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Keith Schwab (born May 18, 1968) is an American Physicist.

He was born in St. Louis, Missouri together with his twin sister, Kris. His contributions are in the areas of nanoscience, ultra-low temperature physics, and quantum effects.

Education

 * St. Louis University High School, 1986
 * Bachelor of Arts in Physics, University of Chicago, 1990
 * Ph.D. in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1996
 * Thesis topic: “Experiments with Superfluid Oscillators”
 * Advisor: Prof. Richard Packard.
 * Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 1996-2000

Employment and Appointments

 * Associate Professor of Physics, Cornell University (starting 17 April 2006)
 * Senior Physicist, National Security Agency / Laboratory for Physical Sciences, 2000-April 2006, GS-15 rank
 * Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2002-present
 * Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales, Center for Quantum Computing Technology, January 2002
 * Affiliate member at NASA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997-2000
 * Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 1996-2000

Research Interests

 * Quantum effects in nano-mechanical and nano-electronic systems at ultra-low temperatures
 * Thermal transport and calorimetry at the nanoscale
 * Ultra-sensitive force detection with fully integrated cantilevers / detectors
 * Microdevices to bridge atomic and condensed matter physics experiments
 * Ultra-sensitive microwave measurement techniques
 * Superfluid helium gyroscopes and ultra-sensitive rotation sensors

Awards and Honors

 * Invited participant at the World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, 2005, 2007, and 2008.
 * Panelist for Fred Friendly Seminar on Nanotechnology, Security, and Privacy. Appeared nation-wide on PBS in spring of 2008.
 * An image of a nanodevice created during his Caltech postdoctoral research has been accepted into the permanent collection at Museum of Modern Art (New York) and was displayed during the exhibit “Design and the Elastic Mind,” 2/2008-5/2008.
 * Prize winner at the Young Scholars Competition at the “Amazing Light: Visions for Discovery” International Symposium, in tribute to Nobel Laureate Charles Townes, Berkeley, CA October 6-8, 2005
 * Selected as a member of the first class of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) World Nuclear University, 2005 Summer Institute, an intensive program to study many aspects of nuclear technology (power, weapons, proliferation, waste.)
 * Selected as a member of “The Forum of Young Global Leaders” which is part of the World Economic Forum (WEF), October 2004. This group meets at the WEF annual meeting in Davos Switzerland for the next 5 years to discuss and propose solutions to diverse problems facing the world today. (www.younggloballeaders.org)
 * Named one of the “50 most influential men in America under 38 years old,” by Details Magazine September 2003
 * Named one of the “10 most innovative in America under 40 years old,” by Fortune Magazine September 2003
 * Named one of the “world’s top 100 innovators in science and technology” by MIT’s Technology Review magazine, May 2002
 * Featured in an independent documentary film by Toni Sherwood, “The Uncertainty Principle: Making of an American Scientist,” Lucid Films, 2000
 * Michelson Postdoctral Prize Lectureship for 2000, awarded by Case Western Reserve University
 * Awarded the Sherman Fairchild Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship at Caltech, 1996-2000
 * “Best Research Project” at the Fifth Undergraduate Summer Institute on Contemporary Topics in Applied Physics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1989
 * Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America) 1986

Selected Publications and Research Results

 * “Radio Frequency Scanning Tunneling Microscopy,” U. Kemiktarak, T. Ndukum, K.C. Schwab, K.L. Ekinci, Nature 450, 85-89 (2007). 
 * “Information on Cooling,” K.C. Schwab, Nature 444, 161-162 (2006). News and Views.
 * “Self-cooling of a micro-mirror by radiation pressure,”, S. Gigan, H.R. Boehm, M. Paternostro, F. Blaser, G. Langer, J. Hertzberg, K. Schwab, D. Baeuerle, M. Aspelmeyer, A. Zeilinger, Nature 444, 67-70  (2006).
 * “Quantum Measurement Backaction and Cooling Observed with a Nanomechanical Resonator,” A. Naik, O. Buu, M.D. LaHaye, M.P. Blencowe, A.D. Armour, A. A. Clerk, K.C. Schwab, Nature 443, 193 (2006.)
 * “Ion Trap in a Semiconductor Chip,” D. Stick, W.K. Hensinger, M.J. Madsen, S. Olmschenk, K. Schwab, C. Monroe, cover article Nature Physics 2, 36 (2005.)* Schumann Kreisleriana/Brahms Piano Sonata No. 2 (1989)
 * “Putting Mechanics into Quantum Mechanics,” K.C. Schwab and M.L. Roukes, cover article Physics Today 58, 36 (2005.)
 * “Approaching the Quantum Limit of a Nanomechanical Resonator,” M. LaHaye, O. Buu, B. Camarota, K. Schwab, Science 304, 74 (2004).
 * ''“Quantum Dynamics of a Cooper-Pair Box Coupled to a Micromechanical Resonator,” A.D. Armour, M.P. Blencowe, and K. Schwab, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 148301 (2002.)"
 * “Measurement of the Quantum of Thermal Conductance,” K. Schwab, E.A. Henriksen, J.M. Worlock, and M.L. Roukes, Nature 404, 974-977 (2000.)
 * “Detection of the Earth's Rotation Using Superfluid Phase Coherence," K. Schwab, N. Bruckner, and R. E. Packard", Nature 386, pp. 585-587 (1997.)	
 * “Faceted Crystal Growth in Two Dimensions,” B. Berge, L. Faucheux, K. Schwab, A. Libchaber, Nature 350, p. 320 (1991).