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Physical Measurement Laboratory / Quantum Measurement Division

Laser Cooling and Trapping Group

Awards

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Nicole Yunger Halpern

2024 Hermann Weyl Prize - Nicole Yunger Halpern

The 2024 Hermann Weyl Prize has been awarded to Nicole Yunger Halpern from the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the University of Maryland for her...
Nicole Yunger Halpern

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

Nicole Yunger Halpern is an emerging young leader in the reconciliation and mutual strengthening of the concepts of thermodynamics and quantum physics, which can now be explored in unprecedented experimental detail. Her work ranges from quantum...
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2019/2020 George A. Snow Memorial Award - Gretchen Campbell

For her work on the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP). About Dr. George A. Snow: Throughout his tenure at the University of Maryland, Dr. George A. Snow remained committed to advancing and expanding the participation of women in...

2019 Highly Cited Researcher: Ian Spielman

Researchers are selected for their exceptional performance in one or more of 21 broad fields (those used in Web of Science Group's Essential Science Indicators, or ESI) or across several fields.
Gretchen Campbell

2015 Young Scientist Prize - Gretchen Campbell

The 2015 IUPAP Young Scientist prize for the Commission on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (C15) was awarded Dr Gretchen K Campbell, a Fellow, Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Maryland...
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2014 PECASE - Gretchen Campbell

A Fellow of the NIST/University of Maryland Joint Quantum Institute, Gretchen Campbell was recognized for pioneering research in "atomtronics" that proved the feasibility of technological applications in this new field by demonstrating the first...

2012 APS Fellow - Ian Spielman

For innovative and pioneering work in quantum phenomena at the intersection of atomic and condensed matter physics, using quantum simulation with ultracold atoms, including the use of optical interactions to create artificial electromagnetic fields...
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2011 Junior BEC Award - Ian Speilman

He received the award for "the first experimental realization of synthetic magnetic fields and spin-orbit couplings in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates." The award was presented at the Bose-Einstein Conference in Sant Feliu, Spain, Sept. 10-16, 2011.
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2010 PECASE - Ian Spielman

Ian B. Spielman, NIST physicist and a fellow at the NIST-University of Maryland Joint Quantum Institute, uses highly controlled ultracold atoms, trapped in crystals of laser light, to create quantum materials that shed light on problems in solid...
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2010 Outstanding Young Scientist - Ian Spielman

From JQI press release: "By shining laser light and applying an external magnetic field with a gradient on a gas of neutral atoms in an ultracold state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate, Spielman and his colleagues have synthesized an...

2008 APS Fellow - James (Trey) Porto

For seminal studies of ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices with applications to quantum information, many-body physics, and condensed matter models, and for the invention of optical lattice techniques including a super-lattice for patterned loading...

2006 Career Achievement Medal - Bill Phillips

Phillips was cited for having "launched an entirely new subfield of atomic, molecular and optical physics," as well as being the first federal employee to win the Nobel Prize for Physics for work done as part of his official duties. Phillips shared...
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2005 Presidential Rank Award - Bill Phillips

NIST Fellow William D. Phillips, 1997 Nobel Laureate in physics, is a distinguished recipient of a 2005 Presidential Rank Award for exceptional long-term accomplishments, the most prestigious award given to senior executives and senior professionals...
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