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JQI Emeritus Fellow Paul Julienne has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

JQI Fellow Wendell Hill III has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S).

JQI graduate student Jacob Bringewatt has received the Board of Visitors Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences at UMD. The award acknowledges scholarly and research excellence of a graduate student in the college and comes with a $5,000 prize.

Deven Bowman, a JQI undergraduate researcher and junior physics and mathematics double-degree student at the University of Maryland, has been awarded a 2023 scholarship by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which encourages students to pursue advanced study and research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics.

A book written by JQI affiliate Nicole Yunger Halpern has received the prestigious Prose Award from the American Association of Publishers (AAP).

As a PhD graduation present, UMD physics alumnus Jonathan Hoffman’s adviser gave him a signed copy of the book Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. The book follows John Harrison, an 18th-century carpenter who took it upon himself to solve what was known as the longitude problem by building a series of 5 clocks, the best timekeepers to date. Eight years later, as a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Hoffman has started a new program called H6 seeking to build a spiritual successor to Harrison’s clocks: a “6th clock” that would be a compact, affordable, and precise device that would help navigate in situations where a GPS signal is unavailable.

The newest JQI Fellow manipulates interactions between atoms and photons in novel, well-controlled ways to simulate difficult-to-observe quantum phenomena.

Joining a graduate program is not just about choosing a university and studying a subject. It’s also about joining a community of people who help shape the experience and can support and welcome people who are new to the world of academic research.

Congratulations to Carlos! He successfully defended his thesis, titled: Realization of an effective Mexican-hat band for ultracold atoms in a time-modulated optical lattice

Two JQI researchers named Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Web of Science Group. The list highlights scientists whose papers have been heavily cited over the preceding decade.