Awards

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2023 Presidential Rank Award - JILA and NIST Fellow Ana Maria Rey

Dr. Ana María Rey is a world-leading quantum theorist who collaborates daily with foremost experimental scientists to advance NIST

2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow - Ana Maria Rey

The 2023 Class of Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows will join an esteemed group of approximately 50 current fellows involved in vital basic

2022 - Gold Medal Award---Jun Ye

For the most precise measurement of the gravitational redshift using optical atomic clocks, further confirming Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity.

2022 - Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award---Dietrich Leibfried, Daniel Slichter, Andrew Wilson

For providing critical expertise in trapped-ion quantum information processing to industry stakeholders in support of the emerging quantum economy.

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2023 Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize - Adam Kaufman

Kaufman shares the $100,000 prize with selected winners, all from different institutions (Hannes Bernien, Manuel Endres, Kang-Kuen Ni

2022 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow - Jun Ye

The 2022 Class will join a cadre of approximately 50 current Fellows who conduct basic research in areas of importance to the DoD, including

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PAO, PML Receive 2022 Communicators Award of Excellence for Video Animation

NIST's video "Einstein, Time and Very Small Things - with Jun Ye" received a Communicators Award of Excellence in two categories: Use of

2022 Herbert Walther Prize - Jun Ye

For an extensive body of work in optics, including ultra-stable lasers, ultra-cold polar molecules, ultra-high resolution spectroscopy, and

2021 Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honor - Jun Ye

Ye was awarded this honor due to his seminal and creative contributions to a remarkably wide range of subjects within Atomic, Molecular and

2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics - Jun Ye

Ye has been a physicist at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, for more than 20 years. The prize

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2021 Julius Springer Prize - Jun Ye

Dr Jun Ye, Fellow of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, member of National Academy of Sciences and Professor Ad

2020 - Gold Medal Award---Scott Glancy, Emanuel Knill, Andrew Wilson, Dietrich Leibfried

For the first demonstration of quantum gate teleportation with trapped ions, showcasing a crucial step toward large-scale quantum computation.

2020 Micius Quantum Prize - Jun Ye

Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye received the prize: For their groundbreaking achievements in precision quantum measurements, in particular for

2020 Highly Cited Researcher in Physics - Jun Ye

Ye is one of approximately 6,400 researchers across 21 fields and of 179 physicists awarded in 2020. The Highly Cited Researcher award is

2020 AAAS Fellow - Konrad W. Lehnert

For pioneering contributions to quantum science, particularly quantum control and measurement of mechanical oscillators, and sub-quantum

2020 Young Investigator Award - Adam Kaufman

The ONR YIP was awarded to Adam Kaufman to fund research (540k over three years) in creating entangled systems of atoms for quantum

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2019 - Gold Medal Award---Kyle Beloy, David Hume, David Leibrandt, Andrew Ludlow, Nathan Newbury, Jeffrey Sherman, Laura Sinclair, William Swann, Jun Ye

For creating and networking the world's best optical atomic clocks for a 100-fold improvement in precision timekeeping over the state of the art.

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Awards

2023 Presidential Rank Award - JILA and NIST Fellow Ana Maria Rey

2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow - Ana Maria Rey

2022 - Gold Medal Award---Jun Ye

2022 - Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award---Dietrich Leibfried, Daniel Slichter, Andrew Wilson

2023 Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize - Adam Kaufman

2022 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow - Jun Ye

PAO, PML Receive 2022 Communicators Award of Excellence for Video Animation

2022 Herbert Walther Prize - Jun Ye

2021 Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honor - Jun Ye

2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics - Jun Ye

2021 Julius Springer Prize - Jun Ye

2020 - Gold Medal Award---Scott Glancy, Emanuel Knill, Andrew Wilson, Dietrich Leibfried

2020 Micius Quantum Prize - Jun Ye

2020 Highly Cited Researcher in Physics - Jun Ye

2020 AAAS Fellow - Konrad W. Lehnert

2020 Young Investigator Award - Adam Kaufman

2019 - Gold Medal Award---Kyle Beloy, David Hume, David Leibrandt, Andrew Ludlow, Nathan Newbury, Jeffrey Sherman, Laura Sinclair, William Swann, Jun Ye

2019 Blavatnik National Laureate in Physical Sciences & Engineering - Ana Maria Rey, PhD

2019 Gears of Government Award - Thomas Perkins

2018 - Gold Medal Award---Thomas Perkins

2018 - Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award---Thomas Perkins

2018 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---Ralph Jimenez

2018 - Bronze Medal Award---Dustin Hite, Dietrich Leibfried, David Pappas, Andrew Wilson

2018 - Silver Medal Award---José Aumentado, Konrad Lehnert, Raymond Simmonds, John Teufel

2018 AAAS Fellow - Tom Perkins

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