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Current Members



Graduate Students | Postdoctoral Fellows | Undergraduate Students | Administration


Graduate Students




Daniel Gibney


Education


B.S. Chemistry, University of Florida, Tallahassee, 2019


M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2020


Research Areas


Density Functional Theory


Strong Electron Correlation


Contact Information


Email: dgibney@uchicago.edu









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Anna Schouten


Education


B.S. Chemistry, Brigham Young University, 2020


Research Areas


Exciton Condensation


Strong Correlation


Contact Information


Email: aoschouten@uchicago.edu









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Samuel Warren


Education


B.S. Chemistry, Yale University, 2020


Research Areas


Quantum Computing


Quantum Spin Systems


Contact Information


Email: samwarren@uchicago.edu









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Irma Avdic


Education


B.S. Chemistry, University of Louisville, 2021


Research Areas


Quantum Sensors


Quantum Computing


Contact Information


Email: iavdic@uchicago.edu









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Lilian Payne


Education


B.S. Chemistry, University of Oregon, 2022


Research Areas


Exciton Condensation


Quantum Computing


Contact Information


Email: lipayne@uchicago.edu









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Luis Delgado Granados


Education


B.S. Chemistry, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia 2022


Research Areas


Open Quantum Systems


Quantum Computing


Contact Information


Email: ldelgadogranados@uchicago.edu









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LeeAnn Sager-Smith (Alumnus)


Education


B.S. Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2018


M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2019


Research Areas


Exciton Condensation


Quantum Computing


Strong Correlation


Contact Information


Email: lmsager@uchicago.edu









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Kade Head-Marsden (Alumnus)



Education


B.Sc. in Chemistry and Mathematics, McGill University, 2014


M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2015


Awards


Nathan Sugarman Teaching Award in General Chemistry, 2015


Research Areas


Open Quantum Systems


Fermionic Systems


Variational Pair 2-RDM Theory


Contact Information


Email: kheadmarsden@uchicago.edu









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Ali Raeber (Alumnus)


Education


B.A. Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, 2013


M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2015


Awards


National Defense Science Education Graduate Fellowship, 2017


Research Areas


Molecular Conductivity


Long-Range Order


Van der Waals Forces


Contact Information


Email: araeber@uchicago.edu









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Scott Smart (Alumnus)



Education


Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, B.A. Chemistry, Mathematics, 2015


M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2017


Awards


McCormick Fellowship, 2016


Student Award, NYSAS, 2015


Research Areas


Electron Correlation


Generalized Pauli Constraints


Quantum Information and Computing


Contact Information


Email: sesmart@uchicago.edu









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Jan-Niklas Boyn (Alumnus)



Education


Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, MChem, 2017


Awards


Lady Margaret Hall Scholar, 2014-2017


University of Chicago Freud Scholar Fellowship, 2017


Research Areas


N-representability Conditions


Generalized Pauli Constraints


Quantum Information


Contact Information


Email: jboyn@uchicago.edu









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Simon Ewing (Alumnus)


Education


B.S. Chemistry and Math, University of Oregon, 2017


M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2018


Research Areas


Entanglement Measures


Periodic Boundary Conditions


Energetic Molecules


Contact Information


Email: ewing@uchicago.edu









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Manas Sajjan (Alumnus)



Education


B.S Chemistry (Hons), Minors in Physics and Mathematics: St. Xavier"s College, Kolkata (2007-2010)


M.S Chemical Sciences: I.I.T Bombay (2010-2012)


Ph.D: Chemical Physics/Theoretical Chemistry, University of Chicago (Sept 2013- present)


M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2014


Awards


Dr. Burjor Godrej Merit Cum Means Scholarship, 2011


Mira Memorial Gold Medal , 2010


Hirendra Lal Mohan Mitra Award, 2009


Research Areas


Molecular Conductivity


Quantum Control of Correlation by External Stimuli


Variational 2-RDM Theory


Contact Information


Email: msajjan@uchicago.edu


Office Address : E 133





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Postdoctoral Fellows




Anthony Schlimgen

Postdoctoral Fellow (Alumnus)



Education


Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Chicago


B.A. Chemistry, Philosophy, German


Creighton University, Omaha, NE


Awards


J. William Fulbright Scholar; Berlin, Germany 2012-2013


Research Areas


Transition-metal Complexes


Strong Electron Correlation


Quantum Computing


Contact Information


Email: aschlimgen@uchicago.edu








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Shiva Safaei (Alumnus)

Postdoctoral Fellow



Education


Ph.D. Topological Insulator Materials, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland


M.Sc. Condensed Matter Physics, University of Zanjan, Iran


B.Sc. Physics, Razi University of Kermanshah, Iran


Awards


Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award of Polish Academy of Sciences


Research Areas


Exciton Condensation


Quantum Many-Body Calculations


Narrow-Gap Semiconductors and Topological Insulator Materials


Contact Information


Email: safaei@uchicago.edu









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Shayan Hemmatiyan (Alumnus)

Postdoctoral Fellow



Education


Texas A&M University, Ph.D in Physics, 2016


Sharif University of Technology, M.Sc. in Physics, 2011


University of Tehran, B.Sc. in Physics, 2008


Awards


2017 Applied Physics Letter's highlighted paper as editor's pick


2016 CIRLT Practitioner of the College Classroom Teaching Award at Texas A&M University


2016 Aggie Research Leadership Award at Texas A&M University


2016 STEM Teaching Professional Development Award at Texas A&M University


2015 Research Assistantship Funding Award, European Research Council (ERC)-Synergy Europe


2014 Research Assistantship Funding Award, National Science Foundation (NSF), Award Number: 1105512


2012-2014 Research Assistantship Funding Award, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC


Research Areas


Reduced Density Matrix Quantum Chemistry


Spintronics


2-D Materials


Contact Information


Email: hemmatiyan@uchicago.edu









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Undergraduate Students




Jordan Klevens (Alumnus)

Class of 2023



Education


B.S. Chemistry, University of Chicago, Expected 2023


Research Areas


Long-range Order


Entanglement


Contact Information


Email: jordan0711@uchicago.edu









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Olivia Werba (Alumnus)

Class of 2019



Education


BS in Chemistry, University of Chicago, Expected 2019


BS in Mathematics, University of Chicago, Expected 2019


Awards


Evelyn R. Garbe Scholarship 2016-2018


Dean's List 2015-2017


Research Areas


Van der Waals interactions


Pair Electron Density


Contact Information


Email: owerba@uchicago.edu









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