News: Faculty

Thirty-two members of the University of Chicago faculty, including five from the Physical Sciences Division, have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships, effective Jan. 1.

Professor Yamuna Krishnan uses nanotechnology to illuminate life's smallest unit.

A 40-year-old forgotten paper helped develop a faster, more efficient method of building futuristic 2D materials at a fraction of the cost.

A look back at the University of Chicago’s quantum breakthroughs for 2025.

Work revealing how water impacts carbon dioxide capture from air named Journal of the American Chemical Society “Editor’s Choice.”

New theory by UChicago researchers has implications for melting permafrost and climate change.

A small group of scientists and policy experts meet behind closed doors in Chicago to decide how close humanity is to annihilation. They’re not predicting the future—but they are watching it closely.

NDTV interviews Yamuna Krishnan.

New York Times: An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe.

Method developed by UChicago researchers could help explain how transport properties emerge from quantum effects in materials like solar cells and superconductors.

In the shadow of her family’s atomic legacy, a writer set out to understand the increasingly urgent debate about humanity’s capacity to end itself—and what it can teach us about living.

Analysts say benefits could be felt in under-resourced rural hospitals but warn against AI as a cost-cutting measure.

Faraway planet defies our understanding of planet formation, say UChicago scientists.

The Galli Group has created a high-throughput computational strategy, creating a new, data-driven approach to finding ideal 2D materials and substrates for quantum technologies.

Li Ma brings his expertise in design-aware modeling back to Hyde Park as a Professor of Statistics and Data Science.