October 12, 2025
Congrats to Gregory D. Fuchs of Cornell University for his APS fellowship! Greg is a 2025 recipient of the Topical Group on Magnetism and Its Applications Fellowship. The fellowship recognizes significant contributions to spintronics and hybrid quantum systems, including spin transfer torque, advances in magnetic microscopy with nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond and other semiconductor defects, and dedicated service to the magnetism community.
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October 03, 2025
Quantum light sources often produce inconsistent or contaminated single photons, limiting the reliability of quantum technologies. This simple, scalable approach enables more precise, reliable photon sources essential for secure quantum communication and ultra-precise sensing.
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June 25, 2025
The 2025 Medal was awarded to Joel Yuen-Zhou (U.C. San Diego, U.S.A.) for his foundational theoretical and computational work on polariton chemistry.
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June 12, 2025
Just when scientists thought they knew everything about crystals, a Northwestern University and University of Wisconsin-Madison collaboration has uncovered a hidden secret.
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May 19, 2025
Joel Yuen-Zhou has been selected as one of the eight 2025 class of Brown Investigators awarded by the Brown Institute for Basic Sciences at Caltech. The cohort, the second to be selected through the Brown Institute for Basic Sciences, comprises eight distinguished mid-career faculty working on fundamental challenges in the physical sciences, particularly those with potential long-term practical applications in chemistry and physics.
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March 20, 2025
We are proud to announce that M. Iqbal Bakti Utama, a CMQT researcher in Mark Hersam's group, has been selected as a CAS Future Leader 2025 by the American Chemical Society (ACS) CAS division! This prestigious program recognizes outstanding early-career scientists with exceptional leadership potential. Iqbal will join a cohort of 35 researchers from 12 countries this August to develop leadership skills, engage in scientific discourse, and collaborate with global innovators. Join us in congratulating Iqbal on this well-earned recognition!
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March 05, 2025
We are thrilled to congratulate Carin Gavin on being selected as a recipient of the 2025 Division of Materials Physics Ovshinsky Student Travel Awards. This prestigious award supports the careers of promising student researchers and reflects Carin’s dedication and contributions to the field. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition, Carin!
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January 23, 2025
New strategy could maintain communications in a constantly changing network.
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December 03, 2024
Northwestern Engineering researchers are collaborating to harness the extraordinary phenomena that underlie the origin and structure of the universe.
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September 06, 2024
$14.5 million grant renews the Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT) for another four years
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July 25, 2024
A new announcement solidifies Chicagoland’s leadership status as a hub for quantum innovation
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June 15, 2024
CMQT Director Michael R. Wasielewski gave a Town Talk with the Telluride Science & Innovation Center, which was recorded for the "Science Straight Up" podcast—listen to the episode!
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May 30, 2024
CMQT partially funded the development of a new, highly sensitive method for detecting and profiling a single molecule
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April 26, 2024
Congratulations to all Northwestern faculty who have been recognized by the Academy as leaders across disciplines, professions, and perspectives including Prof. Mark Hersam
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April 22, 2024
Professor Prem Kumar says quantum physics is essential to creating technologies that will revolutionize our lives — but building a quantum computer is not without challenges
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April 18, 2024
Northwestern University is part of the NSF Engines project that will develop plans for commercializing quantum technologies and scaling the quantum workforce
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April 15, 2024
Congratulations to Professor Hersam, whose research has led to more effective nanomaterials used in electronics, energy storage, and medicine
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April 04, 2024
Northwestern University hosted a plenary meeting for the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) to facilitate the advancement of quantum research and technology development
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February 06, 2024
Mark Hersam’s research has led to more effective and sustainable nanomaterials used in electronics, energy storage and medicine.
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November 16, 2023
Congratulations to the Northwestern University faculty members named 'Highly Cited Researchers' in 2023 by Clarivate, including CMQT's Hersam and Wasielewski
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November 06, 2023
New observation of the CISS effect has implications for quantum information, energy, and biology
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November 02, 2023
Quantum science experts shared insights and sparked new opportunities during two-day gathering
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July 06, 2023
Northwestern PhD student Baxter T. Flor of the Dr. George C. Schatz group was featured in the Summer 2023 Newsletter for the U.S. Department of Energy Energy Frontier Research Center
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February 07, 2023
CMQT, a US DOE-funded Energy Frontier Research Center, named three members as thrust leaders to enhance collaboration among interdisciplinary teams refining quantum-to-quantum transduction for impactful quantum information science
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October 12, 2022
CMQT Deputy Director Danna Freedman named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow, is among a group of 25 total fellows named by the MacArthur Foundation
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July 14, 2020
Perspectives piece published in Nature Reviews Chemistry explores the relationship between chemistry and Quantum Information Science (QIS)
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July 02, 2020
New Northwestern Energy Frontier Research Center receives four years of funding to drive innovation in transformative technology, quantum information science
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