Through the UChicago Space Program, a team of undergraduates designed, built, tested and operated PASCAL, an instrument that flew 23 miles above Earth aboard #NASA’s High Altitude Student Platform balloon to collect particles from the mid-stratosphere. 🧪 Read more: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

UChicago Space Program takes stratospheric science to new heights

Undergraduate-built experiment collects particles 23 miles above Earth aboard a NASA high-altitude balloon.

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2026 marks 150 years since the first postdoctoral appointment in the United States. During National #Postdoc Appreciation Week, we recognized the vital contributions of postdoctoral researchers to discovery and innovation. #AcedemicSky 🔗 Read more: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

Postdocs help power discovery at UChicago PME

2026 National Postdoc Appreciation Week honors postdocs, marks 150th anniversary of the first postdoctoral researcher in the U.S.

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What’s one piece of advice you’d give someone starting their first research experience? 🧪

🗳️ Vote for UChicago PME student Bryant Colin for the 2026 Collegiate Inventors Competition People’s Choice Award! #CIC2026 Vote CoFATE once a day through Oct. 14: ms.spr.ly/63323acx31

#PhD student Edward Ionescu studied the gut microbiome’s role in protecting against diseases like allergies and inflammatory bowel disease, exploring how gut bacteria and their metabolites could inform new therapeutic strategies. 🧪 Learn more and apply now: ms.spr.ly/63327acvxt

'A place where anything is possible'

PhD student Edward Ionescu prepared for a career in therapeutics by studying the effects of the gut microbiome.

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📚 Join an upcoming virtual admissions event for our Master of Engineering and PhD programs to ask questions, explore career opportunities, and learn how UChicago PME can help you shape the future of engineering. 🔗 Register now: pme.uchicago.edu/AdmissionsEv...

Through #UChicago PME’s City Colleges of Chicago Summer Program, students spend three weeks exploring immunoengineering, quantum engineering and materials for sustainability. 🧪 Read more: ms.spr.ly/63324agEia

Summer program helps City Colleges students turn curiosity into a career

The City Colleges of Chicago Summer Program at UChicago PME gives students an introduction to STEM research and careers.

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Master of Engineering student Caitlin McGrath’s passion for renewable #energy took her from a carbon capture plant in London to the UChicago PME lab, where she is researching technologies for a more sustainable future. 🧪 Learn more about the MEng program. pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

From a London carbon capture plant to a UChicago PME lab

Master's student Caitlin McGrath's passion for renewable energy carried her across the Atlantic and back-to hands-on research in an electrochemistry lab.

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What got you interested in science or engineering? 🧪

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked PhD student Trevor Ung’s interest in immunity. At UChicago PME, he is working to develop #vaccines that provide longer-lasting immunity. 🧪 Learn more about PhD programs at UChicago PME: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

From the pandemic, an inspiration to study immunoengineering

PhD student Trevor Ung is working to make vaccines last longer by giving them a new target.

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The STAGE Center at UChicago PME is accepting applications for students and collaborators interested in working at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. 🧪 Learn more: ms.spr.ly/63326ajeqM

TeachQuantum helps teachers make #quantum concepts accessible and engaging for high school students. The six-week summer program at UChicago brings teachers together with quantum researchers to develop hands-on lessons they can bring back to their classrooms. 🧪: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

To teach quantum to teens, teachers reach for ice cream and cell phones

Now in its sixth year, TeachQuantum helps teachers make quantum concepts accessible and engaging.

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PhD student Rodrigo Pires Ferreira uses AI and machine learning to discover new materials for next-generation sensors, including technologies to detect PFAS, or "forever chemicals." 🧪 Learn more about PhD programs at UChicago PME: ms.spr.ly/63325aZe9D

Harnessing AI to find new materials

PhD student Rodrigo Pires Ferreira uses his talents for problem solving to discover new materials for future technologies.

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The Berggren Center for #Quantum Biology and #Medicine brings together science, engineering and medicine to advance interdisciplinary discovery at the University of Chicago. 🧪 Explore this groundbreaking approach to health and science: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

Congratulations to Professor David Awschalom on being named a recipient of the prestigious Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year in Physical Sciences for pioneering research bridging quantum technology, molecules and proteins. 🧪 Read more: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

David Awschalom wins global Breakthrough of the Year award for interdisciplinary work in molecular and protein qubits

Award by Berlin-based Falling Walls Foundation honors high-risk, multi-field leap across quantum, biology, and chemistry.

