News from The NSF QuBBE QLCI
Congratulations 2/2/2026
Congratulations to Bozhi Tian for receiving the 2026 Marian and Stuart Rice Research Award.
Physics Breakthough 12/11/2025
Peter Maurer, David Awschalom, Laura Gagliardi, and Aaron Esser-Kahn's research on fluorescent-protein spin qubits has been named one of the top 10 physics breakthoughs of 2025.
Award 11/12/2025
CECAM has awarded Giulia Galli the 2025 Berni J. Alder prize.
Patrusky Lecture 11/8/2025
David Awschalom is presenting the 13th Patrusky Lecture at ScienceWriters 2025 in Chicago.
Keynote Lecture 10/21/2025
Greg Engel gives the keynote lecture at AbbVie's company-wide "Celebration of Science" on the future of quantum sensing in biomedicine.
In the news... 9/30/2025
Illinois Quantum researchers, industry leaders, and government officials break ground on Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park
Award 8/20/2025
Congratulation to John Anderson for receiving the Harry Gray Award for Creative Work in Inorganic Chemistry by a Young Investigator from the American Chemical Society.
Gordon Conference 8/3/2025
Susanne Yelin, Misha Lukin, and Valerie Goss attend and present at The Gordon Conference, Quantum Control of Light and Matter, at Salve Regina University, in Newport, RI, Aug 3-6
Berggren Center 7/5/2025
Thea Berggren donates $21 Million for establishment of Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine to be co-directed by Greg Engel.
Quantum Sensing Summer Program 7/1/2025
Valerie Goss led Quantum Sensing Summer Program brings high school students to Chicago State to learn about quantum technology.
Sabbatical at UChicago 6/30/2025
Valerie Goss completes her Sabbatical at UChicago working in Peter Maurers Laboratory
Harper Lecture 6/5/2025
Greg Engel, Julian Solway, and Alex Pearson give a Harper Lecture on the future of Quantum in Biology and Medicine.
National Academy of Sciences 5/30/2025
Margaret Gardel has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Award 4/24/2025
Laura Gagliardi has been awarded the 2025 Solvay Chair in Chemistry.
Colloquium 2/6/2025
Misha Lukin is presenting a new frontier of quantum computing for the Princeton Quantum Initiative's Hamilton Colloquium Series.
Physics Breakthrough of the Year 12/20/2024
Misha Lukin and Dolve Bluvstein's demonstration of quantum error correction using an atomic processor with 48 logical qubits has tied for the 2024 Physics Breakthrough of the Year.
Award 8/12/2024
Congratualations to Giulia Galli for being awarded the 2024-2025 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Award.
Sabbatical at UChicago 8/1/2024
Valerie Goss starts her Sabbatical at UChicago working in Peter Maurers Laboratory
Award 7/18/2024
Congratualations to Julian Solway on earning the Gold Key Award from Biological Sciences Division.
SandboxAQ 6/24/2024
SandboxAQ, a leader in AI and quantum applications, will collaborate with the Chicago Quantum Exchange specifically at the University of Chicago-based National Science Foundation Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for QuBBE.
Award 4/18/2024
Chicago Quantum Exchange receives NSF award of $1 Million for quantum technology development.
NSF Quantum Showcase 4/1/2024
Valerie Goss , Greg Engel, and Chloe Washabaugh represent NSF QLCI QuBBE grant at NSF Quantum Showcase.
AIMBE Fellow 3/27/2024
Bozhi Tian has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Colleges of Fellows.
NSF IMSI Workshop 3/25/2024
David Mazziotti and Laura Gagliardi are speaking at NSF's Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation workshop: Machine Learning in Electronic-Structure Theory.
APS Meeting 3/3/2024
CSU students, faculty, and staff attend the APS meeting in Minneapolis, MN.
LSAMP Meeting 2/24/2024
Harriet Omodayo and Valerie Goss present "Nanodiamond binding on nanostructures" at ILSAMP Conference in Lisle, IL.
LSAMP Meeting 2/24/2024
Sommasi Egbuna and Archie Peters present "Quantum Key Distribution" at ILSAMP Conference in Lisle, IL.
LSAMP Meeting 2/24/2024
Paul Agyebo Gilberts and Jacqueline Stevens present "NSF QuBBE-Enhancing Quantum Information Science and Technology through Workforce Development among underrepresented communities on the South Side of Chicago" at ILSAMP Conference in Lisle, IL.
Congratulations 7/31/2023
Congratulations to Greg Engel for being named a 2023 American Chemical Society Fellow.
