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JQI and PFC scientists go places. They travel around the world to talk about quantum information. JQI graduate students and postdoctoral scientists move on to other institutions, often expanding quantum research. Read about this and more in People News. To submit items, email eedwards@umd.edu.

Timothy Qian wearing a blue Regrneron STS 2021 Finalist shirt while on a porch standing in front of a snowy yard.
February 4, 2021 | People News

Gorshkov Summer Student Named Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalist

Timothy Qian, a senior at Montgomery Blair High School, has been named a finalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) 2021 competition for the research from his summer research internship at the University of Maryland.

A photo of JQI Fellow Jacob Taylor
January 20, 2021 | People News

Taylor Receives Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award

JQI Fellow Jake Taylor has been recognized by the federal government for his role in expanding U.S. policy and efforts in the fiercely competitive field of quantum information science.

Taylor, who is also a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is the recipient of the 2020 Gold Medal Award from the Department of Commerce.

November 24, 2020 | People News

Kollár Receives Air Force Young Investigator Grant

JQI Fellow Alicia Kollár has been awarded a grant by the Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program (YIP). She is one of 36 early-career researchers around the US to receive the three-year, $450,000 award.

November 20, 2020 | People News

Two JQI Fellows Named 2020 Highly Cited Researchers

Two JQI Fellows are included on the Clarivate Web of Science Group’s 2020 list of Highly Cited Researchers, which recognizes influential scientists for their highly cited papers over the preceding decade.

November 13, 2020 | People News

PRB Highlights Work of Das Sarma and Hwang

To mark the 50th anniversary of Physical Review B, editors selected “milestone” papers that have made lasting contributions to condensed matter physics, including one co-written by JQI Fellow Sankar Das Sarma.

Logo of the 50th anniversary of the journals Physical Review A through D
October 19, 2020 | People News

PRA Highlights Work of JQI Fellow during 50th Anniversary Celebration

A paper coauthored by JQI Fellow Ian Spielman in 2011 has been highlighted by the journal Physical Review A as part of its 50th anniversary celebration—one of only 26 that the journal plans to highlight in its “anniversary milestones” collection.

Photograph of Christopher Monroe in a dim laboratory with blue light shining around him.
October 16, 2020 | People News

Monroe Elected OSA Fellow

JQI Fellow Christopher Monroe has been elected as a Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA). He is one of 118 OSA members to be selected this year.

A photo of Max Planck
October 7, 2020 | People News

Planck and the Birth of Quantum Mechanics

This historical note was written by JQI Fellow Luis Orozco.

In the early evening of Sunday, Oct. 7, 1900—120 years ago today—Max Planck found the functional form of the curve that we now know as the Planck distribution of black-body radiation. By my account, it was the birthdate of quantum mechanics.

Slide announcing the launch of the NSF's second Convergence Accelerator cohort
September 29, 2020 | People News | Research News

UMD to Lead $1M NSF Project to Develop a Quantum Network

Quantum technology is expected to be a major technological driver in the 21st century, with significant societal impact in various sectors. A quantum network would revolutionize a broad range of industries, including computing, banking, medicine and data analytics. The internet has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives by enabling connectivity between people across the globe; a quantum internet could have a similar transformational potential for quantum technology. 

Photo of Alexey Gorshkov
September 28, 2020 | People News

Gorshkov Elected APS Fellow

JQI Fellow Alexey Gorshkov has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). He is one of 163 APS members to join the select group this year.

A photo of Alderete, Nguyen and Linke
July 1, 2020 | People News

JQI Quantum Computing Results Selected as “Top Pick” by IEEE Micro

Research by a team that includes JQI Fellow Norbert Linke, UMD physics graduate student Nhung Hong Nguyen, and visiting graduate student Cinthia Huerta Alderete has been selected as one of the 2019 Top Picks in Computer Architecture by IEEE Micro. The work, which compared different kinds of quantum computers, was a collaboration with scientists from Princeton and IBM.

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