The UChicago PME PhD programs offer a unique, collaborative environment where tomorrow's leaders learn from pioneers in the field. Benefiting from world-class campus facilities and close partnerships with premier institutions like Argonne National Laboratory, our students build the interdisciplinary expertise needed to advance the fields of quantum science and engineering, energy storage, sustainable materials, water research, immunoengineering, and much more.
Learning from Leaders
When you start your graduate work at the University of Chicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering, you'll find a growing team of top-tier researchers from diverse science and engineering disciplines to support you.
Your professors–pioneers in their fields–will quickly become your mentors. They will connect you with our partners in academia, industry, and government.
You'll have access to research advisors not only at UChicago PME, but also at the prestigious Argonne National Laboratory, as well as fellow STEM departments including chemistry, physics, and immunology. This adds up to an environment teeming with exciting discoveries, new technologies, and innovative solutions–where you can grow into a leader in the field of molecular engineering.
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Meet Our Students And Alumni
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Avi Gargye
Materials and SustainabilityDaniel Abraham Group (Argonne)
Avi Gargye is working to create sustainable batteries to help improve quality of life around the world. -
Michelle Bessiake
Immunoengineering and BioengineeringEsser-Kahn Group / Zemmour Lab
Michelle Bessiake focuses on understanding regulatory T cells and the diseases that manifest when they aren’t functional. -
Thomas Marchese
Materials and SustainabilityLaboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion
Thomas Marchese is exploring sodium-based solid-state chemistries to develop a new class of battery that would be safer, more powerful, and less damaging to the environment. -
Zixi Li
Quantum Science and EngineeringHigh Lab
Zixi Li is developing scalable hardware for quantum networking.
World-Class Labs, Cutting-Edge Facilities
UChicago PME’s main hub, the William Eckhardt Research Center, features cutting-edge facilities like our biomolecular research labs, cleanrooms, molecular imaging facilities, and nanofabrication facility.
Plus, most UChicago PME faculty members have joint appointments at Argonne, so you’ll have access to even more world-class facilities, in areas including scattering, imaging, and computation.
By the Numbers
of UChicago PME graduates pursue jobs in industry after graduation
Science and engineering fields represented
patents held by faculty members
Engineer Your Future
For questions about the program, its curriculum, or an application, email: applypmephd@uchicago.edu