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New research led by Jacob Covey, Associate Professor at the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Department of Physics, introduces a #quantum computing concept that turns helium's light weight into a quantum resource. 🧪 Read more: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

Helium lifts new quantum computing concept

Breakthrough from a team led by Jacob Covey, associate professor in the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Department of Physics, turns helium-3's low mass into a quantum resource.

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PhD student Su-un Lee is working to uncover where today's quantum computers can outperform classical ones and what it will take to achieve true #quantum advantage. 🧪 🔗 Learn more about PhD programs at UChicago PME: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

Finding the quantum advantage in Chicago

PhD student Su-un Lee is working to understand how quantum devices can provide a computational advantage in the near term.

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Calling all science enthusiasts: The University of Chicago's #SouthSideScienceFestival is back for its 5th year on Saturday, October 3! 🧪RSVP now: bit.ly/southsidesci... Hosted on UChicago’s campus and co-organized by UChicago BSD, UChicago PSD, UChicago PME, and UChicago Engagement.

#ACSFall2026 in Chicago 🧪 From undergrad to faculty, the UChicago PME community shared talks and poster presentations across the American Chemical Society Fall Meeting. 🔗 Read more: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

From undergrad to faculty, UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering represented at ACS

Yearly American Chemical Society gathering brought the scientific world to Chicago for 2026.

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Congratulations to Professor Laura Gagliardi on being selected to receive the 2027 Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry from the American Chemical Society. 🧪 Read more: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

📢 Applications are now open for #PhD Programs at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. 🔗 Explore the programs and apply now: pme.uchicago.edu/apply

What a start to #IMC21! Great crowd for our our first plenary talk from Shirley Meng of University of Chicago. Lots more to come today! 🙂 🔬 #microscopy

NSF just renewed its Quantum Leap Challenge Institute with $37.5M to UChicago-led QuBBE, pushing quantum sensors from proof-of-concept to real tools for biology and medicine. physicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/article...

After four years in pharmaceutical quality control, Master of Engineering student Akasha Ashraf came to UChicago PME to better understand how therapies are built from the ground up. #AcdemicSky 🧪 Learn more about the Master of Engineering experience. Apply now! ms.spr.ly/63323aPIcb

Transitioning from quality control to the cutting edge of immunoengineering

After four years in pharmaceutical quality control, master's student Akasha Ashraf came to UChicago PME to understand how therapies are built from the ground up - and discovered a passion for engineering the immune system itself.

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Applications are now open for the Master of Engineering program at UChicago PME. Take the next step in advancing your career at the intersection of science and engineering. #AcedemicSky 🧪 Explore the program and apply now: pme.uchicago.edu/apply

NSF has renewed NSF QuBBE, the University of Chicago–led Quantum Leap Challenge Institute, with a $37.5M five-year investment. The goal: turn quantum sensors into robust tools for observing biological processes beyond the reach of conventional measurement. pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

NSF renews Quantum Leap Challenge Institute with $37.5 million investment in quantum sensing for biology

University of Chicago-led institute will advance quantum sensors toward robust tools for revealing biological processes beyond the reach of conventional measurement

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Through UChicago PME’s REU program, six students from universities across the country spent 10 weeks conducting hands-on research in UChicago labs, working alongside graduate student mentors and exploring pathways to careers in science and engineering. 🔗 Read more: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

The STAGE Center at UChicago PME is accepting applications for students and collaborators interested in working at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. 🔗 Learn more and apply now: stagecenter.uchicago.edu/opportunitie...

UChicago postdoctoral scholar Andrea Darù worked with UChicago PME Prof. Laura Gagliardi to create a machine-learning-guided workflow that connects materials design, synthesis and experimental validation. 🧪: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

Machine learning smooths the road from idea to real-world climate impact

Research outlines a new workflow for design and manufacturing, illustrated by two new methane-fighting materials.

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Through UChicago PME’s STEM Lab Internship program with After School Matters, students spent six weeks contributing to active research projects while gaining hands-on experience and exploring pathways in science and engineering. 🧪 Read more: pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

High school interns enjoy a summer of science

High school student Tarik Gencer didn’t think much about electrochemistry before summer break.

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