Physical Sciences Complex: In advanced labs built below ground to minimize noise, vibration and other environmental interference, researchers conduct delicate experiments using “trapped ions” to power quantum computers and study exotic states of matter by chilling atoms to mere thousandths of a degree above absolute zero.

Atlantic Building: Home of the Joint Quantum Institute and the Joint Center for Quantum Information Science, this is ground zero for the foundational quantum partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology that propelled UMD to the top ranks of quantum science centers globally.

John S. Toll Physics Building: The discovery of a better superconductor could unleash a powerful, world-changing quantum computer. Researchers from chemistry, physics, engineering and other fields combine their expertise here to discover and create intriguing new materials with properties never before seen.

Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building: Can astronomers resolve a sharp image of an exoplanet too distant for any existing telescope to manage? One of the projects taking place here focuses on developing quantum optics, so future scientists aren’t constrained by the limits of light.

E.A. Fernandez IDEA Factory: A communications network using quantum technology could never be hacked or snooped on. The Quantum Technology Center, located deep beneath the IDEA Factory, specializes in taking UMD’s groundbreaking science and transforming it into innovations like the beginnings of a quantum internet.

ARLIS: Quantum technology could revolutionize national defense. UMD’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS)—a partnership with the Department of Defense—is working to harness this burgeoning area in the coming decades.