Engage with UChicago PME Experts

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Laura Gagliardi

Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor

 

Expertise: Quantum chemical methods development, Catalysis, Spectroscopy, Photochemistry, Gas separation, Actinides, Quantum Materials

 

Meet PME’s Quantum Faculty

Juan Mendoza
Juan Mendoza

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering

 

Expertise: Protein Engineering, Structural Biology, Computational Biology, Immunology, Cell Signaling

 

Meet PME’s Immunoengineering Faculty

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Chibueze Amanchukwu

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering

 

Expertise: Energy, Electrochemistry, Batteries, Polymers, Electrolytes

 

Meet PME’s Materials Systems Faculty

Media Contacts

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

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

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

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

Current Research Highlights

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Helium lifts new quantum computing concept

Breakthrough from a team led by Jacob Covey, associate professor in the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Department of Physics, turns helium-3’s low mass into a quantum resource.

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A powerful platform for studying ions in solids

New insights into how ions move through solids can have applications from batteries to microelectronics to water filters.

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Discovery of ‘slow’ electrons in 2D material could lead to new memory device

A research team found a quantum phenomenon in a two-dimensional magnet that could be relevant for memory storage.

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To design better energy devices, researchers investigate membranes

A research team at the University of Chicago and NYU used experiments and molecular simulations to better understand how polymer backbone design affects the performance of ion-exchange membranes.

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Bugs as drugs: Engineered gut bacteria show promise against pancreatic cancer

Research suggests that an engineered bacteria strain may be a powerful approach for improving treatment response in pancreatic cancer.

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering PhD student Rossoneri Jing
Unlocking new quantum architectures

A less-explored form of quantum code could be more powerful – and more stable – than its popular alternative in error correction.