Education
- PhD (physics), The University of Aarhus, 1993
- MSc (physics), The University of Aarhus, 1989
- BSc (physics & chemistry), The University of Aarhus, 1987
Employment
- The University of Arizona: Optical Sciences; Professor,
2002-date; Associate Professor, 1998-2002; Assistant Professor,
1993-1998
- University of Maryland: Postdoctoral Fellow, 1993
- National Institute of Standards and Technology: Guest Researcher,
1990, 1992
Awards and Honors
- College Award of Distinction for Graduate Teaching, 2008
- NSF Career Grant, 1995-1997
- Finalist in the competition for the 1994 American Physical Society
Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular
or Optical Physics
- Research and Development Magazine, R&D 100 Award (with S.
Rolston, C. Westbrook), 1991
Teaching
- Opti 503
- Opti 545
- Opti 640X
- Opti 511L
- Opti 646
- Opti 648X
- Opti 543X
- Opti 547X
Research
- Quantum state preparation, coherent control, quantum tunneling and
transport phenomena in optical lattices. Quantum
computation. Macroscopic superposition states and
coherent evolution in dissipative quantum systems. Few-body quantum
state preparation in optical lattices. Matter-wave equivalent of the
laser/micromaser. Atom-optics in nano-fabrication. Laser cooling,
trapping and manipulation of atoms and ions.
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