News
August 8, 2023
A new chemical process makes it easier to craft amino acids that don’t exist in nature
A study published in Science by Peng Liu and team describes a powerful new way to create “unnatural” amino acids, which could find use in protein-based therapies and open up novel branches of organic chemistry.
August 8, 2023
Advancing Chemical Recycling of Waste Plastics
New research from the lab of Giannis Mpoumpakis was featured on the cover of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation.
July 19, 2023
The Pittsburgh Quantum Institute appointed Michael Hatridge as its new director
Michael Hatridge has been named PQI's new director.
July 11, 2023
Finding the Flux of Quantum Technology
Hong Koo Kim publishes a paper in Nanophotonics investigating the inside of a quantum-dot-based light emitter
June 28, 2023
Distinguished student receives a distinguished scholarship
Atreyie Ghosh has been awarded the prestigious Kadanoff-Rice Postdoctoral Fellowship with Prof. Sarah King at the University of Chicago.
June 28, 2023
Novel ferroelectrics for more efficient microelectronics
Elizabeth Dickey's recent publication in Science explores materials that are ferroelectric.
June 13, 2023
Shining a Light on Neuromorphic Computing
Nathan Youngblood published a new paper on optical memristors in Nature Photonics.
June 13, 2023
Michael Hatridge earned $5.7 million in research funding from the U.S. Army
The U.S. Army has awarded more than $5.7 million for two projects led by Michael Hatridge.
June 6, 2023
Postdoc Associate Position at Pitt
Position on Nonequilibrium Correlated Quantum Matter in Dr. Juan José Mendoza Arenas' group.
May 11, 2023
Pitt Physics & Astronomy Department Opening
Research Assistant Professor Position - Director of Quantum Infrastructure
April 27, 2023
PQI Director Adam Leibovich Named Dean of The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Adam Leibovich has been named the new Dean of Pitt's DSAS effective July 1, 2023.
April 26, 2023
Xiayun Zhao Receives Prestigious $657,610 NSF CAREER Award
Xiayun Zhao received a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation for her research in photopolymer additive manufacturing.
April 26, 2023
U.S. Quantum Information Science Summer School
DOE summer school, USQIS, calling for applications!
April 12, 2023
David Waldeck Earned Grant from U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
David Waldeck earned a $7.5 million MURI to fund a five-year project on electron spin and chiral matter.
March 23, 2023