Prof. Ignacio Franco is a Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Optics at the University of Rochester, where his group develops theory and computation to understand and control quantum dynamics in molecules and materials. His work spans quantum coherence and decoherence, ultrafast quantum control, and open quantum systems at the interface of chemistry, physics, optics, and nanoscience.
Prof. Eric R. Bittner is the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Houston. His group studies quantum dynamics, nonlinear spectroscopy, and quantum optics in molecules and materials, including organic semiconductors and 2D perovskites.
Prof. Doran I.G.B. Raccah is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, where he leads the MesoScience Lab. His group develops formally exact, O(1)-scaling algorithms for mesoscale quantum dynamics to model excited-state processes in molecular materials.
Prof. Ajay R. S. Kandada is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Wake Forest University, where he leads the Kandada Research Group in quantum and ultrafast optical spectroscopy. His lab uses coherent nonlinear and quantum-optical methods to probe exciton physics and many-body dynamics in emerging semiconductors—especially hybrid metal-halide perovskites and related 2D/organic materials.
Prof. Gabriel T. Landi is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Rochester specializing in open quantum systems and quantum thermodynamics. His group develops theory at the interface of quantum information, transport, and metrology—reformulating thermodynamic laws for quantum-coherent devices and sensing.
Prof. Kade Head-Marsden is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities), where she leads the Head-Marsden Group. Her research develops theory and algorithms for electronic structure and open-quantum-system dynamics, including methods designed for near-term quantum computers.
