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Workshop on Rivals to Quantum Computing
Save the Date for the PQI Workshop on Rivals to Quantum Computing from May 21-23, 2025!
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Highlights
PQI is comprised of 140+ faculty and 190+ students across three Pittsburgh universities who conduct research in a variety of areas within quantum science and technology.
PQI members are leading research in the fields of quantum sensing, quantum communications, quantum computing, and quantum fundamentals.
PQI hosts a variety of quantum events throughout the year, including public lectures, seminars, and an annual signature event.
Feature Faculty Member
PQI member and professor Susan Fullerton uses ions to control charge transport in two-dimensional materials for high performance electronics.
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News
PQI 2025 Best Poster Award Winners
Ann Marie Paterno, Lakshmi Yaodhara Ananthabhotla, and Priyanka Shukla were awarded Best Poster Awards!
Karl Johnson Enhances Density Functional Theory
Professor Karl Johnson, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, is working to improve Density Functional Theory (DFT) by addressing self-interaction error. Alongside his team, he uncovered limitations in self-interaction correction (SIC) methods, particularly in modeling transition metals. Their study, published in PNAS, introduces a new approach to assessing sd energy imbalance, which Johnson says could lead to better catalysts and advancements in energy and materials science.