Dr. Ana Maria Rey, a theoretical physicist at JILA and NIST, has been awarded the prestigious Presidential Rank Award for her groundbreaking work in quantum physics. Rey’s research focuses on atomic, molecular, and optical physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum information science. She collaborates closely with experimental scientists to advance NIST’s measurements and technologies, including atomic clocks, ultracold molecules, and quantum simulation.
Rey leads a team of 14 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder. Her innovative theories are guiding experimentalists to improve quantum-based measurements and technologies. For example, her research underpins improvements to optical atomic clock precision at NIST, which will soon replace cesium clocks in the definition of the second.
Rey’s work has opened new fields of scientific inquiry and is being pursued worldwide. Her contributions to quantum physics are central to U.S. leadership in atomic clocks and other quantum technologies.
Source: https://www.nist.gov/awards/2023-presidential-rank-award-jila-and-nist-fellow-ana-maria-rey
Keywords: Atomic clocks, Quantum information science, Quantum correlation physics, Entanglement, Precision measurements
