Director

Professor, UCR Physics & Astronomy

Prof. Gabor’s research work explores the interactions of light and matter at ultra-small length scales, ranging from optical probes of photosynthetic bacteria to exotic electronic states in designer quantum materials.

https://qmolab.ucr.edu

Co-Director

Howard Family Professor of Nanoscience, Columbia University Chemistry

Prof. Zhu’s research interests include photo-physics in nano, molecular, and hybrid semiconductors and interfaces. The Zhu Labs focus on dynamics of quasiparticles (excitons, polarons, polaritons, etc.) and their many-body interactions.

https://xyzhugroup.com/

Co-PI

Robert T. Haslam and Bradley Dewey Professor of Chemistry

Prof. Schlau-Cohen uses spectroscopy and microscopy to explore the energetic and structural dynamics of biological systems.

https://www.schlaucohenlab.com/

Co-PI

Professor, UCR Physics and Astronomy

Strongly interacting many-particle systems often behave in a manner dissimilar to their constituents and lead to new states and new functionalities. Developing an understanding of how this comes about and how it can be utilized is the focus of Prof. Aji’s research work.

https://profiles.ucr.edu/vivek.aji

Co-PI

Associate Professor, Columbia University Chemistry; Co-Director of the Flatiron Institute Initiative for Computational Catalysis

Prof. Berkelbach’s research interests focus on the electronic and optical properties of molecular, nanoscale, and condensed-phase materials.  In particular, his group is interested in quantum dynamics, the phenomenology of emerging materials, and first-principles condensed-phase quantum chemistry.

https://berkelbach.chem.columbia.edu/

Co-PI

Bren Professor of Chemistry; Director of the Rudolph A. Marcus Center for Theoretical Chemistry

Prof. Chan's research lies at the interface of theoretical chemistry, condensed matter physics, and quantum information theory. The aim is to understand physical systems at the boundaries of accessible computational complexity, and to devise new physical simulation methods to push these boundaries forward.

https://www.chan-lab.caltech.edu/

QuVET alumni; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Yale University

QuVET alumni; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Sookmyung Women's University South Korea