THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology and Board on Life Sciences
Committee on Identifying Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry and Quantum Information Science
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Congressional Briefing
Wednesday May 31, 2023 –11:00 a.m.
via Zoom
on
Advancing Chemistry and Quantum Information Science:
An Assessment of Research Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry and Quantum Information Science in the United States
This new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for U.S. leadership to build a robust enterprise to facilitate and support research at the intersection of chemistry and quantum information science (QIS). This report identifies three key research areas: design and synthesis of molecular qubit systems, measurement and control of molecular quantum systems, and experimental and computational approaches for scaling qubit design and function. It recommends that the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and other funding agencies should support multidisciplinary and collaborative research in QIS, the development of new instrumentation, and facilities, centralized and open-access databases, and efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive chemical workforce.
This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on May 30, 2023 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.