F. Joseph Heremans
Awschalom Group

F. Joseph Heremans

  • Staff Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory;
    UChicago CASE scientist

  • Research areas: Quantum Communication Quantum Sensing Condensed Matter Physics Quantum Materials Quantum Optics Nanomechanics Quantum Information
  • Websites: Argonne National Labs Profile
  • Contact: jheremans@uchicago.edu
  • Office Location:
    Eckhardt Research Center 243
    5640 South Ellis Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60637

Pronouns: he/him

Heremans' current research focuses on engineering with diamond, including spin dynamics of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers, as well as transport properties. NV centers are known to have long spin coherence times at room temperature, making them an ideal candidate for quantum information processing.

Emergent anisotropic three-phase order in critically doped superconducting diamond films

J. Dwivedi, S. Islam, J. Morris, K. D. Halanayake, G. A. Vázquez-Lizardi, D. Snyder, A. Richardella, L. Lyle, D. R. Hickey, N. Delegan, F. J. Heremans, D. D. Awschalom, N. Samarth. Emergent anisotropic three-phase order in critically doped superconducting diamond films. 2026. 10.60551/rxfx-9h58

Spin Dynamics from Atomistic Quantum Simulations

E. Drigo, M. M. McMillan, B. Pingault, Y. Dong, F. J. Heremans, D. D. Awschalom, G. Galli. Spin Dynamics from Atomistic Quantum Simulations. 2026. 10.48550/arXiv.2605.04294

Optimizing spin qubit coherence through materials codesign

V. Somjit, G. Grant, S. Chattaraj, S. Guha, D. D. Awschalom, G. Galli, J. Zhang, F. J. Heremans. Optimizing spin qubit coherence through materials codesign. 2026. 10.1557/s43577-026-01069-z

Heterogeneously Integrated Diamond-on-Lithium Niobate Quantum Photonic Platform

S. W. Ding, C. Jin, Z. Li, N. Achuthan, K. Kuruma, X. Guo, B. Grinkemeyer, D. D. Awschalom, N. Delegan, F. J. Heremans, A. A. High, M. Loncar. Heterogeneously Integrated Diamond-on-Lithium Niobate Quantum Photonic Platform. 2026. 10.48550/arXiv.2603.08609

Spin decoherence dynamics of Er3+ in CeO2 film

S. K. Seth, J. Nagura, V. Somjit, A. Bapat, X. Li, G. D. Grant, I. Masiulionis, X. Han, F. J. Heremans, G. Galli, D. D. Awschalom, S. Guha, J. Zhang. Spin decoherence dynamics of Er3+ in CeO2 film. 2025. Physical Review Letters. 10.1103/17xy-gns1

Valley splitting correlations across a silicon quantum well containing germanium

J. C. Marcks, E. Eagen, E. C. Brann, M. P. Losert, T. Oh, J. Reily, C. S. Wang, D. Keith, F. A. Mohiyaddin, F. Luthi, M. J. Curry, J. Zhang, F. J. Heremans, M. Friesen, M. A. Eriksson. Valley Splitting Correlations Across a Silicon Quantum Well. 2025. Nature Communications. 10.1038/s41467-025-67325-z

High-throughput spin-bath characterization of spin defects in semiconductors

A. N. Poteshman, M. Onizhuk, C. Egerstrom, D. P. Mark, D. D. Awschalom, F. J. Heremans, G. Galli. High-throughput spin-bath characterization of spin defects in semiconductors. 2025. Physical Review Applied. 10.1103/p57x-8kk7

Purcell-enhanced emissions from diamond color centers in slow light photonic crystal waveguides

S. W. Ding, C. Jin, K. Kuruma, X. Guo, M. Haas, B. Korzh, A. Beyer, M. Shaw, N. Sinclair, D. D. Awschalom, F. J. Heremans, N. Delegan, A. A. High, M. Loncar. Purcell-enhanced emissions from diamond color centers in slow light photonic crystal waveguides. 2025. Nano Letters. 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c01079

First-Principles Framework for the Prediction of Intersystem Crossing Rates in Spin Defects: The Role of Electron Correlation

Y. Jin, J. Park, M. M. McMillan, D. D. Ohm, C. Barnes, B. Pingault, C. Egerstrom, B. Huang, M. Govoni, F. J. Heremans, D. D. Awschalom, G. Galli. First-Principles Framework for the Prediction of Intersystem Crossing Rates in Spin Defects: The Role of Electron Correlation. 2025. Physical Review Letters. 10.1103/nw3r-zy8q

Emergent anisotropic three-phase order in critically doped superconducting diamond films

J. Dwivedi, J. Morris, S. Islam, K. D. Halanayake, G. A. Vazquez-Lizardi, D. Snyder, A. Richardella, L. Lyle, D. R. Hickey, N. Delegan, F. J. Heremans, D. D. Awschalom, N. Samarth. Emergent anisotropic three-phase order in critically doped superconducting diamond films. 2025. arXiv:2506.09925

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