User:Onebigatomicbore/Jun Ye

Jun Ye (born November 7, 1967) is an American physicist, specializing in atomic, molecular, and optical physics. He is employed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, he is an Adjunct Professor with the University of Colorado, and he is a fellow of JILA. He received a B.S. in applied physics at Jiao Tong University in 1989. He then completed an M.S. at the University of New Mexico (1991), and he earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Colorado (1997). His graduate advisor was John L. Hall, winner of the 2005 Nobel prize in physics for the optical frequency comb.

Jun Ye is the winner of numerous scientific awards, including two Department of Commerce gold medals, the I.I. Rabi Prize, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the Carl Zeiss Research Award, the William F. Meggers Award, the European Frequency and Time Forum Award, and he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2002, MIT Technology Review named Jun Ye among the list of their "35 Innovators Under 35," describing Dr Ye as a "laser Jedi."

Dr Ye runs a broad research program, and he has published in high-impact journals for a diverse body of work that includes optical frequency combs, molecule cooling, atomic clocks, and molecular quantum gases.