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She was recognized for her fundamental contributions to non-Abelian thermodynamics and her exploration of the relationship between quantum chaos and the work fluctuation theorem in non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

Yi-Kai Liu will be recognized with an Excellence in Research Award in Computer Science on May 8 at the academy’s annual meeting.

JQI Research Scientist Grégory Moille has received the Distinguished Research Scientist Prize from the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland. The award comes with a $5,000 prize and celebrates his research excellence.

She plans to leverage quantum simulation to test error correction protocols, applying the power of quantum computers to studying quantum computing itself.

In her new lab, Alaina Green is making a quantum computer that is better at intentionally creating quantum errors that can be systematically studied.

The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on up-and-coming researchers.

The RQS senior investigator is profiled in a feature article published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Lasers are often misunderstood, according to chemical physicist and JQI Fellow Yu Liu. “People usually think of lasers as heating things up, but if you use the right frequency of lasers and target the right type of atoms, you can actually take energy away,” Liu says. This technique—laser cooling—is his specialty.

She has been named one of Science News’s 10 “Scientists to Watch” for her pioneering work in quantum thermodynamics. Yunger Halpern blends historical concepts with modern technology to advance the understanding of small-scale systems like qubits.