David Awschalom Molecular Engineering and Physics

David Awschalom

David Awschalom
Thrust Leader
Molecular Engineering and Physics
University of Chicago

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awsch@uchicago.edu


T.-X. Zheng, M.I. Bakti Utama, X. Gao, M. Kar, X. Yu, S. Kang, H. Cai, T. Ruan, D. Ovetsky, U. Zvi, G. Lao, Y.-X. Wang, O. Raz, S. Chitransh, G.T. Smith, L.R. Weiss, M.H. Czyz, S. Yang, A.J. Fairhall, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D.D. Awschalom, A.P. Alivisatos, R.H. Goldsmith, G.C. Schatz, M.C. Hersam, and P.C. Maurer, "A Surface-Scaffolded Molecular Qubit", arXiv:2601.19976 (2026)

C. Zeledon, B. Pingault, J.C. Marcks, M. Onizhuk, Y. Tsaturyan, Y.-x. Wang, B.S. Soloway, H. Abe, M. Ghezellou, J. Ul-Hassan, T. Ohshima, N.T. Son, F.J. Heremans, G. Galli, C.P. Anderson, and D.D. Awschalom, "Minute-Long Quantum Coherence Enabled by Electrical Depletion of Magnetic Noise", arXiv:2504.13164 (2025)

J.S. Feder, B.S. Soloway, S. Verma, Z.Z. Geng, S. Wang, B.B. Kifle, E.G. Riendeau, Y. Tsaturyan, L.R. Weiss, M. Xie, J. Huang, A. Esser-Kahn, L. Gagliardi, D.D. Awschalom, and P.C. Maurer, "A Fluorescent-Protein Spin Qubit", Nature 645 73-79 (2025)

X. Guo, M. Xie, A. Addhya, A. Linder, U. Zvi, S. Wang, X. Yu, T.D. Deshmukh, Y. Liu, I.N. Hammock, Z. Li, C.T. DeVault, A. Butcher, A.P. Esser-Kahn, D.D. Awschalom, N. Delegan, P.C. Maurer, F.J. Heremans, and A.A. High, "Direct-Bonded Diamond Membranes for Heterogeneous Quantum and Electronic Technologies", Nat Commun 15 8788 (2024)

J.S. Feder, B.S. Soloway, S. Verma, Z.Z. Geng, S. Wang, B.B. Kifle, E.G. Riendeau, Y. Tsaturyan, L.R. Weiss, M. Xie, J. Huang, A. Esser-Kahn, L. Gagliardi, D.D. Awschalom, and P.C. Maurer, "A Fluorescent-Protein Spin Qubit", arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.16835 (2024)

X. Guo, A. Linder, M. Xie, A. Addhya, Z. Li, I. Hammock, N. Delegan, C. Devault, A. Butcher, and D. Awschalom, "Manufacturing Integrated Quantum Systems with Direct-Bonded Diamond Membranes", APS March Meeting Abstracts 2023 M39. 010 (2023)

Peter MaurerDavid AwschalomLaura GagliardiAaron Esser-Kahn

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.

David Awschalom

Patrusky Lecture   11/8/2025

David Awschalom is presenting the 13th Patrusky Lecture at ScienceWriters 2025 in Chicago.