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Walsworth, Ronald
Biography
Ronald Walsworth earned his B.S. in Physics from Duke University and his Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University. His research interests are in developing precision measurement tools and applying them to diverse problems across the physical and life sciences. Walsworth is the recipient of the Francis Pipkin Award in Precision Measurements from the American Physical Society; the Smithsonian Institution Exceptional Service Award; and the Duke University Faculty Scholar Award. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and serves as a Distinguished Traveling Lecturer for the Division of Laser Science of the American Physical Society. Walsworth is also a Minta Martin Professor in the UMD Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Founding Director of the Quantum Technology Center.
Jarzynski, Christopher
Biography
Christopher Jarzynski received his A.B. (with high honors) in 1987 from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in 1994 from University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on statistical mechanics and thermodynamics at the molecular level, with a particular focus on the foundations of nonequilibrium thermodynamics. His research group has worked on topics that include the application of statistical mechanics to problems of biophysical interest; the analysis of artificial molecular machines; the development of efficient numerical schemes for estimating thermodynamic properties of complex systems; the relationship between thermodynamics and information processing; quantum and classical shortcuts to adiabaticity; and quantum thermodynamics. Jarzynski is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a UMD Distinguished University Professor. He received the 2019 Lars Onsager Prize for theoretical statistical physics, a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2020 Simons Fellowship. In 2020, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Research
Notable Publications:
- C. Jarzynski, "Nonequilibrium equality for free energy differences", Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2690 (1997)
- C. Jarzynski, “Equalities and inequalities: Irreversibility and the second law of thermodynamics at the nanoscale”, Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 2:329-51 (2011).
- JZ. