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Watch the PQI 2025 Public Lectures!
The PQI 2025 event featured two public lectures from Professor Allan H. MacDonald, and Director Travis Humble. Watch them both on our PQI YouTube channel!
Watch PQI!
Catch up on our most recent events on YouTube! Recorded lectures, seminars, panel discussions, and more are available for our quantum community. Subscribe to our channel to stay up to date on events you may have missed!
Highlights
PQI is comprised of 140+ faculty and 190+ students across three Pittsburgh universities who conduct research in a variety of areas within quantum science and technology.
PQI members are leading research in the fields of quantum sensing, quantum communications, quantum computing, and quantum fundamentals.
PQI hosts a variety of quantum events throughout the year, including public lectures, seminars, and an annual signature event.
Feature Faculty Member
PQI member and professor Susan Fullerton uses ions to control charge transport in two-dimensional materials for high performance electronics.
Catch up on previously featured faculty members!
News
Pitt Engineers Win Manufacturing PA Innovation Awards
Six Pitt Engineering professors received $70,000 each in the 2025 Manufacturing PA Innovation Awards to support research benefiting Pennsylvania manufacturers.
Tevis Jacobs Redefines Surface Topography Standards
Pitt professor Tevis Jacobs co-led a global challenge to improve how scientists measure and define surface roughness, a key factor in technologies from robotics to medical devices. Working with international collaborators and graduate student Arushi Pradhan, Jacobs distributed real-world sample surfaces to over 150 participants across 20 countries, revealing major inconsistencies in measurement results.