Charles W. Clark

Research interests:

• Dynamics of ultracold atoms
• Physical implementation of quantum information processing
• Absolute optical radiometry with synchrotron radiation sources
• Quantitative tomographic imaging
• Atomic electronic excitation in nuclear reactions

Biography:

Honors and Awards:

• R&D 100 Award, R&D Magazine, 2008
  
• Distinguished Presidential Rank Award, U.S. Senior Executive Service, 2007    
• Gold Medal, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2004
  
• Physical Sciences Award, Washington Academy of Sciences, 2003
  
• Fellow, Washington Academy of Sciences, 2003
  
• Archie Mahan Prize, Optical Society of America, 2002
  
• Edward U. Condon Award, NIST, 2002
  
• Safety Award, NIST, 2002
  
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001
  
• Fellow, Institute of Physics, 1999
  
• Appointed to Senior Executive Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1997    
• Silver Medal, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1994    
• Fellow, Optical Society of America, 1994    
• Fellow, American Physical Society, 1992    
• Equal Employment Opportunity Award, NIST, 1991    
• Excellence in Research Award, National Bureau of Standards, Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1987    
• National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship, NBS, 1981    

Professional Activities:

• Chair Elect, Physics Section, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009-present    
• Chair, Advisory Board for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Antimatter-Matter Studies, 2006-present    
• Chair, Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, American Physical Society, 2005-2006
  
• Chair, Fellows and Honorary Members Committee, Optical Society of America, 2006
  
• Chair, Organizing Committee, "Towards Quantum Standards: A Workshop on Quantum Information Technology," The Royal Society, London, 2006    
• Chair, NSERC Review Committee for the Institute for Quantum Computing, Waterloo, 2006    
• Member, Editorial Board, J.Phys. B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 1996-2006    
• Editor for Scientific Applications, NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions, 1998-present    

Visiting Positions:

• Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, 2006    
• Dr. Lee Fellow, Christ Church, University of Oxford, 1999    
• Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, 1985 & 1992