Two Penn Engineers Receive Kaufman Foundation Grants

Four University of Pennsylvania researchers will receive two of the four New Initiative grants being awarded this year by the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation, part of The Pittsburgh Foundation, which supports cutting-edge research in chemistry, biology, and physics at institutions across Pennsylvania. The New Initiative grants are each awarded $300,000 over two years.

Physicists Martin Claassen and Liang Wu in the School of Arts & Sciences received a grant for research that aims to better understand how light and photon fluctuations alter the magnetic and electronic properties of materials. Their work has implications for advancing technologies in quantum sensing and information.

The School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Nathaniel “Nat” Trask and Douglas Jerolmack, who is also the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor of Earth and Environmental Science in Penn Arts & Sciences, will collaborate on research that integrates geophysics and machine learning to better understand fracture networks—features found on the surfaces of Earth and other planets.

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Pictured above, from left: Douglas Jerolmack and Nat Trask (Credit: Kevin Monko)