Supratik Guha

Supratik Guha is a Professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Senior Advisor to Argonne National Laboratory's Physical Sciences and Engineering directorate. His work bridges industrial R&D with academic and national lab research, focusing on quantum computing, semiconductor materials, and sensor networks for water and soil monitoring. Guha leads Argonne’s quantum information science strategy and serves as Faculty Director for the University of Chicago Center in Delhi.

• Education: PhD in Materials Science (USC, 1991), BTech in Engineering Physics (IIT Kharagpur, 1985)

Research interests span multiple domains:

• Quantum technologies focusing on erbium-doped oxides for quantum memory and quantum interconnects
• Sensor networks for soil and water quality monitoring using cyberphysical systems
• Nanofabrication techniques including controlled spalling for heterogeneous material integration
• Advanced memory technologies exploring ferroelectric and optically addressable memory at atomic scales

Scientific awards include:

• Election to National Academy of Engineering (2015)
• APS Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics (2015)
• Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow (2018)
• Fellow of Materials Research Society and American Physical Society
• IBM Corporate Award (2013)

Advising notable students like Manish Kumar Singh (co-founder memQ), Cheng Ji (now at Intel), and Vamsi Nittala (now at Micron Technology). His group contributes to major DOE, NSF, and USDA funded projects including:

• Q-NEXT - DOE National Quantum Information Center
• AIFARMS - NSF/USDA AI for Agriculture Institute
• Thoreau Project - Geospatial sensor networks

Labs and teams operate across University of Chicago and Argonne National Lab, with facilities for molecular beam epitaxy, nanofabrication, and optical/electrical characterization. The group has spawned startups like memQ (quantum networking) and K1 Semiconductors (wide-bandgap material transfer).