The Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and the Physics Department at Harvard University join their expertise to expand on their ground breaking research and to promote career development of excellent scientists. The Max Planck Harvard Research Center for Quantum Optics (MPHQ) supports research and educational activities in fundamental and applied physics in fields ranging from quantum gases, quantum sensing, quantum metrology, quantum control to quantum chemistry, quantum many-body systems, and quantum information science.