Superconducting Quantum Materials & Systems Center hosted by @Fermilab
Batavia, Illinois
Joined July 2021
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One year ago today, @doescience announced the renewal of its five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers, including SQMS @Fermilab
SQMS founding director @GrassellinoSRF reflects on six years of discovery and what's next:
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This Genesis Mission award builds on SQMS’s advances in superconducting quantum hardware, including its long-lived cavities, quantum-control methods & Quantum Garage experimental capabilities.
Congrats to our co-investigators: @ibm @nvidia @PurdueQuantum @QuantumQM @UChicagoPME
Fermilab received two new awards as part of the @energy's Genesis Mission. The Fermilab-led awards will expand the lab’s critical role in the Genesis Mission by developing custom microelectronics and advancing quantum information science.
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A landmark SQMS study links materials and fabrication features to superconducting qubit performance.
The blind analysis of 22 devices points to sidewall angle, trench depth and surface oxide thickness as features associated with qubit coherence.
Read more: news.fnal.gov/2026/10/sqms-c…
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A new @doescience report lays out a roadmap to scientifically useful, fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2028, along with a longer-term vision for a DOE Quantum Computing User Facility.
🔗 Read the full report: shorturl.at/CoYSn
The report was developed by the Office of Science Advisory Committee Quantum Subcommittee, chaired by our SQMS Director @GrassellinoSRF and Q-NEXT Chief Technology Officer Supratik Guha.
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Catch the National QIS Research Center directors at #QCE26 for a panel discussing how the centers are scaling the quantum future! See you soon!
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The National QIS Research Centers are heading to IEEE Quantum Week #QCE26 ⚛️ ✈️
Stop by booth 710 to meet our teams, learn about our research, and explore collaboration opportunities.
@QSAcenter @qnextquantum @QuantumSciCtr @C2QAdvantage
6 years of SQMS. Built together. 🎉
SQMS is now a collaboration of 43 partners and more than 300 people working to advance superconducting quantum science and technology.
Today we celebrate both what the center has accomplished and the community that made it possible.
Today we are celebrating World Photography Day with some of our favorite images from the 2025 Fermilab Photo Walk. 📷 Each of these images was taken in the Quantum Garage at the SQMS Center, one of the largest quantum research laboratories in the country.
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Quantum computers aren’t limited to qubits. SQMS researchers extended Grover’s search algorithm to qudits — quantum systems with more than 2 levels. This could enable searches of databases of most sizes, a promising step to more flexible quantum hardware.
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A landmark quantum experiment more than 40 years ago helped lay the foundation for today’s superconducting qubits. This @doescience feature traces that evolution and explores the challenges researchers are tackling next.
Quantum scientists study incredibly small particles. But what if you could hold a system in your hand that demonstrates quantum properties? In 1985, scientists supported by @ENERGY developed it.
That system made today's quantum computers possible: energy.gov/science/articles/…
ALT A computer chip being held by a pair of tweezers with a blue lighted background
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Attending Quantum.Tech? Visit the DOE National QIS Centers in the exhibit hall at booth G3! See you soon!
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At Quantum.Tech, SQMS Director @GrassellinoSRF will join leaders from the @doescience National QIS Research Centers for a keynote panel on the role national labs play in advancing quantum research, building partnerships and more.
June 25 | 5:20–5:55 p.m. ET
Congrats to @silviazorzetti for being named to the Scientific Computing World 75!
Silvia’s work connects technical leadership with a forward-looking vision for quantum systems, from superconducting technologies to quantum communication and co-design #scw75
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New science highlight @doescience: SQMS Center research identifies niobium hydrides as a previously unaccounted-for source of noise in superconducting qubits. The finding gives researchers a clearer path toward higher performance quantum devices. #quantum
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Happy #WorldQuantumDay from SQMS! We’re proud to be part of the @doescience National QIS Research Center network, working together with fellow centers to push the boundaries of quantum computing, sensing and communication.
@qnextquantum @C2QAdvantage @QSAcenter @QuantumSciCtr
Congratulations again to all the SQMS collaborators who presented at APS—you represented the center with excellence and energy all week.
Group pic from the NQISRC + IBM Quantum networking event hosted during the Summit!
#APSSummit26 #QuantumQuintet
📸 Nikolai Puc Photography
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This is not your average fridge. Check out this spotlight on the ultra-cold engineering that enables quantum research.
Ever wondered how scientists achieve ultra-low temperatures for quantum research? Join Fermilab experts Grzegorz Tatkowski, Chris James, and Daniel Bafia as they explore an essential tool for quantum breakthroughs: dilution refrigerators.
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Proud to see so many SQMS collaborators in Denver for the APS Global Physics Summit. Great week of talks, new results, and even better conversations across the community. #APSSummit26 #SQMS #QuantumScience
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