We invite you to attend a PQSEI-hosted workshop with Argonne National Lab focused on quantum materials, devices, and applications.
February 26, 2026 9:00am-5:00pm MSEE 190
| 09:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Michael Manfra, Director PQSEI Welcome and Introduction to Workshop |
| 09:15 a.m. – 09:30 a.m. | Kartiek Agarwal, Physicist Imaging edge modes in a time-reversal symmetry breaking superconductor using noise magnetometry |
| 09:30 a.m. – 09:45 a.m. | Laimei Nie, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Creating and detecting entanglement in quantum materials using entangled X-ray |
| 09:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Tomas Polakovic, Assistant Physicist at Argonne Physics Division From Superconducting Thin Films to Hybrid Devices and Quantum Sensing |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Tongcang Li, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Center for Quantum Technologies Quantum sensing with spin defects in 2D materials |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Yizhong Huang, Staff Scientist, Center for Nanoscale Materials Integration of Single Electron Qubits and Superconducting Qubits for Quantum Computing |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Hadiseh Alaeian, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Many-body quantum optics: an emerging paradigm for QIS |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Jessica Jones, Argonne Scholar, Walter Massey Fellow ALD on diamond for surface processing for quantum applications |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Sasha Boltasseva, Ron and Dotty Garvin Tonjes Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Advancing quantum on-chip photonics with machine learning |
| 11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Nathan Guisinger, Staff Scientist, Center for Nanoscale Materials Atomic-scale exploration of quantum materials and artificial testbeds |
| 11:45 a.m. – 01:00 p.m. | Lunch w/Open Discussion (Lunch for Presenters only) |
| 01:00 p.m. – 01:15 p.m. | Erica Carlson, 150th Anniversary Professor of Physics and Astronomy Universal Features of Emergent Electronic Fractals in Quantum Materials |
| 01:15 p.m. – 01:30 p.m. | Mike Norman, Argonne Distinguished Fellow; Director, Argonne Quantum Institute Spin noise spectroscopy as a probe of quantum materials |
| 01:30 p.m. – 01:45 p.m. | Arnab Banerjee, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy In search of quasiparticles and their applications in quantum magnets |
| 01:45 p.m. – 02:00 p.m. | Ivar Martin, Sr. Physicist, Materials Science Division Understanding topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions beyond mean field theory |
| 02:00 p.m. – 02:15 p.m. | Yihang Zeng, Assistant professor, Physics & Astronomy Integer and Fractional Chern insulators in moiré MoTe2 |
| 02:15 p.m. 02:30 p.m. | BREAK |
| 02:30 p.m. – 02:45 p.m. | Jeff Guest, Group Leader, Quantum and Energy Materials/Scientist, Nanoscience The Atomic Quantum Information Surface Science (AQuISS) Lab |
| 02:45 p.m. – 03:00 p.m. | Tiancong Zhu, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Engineering and Characterizing Quantum Defects with Atomic Precision |
| 03:15 p.m. – 03:30 p.m. | Jessica McChesney, Physicist-X-ray Science Division Probing the electronic order of quantum materials |
| 03:30 p.m. – 03:45 p.m. | Pramey Upadhyaya, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Spintronics-inspired Platforms for QIS and Unconventional Computing |
| 03:45 p.m. – 04:45 p.m. | Discussion |
| 04:45 p.m. – 05:00 p.m. | Wrap Up & Action Items |