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Physical Sciences Division, University of Chicago @uchicagopsd.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to all the scientists and scientists-to-be who made Saturday's Southside Science Festival one for the books! @uchicagopme.bsky.social

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 2d

Need a bite to eat? The William Eckhardt Research Center has great options to fuel your day:
🍴 Quantum Café & Ca Phe Da — open Mon-Fri | 8 AM – 3 PM

Stop by between classes for coffee, lunch, or a quick study break! #UChicagoFood

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 3d

Your Sunday watch: Visualize key quantum concepts with Argonne National Laboratory: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Argonne presents Quantum Concepts

In our Quantum Concepts series, we bring key quantum ideas to life by imagining how a familiar object - the apple that inspired Isaac Newton - might act in t...

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 4d

UChicago PME partnered with CSIS and Chicago Quantum Exchange to host a full-day symposium on the Midwest quantum ecosystem. Leaders from universities, national labs, industry, and government explored opportunities to strengthen Illinois’s quantum economy and workforce. #Quantum #UChicago #CSIS

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 5d

It was great talking with students at the Graduate Programs Fair about our MEng and PhD programs! We’re excited to see how future engineers and scientists will shape the world.

To learn more about UChicago PME graduate programs, visit pme.uchicago.edu/academics/ap...

UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 5d

How should we set priorities for AI's future? UChicago PME Prof. Andrew Ferguson co-organized an NSF workshop that brought together nearly 200 researchers nationwide to chart the future of AI in mathematics and the physical sciences.

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NSF workshop led by Prof. Andrew Ferguson proposes priorities for AI in science

The workshop’s white paper offers guidance to the National Science Foundation on how to prioritize funding for artificial intelligence research in mathematics and the physical sciences

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 6d

Scientists from UChicago, UC Berkeley, Argonne, and Lawrence Berkeley Labs have developed molecular qubits that operate at the same frequencies as telecommunications technology. #MidwestQuantum #Innovation #UChicago #UChicagoPME

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Researchers develop molecular qubits that communicate at telecom frequencies

The unique qubits also connect light and magnetism at the quantum level, which makes them powerful potential building blocks for quantum technologies

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 7d

At #TEDxChicago, David Awschalom (UChicago PME, Chicago Quantum Exchange, Argonne National Laboratory) stressed that embracing uncertainty drives discovery and advances technology.

#Quantum #UChicago #UChicagoPME #ChicagoQuantumExchange #ArgonneNationalLaboratory Photo: MicheleMariePhotography.com

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 7d

UChicago PME doctoral candidate Thomas Marchese, working with Prof. Y. Shirley Meng and researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, is exploring sodium borohydride to create safer, more powerful, and more sustainable batteries.

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Beyond lithium: Engineering a new type of battery

Doctoral candidate Thomas Marchese is exploring sodium-based solid-state chemistries to develop a new class of battery that would be safer, more powerful, and less damaging to the environment

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 7d

We’re proud to celebrate UChicago PME Founding Dean Matthew Tirrell, who will receive the UMass College of Natural Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award this November.

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 8d

Travelers at Chicago O'Hare can now step into the future of science ✈️

UChicago PME’s STAGE Center, in partnership with IBM and United Airlines, has unveiled "Imagining the Future: An Encounter with Quantum Technologies."

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New STAGE Center exhibit at O’Hare welcomes travelers to the Quantum Prairie

A new exhibit from the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s STAGE Center, IBM and United Airlines brings quantum science and engineering to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 8d

THIS SATURDAY – South Side Science Festival

📅 October 4
🕐 11 AM – 6 PM
📍 UChicago Crerar Quad
🖊️ RVSP: ms.spr.ly/63322sQdSe

Join us for a free, daylong celebration of science, discovery, and community engagement!

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 9d

Welcome to the New Academic Year!

We’re proud to welcome new and returning students, faculty, and staff back to campus as we continue our mission of advancing molecular engineering to address global challenges.

