News
January 31, 2024
Professor Nathan Youngblood Receives Two Prestigious Awards
Professor Youngblood received NSF and AFOSR awards.
January 31, 2024
Professor Lillian Chong Highlighted as “One to Watch” by PittWire
Professor Chong's research contributions applying atomistic simulation to reveal new insights into the molecular mechanisms of disease are highlighted in the article.
January 3, 2024
Call for Event Participants: Quantum-Enabled Technologies
The ERVA is seeking nominations for experts for their Quantum-Enabled Technologies event.
December 21, 2023
Professor Rongchao Jin Listed Among Most Cited Researchers in Chemistry
CMU Professor Rongchao Jin was listed among the most cited researchers in the field of chemistry in the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate Analytics.
December 21, 2023
IEEE Elects Alex K. Jones as Fellow
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) elected University of Pittsburgh Professor Alex K. Jones as Fellow, effective January 1, 2024.
November 2, 2023
PQI Community Collaboration Awards
The Pittsburgh Quantum Institute solicits proposals for PQI Community Collaboration Awards for up to $45K.
November 1, 2023
Spring 2024 PQI Fellows
Congratulations to these students that have been awarded a PQI fellowship for Spring 2024!
October 31, 2023
Sridhar Tayur Announces Tayur Prize Winners and Publication
Two student groups at IIT-Madras win the Tayur Prize, and Sridhar Tayur published a mini-review on research at CMU's Quantum Technologies Group.
October 24, 2023
Jin Zhao Named Fellow of the American Physical Society
Congratulations to Jin Zhao, who has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
October 17, 2023
Predicting portable power
Reeja Jayan and others have designed a model that accurately predicts a battery’s charge curve, which could impact the safety and reliability of electric vehicles.
October 10, 2023
Driven by Solutions
Mona Abdelgaid received four different awards for her work with heterogeneous catalysts
October 10, 2023
The Pittsburgh Quantum Institute appointed Benjamin Hunt as its new co-director
To continue solidifying Pittsburgh’s status as a leader in quantum science and engineering, the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Duquesne University jointly announced the appointment of Benjamin Hunt, associate professor of physics at Carnegie Mellon, to the newly created role of co-director, joining Michael Hatridge.
September 26, 2023
Optimal Entanglement Distillation Policies for Quantum Switches
In a new study, researchers from Tepper and the University of Pittsburgh considered a discrete time model for a quantum switch that attempted to generate fresh elementary entanglement with clients in each time step.
September 25, 2023
Saxena Lab Reports New Method for Efficient Analysis of Protein Structure and Dynamics
A research article published from the lab of Prof. Sunil Saxena has been featured on the cover of a recent issue of the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
September 19, 2023