Creating The Building Blocks for Future Quantum Technologies
Our research unravels and exploits the complex phenomena that emerge in novel engineered materials. Comprising four main pillars – Atomic-level Design of Novel Quantum Materials, Emergent Electronic Phenomena at Interfaces, Topologically Protected Quantum States, and Photonic Manipulation of Quantum States – our research programs engage theorists and experimentalists across disciplines in ambitious, collaborative projects that capture our imagination and channel our unique expertise.
Grand Challenges
Read more about how we’re working to find solutions to current and future problems for Canadians by establishing our three bold, ambitious ideas that will guide our research priorities and engage our research groups and investigators in collaboration over the coming decade.
Principal Investigators
Our Principal Investigators are affiliated with UBC’s Faculty of Science and Faculty of Applied Science, representing three departments, and collaborating with academic and industry partners in Canada and around the world. Blusson QMI researchers are among the best and most influential in the world.
Who We Are
The Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (Blusson QMI) is the first Global Research Excellence (GREx) Institute at the University of British Columbia. Our investigators are collaborative theorists and experimentalists working together across departments and disciplines to identify, classify and explore quantum materials and phenomena, catalyzing the discovery and design of the quantum technologies of the future.
Education and Training
Our graduates and postdoctoral fellows will position Canada for continued leadership in quantum materials research and innovation. Undergraduate and graduate students have opportunities to learn from internationally renowned experts and acquire applied, meaningful research experience in order to develop highly sought skills for their future careers.
Research Services
Our ability to tap the vast potential of quantum materials will spark new industries and accelerate the adoption of applied research results by Canadian companies. We are actively expanding our industrial outreach and leveraging expertise in commercial applications to guide our research directions. Our world-class research takes place in world-class facilities using highly specialized equipment by expert technical and scientific staff.
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