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Paul Alivisatos

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 Topics
Materials and Sustainability, Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Nanotechnology, Nanocrystals, Biomedicine, Renewable Energy, Quantum Information Systems
Research Groups
Alivisatos Lab
Chibueze Amanchukwu

Chibueze Amanchukwu

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Energy, Electrochemistry, Batteries, Polymers, Electrolytes
Research Groups
Amanchukwu Lab
David Awschalom

David Awschalom

Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering at the 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
Last Name starts with “C”
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Huanhuan Joyce Chen

Huanhuan Joyce Chen

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and in the Ben May Department for Cancer Research
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Molecular Engineering, Cellular Engineering, Tissue Engineering, Stem Cell Biology, Cancer Biology
Research Groups
Joyce Chen Lab
Junhong Chen

Junhong Chen

Crown Family Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Lead Water Strategist at Argonne National Laboratory
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Hybrid Nanomaterials, 2D Nanomaterials, Chemical and Biological Sensors, Energy Devices
Research Groups
Junhong Chen Research Group
Nicolas Chevrier

Nicolas Chevrier

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Immunology, Systems Biology
Research Groups
Chevrier Lab
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 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 in the 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
Last Name starts with “E”
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Greg Engel

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 Topics
Materials and Sustainability, Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Excited State Dynamics, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Coherence, Spectroscopy, Biophysics
Research Groups
Engel Group
Aaron Esser-Kahn

Aaron Esser-Kahn

Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability, Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Vascular Tissue Engineering, Immune Programming Polymers, Carbon Capture Methods
Research Groups
Esser-Kahn Group
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Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson

Professor of Molecular Engineering, Vice Dean for Education and Outreach, and Director of Graduate Studies for the PhD in Molecular Engineering (Materials Track) at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering, Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Molecular Simulation, Statistical Thermodynamics, Machine Learning, Inverse Materials Design, Enhanced Sampling, Protein Folding, Self-Assembly
Research Groups
Ferguson Lab
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Laura Gagliardi

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 Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering, Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum chemical methods development, Catalysis, Spectroscopy, Photochemistry, Gas separation, Actinides, Quantum Materials
Research Groups
Gagliardi Group
Giulia Galli

Giulia Galli

Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
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
Margaret L. Gardel

Margaret Gardel

Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Physics and Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the College.
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering, Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Cell and Tissue Mechanics, Polymer Physics, Cell Adhesion and Migration
Research Groups
Gardel Lab
Monisha Ghosh

Monisha Ghosh

Research Professor (PME), Associate Member (Computer Science), Affiliate (Argonne National Laboratory)
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Signal Processing, Wireless Communications, Analytics
Supratik Guha

Supratik Guha

Professor in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Senior Advisor to Argonne Physical Sciences and Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability, Quantum Science and Engineering, Arts, Sciences, and Technology
Research and Scholarly Interests
Information Processing Systems, Quantum Computing, Semiconductor Materials, Sensor Networks
Research Groups
Guha Lab
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Alex High

Alex High

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering in the 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
Po-Chun Hsu

Po-Chun Hsu

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Dynamic Metamaterials, Electrochemistry, Heat Transfer, Carbon Capture, Nano/Microfibers, Artificial Intelligence
Research Groups
Hsu Group
Jun Huang

Jun Huang

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering and Chair of the Admissions Committee in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
T Cell Immunology, mRNA Nanotechnology, T Cell Receptor, Chimeric Antigen Receptor, Immunotherapy
Research Groups
Huang Lab
Last Name starts with “J”
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Liang Jiang

Liang Jiang

Professor of Molecular Engineering in the 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
Last Name starts with “K”
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Nancy Kawalek

Nancy Kawalek

Professor and Distinguished Fellow in the Arts, Science and Technology
Research Topics
Arts, Sciences, and Technology
Research and Scholarly Interests
Theater and Performance, Arts, Innovation
Research Groups
STAGE Center
Last Name starts with “L”
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Chong Liu

Chong Liu

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Materials Science, Electrochemistry, Water, Energy, Separation
Research Groups
Liu Group
Last Name starts with “M”
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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 Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Materials, Electronic transport in nanostructures, Superconductivity
Peter Maurer

Peter Maurer

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering in the 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
Juan Mendoza

