Abraham
PME senior strategic communications, media & marketing leader
melissaabraham@uchicago.edu

By the Numbers

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    PME has helped catalyze almost a billion dollars in regional investment to Chicagoland

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    Faculty at PME

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    Patents held by faculty members

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