Princeton Quantum Initiative

The Princeton Quantum Initiative brings together a vibrant community of faculty and students across engineering and the natural sciences who work on a wide range of topics in quantum information science.

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Experimental setup with green laser light and a small diamond sample between metal contacts. — Researchers led by Nathalie de Leon have developed a magnetic sensing technique using quantum entanglement to detect previously hidden fluctuations in advanced materials such as superconductors. The researchers implant point defects in lab-grown diamonds to reveal an unprecedented look at magnetic field structure and correlated noise, a quantity that is beyond the reach of existing instruments. Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Diamond defects, now in pairs, reveal hidden fluctuations in the quantum world

Man at a podium gestures to a screen with a diagram of an experiment. — Dean Andrew Houck explains a classic experiment in a talk welcoming first-year families. Photos by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Dean gives visiting families a glimpse of quantum ‘magic’

Tweezers hold a quantum microchip. — Princeton Engineers have introduced a superconducting quantum computing chip with qubits that last more than 1 millisecond, three times longer than the best ever reported in a lab setting and nearly fifteen times longer than industry standard processors. Photos by Matthew Raspanti, Office of Communications

Princeton's new quantum chip built for scale

Andrew Houck, national leader in quantum technology, appointed dean of engineering

Saien Xie wins 2024 Packard Fellowship

A person (face not visible) wearing a white lab coat and blue disposable gloves holds a square lab plate in their left hand. Their right hand holds a pair of tweezers which they are using to pick up one of several small green plants on the plate. — Jonathan Conway, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, received an innovation grant for the project “Engineering symbiotic plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agriculture.” Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Since 2008, innovation funds have fostered research in AI fairness, sustainable agriculture, drug discovery and more

Ravindra Bhatt

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nathalie de Leon

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Adji Bousso Dieng Portrait

Adji Bousso Dieng

Computer Science

Sarang Gopalakrishnan

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Andrew Houck portrait

Andrew Houck

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kyle Jamieson

Computer Science

Alex Lombardi portrait

Alex Lombardi

Computer Science

Stephen Lyon

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Portrait of Margaret Martonosi

Margaret Martonosi

Computer Science

Julia Mikhailova

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ran Raz

Computer Science

Alejandro Rodriguez

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mansour Shayegan

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jeffrey Thompson

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hakan Tureci

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Saien Xie

Electrical and Computer Engineering