Penn QUIEST supports research in the following key areas:

Materials for QUIEST:

Synthesis, characterization and optimization of materials for the storage, manipulation or transduction of quantum information.

Quantum Devices:

Realization of new qubits, quantum sensors and quantum interconnects, especially in combination with integrated electronics and photonics architectures.

Quantum Systems:

Theory of quantum information processing, new architectures for intermediate-scale and fault-tolerant quantum processors, and quantum networking.

QUIEST Impact:

Optimization of quantum sensors for materials science, chemistry, biology and medicine; the use of quantum computers for materials design and data science.

Affiliated Faculty

Firooz Aflatouni

Associate Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Ritesh Agarwal

Professor, Srinivasa Ramanujan Distinguished Scholar
Materials Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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James Aguirre

Associate Professor
Physics and Astronomy
School of Arts and Sciences

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Igor Bargatin

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Lee Bassett

Associate Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Martin Claassen

Assistant Professor
Physics
School of Arts and Sciences

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Marija Drndic

Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor
Physics
School of Arts and Sciences

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Nader Engheta

H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Physics and Astronomy

School of Engineering and Applied Science
School of Arts and Sciences

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Liang Feng

Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Deep Jariwala

Associate Professor, Peter and Susanne Armstrong Distinguished Scholar Electrical and Systems
Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Charlie Johnson

Rebecca W. Bushnell Professor
Physics and Astronomy (Primary); Electrical Systems and Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering School of Arts and Sciences;
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Cherie Kagan

Stephen J. Angello Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering (Primary); Materials Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Charles Kane

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor
Physics
School of Arts and Sciences

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Jay Kikkawa

Professor
Physics
School of Arts and Sciences

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Gushu Li

Assistant Professor
Computer and Information Science (Primary); Electrical Systems and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Nikolai Matni

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Eugene Mele

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor
Physics
School of Arts and Sciences

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Christopher Murray

Richard Perry University Professor
Chemisry (Primary); Materials Science and Engineering (Primary)
School of Arts and Sciences; School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Troy Olsson

Associate Professor
Electrical Systems and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Alejandro Ribiero

Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Eric Schelter

Hirschmann-Makineni Professor
Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences

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Anthony Sigillito

Assistant Professor
Electrical Systems and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Jonathan M. Smith

Olga and Alberico Pompa Professor
Computer and Information Science
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Eric Stach

Robert D. Bent Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Joe Subotnik

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor
Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences

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Andrew Tsourkas

Professor
Bioengineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Liang Wu

Assistant Professor
Physics and Astronomy
School of Arts and Sciences

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Stephan A. Zdancewic

Schlein Family President’s Distinguished Professor
Computer and Information Science
School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Bo Zhen

Assistant Professor
Physics
School of Arts and Sciences

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