2024
October 2024:
We’ve won second place in the poster competition at the annual Chicago Quantum Summit!
The Anderson main laser lab is in progress!
The Anderson Lab wins one of the inaugural Google Academic Research Awards! This globally competitive award is for our work on developing new materials that enable efficient quantum transduction. We will work with the Google Quantum AI team to explore the potential for interconnected quantum computers!
2024-25 TEAM-UP Scholar Arlette Bassel (center), who will be working with our group this summer, attends the TEAM-UP Together Student Experience Conference, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.
September 2024:
Our lab space is depicted on the news!
August 2024:
Yuvraj Misra joins the team as a graduate student!
July 2024:
Joel successfully concludes his summer journey with the Open Quantum Initiative program and the Anderson Lab!
We are excited to join the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park!
Joel Ruzindana reflects on his experience with the Open Quantum Initiative program!
June 2024:
Anastasiya Osher and Nathaniel Irwin join the team as graduate students!
The Anderson lab welcomes Joel Ruzindana as a summer Open Quantum Initiative student!
River Chen and Morgan Anderson join the team as undergraduate researchers!
March 2024:
Prof. Anderson and the lab are featured in a profile by MRL!
MRL MVPs: Chris Anderson
Read the article here
February 2024:
Miriya Joseph joins the team as an undergraduate researcher!
Gary Zhang joins the team as an undergraduate researcher!
January 2024: Chris is quoted in a feature about the open quantum initiative.
Chenxi Zhang joins the team as an undergraduate researcher!
Temporary labs are done and ready to be filled with science toys!
Jason Huang joins the team as a graduate student!
2023
December 2023: Chris is featured in an article about new faculty in IQUIST
Garrett Williams joins the team as a visiting graduate student from the Gadway group!
November 2023: Our temporary labs are almost finished!
Chris and Santiago attend the Chicago Quantum Summit, meet with extended scientific family in the Awschalom group over Neapolitan Pizza.
October 2023: Chris attends the first annual Microelectronics Commons meeting (CHIPS act) in DC. Illinois leads the quantum thrust of the “Silicon Crossroads” hub.
September 2023: Construction on the permanent home of the Anderson lab begins.
Santiago Vargas-Daniels joins the team as a Graduate College Doctoral Merit and Sloan fellow!
Chris gives the IQUIST seminar
Our journey begins!
Older News
- Perspectives article made the cover of APL.
- Feature on our work for SiC quantum networks
- Work in Science was named “Best of Last Year” by Phys.org
- Work in Nature Materials was featured by the UChicago Newspaper
- Work in Science was on the front page of reddit!
- A feature in Science highlights recent work
- A feature in Nature Materials highlights our recent work
- Our APL Perspectives was named one of the “Most read” in 2021
- Our review article just came out in Nature Reviews Materials, where it was featured as the cover article for the October qubit issue.
- The Open Quantum Fellowship launches
- Record-breaking new work is featured by UChicago, CQE, PME, ANL, Optics and Photonics News, and Crain’s Chicago business magazine.
- Prof. Anderson’s hands and SiC devices are featured in the New York Times!
- The first OQI fellows start their internships with new support awarded by the Moore Foundation
- Prof. Anderson wins the 2022 Quantum Creators Prize
Other Features
Washington Post: Chicago scientists are testing an unhackable quantum internet in their basement closet
Popular Mechanics: Scientists Extend Quantum States by 22 Milliseconds. That’s an Eternity.
Chicago Tribune: Scientists are pushing to make Chicago a leader in quantum computing and the fight against hacking
IEEE Spectrum: Building a Quantum Computer From Off-the-Shelf Parts
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