Stephanie Hurst’s research centers on the design and synthesis of unique inorganic and organometallic complexes, with a particular emphasis on functional transition‑metal systems that exhibit p‑delocalization. She develops multi‑metallic platinum and palladium complexes with potential applications in energy transfer and catalysis. Her group also investigates how modified material surfaces—such as tungsten selenide (WSe₂) and other dimetal chalcogenides—can be tailored through surface functionalization. These materials show promise as competitors to diamond nitrogen‑vacancy systems for generating entangled qubits. Such emerging “quantum materials” are expected to play a critical role in enabling entangled quantum states, which will be foundational for advancing new branches of quantum‑based computation.
Dr. Stephanie Hurst
