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Katarina Cicak (Fed)
Physicist
Katarina Cicak is a research scientist in the Applied Physics Division at NIST Boulder. She received a Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University. Her expertise is in innovation, nanofabrication, and integration of quantum superconducting devices, including qubits, quantum-efficient amplifiers and optomechanical devices. She joined NIST in 2004.
Awards
- 2022: U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal for “…work (that) experimentally tested the physical size limits at which quantum mechanics ends and classical physics begins.”
- 2021: Physics World: Breakthrough of the Year for "...entangling two macroscopic vibrating drumheads, thereby advancing our understanding of the divide between quantum and classical systems."
- 2020: NIST Technology Partnership Office Patent of the Month for “Reticulated resonator, process for making and use of same”.
- 2018: PML Distinguished Associate Award related to the U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal Award for "creating the fundamental, enabling components of future quantum networks ...".
Publications
Patents (2018-Present)
Created October 9, 2019, Updated August 3, 2023