Education
- Ph.D., The University of Aarhus, 1993
- M.Sc., The University of Aarhus, 1989
- B.Sc., The University of Aarhus, 1987
Employment
- The University of Arizona: Chair of Quantum Information and
Control, 2011–date; 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, American Physical Society
Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular
or Optical Physics, 1994
- 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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