Join STAGE Lab (Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration) at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) for the pilot episode of STAGE's docuseries, Curiosity: The Making of a Scientist.

Registration is now open for both showings:

12 PM - 1 PM (CDT) "Superposition" Showing + Q&A

8 PM - 9 PM (CDT) "Superposition" Showing + Q&A

The 24-minute short film "Superposition" follows Ph.D. student Nate Earnest-Noble as he attempts to balance the "two states of Nate" while building a device that could have a foundational impact in the field of quantum computing.

Following the film will be a live panel with Ellen Askey, Srivatsan Chakram, Miles Donnelly, Nate Earnest-Noble, Nancy Kawalek, Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar and David Schuster, some of the scientists and artists involved in the creation of the film.

"Superposition" Cast and Crew include University of Chicago faculty, students and professional filmmakers:

Moyosore Abiona - English Language and Literature, Spanish, Cinema and Media Studies
Defne Antika - Anthropology
Ellen Askey - Cinema and Media Studies
Samuel Audette - Law, Letters, and Society
Samantha Baste - Cinema and Media Studies
Kenna Camper - Visual Arts
Srivatsan Chakram - Physics
Christopher Chavez - Anthropology, Neuroscience
Hannah Chen - Comparative Human Development
Mark DiTusa - PME
Miles Donnelly - Biology, Astrophysics
Patrick Doyle - Philosophy
Nate Earnest-Noble - Physics
Mehmood Elahi - Computer Science, Visual Arts
Jacob Grayson - Physics, Mathematics
Neta Grosfeld - Public Policy
Edison Hong - STAGE/PME Fellow
Hannah Iafrati - Cinema and Media Studies
Teis Jayaswal - Fundamentals: Issues and Texts
Jacob Johnson - Physics, History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine
Anja Krause - Astronomy, Astrophysics
Jovan Landry - professional filmmaker
Sherri Li - Mathematics
Gabrielle Lu - Art History
Rebecca Naimon - English, Statistics
Lisa Noble - Weill Cornell Medical College/Sloan Kettering Institute/Rockefeller University
Ugushi Ogonor - Cinema and Media Studies
Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar - STAGE
David Schuster - Physics, PME
Varada Shevade - University of Maryland, Geography
Steven Vandeven - professional filmmaker
Winston Wang - Psychology
Rachel Weathered - PME
Emily Williams - Social Sciences

Photo by: Mike Walker Photography

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STAGE's Curiosity: The Making of a Scientist Pilot