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Greg Engel is a Professor at the University of Chicago with affiliations in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and James Franck Institute. His research spans Biophysics, Physical Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry, focusing on excited state reactivity and quantum control in biological and synthetic systems.
- Lab Location: Gordon Center for Integrative Science (GCIS E119), Chicago, IL 60637
- Research Themes: Excitonic Transport, Conical Intersection Dynamics, Quantum Biology, Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Synthetic Quantum Materials
His group develops custom femtosecond spectrometers to study and manipulate quantum phenomena in photosynthesis, vision, and photoenzymes, seeking principles to engineer synthetic systems with biology-inspired precision. Recent work highlights 2025 publications on phonon-driven exciton-polaron formation in nanocrystals and connectivity-dependent vibronic coupling in quantum dots.
Key scientific contributions include:
- 2023 American Chemical Society Fellow
- 2021 ACS Nano best paper on MoS₂ exciton dynamics
- 2017 Nature commentary on quantum coherence applications
Over 30 former students now lead in academia (UCLA, MIT, ETH Zurich) and industry (Intel, McKinsey). His lab employs phase-sensitive interferometry and chiral 2D spectroscopy in thermally and optically stable environments, funded by National Science Foundation and Department of Energy grants.
