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Research at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering is not divided into siloed departments but spans interdisciplinary research themes. UChicago PME researchers are advancing impactful research in energy, sustainability, quantum computing, cancer therapies, immunoengineering, and much more.

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Andrew Cleland

John A. MacLean Sr. Professor of Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

 

Expertise: Quantum Computing, Quantum Communication, Quantum Sensing

 

Meet PME’s Quantum Faculty

Y. Shirley Meng

Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

 

Expertise: Batteries, energy storage, renewable energy

 

Meet PME’s Materials Systems Faculty

Juan Mendoza

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

 

Expertise: Protein Engineering, Immunology, Structural Biology

 

Meet PME’s Immunoengineering Faculty

Current Research

Next-gen batteries without “forever chemicals”

Battery designers are increasingly turning to harmful pollutants known as PFAS. A UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering team is working to change that.

Study explains why more water is not always better in ion-conducting membranes

Researchers studied the speedy molecular reactions that occur when charged ions move across anion exchange membranes – commonly used in clean energy technology.

A surprising way the immune system remembers – without antibodies

Antibodies always get the credit, but new UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering research shows how one type of white blood cell helps the body remember – and fight – invaders.

Entangling light and memory

A new technique from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering clears a major roadblock on the path to a quantum internet.

New x-ray technology captures proteins in motion

Researchers at UChicago, Argonne, and Harvard perfected a new technique for creating experimental movies of proteins in action.

This research is absolutely nuts – for better health care

A University of Chicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering PhD student has created a new material from tree nuts with a broad number of medical applications that benefit patients.

Photographer John Zich shooting Meng Lab

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Paul Dailing
PME media liaison for sustainability, climate, energy, materials, immunology, arts/science, community outreach
dailing@uchicago.edu
312.444.0354

Tyler Prich
PME/UChicago media liaison for quantum engineering, quantum internet, investment in quantum architecture
tprich@uchicago.edu
773.834.8326

Mike Herbst
PME/UChicago media liaison for immunoengineering, cell and gene therapy, vaccine and immunotherapy development
mikeherbst@uchicago.edu
708.381.9550

Melissa Abraham
PME senior strategic communications, media & marketing leader
melissaabraham@uchicago.edu

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