News Polsky Center and Chicago Booth Private Equity Group Host 25th Annual PE Conference Investors, students, and industry leaders gathered last week for the 25th Annual Chicago Booth Private Equity Conference, a day-long event exploring the evolving dynamics of private equity investing and value...
Technology One-Pot Organic-Inorganic Composite Synthesis For Durable Solid-State Battery Electrolytes A one-pot method synthesizes a hybrid sulfide–polymer composite by crosslinking Li3PS4 with an organic polymer – yielding a flexible, durable electrolyte with excellent ionic conductivity for use in lithium metal…
Technology Wearable Microphone Jammer With the increased prevalence of smart devices that monitor speech, such as Alexa and Google Assistant, microphone jamming has become an area of increasing consumer interest. However, current jammers require…
Technology Electrically Tunable Quantum Platform Using Spin Defects In SiC Heterostructures Integration of quantum spins into classical electronic devices has been a major challenge. However, the ability to do so would limit spectral noise and line width broadening of emissions from…
Technology Tunable High-Q Superconducting mm-Wave Cavities Cavity and circuit quantum electrodynamics systems provide unprecedented control over photonic quantum states via coupling to strongly nonlinear single emitters. The millimeter (mm) wave frequency band is of great interest…
Technology Algorithm And System For Accurate Breast Parenchymal Enhancement Calculation By Digital Lesion Removal A method uses AI and clustering to remove lesions from breast MRI images, reconstructing clearer projection images for more accurate assessment of tissue enhancement and improved breast cancer risk evaluation.…
Technology Low-loss Niobium Josephson Junctions That Improve Quantum Device Performance SUMMARY The invention introduces a method for fabricating low-loss niobium Josephson junctions which enhance quantum device performance by using niobium superconductors that are separated by an aluminum oxide barrier and…
Technology PMO-Based RNA-Degrading Chimeras For Targeted Degradation Of α-Synuclein mRNA In Neurodegenerative Diseases Phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer (PMO)-based RNA-degrading chimeras reduce α-synuclein protein by degrading its messenger RNA preventing protein aggregation and propagation associated with neurodegenerative diseases. The Unmet Need: More potent and selective…
Technology Optogenetic Protein Fusion for Precise And Low-Impact Actin Cytoskeleton Imaging In Cells A light-sensitive version of LifeAct, a peptide used to label actin in cells, to reduce its harmful side effects by controlling its binding through light exposure, improving cell imaging and…
Technology Enhanced Nitrogen Vacancy Synthesis in Diamond: Minimizing Hydrogen Passivation Keywords: Electron radiation effects, Ion implantation, Spectroscopy, Chemical vapor deposition, Optical fibers, Quantum information This method mitigates hydrogen passivation of nitrogen vacancy centers (NV centers) in diamond through vacuum annealing…
Program ETA Advisory Committee Comprised of leading operators, investors, and academics in the ETA space, the Polsky Center ETA Advisory Committee is instrumental in providing guidance to the growth and impact of our ETA...
Program Past Participants 2025 Folasade Rancie – Doulala Michael Gustafson – Three Pillars Sudanshu Kaushik – Exalt Data Randel Bennett – Qixent Laurel Alpaugh – Coclo Ritu Sreenivasan – Mooj Foods Shikhar Pandey…
