People
Founded on the principle of collaborative problem-solving, PME encompasses a team of researchers, innovators, and administrators who each bring a specialized skill set, expertise, and perspective to our research and educational endeavors.
We select our community purposefully, bringing together individuals committed to finding solutions to pressing world issues and to moving forward the fast-growing and emergent field of molecular engineering.
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By the numbers
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400+
Faculty, students, researchers, and research staff
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45+
Faculty at PME
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25+
Fellows and instructors across campus and Argonne
Experts from PME and beyond
In addition to world-class faculty within PME, students will have access to fellows, instructors, and UChicago Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering (CASE) members from the University and partner institutions, who fulfill important roles and bring expertise from a wide range of disciplines.
Learn more about these experts and how you can collaborate with them, both in the lab and in the classroom.
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Meet our students
Chloe Washabaugh
Awschalom Lab
Chloe Washabaugh works on a new approach to build quantum bits, relying on chemistry to assemble atoms in ways that achieve specific properties.
Sam Marsden
Rowan Group
Sam Marsden is working on creating a new form of polymer that will be as strong as polyethylene, but as recyclable as PET.
Michelle Bessiake
Esser-Kahn Group / Zemmour Lab
Michelle Bessiake focuses on understanding regulatory T cells and the diseases that manifest when they aren’t functional.