Rahul Nandkishore

Boulder Physics Associate Professor Rahul Nandkishore Wins 2024 Anatoly Larkin Award

Oct. 22, 2024

Rahul Nandkishore, an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been honored with the 2024 Anatoly Larkin Award from the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute (FTPI) at the University of Minnesota. The award citation recognizes Nandkishore “for groundbreaking contributions to the physics of quantum nonequilibrium...

Jamie Nagle

Physics Professor Jamie Nagle Awarded Boulder’s Distinguished Research Lectureship

Oct. 17, 2024

University of Colorado Boulder Physics Professor Jamie Nagle has been awarded the prestigious Distinguished Research Lectureship by the university. This award is among the highest honors bestowed upon a faculty member by their peers, recognizing Nagle's distinguished body of work, academic achievements, and significant contributions to Boulder’s educational and...

Jun Ye

Physics Professor Jun Ye is Awarded the Monroe Endowed Professorship

Oct. 15, 2024

Jun Ye, a professor of physics and a JILA and NIST Fellow, has been named the inaugural holder of the Monroe Endowed Professorship in Physics. This prestigious new professorship, the result of a $1 million endowment from alumnus Chris Monroe, underscores the university’s growing prominence in quantum information science...

Meredith Betterton

Professor Meredith Betterton Wins a 2024 AB Nexus Award

Sept. 25, 2024

Recently, the AB Nexus program announced its 2024 seed grant awards, recognizing interdisciplinary research teams from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The AB Nexus program fosters intercampus partnerships between scientists, engineers, and physicians to improve human health further. The 2024 AB Nexus...

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Physics Professor Ivan Smalyukh and His Team Receive a Guinness Book of World Records Award for Most Transparent Material

Aug. 15, 2024

The Soft Matter Physics Smalyukh Research Group holding the Guinness World Record plaque. Only a few individuals or teams are awarded by the Guinness Book of World Records for specific actions or research they’ve done. One of those teams is led by the University of Colorado Boulder Professor of Physics...

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Joe Berry, Michael McGehee, Michael Toney, and Jun Ye named highly cited researchers

Nov. 16, 2023

Professors Joe Berry, Michael McGehee, Michael Toney, and Jun Ye Physics professors Joseph Berry, Michael McGehee, Michael Toney, and Jun Ye have been named by Clarivate as highly cited researchers in 2023. Researchers earning the designation have “demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research” according to the...

Ivan Smalyukh

Professor Ivan Smalyukh selected as Optica Fellow

Nov. 3, 2023

Professor Ivan Smalyukh has been named a Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA) for his innovative research in soft condensed matter and optical physics.

Nuris Figueroa

Professor Nuris Figueroa named a 2023 Boettcher Investigator

June 8, 2023

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Dana Anderson Wins Willis E. Lamb Award

Oct. 7, 2021

Congratulations to Physics Professor Dana Anderson for winning the 2021 Willis E Lamb award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics. The award recognizes Dana's, "excellent contributions to quantum optics and electronics". The Anderson Group is currently involved in state of the art ultracold atom research with applications in atomtronics, atom...