UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering
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At UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, we integrate science and engineering to address global challenges from the molecular level up. #EngineerTheFuture
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The UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering was at the UIUC and MSU Career Fairs to showcase our MEng & PhD programs – where science and engineering come together to transform the world. #STEMCareers #UChicago #UIUC #MSU
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The power of a battery in the palm of your hands 🔋

Amid the displays of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry main hall, UChicago PME taught participants of the Science Works STEM career fair how to make their own battery. Researchers of Asst.

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From early curiosity to cutting-edge research, UChicago PME PhD student Kate Johnson is helping engineer more effective vaccines and cell therapies.

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Engineering better vaccines: A graduate student’s path from lab bench to biotech
PhD student Kate Johnson works to make vaccines better—with support from across UChicago
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Wonderful turnout at the Molecular Engineering Major Open House!

New and returning undergraduate students joined the UChicago PME community to explore degree pathways, connect with peers and faculty, and learn more information from registered student organizations and offices on campus. #UChicago
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Welcome @drmilossimic.bsky.social to UChicago PME as a Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering! Dr. Simic's research focuses on combining cell engineering and synthetic biology to understand and treat brain diseases.

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Bringing quantum to the public ✈️ A further look into UChicago PME STAGE Center's new exhibit featuring a model IBM Quantum System One computer in the O'Hare Airport. #EngineerTheFuture #Quantum
Join us for the On-Campus Open House at UChicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and explore our MEng program firsthand.

📅 October 21 – 12:00 PM
📍 The University of Chicago
🔗 Register today: ms.spr.ly/63320sFH9o
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Thank you to all the scientists and scientists-to-be who made Saturday's Southside Science Festival one for the books! @uchicagopme.bsky.social
Need a bite to eat? The William Eckhardt Research Center has great options to fuel your day:
🍴 Quantum Café & Ca Phe Da — open Mon-Fri | 8 AM – 3 PM

Stop by between classes for coffee, lunch, or a quick study break! #UChicagoFood
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UChicago PME partnered with CSIS and Chicago Quantum Exchange to host a full-day symposium on the Midwest quantum ecosystem. Leaders from universities, national labs, industry, and government explored opportunities to strengthen Illinois’s quantum economy and workforce. #Quantum #UChicago #CSIS
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It was great talking with students at the Graduate Programs Fair about our MEng and PhD programs! We’re excited to see how future engineers and scientists will shape the world.

To learn more about UChicago PME graduate programs, visit pme.uchicago.edu/academics/ap...
How should we set priorities for AI's future? UChicago PME Prof. Andrew Ferguson co-organized an NSF workshop that brought together nearly 200 researchers nationwide to chart the future of AI in mathematics and the physical sciences.

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NSF workshop led by Prof. Andrew Ferguson proposes priorities for AI in science
The workshop’s white paper offers guidance to the National Science Foundation on how to prioritize funding for artificial intelligence research in mathematics and the physical sciences
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Scientists from UChicago, UC Berkeley, Argonne, and Lawrence Berkeley Labs have developed molecular qubits that operate at the same frequencies as telecommunications technology. #MidwestQuantum #Innovation #UChicago #UChicagoPME

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Researchers develop molecular qubits that communicate at telecom frequencies
The unique qubits also connect light and magnetism at the quantum level, which makes them powerful potential building blocks for quantum technologies
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At #TEDxChicago, David Awschalom (UChicago PME, Chicago Quantum Exchange, Argonne National Laboratory) stressed that embracing uncertainty drives discovery and advances technology.

#Quantum #UChicago #UChicagoPME #ChicagoQuantumExchange #ArgonneNationalLaboratory Photo: MicheleMariePhotography.com
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UChicago PME doctoral candidate Thomas Marchese, working with Prof. Y. Shirley Meng and researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, is exploring sodium borohydride to create safer, more powerful, and more sustainable batteries.

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Beyond lithium: Engineering a new type of battery
Doctoral candidate Thomas Marchese is exploring sodium-based solid-state chemistries to develop a new class of battery that would be safer, more powerful, and less damaging to the environment
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We’re proud to celebrate UChicago PME Founding Dean Matthew Tirrell, who will receive the UMass College of Natural Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award this November.

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THIS SATURDAY – South Side Science Festival

📅 October 4
🕐 11 AM – 6 PM
📍 UChicago Crerar Quad
🖊️ RVSP: ms.spr.ly/63322sQdSe

Join us for a free, daylong celebration of science, discovery, and community engagement!
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Welcome to the New Academic Year!

We’re proud to welcome new and returning students, faculty, and staff back to campus as we continue our mission of advancing molecular engineering to address global challenges.

#UChicago #MolecularEngineering
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Happening tomorrow! 🧪
🎓 Considering a Master of Engineering degree? Register for an info session now:

Sep 30 | 8:30 AM CT
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Sep 30 | 4:00 PM CT
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Flyer for UChicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering 'Master of Engineering' info sessions. Students in lab coats are in the background. Sessions: Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 8:30 A.M. CT | 4:00 P.M. CT.
UChicago PME researchers, as part of an international collaboration, have demonstrated a groundbreaking quantum speed-up: a task that would take 20 million years classically was completed in just 15 minutes using quantum learning techniques.

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Multi-institution collaboration achieves quantum advantage in probing quantum systems
Quantum advantage-where quantum technologies outperform their classical counterparts to solve specific tasks-has long been the goal of quantum information science researchers.
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Happy Orientation Week, UChicago PME students! We are excited to welcome our newest cohort of master's and PhD students. Best of luck on the new school year!

#UChicagoPME #UChicago #STEM #PhD #Masters #Research #Science
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