Juan Mendoza

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering and Senior Advisor to the Dean for Diversity & Inclusion in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Protein Engineering, Structural Biology, Computational Biology, Immunology, Cell Signaling
Research Groups
Mendoza Group
Y. Shirley Meng

Y. Shirley Meng

Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Batteries, Energy
Research Groups
Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC)
Mark Mimee

Mark Mimee

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and in the Department of Microbiology
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Synthetic Biology, Microbiome, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Antimicrobials, Biosensors
Research Groups
Mimee Lab
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Cathryn R. Nagler

Cathryn Nagler

Bunning Family Professor in the Biological Sciences Division, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the College
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Microbiome, Food Allergy, Oral Tolerance, Epithelial Barrier, Microbiome Modulation, Microbiome Therapeutics
Research Groups
Nagler Lab
Paul Nealey

Paul Nealey

Brady W. Dougan Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Block Copolymers, Directed Self-assembly (DSA), Nanolithography, Nanopatterning
Research Groups
Nealey Group
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Jiwoong Park

Jiwoong Park

Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Nanoscale Materials, Chemical Physics
Research Groups
Park Group
Shrayesh Patel

Shrayesh Patel

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Functional Polymers, Block Copolymers, Batteries, Thermoelectrics, Organic Electronics
Research Groups
Patel Group
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Rama Ranganathan

Rama Ranganathan

Joseph Regenstein Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the College
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Bioengineering, Protein Folding
Research Groups
Ranganathan Lab
Samantha Riesenfeld

Samantha Riesenfeld

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering and Medicine in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Computational Biology, Genomics, Systems Immunology
Research Groups
Riesenfeld Group
Stuart Rowan

Stuart Rowan

Barry L. MacLean Professor for Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Polymeric Materials, Polymer Synthesis, Polymer Sustainability, Supramolecular Chemistry, Dynamic Covalent Chemistry
Research Groups
Rowan Group
Last Name starts with “S”
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Milos Simic

Milos Simic

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Cell Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, Brain-Targeted Therapies
Research Groups
The Simic Lab
Allison Squires

Allison Squires

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering, Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Single-Molecule Biophysics, Biomedical Devices, Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging, Nanoscale Manipulation and Sensing
Research Groups
Squires Group
Melody Swartz

Melody Swartz

William B. Ogden Professor of Molecular Engineering and Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Lymphatic Physiology, Cancer Research, Immunotherapy
Research Groups
Swartz Lab
Last Name starts with “T”
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Dmitri V. Talapin

Dmitri Talapin

Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Chemistry, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the College
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Inorganic Nanomaterials, Nanocrystals, Self-Assembly
Research Groups
Talapin Lab
Savas Tay

Savas Tay

Director of the Immunoengineering and Bioengineering Institute; Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Immune Signaling, Single-Cell Analysis, Microfluidics, Infectious Diseases, Microbiome
Research Groups
Tay Lab
Matthew Tirrell

Matthew Tirrell

D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Biomolecular Engineering, Nanotechnology, Polymer Properties
Research Groups
Tirrell Lab
Last Name starts with “V”
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Ruben Verresen

Ruben Verresen

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information, Topological Physics, Quantum Simulation, Engineered Quantum Systems
Research Groups
Verresen Group
Last Name starts with “W”
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Sihong Wang

Sihong Wang

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability, Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Soft Electronic Materials and Devices, Bio-electronics, Organic Electronics, Functional Polymers, Energy Harvesting, Nanotechnology
Research Groups
Wang Group
Joshua Weinstein

Joshua Weinstein

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and in the Department of Medicine, Section of Genetic Medicine
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Biophysics, Numerical Analysis, Molecular Biology
Research Groups
Weinstein Lab
Last Name starts with “X”
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Jie Xu

Jie Xu

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Autonomous Materials Discovery, Electronic Polymers, Polymer Packing, Phase Behavior, and Dynamics, Circular Polymer Design
Research Groups
Xu Research Group Polybot
Last Name starts with “Y”
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Shuolong Yang

Shuolong Yang

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Materials Engineering, Thin-Film Deposition, Ultrafast Photoemission Spectroscopy
Research Groups
Yang Lab
Last Name starts with “Z”
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Tian Zhong

Tian Zhong

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering, Arts, Sciences, and Technology
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Photonics, Quantum Information, Quantum Networking, Solid-State Quantum Technologies
Research Groups
Zhong Lab