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IDRA Grant Recipients

Deparatmental IDRA Grant recipients (L to R): Jean-François Biasse, Lukas Koelsch, and Giacomo Micheli.

Jean-François Biasse and colleagues receive an IDRA grant

In May 2024, Jean-François Biasse (PI, pictured left), Rouzbeh Behnia (Muma, Co-PI), Kwang-Cheng Chen (Engineering, Co-PI), Lukas Kölsch (Co-PI, center), Giacomo Micheli (Co-PI, right), Mehran Mozzafari-Kermani (Bellini, Co-PI), and Attila Yavuz (Bellini, Co-PI) received a $316k Interdisciplinary Research Award (IDRA) to support the development of the infrastructure of the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Center for Cryptographic Research. In particular, it will fund the establishment of a quantum cryptography lab in CMC 027, a meeting room, and a computing server. The IDRA grants are some of the largest internal awards given at °®¶¹´«Ã½. In 2024, 6 awards were made out of 36 applications.

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