Ehud Altman [2022]
University of California Berkeley
Citation: For insightful contributions to the theoretical understanding of the equilibrium and non-equilibrium phases of many-atom and many-electron systems, including many-body localization and phase transitions in non-equilibrium systems.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Wesley C. Campbell [2022]
UCLA
Citation: For breakthroughs in the use of mode-locked lasers, new species, and metastable states in trapped ion quantum computing and for developing new tools for cold molecule science.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Jose Crespo Lopez-Urrutia [2022]
Max Planck Inst Kernphys
Citation: For groundbreaking experiments on sympathetic cooling of highly charged ions and many contributions to spectroscopy for astrophysics, plasma physics, and tests of fundamental physics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Andrew D. Ludlow [2022]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For outstanding scientific leadership in the development of a state-of-the-art optical lattice clock to achieve one of the lowest atomic clock systematic uncertainties ever recorded, and for innovative technologies associated with optical clock comparison, transportable clocks, and stable lasers.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Prof. Dr. Giovanna Morigi [2022]
Saarland University
Citation: For the invention of novel techniques for cooling trapped ions, atoms, and molecules, and for pioneering theoretical work on the structural phase transitions in low-dimensional trapped-ion crystals.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Arvinder Sandhu [2022]
University of Arizona
Citation: For the development of pump-probe spectroscopy schemes with high-harmonic generation based attosecond sources, and pioneering investigations of coherent electronic processes in atoms and molecules.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Hui Zhai [2022]
Tsinghua University
Citation: For contributions to cold atom physics including spin-orbit coupled BEC, orbital Feshbach resonance, and scale invariant hydrodynamics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Weiping Zhang [2022]
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Citation: For seminal works in laser manipulation of ultracold atomic quantum gases, in particular, pioneering contributions to the field of nonlinear atom optics, and the development of quantum metrology with novel quantum interferometers and atom-photon interface.
Nominated by: DAMOP