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2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

Quinlan

Quinlan

AWARD CITATION

Quinlan is recognized for defying prevailing theory from the past 40 years to generate the world’s most stable electromagnetic signals spanning the radio frequency, microwave and optical ranges, and making a 10,000-fold improvement in the ability to measure those signals.

INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Franklyn Quinlan

Physicist
Physical Measurement Laboratory