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Geometry-Driven Quantum Phenomena: Principles, Devices, and Applications Workshop

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October 15 - October 17, 2025
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Longaberger Alumni House

Quantum Sensor

 

Workshop: Geometry-Driven Quantum Phenomena: Principles, Devices, and Applications 

Registration Deadline has passed. (September 30, 2025)

 

DATE: October 15-17, 2025

TIME: The workshop will begin at 8am on Oct 15th and will conclude at 1pm on Friday, Oct 17th

LOCATION: Longaberger Alumni House, Sanders Grand Lounge and Mount Rm 125

2200 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43210

Faculty Hosts: Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau (OSU) and Fengnian Xia (Yale)

 

The workshop will focus on the growing role of quantum geometry (QG)—including Berry curvature and quantum metric—in understanding and engineering novel physical phenomena in multi-band systems, and its potential to enable next-generation quantum devices and sensors


Confirmed Speakers:

  • Andrei Bernevig (Princeton)
  • Junyeong Ahn (UT Austin)
  • Abhishek Banerjee (Harvard)
  • Reko Penttilä (Aalto Univ, Finland)
  • Raquel Queiroz (Columbia)
  • Enrico Rossi (William and Mary)
  • Petr Stepanov (Notre Dame)
  • Jairo Velasco (UC Santa Cruz)
  • Joel Wang (MIT/NYU)
  • Suyang Xu (Harvard)
  • Fan Zhang (UT Dallas)
  • Barry Bradlyn (UIUC)
  • Marc Bockrath (OSU)
  • Mohit Randeria (OSU)
  • Brian Skinner (OSU)

 

Additional Information

Download the Workshop Schedule (PDF)

Poster Session List of Presenters (PDF)

 

NOTE Regarding Meals: Vegetarian/Vegan options will be provided.

Please notify the catering staff if you requested the Vegetarian/Vegan option! (They will bring it out to you.) 

 


Registration Deadline has passed. (September 30, 2025)

Email Jessi and Matt with concerns regarding registration

 

Workshop Sponsors:

Army Research Office, The Institute for Optical Science, Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Center for Emergent Materials

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Workshop Flyer:

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