2020-2021 Nebraska Research Report: Advancing the Second Quantum Revolution

December 10, 2022

The Nebraska EPSCoR-Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies collaboration will revolutionize quantum science and create opportunities in education and through economic development. The Nebraska leaders in the effort are (from left): Abdelghani Laraoui, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering at Nebraska; Jonathan Wrubel, associate professor of physics at Creighton University; Xia Hong, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Nebraska; Christian Binek, Charles Bess — From left: Abdelghani Laraoui, UNL; Jonathan Wrubel, Creighton University; Xia Hong, UNL; Christian Binek, UNL; Rebecca Lai, UNL; and Matt Andrews, Nebraska EPSCoR.
Carole Allen | Nebraska EPSCoR

A five-year, $20 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is positioning the University of Nebraska and partnering institutions to lead a second quantum revolution. It creates the Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies collaboration, a research and education cluster to boost the state’s capacity and competitiveness in the field. A Research Infrastructure Improvement-Track 1 award supports the project.