Agenda
Thursday, May 1 – PI Agenda
Technological Institute | 2145 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60208
Harris Hall | 1881 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60208
| 12-1pm | Welcome Lunch Technological Institute | J435 Greeters will be in the lobby to escort you to the room |
| 1-4:30pm | CMQT PI Strategy Session Technological Institute | J435 |
| 4:30-5pm | Break |
| 5:30-6:30pm | Keynote Lecture | Arzhang Ardavan, University of Oxford "Exploiting Hyperfine-Coupled Nuclear Spin Qudits for Quantum Error Corrected Memories" Harris Hall | Room 107 Webinar Link |
| 7pm | PIs & Symposium Speakers Dinner Alcove Evanston | 1625 Maple Ave. Evanston, IL 60201 Reservation under CMQT |
Thursday, May 1 – Graduate Student & Postdoc Agenda
Ryan Hall | 2190 Campus Dr. Evanston, IL 60208
| 1-2:30pm | Northwestern Lab Tours Meet at Ryan Hall | Room 1004 Carin Gavin, BES Early Career Network Representative Ryan Young – Wasielewski Group Ethan Garvey – Stern Group Anushka Dasgupta – Hersam Group |
| 2-3:30pm | Poster Session + Therapy Dogs Ryan Hall | Room 1004 |
| 3:45-4:45pm | Fireside Chat with Arzhang Ardavan, University of Oxford Facilitated by Carin Gavin Ryan Hall | Room 4003 |
| 5:30-6:30pm | Keynote Lecture | Arzhang Ardavan, University of Oxford "Exploiting Hyperfine-Coupled Nuclear Spin Qudits for Quantum Error Corrected Memories" Harris Hall | Room 107 Webinar Link |
| 7pm | CMQT Graduate & Postdoctoral Students Dinner Location TBD |
Friday, May 2
Ryan Hall, Room 4003 | 2190 Campus Dr. Evanston, IL 60208
Technological Institute | 2145 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60208
| 9-9:15am | CMQT Welcome & Announcements Ryan Hall | Room 4003 |
| 9:15-10:05am | Joris van Slageren, University of Stuttgart “Molecules for Quantum Technologies: Towards Device Development” Zoom Link (Passcode: CMQT2025!) |
| 10:10-11:00am | Ashok Ajoy, University of California, Berkeley “Quantum Sensing with Molecular Systems” Zoom Link (Passcode: CMQT2025!) |
| 11:00-11:15am | Break |
| 11:15-12:05pm | Joel Yuen-Zhou, University of California, San Diego “Exploiting organic spin photophysics for sensing and catalysis” Zoom Link (Passcode: CMQT2025!) |
| 12:10-1:40pm | Lunch Break See the lunch options handout for local recommendations PIs & Symposium Speakers: private lunch at the Cohen Commons Reservation under CMQT/Wasielewski |
| 1:40-2:30pm | Mark C. Hersam, Northwestern University “Chemically Functionalized 2D Materials for Quantum Photonic Science and Technology” Zoom Link (Passcode: CMQT2025!) |
| 2:35-2:50pm | Break |
| 2:55-3:45pm | Stephen Hill, Florida State University “Molecular Hyperfine Clock Qubits” Zoom Link (Passcode: CMQT2025!) |
| 3:50-4pm | Closing Remarks |
| 4-6pm | Poster Session + Social Hour Technological Institute | J205 (J Wing Atrium) |