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Physical Measurement Laboratory

Quantum Measurement Division

Awards

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2025 Early Career Scientist Award (ESCA) in Statistical Physics - Nicole Yunger Halpern

For her outstanding contributions bridging statistical physics, thermodynamics and quantum information theory. Specifically, Dr. Yunger

2024 AAAS Fellow - Peter J. Mohr

Mohr was nominated for "for calculating fundamental quantum electrodynamical effects in atoms, leading the revision of the International

2024 Distinguished Associate Award - Linsey Rodenbach, Ngoc Thanh Mai Tran, Zachary Barcikowski, Frank Siefert, I-Fan Hu, Lorenz H. Keck, Shamith U. Payagala, Chieh-I Liu, and Dipanjan Saha

Related to the Gold Medal “For leveraging quantum physics to develop the world’s best standards for the ampere and kilogram, 2 of the 7

2024 Distinguished Associate Award - Frank Seifert and Kumar Arumugam

Related to the Rabinow Award “For the development of compact Kibble balance technology for mass and torque and its deployment to primary

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Joshua Bienfang, Thomas Gerrits, Paulina Kuo, Alan Migdall, Sergey Polyakov, Oliver Slattery

For the development of a dictionary of standardized terms and metrics to enable a fair comparison of competing single-photon technologies.

2024 - Gold Medal Award---Jason Underwood, Albert Rigosi, Alireza Panna, Leon Chao, Dean Jarrett, Randolph Elmquist, Stephan Schlamminger, David Newell, Darine El Haddad

For leveraging quantum physics to develop the world's best standards for the ampere and kilogram, two of the seven fundamental measurement units of science.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Denis Bergeron, Richard Essex, Ryan Fitzgerald, Jacqueline Mann, Shin Muramoto, Svetlana Nour, Gordon Shaw, R. Michael Verkouteren

For pioneering development of instrumentation and methods to precisely dispense and validate milligram quantities of radioactive liquid samples.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Adam Biacchi, Thinh Bui, Cindi Dennis, Michael Donahue, Angela Hight Walker, Thomas Moffat, Eric Rus, Weston Tew, Solomon Woods

For the development of three-dimensional, high-resolution temperature measurement and imaging of materials using embedded magnetic nanoparticles.

Quantum Measurement Division

Awards

2025 Early Career Scientist Award (ESCA) in Statistical Physics - Nicole Yunger Halpern

2024 AAAS Fellow - Peter J. Mohr

2024 Distinguished Associate Award - Linsey Rodenbach, Ngoc Thanh Mai Tran, Zachary Barcikowski, Frank Siefert, I-Fan Hu, Lorenz H. Keck, Shamith U. Payagala, Chieh-I Liu, and Dipanjan Saha

2024 Distinguished Associate Award - Frank Seifert and Kumar Arumugam

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Joshua Bienfang, Thomas Gerrits, Paulina Kuo, Alan Migdall, Sergey Polyakov, Oliver Slattery

2024 - Gold Medal Award---Jason Underwood, Albert Rigosi, Alireza Panna, Leon Chao, Dean Jarrett, Randolph Elmquist, Stephan Schlamminger, David Newell, Darine El Haddad

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Denis Bergeron, Richard Essex, Ryan Fitzgerald, Jacqueline Mann, Shin Muramoto, Svetlana Nour, Gordon Shaw, R. Michael Verkouteren

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Adam Biacchi, Thinh Bui, Cindi Dennis, Michael Donahue, Angela Hight Walker, Thomas Moffat, Eric Rus, Weston Tew, Solomon Woods

2024 - Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award---Leon Chao, Zane Comden

2024 Katharine B. Gebbie Young Investigator Award - Nicole Yunger Halpern

2025 IEEE Fellow - Dean G. Jarrett

2024 Science News 10: Scientists to Watch - Nicole Yunger Halpern

Named Finalist in 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists - Alexey Gorshkov

2024 IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award - Alexey Gorshkov

JQI Researchers Win 2023 UMD Quantum Invention of the Year Award

2023 AAAS Fellow - Angela Hight Walker

2024 Hermann Weyl Prize - Nicole Yunger Halpern

2023 - William P. Slichter Award---Anthony Kotula, Kalman Migler, Angela Hight Walker

2023 - Samuel Wesley Stratton Award---Alexey Gorshkov

2023 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---Gail Griffin-Ferris

2023 ASPIRE Prize U.S. Winner - Nicole Yunger Halpern

2022 - Edward Uhler Condon Award---Stephan Schlamminger

2022 Katharine B. Gebbie Young Investigator Award - Albert Rigosi

2023 Optica Fellow - Alexey Gorshkov

2022 Excellence in Research Award in Physical and Information Sciences - Alexey Gorshkov

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