Ronald Walsworth | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Duke University (
B.S.), Harvard University ( Ph.D.) |
Known for | Quantum sensing |
Awards | Francis M. Pipkin Award (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics ( atomic physics) |
Institutions |
Harvard University (1991–2019) University of Maryland (2019–) |
Doctoral advisor | Isaac Silvera |
Ronald Walsworth is an American physicist, engineer, and professor at the University of Maryland. [1]
Walsworth earned a B.S. in physics from Duke University in 1984 and completed a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard in 1991. [2] He has been recognized for his contributions to science. In 2001, he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. [3] He was a Distinguished Traveling Lecturer for the American Physical Society from 2002 to 2023. In 2005, he received the Francis M. Pipkin Award in Precision Measurements from the American Physical Society. [4] He also received the Smithsonian Institution Exceptional Service Award; the Duke University Faculty Scholar Award; and the NASA Group Achievement Award.
Since 2020, Walsworth has served as the Founding Director of the Quantum Technology Center at the University of Maryland; [5] and also as a Minta Martin Professor in the Department of Physics [6] and in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering [7] at the University of Maryland. He previously served as a Senior Physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics at Harvard University.
Walsworth has helped establish several startup companies. [8] In 2012, he co-founded Quantum Diamond Technologies with Mikhail Lukin and others to develop biomedical diagnostic technology using nitrogen-vacancy diamond magnetic imaging. [9] In 2014, he co-founded Hyperfine with Matthew Rosen and Jonathan Rothberg to develop the world's first portable human MRI instrument able to move to a patient's bedside at the point of care. [10] [11] In 2020, he founded Quantum Catalyzer to perform quantum research and create new quantum technology startups; [12] one of these companies is QDM.IO, co-founded by Walsworth and geologist Roger Fu, [13] which builds and sells quantum diamond microscopes (QDMs) for research and education. [14]
Ronald Walsworth | |
---|---|
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Duke University (
B.S.), Harvard University ( Ph.D.) |
Known for | Quantum sensing |
Awards | Francis M. Pipkin Award (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics ( atomic physics) |
Institutions |
Harvard University (1991–2019) University of Maryland (2019–) |
Doctoral advisor | Isaac Silvera |
Ronald Walsworth is an American physicist, engineer, and professor at the University of Maryland. [1]
Walsworth earned a B.S. in physics from Duke University in 1984 and completed a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard in 1991. [2] He has been recognized for his contributions to science. In 2001, he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. [3] He was a Distinguished Traveling Lecturer for the American Physical Society from 2002 to 2023. In 2005, he received the Francis M. Pipkin Award in Precision Measurements from the American Physical Society. [4] He also received the Smithsonian Institution Exceptional Service Award; the Duke University Faculty Scholar Award; and the NASA Group Achievement Award.
Since 2020, Walsworth has served as the Founding Director of the Quantum Technology Center at the University of Maryland; [5] and also as a Minta Martin Professor in the Department of Physics [6] and in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering [7] at the University of Maryland. He previously served as a Senior Physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics at Harvard University.
Walsworth has helped establish several startup companies. [8] In 2012, he co-founded Quantum Diamond Technologies with Mikhail Lukin and others to develop biomedical diagnostic technology using nitrogen-vacancy diamond magnetic imaging. [9] In 2014, he co-founded Hyperfine with Matthew Rosen and Jonathan Rothberg to develop the world's first portable human MRI instrument able to move to a patient's bedside at the point of care. [10] [11] In 2020, he founded Quantum Catalyzer to perform quantum research and create new quantum technology startups; [12] one of these companies is QDM.IO, co-founded by Walsworth and geologist Roger Fu, [13] which builds and sells quantum diamond microscopes (QDMs) for research and education. [14]