Award 7/7/2023
Laura Gagliardi has received the 2023 Pauling Medal Award for Outstanding Achievements in Chemistry.
NSF Quantum Showcase 5/4/2023
Valerie Goss , Greg Engel, and Chloe Washabaugh represent NSF QLCI QuBBE grant at NSF Quantum Showcase. This interactive event brought together more than 35 researchers, educators, and students from across the country to discuss ongoing research, education & workforce initiatives.
Welcome 5/30/2023
Welcome to Dr. Kamran Mobarhan, who is joining QuBBE as the Director of Business Management and Strategic Initiatives for the NSF QuBBE Quantum Leap Challenge Institute.
In the news... 5/18/2023
Work from the Mazziotti group looking at quantum dynamics in biology featured on CBS news.
QuBBE Summer Researcher Launches 5/4/2023
Congratulations to QuBBE summer researcher Mya Nash on launching her graduate career at UChicago.
CZI BioHub Chicago 3/2/2023
The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative is launching a new $275M BioHub in Chicago to address immunity and inflammation with quantum sensing as a key technological pillar.
White House Summit 12/2/2022
Greg Engel, Valerie Goss, and Peter Maurer presented at the National Quantum Initiative Center Summit at the White House to focus on building the country's capabilities and workforce in Quantum Science and Engineering.
Congratulations 4/29/2022
Congratulations to Bernadette Miao, an undergraduate with the Tian Group, who has been selected as a UChicago Student Marshal -- the highest undergraduate distinction at the University.
Congratulations 4/20/2022
Congratulations to Bernadette Miao, an undergraduate student working on subcellular biological modulation with the Tian Group, who has been selected for the Goldwater Scholarship.
German Academy of Sciences 4/2/2022
Congratulations to Laura Gagliardi, who was elected as a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
NDSEG Fellowship 4/5/2022
Congratulations to Caitlin Bellora who was selected for a DOD NDSEG Fellowship.
NSF Fellowships 4/1/2022
Congratulations to Caitlin Bellora, Olivia Wedig, and Katelyn Feuling who were selected for NSF GRFP Fellowships.
Service Award 1/15/2022
Congratulations to Julian Solway, who won the 2021 University of Chicago Department of Medicine Distinguished Service Award
PQE Conference 1/13/2022
Peter Maurer is presenting a talk on the NSF QuBBE QLCI at PQE 2022 in Snowbird, Utah.
New Industrial Affiliate 1/10/2022
Welcome to Toptica Photonics! Toptica is joining QuBBE as a new Industrial Affilliate, and we look forward to partnering with them on workforce development, quantum photonics, and biosensing.
NSF QuBBE Seminar 1/5/2022
Our inaugural NSF QuBBE seminar speaker, Adam Cohen, presented his work on mapping and controlling neural systems.
NSF QuBBE KickOff Meeting 1/4/2022
KickOff Meeting! Our first kickoff meeting with all PIs surveys the array of science across the QLCI and created new connecitons for collaboration and convergence. We had hoped to be in person for this, but COVID forced us to go virtual.
Italian Academy of Sciences 12/17/2021
Laura Gagliardi Elected to Italian National Academy of Sciences.
APS Rahman Prize 10/21/2022
Giulia Galli Awarded Rahman Prize from American Physical Society
Fellowship 9/24/2021
Congratulations to Nikita Onizhuk in Giulia Galli's group on receiving one of Google's PhD Fellowships in Quantum Computing. Nikita's work focuses on how properties of novel spin defects in materials can be used as quantum substrates.
NSF QuBBE QLCI Launches 9/2/2021
The NSF QuBBE QLCI has officially launched! Here is the NSF announcement. and here is an article from UChicago News on NSF QuBBE
NSF QuBBE Funded! 9/1/2021
The NSF QuBBE QLCI has been funded and will launch on September 2, 2021.
Site Visit 4/28/2021
Greg Engel, Valerie Goss, Allison Squires and Peter Maurer participated in the NSF virtual reverse site visit exploring the details of NSF QuBBE.
Proposal Submitted 2/1/2021
The team has submitted a proposal (>500 pages) detailing our vision for science, workforce development, and outreach focused on opportunities for emerging quantum science to attack grand challenges in biology and medicine.
It starts with a vision... 9/1/2020
The team coalesced around a shared vision for the QuBBE Challenge Institute: We see an opportunity for quanutm sensing to reovlutionize biological understanding.