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Tom Heavner (Fed)
Tom Heavner joined the Time and Frequency Division in 1998 as part of the NIST Cs fountain primary frequency standards team. Currently, Tom is working on a project aimed at incorporating a high-performance Sr ion optical clock into the NIST timescale.
Tom received his PhD in physics from JILA/University of Colorado in 1998. His thesis research was precision mass spectroscopy of single ions using a cryogenic Penning Ion Trap.