UB's Expertise in Quantum Science and Technology
The University at Buffalo is dedicated to advancing the frontiers of quantum science, engineering and technology through interdisciplinary research, education and innovation. We cultivate a collaborative environment that empowers faculty, students and partners to explore quantum phenomena, develop transformative applications and contribute to the global quantum ecosystem.
UB is uniquely positioned to take on revolutionary research aimed at unlocking the quantum realm, as well as accelerating quantum information science (QIS) and technology development.
UB Quantum Institute
The UB Quantum Institute unites scholars across physics, engineering, materials science, computer science, chemistry and other fields to create a leading-edge hub of innovation and education. The institute strengthens UB’s quantum-related research centers and labs, including the Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies, and the Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics, and add to the university’s growing research enterprise. Sambandamurthy Ganapathy, PhD, professor of physics and associate dean for research in the College of Arts and Sciences, serves as interim director.
Core electron bonding may not always require extreme pressure, study finds
Research suggests some metals’ semicore electrons may be more active on Earth’s surface than previously thought
University at Buffalo researchers are now theorizing that core electron bonding may not always require as much pressure as previously thought. In fact, for some elements, it may only take the atmospheric pressure you’re experiencing right now on the Earth’s surface.
Quantum dynamics on your laptop? New technique moves us closer
Study offers user-friendly template for simulating quantum systems on consumer laptops, saving supercomputers for more complex systems
Physicists at the University at Buffalo have moved us much closer to a computationally affordable method known as the truncated Wigner approximation.
Curved neutron beams could deliver benefits straight to industry
A physics first, neutron Airy beams could reveal information useful for pharmaceuticals and quantum computing
In a physics first, a team including scientists from the University at Buffalo and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a way to make beams of neutrons travel in curves.
Leading the quantum movement
Accelerating quantum research and development. UB Researchers are actively engaged in research to inform future technologies, spanning a range of disciplines, including materials science, physics and chemistry and electrical and computer science and engineering.
Jonathan Bird
Bird works at the intersection of electrical engineering and physics. His lab explores the electrical properties of emerging nanomaterials and nanodevices, including semiconductors, magnetoelectric materials and other synthetic compounds.
Sambandamurthy Ganapathy
Ganapathy’s research examines electron transport in semiconductors and other atomic layers under ultra-low temperatures, high magnetic fields and other extreme physical conditions. It also investigates metal-insulator transitions, neuromorphic computing and superconductor-insulator transitions.
Mark Swihart
Swihart is an expert in nanotechnology, materials science and aerosol science. He leads a research program that centers on the production and application of nanoparticles. His team uses chemical engineering to develop, understand and improve the processes for creating nanomaterials.
Hao Zeng
Zeng is a physicist who studies magnetism and spin, an intrinsic characteristic of an electron that determines a material’s magnetic properties. Zeng’s research includes investigating spin and magnetic phenomena in materials at reduced dimensions, such as two-dimensional thin films, one-dimensional nanowires and zero-dimensional nanocrystals.
