Quantum Matter and Information
2025-2027
Theorists and experimentalists across a broad spectrum of disciplines are focusing their attention on entanglement and other fascinating quantum phenomena as they push the frontiers of knowledge in new and exciting ways. Contemporary quantum science offers the promise of transformational technologies, but to advance breakthroughs in novel quantum materials, precision measurement, sensing, and quantum information, many basic challenges remain to be addressed. A deeper understanding of quantum coherence, entanglement, and the transition from quantum to classical behaviors is essential for progress in quantum theory, simulations, and experimental design. This Scialog seeks to promote broader interactions among different sectors of the quantum science community and will facilitate connections among early career researchers from a wide cross section of academic disciplines. Scientists from physics, chemistry, materials science, surface science, applied mathematics, computer science, engineering, and related fields will be brought together to develop new methodologies and help enhance our understanding of the quantum world with an interdisciplinary perspective.
Applications for 2027 will be available starting in June.
Fellows & Facilitators
About 50 early career faculty will be invited as Fellows, ranging from their first year on faculty to recently post-tenure. Around 10 senior scientists will act as Facilitators to outline major questions, guide discussions, and assess proposals.
Fellows
- Alison Altman
Chemistry
Texas A&M University - Fabio Anza
Physics / Cybersecurity Institute
University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Eric Arsenault
Chemistry
Yale University - Mikael Backlund
Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Eunice Bae
Chemistry
Cornell University - Kwabena Bediako
Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley - Sanjay Behura
Physics
San Diego State University - Charles Brown
Physics
Yale University - Justin Caram
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles - Korey Carter
Chemistry
University of Iowa - Yeongsu Cho
Chemistry
University of Houston - Debanjan Chowdhury
Physics
Cornell University - Simone Colombo
Physics
University of Connecticut - Ceren Dag
Physics
Indiana University Bloomington - Geoffrey Diederich
Physics
University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Serena Eley
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Washington - Ben Feldman
Physics
Stanford University - Alex Frañó
Physics
University of California, San Diego - James Gaynor
Chemistry
Northwestern University - Elizabeth Goldschmidt
Physics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Olga Goulko
Physics
University of Massachusetts Boston
Kade Head-Marsden
Chemistry
University of Minnesota Twin Cities - Kazuki Ikeda
Physics
University of Massachusetts Boston - Adam Jaffe
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame - Luis Jauregui
Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Irvine - Andrew Joe
Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Riverside - Brian Kim
Materials Science & Engineering / Physics
University of Arizona - Joonho Lee
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University - Jiajia Li
Computer Science
North Carolina State University - Xiaotong Li
Chemistry
North Carolina State University - Grace Liang
Physics and Astronomy
Purdue University - Fang Liu
Chemistry
Stanford University - Xiaomeng Liu
Physics
Cornell University - Yuan Liu
Electrical and Computer Engineering / Computer Science
North Carolina State University - Arkajit Mandal
Chemistry
Texas A&M University - Rubem Mondaini
Physics
University of Houston - Andres Montoya-Castillo
Chemistry
University of Colorado Boulder - Maren Mossman
Physics and Biophysics
University of San Diego - Nir Navon
Physics
Yale University - Aurora Pribram-Jones
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Merced - Yifan Quan
Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania - Axel Saenz Rodriguez
Mathematics
Oregon State University - Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi
Physics & Astronomy
University of California, Irvine - Yinming Shao
Physics
Pennsylvania State University - Kanu Sinha
College of Optical Sciences and Department of Physics
University of Arizona - Tim Su
Chemistry
University of California, Riverside - Sandhya Susarla
School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Arizona State University - Hendrik Utzat
Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley - Lili Wang
Chemistry
Emory University - Pengjie Wang
Physics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Xi Wang
Physics
Washington University in St. Louis - Yao Wang
Chemistry
Emory University - Lilia Xie
Chemistry/Princeton Materials Institute
Princeton University - Yonglong Xie
Physics and Astronomy
Rice University - Jinjia Xu
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Missouri
Ruijuan Xu
Materials Science and Engineering
North Carolina State University - Yizhi You
Physics
Northeastern University - Joe Zadrozny
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ohio State University - Chenjie Zeng
Chemistry
University of Florida - Sherry Zhang
Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
Facilitators
- Rana Adhikari
California Institute of Technology - Nathaniel Gabor
University of California, Riverside - Stephen Leone
University of California, Berkeley - Nancy Makri
University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign - Carlos Meriles
The City College of New York - Cindy Regal
University of Colorado Boulder - Lea Santos
University of Connecticut - Xiaoyang Zhu
Columbia University
Team Awards
Goal: To develop new methodologies and help enhance understanding of the quantum world with an interdisciplinary perspective.
2025 Team Awards
Quantum Differential Spectroscopy: Mapping Entanglement in Solids
- Alex Frañó
Physics
University of California, San Diego - Fang Liu
Chemistry
Stanford University - Yao Wang
Chemistry
Emory University
Spin-Photon Interfaces in Molecular Silicon Clusters
- Timothy Su
Chemistry
University of California, Riverside - Xueyue (Sherry) Zhang
Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
Quantum Sensing from Within: Optical Defects as Internal Probes of Correlation
- Ceren Dag
Physics
Indiana University Bloomington - Elizabeth Goldschmidt
Physics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Luis Jáuregui
Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Irvine - Alex Frañó 1
Physics
University of California, San Diego
Quantum Entanglement of Skyrmion-Antiskyrmion Pairs
- Youn Jue (Eunice) Bae
Chemistry
Cornell University - Serena Eley
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Washington - Kazuki Ikeda
Physics
University of Massachusetts Boston
Terahertz Quantum Interconnects Via Reconfigurable Ferron Networks
- Fang Liu
Chemistry
Stanford University - Sandhya Susarla
School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Arizona State University - Ruijuan Xu
Materials Science and Engineering
North Carolina State University
Visualizing Entanglement of Fractional Excitations with Scanning Charge-Noise Spectroscopy
- Yao Wang
Chemistry
Emory University - Yonglong Xie
Physics and Astronomy
Rice University
Loss of Photonic Entanglement: A Novel Probe of Classical and Quantum Spin Dynamics in Materials
- Fabio Anza
Physics / Cybersecurity Institute
University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Hendrik Utzat
Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley - Lilia Xie
Chemistry/Princeton Materials Institute
Princeton University
Unfunded Collaborator 1
Next Meeting
October 15 – 18, 2026
Location
Westin La Paloma Resort
Tucson, Arizona
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Administrative Contact
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Kevin Wells