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...

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Physics Graduate Student Chuankun Zhang Presents on Nuclear Clock Research for a Physics Colloquium at Boulder

Oct. 1, 2024

For the first lecture in the Fall Physics Colloquium Series, Chuankun Zhang, a graduate student from the University of Colorado Boulder's physics department and a researcher at JILA, delivered an insightful talk titled “ Optical Nuclear Clock: Nuclear Physics Meets Metrology ”. “It’s a rare opportunity and a very special...

Professors Ana Maria Rey and Jun Ye Featured on PBS Documentary on Quantum Research

Feb. 6, 2022

Jun Ye Wins 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Sept. 9, 2021

/NIST Physicists Get Closer to Redefining the Length of a Second

March 30, 2021

Jun Ye wins 2018 Rabi Award for research on optical lattice atomic clocks

Feb. 22, 2018

Physics Professor Jun Ye Elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 10, 2011

Congratulations to Professor Jun Ye for being elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The news was announced by the NAS on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Professor Ye joins 72 new members and 18 foreign associates. Ye and his scientific colleagues were recognized for their distinguished and ongoing achievements in...