Summary:
David J. Wineland, a physicist at NIST Boulder Laboratories in Colorado, has been named a 2013 NAI Fellow for his significant contributions to quantum state control and spectroscopy of trapped atomic ions. Wineland has been a member of the Time and Frequency Division at NIST since 1975, where he currently serves as a group leader and NIST Fellow.
Wineland received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. His research focuses on applications of trapped atomic ions to atomic clocks, quantum-limited metrology, and quantum information processing. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Physical Society and Optical Society of America.
Wineland has received numerous prestigious awards, including the National Medal of Science in 2007 and the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, which he shared with Serge Haroche of Collège de France, Paris. His election to NAI Fellow status recognizes his outstanding achievements in creating inventions that have had a significant impact on society and economic development.
Source: https://www.nist.gov/awards/2013-nai-fellow-dave-wineland
Keywords: Quantum, Metrology, Spectroscopy, Trapped, Ions
