Collaborates with technical staff at partnering organizations to develop secure quantum networking technologies, including U.S. Department of Energys Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northwestern University, and Purdue University. A catalyst for research activity across its member and partner institutions, the CQE is based at the University of Chicagos Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and is anchored by the U.S. Department of Energys Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northwestern University, and Purdue University.