Scott Diddams pictured in the lab with students

Boulder, Elevate Quantum partners ready for $127M regional quantum boost

July 2, 2024

Elevate Quantum, of which Boulder is a key partner, announced today that it has received a Tech Hub Phase 2 implementation award from the Department of Commerce, unlocking more than $127 million in new federal and state funding. The award is expected to drive more than $2 billion in additional private capital and cement the Mountain West as a global leader for quantum innovation.

An extremely cold gas of strontium atoms is trapped in a web of light known as an optical lattice.

Jun Ye's group builds most precise atomic clock

July 1, 2024

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Infleqtion fellowships inspire physics graduate students

June 25, 2024

Over the past three years, Infleqtion has sponsored prestigious fellowships and an industry panel for incoming physics graduate students. The company maintains close ties with the university, highlighting the importance of industry and higher ed working together to develop future leaders in the field.

Aju Jugessur, Juliet Gopinath, Scott Diddams and Cindy Regal, who will lead the realization of a new facility at  Boulder for making incredibly small devices. (Credit: Patrick Campbell/ Boulder)

Boulder wins $20M to lead National Quantum Nanofab facility

June 20, 2024

Several physics faculty including Scott Diddams (Principal Investigator), Cindy Regal, and Juliet Gopinath, will lead the creation of the new National Quantum Nanofab facility at Boulder, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

William Clark from Infleqtion presents a talk to Quantum Scholars students

Quantum Scholars program draws new sponsors from industry, alums

June 20, 2024

The Quantum Scholars program has garnered support from several new sponsors, leading to an increase in the number of fellowships available for students this fall.

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Graduate Student Yunzhe “Oliver” Shao Wins Best Paper Award at IEEE Conference

June 20, 2024

Physics graduate student Yunzhe “Oliver” Shao received the Best Paper Award at this year's IEEE Conference on Computational Imaging Using Synthetic Apertures.

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Kaufman receives 2024 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

June 18, 2024

Adam Kaufman, associate professor adjoint of physics and JILA/NIST fellow, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

NIST researcher John “Ben” Mates with colleagues from NIST and the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex in Tokai, Japan. Image Credit: Ben Mates

John Mates' (PhDPhys'11) research featured in NIST's Taking Measure Blog

May 30, 2024

Boulder alum John "Ben" Mates' (PhDPhys'11) dissertation is now a hot topic and "required reading for many scientists interested in multiplexing." Mates completed his PhD while conducting research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through 's Professional Research Experience Program ( PREP).

ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider

Blair Seidlitz' dissertation gets top marks from American Physical Society

May 28, 2024

Blair Seidlitz, who earned his PhD in physics in 2022 from the University of Colorado Boulder, has won the American Physical Society (APS) Dissertation Award in Hadronic Physics for his dissertation, the society announced.

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Physics offices to undergo major renovations

May 22, 2024

The Physics Main Office (DUAN E1B32) and PREP Office (DUAN D1B37) are undergoing major renovations starting May 27, 2024. Here's where you can find staff from the affected offices.

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