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Quantum Matters in Ohio 2025 Conference

Conference Motivation and Logistics

The year 2025 has been designated as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology to raise awareness and foster global collaboration in this rapidly advancing field. The goal of the conference was to bring researchers in the state of Ohio together to communicate the recent progress in quantum science, and to initiate collaborations between researchers from major institutions in Ohio, such as the Ohio State University, Kent State University, Case Western Reserve University, University of Cincinnati, Ohio University, Air Force Institute of Technology, and Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton.

This 2-day conference took place at the Physics Department of The Ohio State University, October 9-10, 2025. It covered a range of topics in quantum science, such as quantum materials, quantum dynamics, quantum sensing and quantum computation.

Conference Organizers

Prof. Benjamin Fregoso - Kent State University
Prof. Yuan Ming Lu - The Ohio State University

Topics

A range of topics in quantum science will be covered by this conference:
Quantum materials
- 2d materials
- Quantum transport
- Tunneling spectroscopy
Quantum Dynamics
- Floquet dynamics
- Photocurrents
Quantum Sensing
- NV centers
- Quantum optics
Quantum computation
- Majorana braidings
- Rydberg atoms

Invited Speakers

Marc Bockrath, Ohio State University
Carlos Bolech, University of Cincinnati
Benjamin Fregoso, Kent State University
Xuan Gao, Case Western Reserve University
Jay Gupta, Ohio State University
Mohammadreza Hadizadeh, Central State University
Jeanie Lau, Ohio State University
Bernardo Mendoza, Center for Research in Optics (Mexico)
Michael Pak, Air Force Institute of Technology
Anil Patnaik, Air Force Institute of Technology
Nancy Sandler, Ohio University
Kevin Singh, Ohio State University
Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University
Penghao Zhu, Ohio State University

Conference Schedule

Thursday, October 9 Schedule
Time	Speaker	Session Topic and Titles
11-12am	lunch	Quantum Materials (Chair: Mohit Randeria)
12-12:30pm	Jeanie Lau	Tuning correlations and quantum geometry in flat band superconductivity
12:30-1pm	Carlos Bolech	Quantum transport in tunneling junctions with engineered dissipation.
1-1:30pm	Xuan Gao	Hydrodynamic Transport Induced High-Temperature Magnetoresistance in a Strongly Correlated 2D Hole System
1:30-2pm	coffee break	Quantum Computation (Chair: Nandini Trivedi)
2-2:30pm	Kevin Singh	Neutral Atom Quantum Processors
2:30-3pm	Michael Pak	Robust Qubits & Topological Junctions
3-3:30pm	Penghao Zhu	Vortex-Bound Majorana Zero Modes from Trivial Metals
3:30-4pm	1-min Poster Presentations
4-6pm	Group photo + Poster session

Friday, October 10 Schedule
Time	Speaker	Session Topic and Titles
8-9am	breakfast	Quantum Dynamics (Chair: Yuan-Ming Lu)
9-9:30am	Benjamin Fregoso	Average density of Bloch electrons in a magnetic field: Magnetic confinement
9:30-10am	Nancy Sandler	Photo-induced multiply quantized vortex states in Dirac-like materials.
10-10:30am	Bernardo Mendoza	Optical response of metals from first principles calculations
10:30-11am	coffee break	Quantum Sensing (Chair: Penghao Zhu)
11-11:30am	Jay Gupta	Co-design approach to quantum sensing: targets, materials and methods
11:30-12pm	Anil Patnaik	Quantum Imaging through Turbulence
12-1pm	lunch	Quantum 2d Materials (Chair: Benjamin Fregoso)
1-1:30pm	Sergio UIloa	Probing strain-tuned correlations in kagome lattices
1:30-2pm	Mohammadreza Hadizadeh	Few-Body Quantum Systems in Two-Dimensional Materials
2-2:30pm	Marc Bockrath	Tunable correlated electron phases in multilayer graphene

Conference Poster Presentations
Poster Title	Presenter	Institution
Andreev Versus Tunneling Spectroscopy of Unconventional Flat Band Superconductor	Sayak Biswas	Ohio State
Detection of Anyon Braiding Through Pump-Probe Spectroscopy	Ryan Buechele	Ohio State
Photo-Induced Multiply Quantized Vortices and Realistic Lab Conditions	Eric Caldwell	Ohio University
Scattering from Nearly Circular Defects in Dirac Materials: A Perturbative Approach	Ramon Carrillo Bastos	Ohio University
General Conditions for Goniopolar Transport	Poulomi Chakraborty	Ohio State
Robust Topological Conduction in Bi2–Bi2Se3 Superlattices at Ambient Conditions	Joseph Corbett	Miami University
Clock-like Zero-Field Spin Dynamics in Ni(II) Complex Spin Qubit	Srikanth Dasari	Ohio State
Topological Nodal Line, Weyl Magnons, and a Triplet Magnon in a Non-Coplanar Antiferromagnet	Ahmed Fahmy	Ohio State
Nagaoka Ferromagnetism in Finite-size Arrays: Connectivity and Magnetic Perturbations Effects	Nohoraq Hernandez Cepeda	Ohio University
Counterions Effects on Coherence in Vanadium(IV)-Based Molecular Qubits	Alli Jessup	Ohio State
Tuning Magnetic Noise for Enhanced Quantum Sensing	Firoz Shah Tuglak Khan	Ohio State
Superfluid Weight of a Flat Band System with Tunable Quantum Metric	Abraham Mojarro	Ohio University
Controlling Chaos in Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev Model	Arkaprava Mukherjee	Ohio State
Effects of Non-Circular Polarization on Vortex States Generated by Optical Vortices	Trevor Walsh	Ohio University
Development of Turbulent Atmospheric Simulator for Qubit (TASQ)	Keith Wyman	Air Force Institute of Technology