Dr. John Kitching, a scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Presidential Rank Award for his groundbreaking work in developing compact, chip-scale atomic clocks and magnetometers. Kitching, who has been with NIST since 2003, has made significant contributions to the NIST on a Chip program, which aims to develop compact, SI-traceable standards of length, time, voltage, current, and temperature. His inventions have earned him recognition as a 2022 Fellow of both the National Academy of Inventors and IEEE. Kitching holds several patents in the areas of spectroscopy and quantum systems and has held various leadership positions in scientific organizations.
Source: https://www.nist.gov/awards/2024-presidential-rank-award-john-kitching
Keywords: atomic, clocks, magnetometers, spectroscopy, quantum
