{"id":25335,"date":"2025-09-19T07:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=25335"},"modified":"2025-09-29T11:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:57:22","slug":"stephen-bradforth-awarded-us-uk-quantum-chemistry-initiative-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/stephen-bradforth-awarded-us-uk-quantum-chemistry-initiative-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Dornsife chemist wins major grant from new US-UK quantum initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                          \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/bradforth-nes-grant-top-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/bradforth-nes-grant-top-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/bradforth-nes-grant-top-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/09\/bradforth-nes-grant-top-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Composite of Stephen Bradforth and the National Science Foundation logo in front of a background depicting a stylized atom\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  USC Dornsife chemistry professor Stephen Bradforth was awarded one of eight exclusive grants to explore how quantum information affects chemical reactions and molecular systems. 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Image sources: Peter Zhaoyu Zhou; iStock.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=science-and-technology\">Science and Technology<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>USC Dornsife chemist wins major grant from new US-UK quantum initiative<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Research led by Stephen Bradforth explores how quantum entanglement might influence the outcome of ultrafast molecular events.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Jim Key<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n 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joint initiative of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/stephen-bradforth\/\">Stephen Bradforth<\/a>, professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/\">chemistry<\/a> at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, one of eight major grants to study quantum phenomena in chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>The project could deepen our understanding of how quantum mechanics shapes chemical reactions \u2014 a frontier with potential applications in solar energy, drug design and quantum sensing.<\/p>\n<p>Bradforth\u2019s research will investigate the unusual chemistry that results from radical ion pairs \u2014 two molecules with unpaired electrons created during light-driven chemical reactions. These pairs may exhibit entanglement, a quantum connection between the particles\u2019 spins that links their behavior even when they\u2019re far apart.<\/p>\n<p>Working with U.K. collaborator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristol.ac.uk\/people\/person\/Tom-Oliver-e12f8001-4803-4ecc-8baf-ae6667888b6d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Oliver<\/a> of the University of Bristol, Bradforth is developing powerful new tools to detect this entanglement in real time, capturing events that unfold in just quadrillionths of a second. The project also aims to train a new generation of scientists in quantum information science, helping build a workforce ready for the emerging quantum era.<\/p>\n<p>The new NSF-UKRI partnership funding the research is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/nsf-ukri-launch-10m-quantum-chemistry-collaborative-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investing $10 million<\/a> in eight collaborative projects that bring together U.S. and U.K. researchers to explore how quantum information affects chemical reactions and molecular systems, and how that knowledge can be harnessed to build new technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy supporting bold, collaborative science, this partnership lays the foundation for advances that can transform everyday life,\u201d said Brian Stone, performing the duties of NSF director. \u201cThese projects demonstrate the power of shared investment in tackling real-world challenges, from more powerful computing to next-generation navigation and sensing 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