News: Faculty

Physicist and Schmidt Science Polymath Arvind Murugan works at the intersection of physics, biology, computation, and materials science to understand the hallmarks of life.

In this episode of the Big Brains podcast, Edwin Kite examines how we could terraform Mars make the Red Planet habitable.

UChicago PME scientists, including chemist Stuart Rowan, created a simple system to carry next-generation medicines.

UChicago study finds social robots could help students feel less stress when reading aloud, pointing to new uses for classroom technology.

UChicago and partners receive $4 million NSF grant to design next-generation quantum computers for broad scientific and educational access.

Tian Lab creates H-pad, a hydrogel patch that safely delivers hydrogen gas to chronic wounds, offering a new path for healing.

Daniel Holz pens op-ed along with Nobel laureates about steps toward restoring common-sense nuclear arms control.

Astronomers reveal planets can exist without stars, roaming space as rogue worlds.

Rebecca Willett, the Worah Family Professor of Statistics and Computer Science and NITMB Deputy Director for Research, will continue to serve alongside the new director. 

Lars Peter Hansen, Nobel Laureate and professor at the University of Chicago, discusses global macro uncertainties and political cooperation.

UChicago and global collaborators introduce “kinematic flow,” a new framework for cosmological equations that may reshape how we model the early universe.

Blase Ur speaks on the ability of chatbots to provide therapy.

Congratulations to Zoe Yan, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Physics, who has received a 2025 Young Investigator Award by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research!

Congratulations to Arvind Murugan, Associate Professor of Physics, for being named one of this year's Schmidt Polymaths program cohort!

“Quantum sound” will aid the searches for both nuclear weapons and dark matter.