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September 12, 2023
AIAA recognizes Pitt’s Peyman Givi with prestigious Dryden Lecture in Research award
For his contributions to the aerospace community, Peyman Givi was selected to present the prestigious 2024 Dryden Lecture in Research.
September 7, 2023
Congress must seize the opportunity to double down on quantum technology
Rob Cunningham and David Hickton wrote an op-ed for The Hill urging Congress to prioritize the renewal of the NQIA.
September 5, 2023
Spring 2024 PQI Fellowships
PQI soliciting proposal submissions for Spring 2024 Fellows.
August 30, 2023
Advancing Nuclear Energy Research
Though it may not be the first clean energy source to come to mind, nuclear energy— responsible for 8 percent of all U.S. energy consumption—is a zero-emission clean energy source that can produce more electricity on less land than other sources and produces minimal waste. The U.S.
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