#UChicago #MolecularEngineering

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 9d

Happening tomorrow! 🧪

UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 13d

🎓 Considering a Master of Engineering degree? Register for an info session now:

Sep 30 | 8:30 AM CT
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Sep 30 | 4:00 PM CT
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Flyer for UChicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering 'Master of Engineering' info sessions. Students in lab coats are in the background. Sessions: Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 8:30 A.M. CT | 4:00 P.M. CT.

UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 11d

UChicago PME researchers, as part of an international collaboration, have demonstrated a groundbreaking quantum speed-up: a task that would take 20 million years classically was completed in just 15 minutes using quantum learning techniques.

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Multi-institution collaboration achieves quantum advantage in probing quantum systems

Quantum advantage-where quantum technologies outperform their classical counterparts to solve specific tasks-has long been the goal of quantum information science researchers.

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Orientation Week, UChicago PME students! We are excited to welcome our newest cohort of master's and PhD students. Best of luck on the new school year!

#UChicagoPME #UChicago #STEM #PhD #Masters #Research #Science

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A woman smiles at a poster session. The poster behind her reads "Catalyst design and mechanism study of CO2 reduction". She is wearing a "Chicago" sweatshirt.

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 13d

🎓 Considering a Master of Engineering degree? Register for an info session now:

Sep 30 | 8:30 AM CT
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Sep 30 | 4:00 PM CT
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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 13d

The UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering was at the Notre Dame, UIC, and Purdue Career Fairs to showcase our MEng & PhD programs – where science and engineering come together to transform the world. #STEMCareers #UChicago #NotreDame #UIC #Purdue

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 13d

Forever chemicals (#PFAS) are everywhere and notoriously hard to detect. Now, researchers from UChicago PME & Argonne National Laboratory have created a tiny, portable sensor that allows you to test your water quickly and affordably.

Learn more: pme.uchicago.edu/news/tiny-se...

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 13d

From lab bench to business strategy: Master of Engineering student Ashley Ellis is using her biotech expertise and engineering training to bring life-changing therapies to patients at UChicago PME.

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A pivot from research to business development

Ashley Ellis, MEng ’25, is using her biology and biotech background, along with the Master of Engineering program, to innovate where science meets business.

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 13d

During National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we recognized the vital contributions of our postdoctoral researchers to discovery and innovation. UChicago PME's Postdoc Showcase highlights their work in a single image.

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Research worth a thousand words

UChicago PME Postdoc Showcase challenges postdoctoral researchers to summarize their work in a single image

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 19d

\New research from UChicago PME’s Cleland Lab and Jiang Group has achieved deterministic phase control of the sound “particles” known as phonons, presenting a major advantage over photon-based quantum systems

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Tomorrow’s quantum computers could use sound, not light

New research has achieved deterministic phase control of the sound “particles” known as phonons, presenting a major advantage over photon-based quantum systems

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 19d

UChicago is part of a $10 million effort in quantum chemistry collaborative research launched by NSF and UKRI.

The UChicago PME's research project, funded with more than $636,000, is headed by Prof. David Awschalom and Prof. Giulia Galli, with Prof. Danna Freedman at MIT.

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UChicago part of $10 million effort in quantum chemistry collaborative research launched by NSF and UKRI

Eight new projects could lead to breakthroughs in computing, sensing and secure communications

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 20d

We are proud to announce that the Chicago Quantum Exchange-led coalition has advanced to the final stage of the NSF Engines program. This coalition focuses on leveraging cutting-edge quantum technology to protect the nation’s most sensitive information.

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CQE-led coalition advances to final round in NSF Engine competition

The cross-sector Quantum Connected team is working to secure the nation’s information using cutting-edge quantum technologies. An NSF win could bring millions of dollars to the Quantum Prairie and boost national and economic security at a critical time.

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UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering @uchicagopme.bsky.social · 20d

New research from UChicago PME Professor Y. Shirley Meng's lab advances sodium-based all-solid-state batteries, showing thick cathodes that retain performance even at subzero temperatures.

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