This list of peer-reviewed publications and externally funded research grants from members of the Milwaukee Quantum Initiative (MQI) highlights their research output and scientific contributions across quantum materials and related fields.
Publications
Dmitri Babikov
Kuanysheva, Tamila, Jonathan Andrade-Plascencia, Jayakrushna Sahoo, Brian Kendrick, and Dmitri Babikov. “On Performance and Limitations of NISQ Hardware for Simulations of Quantum Wave Packet Dynamics.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.20078 (2026). Link
Kuanysheva, Tamila, Brian Kendrick, Lukasz Cincio, and Dmitri Babikov. “Quantum Simulation of Molecular Dynamics Processes─ A Benchmark Study Using a Classical Simulator and Present-Day Quantum Hardware.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 129, no. 28 (2025): 6470-6481.Link
Andrade-Plascencia, Jonathan, Tamila Kuanysheva, Dulat Bostan, Brian K. Kendrick, and Dmitri Babikov. “Mixed Quantum/Classical Theory Approach to Rotationally Inelastic Molecular Collisions Implemented on a Quantum Computer.” Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 21, no. 13 (2025): 6305-6314.Link
Gaidai, Igor, Dmitri Babikov, Alexander Teplukhin, Brian K. Kendrick, Susan M. Mniszewski, Yu Zhang, Sergei Tretiak, and Pavel A. Dub. “Molecular dynamics on quantum annealers.” Scientific Reports 12, no. 1 (2022): 16824.Link
Teplukhin, Alexander, Brian K. Kendrick, and Dmitri Babikov. “Solving complex eigenvalue problems on a quantum annealer with applications to quantum scattering resonances.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 22, no. 45 (2020): 26136-26144.Link
Teplukhin, Alexander, Brian K. Kendrick, and Dmitri Babikov. “Calculation of molecular vibrational spectra on a quantum annealer.” Journal of chemical theory and computation 15, no. 8 (2019): 4555-4563.Link
Prasenjit Guptasarma
Li, Yanan, Christian Parsons, Sanath Kumar Ramakrishna, Anand Prashant Dwivedi, Marvin A. Schofield, Arneil P. Reyes, and Prasenjit Guptasarma. “Anomalous 140K electronic transition in Bi2Se3: Possible charge order in a defect-engineered system.” Solid State Communications (2025): 116176.Link
Chen, Bo, W. P. Halperin, Prasenjit Guptasarma, D. G. Hinks, V. F. Mitrović, A. P. Reyes, and P. L. Kuhns. “Two-dimensional vortices in superconductors.” Nature physics 3, no. 4 (2007): 239-242.Link
Budelmann, D., B. Schulz, M. Rübhausen, M. V. Klein, M. S. Williamsen, and P. Guptasarma. “Gaplike Excitations in the Superconducting State of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 by Resonant Raman Scattering.” Physical review letters 95, no. 5 (2005): 05700. Link
Norman, Michael R., Hong Ding, Mohit Randeria, Juan Carlos Campuzano, Takayoshi Yokoya, Tsunehiro Takeuchi, T. Takahashi et al. “Destruction of the Fermi surface in underdoped high-T c superconductors.” Nature 392, no. 6672 (1998): 157-160. Link
Min Gyu Kim
Burgard, L., C. Neupane, A. Balodhi, S. Bista, S. Butun, R. Jangid, A. Barbour et al. “Fresnel diffraction imaging of surface nanostructure using coherent resonant x-ray scattering.” Journal of Applied Physics 138, no. 1 (2025). Link
Kim, Min Gyu, Starr Boney, Luke Burgard, Lillian Rutowski, and Claudio Mazzoli. “Dynamics and formation of antiferromagnetic textures in MnBi2Te4 single crystal.” Materials 18, no. 23 (2025): 5337. Link
Kim, Min Gyu, Andi Barbour, Wen Hu, Stuart B. Wilkins, Ian K. Robinson, Mark PM Dean, Junjie Yang et al. “Real-space observation of fluctuating antiferromagnetic domains.” Science Advances 8, no. 21 (2022): eabj9493. Link
Valerica Raicu
Raicu, V. (2026). Quantization of the electromagnetic fields from single atomic or molecular radiators. Annalen der Physik, 538(2), e00443. Link
Stoneman, Michael R., Gabriel Biener, Richard J. Ward, John D. Pediani, Dammar Badu, Annie Eis, Ionel Popa, Graeme Milligan, and Valerică Raicu. “A general method to quantify ligand-driven oligomerization from fluorescence-based images.” Nature Methods 16, no. 6 (2019): 493-496. Link
Grants
Daniel Agterberg
Superconductivity and Magnetism in Quantum Materials, U.S. Department of Energy (Active Grant)
Designing Materials to Revolutionize our Future, National Science Foundation (Active Grant)
Simons Collaboration on New Frontiers in Superconductivity, Simons Foundation (Active Grant)
Prasenjit Guptasarma
Super-Search: Search for Novel Superconductors, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Multi-University Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) (Active Grant)
Probing the Nature of Coupled Ground States in Magnetoelectric Perovskites, National Science Foundation
Michael Weinert
Discovery of Novel Magnetic Phases Through Pseudospin Control, National Science Foundation
Towards High-Temperature Topological Superconductivity – Nodal Superconductors With a Twist, U.S. Department of Energy