Prof. Chris Anderson

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Chris Anderson is currently an assistant professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is an affiliate faculty in Physics, ECE, the Materials Research Laboratory, and the Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Lab. Chris is also a member of the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center.  Previously, Chris was an Intelligence Community postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago as a NDSEG fellow, and graduated with a B.S. in both Physics and Chemistry from the University of Michigan. He has received the DARPA YFA, AFOSR YIP, and NSF CAREER awards, and was selected for the NAE Frontiers of Engineering symposium, a Google Research Award, and the Quantum Creators Prize. Chris is also a co-founder of the Open Quantum Initiative, whose mission is to increase access to quantum science. Chris is also passionate about fostering effective and inclusive teams, and won the inaugural mentorship award in the school of engineering at the University of Chicago.