First Cohort
Meet the Awardees of the first cohort of the Enrico Fermi Fellowships! Their journey begins in 2025, marking the start of our program dedicated to fostering theory and experiments cross-training.

Abhinav Patra
Cardiff University
The QUEST experiment and search for signatures of Quantum Gravity

Emil Broukal
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften / IQOQI
New Directions in Table Top Quantum Gravity

Hudson Loughlin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Constructing the first quantum-enhanced clock

Kannan Vijayadharan
Università degli Studi di Padova
Exploiting high-dimensional entanglement and hyperentanglement for fundamental tests of physics

Luna Liu
Yale University
Realizing exciton condensate in two dimensions

Matthew Golden
Purdue University
Harnessing Quantum Materials for Brain-Inspired Computing

Mun Jung Jung
University of Chicago
Enabling Precision Neutrino Physics at the Intersection of Experiment and Theory

Paula Calizaya Cabrera
Louisiana State University
Entanglement in Quantum Field Theory: Proving Hawking-like Phenomena in Rotating Quantum Fluids

Raja Amdouni
Radboud University
Pushing gravity to the limit: Thermal conductance in the quantum limit of topological matter

Ruhi Shah
University of Waterloo
Spin-motion coupling in solid-state spin systems for measurements of gravity

Takatoshi Ko
University of Tokyo
Supernova explosions produced by white dwarf binary mergers and their subsequent evolution