Awards

For visionary and inspirational leadership in building the foundation for a robust 21st century quantum industry through science-based and industry-driven standards and sensors.

For the development of the first imaging performance standard for millimeter-wave systems for security screening of humans.

Principal Investigators: Lilliam Ambroggio, PhD (CU Anschutz) and Jun Ye, PhD (CU Boulder) Using quantum sensing and advanced laser technologies, this project aims to develop a new breath test to help doctors quickly and safely differentiate between...

Shannon Duff has received a 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Award in the Applied Science and Engineering category for her outstanding federal service in establishing a program to produce sensor arrays for measurements of the cosmic microwave background...

Michelle Stephens is being recognized in the Leadership-Management category for advancing the accurate measurement of infrared and optical radiation required for defense, climate, and fundamental science, such as determining the output of high-power...

Dr. Laura Sinclair is being recognized in the Applied Science and Engineering category for pioneering femtosecond free-space optical time-transfer, enabling unprecedented precision in timekeeping. During her 12 years at NIST, she has authored nearly...

In recognition for his effective leadership of SC 45B/WG 17, as well as his role as project leader of IEC 62463:2024, Radiation protection instrumentation — X-ray systems for the security screening of persons.

The Atoms: Nature's Perfect Timekeeper website received a Communicator Award of Excellence in the General-Science and Technology category. The Award of Excellence is the highest honor. It is only given to those entrants whose work demonstrates their...

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

The award acknowledges Ye's groundbreaking work in optical clocks and frequency metrology, which has significantly advanced precision measurement and timekeeping. His contributions have deepened our understanding of fundamental physics and paved the...

For leveraging quantum physics to develop the world’s best standards for the ampere and kilogram, 2 of the 7 fundamental measurement units of science.

For pioneering advances in electro-optic frequency comb technology from ultraviolet to terahertz frequencies for spectroscopy, molecular dynamics, and remote sensing applications

For the development of compact Kibble balance technology for mass and torque and its deployment to primary standards laboratories and U.S. industry.

For the realization of the first single-photon detector integrated with an ion trap for the high-fidelity state readout of a trapped-ion quantum bit.

For reducing the uncertainty in calibration of the world network of gravitational wave observatories.

For developing the novel sensors that enable the most advanced cosmic microwave background observatory to unravel the mysteries of the early universe.

Kaufman established and leads a NIST research program that has pioneered the science of optical-tweezer arrays of alkaline-earth atoms, for precision measurement, quantum information processing, and many-body quantum physics.

Stephen Eckel is recognized for his pioneering work in applying cold-atom physics to solve real-world measurement problems, investigating the enabling physics, and leading the development of the first deployable, practical cold-atom-based device with...

Nikolai Klimov is recognized for transformational research in photonic sensors for thermometry, dosimetry, humidity, and vacuum and for working with industry partners to bring these new technologies to the marketplace.

For “innovative technical contributions to the emerging field of quantum thermodynamics, while vivifying the subject in the public consciousness."

Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern from the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), NIST, and the University of Maryland connects thermodynamics to modern quantum technologies.

His team will explore new chamber designs, aided by cryogenics, to greatly enhance heating from contaminants, new optical lattice designs to mitigate additional heating sources, and new cooling methods to mitigate collisional heating.

For outstanding technical leadership in conducting a critical NASA quantum sensing capability assessment to enable the success of NASA future science and exploration missions.

In June 2024, Vinod Tewary of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory Applied Chemicals and Materials Division was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK.

TC-45: Radiation and Nuclear Instrumentation and Systems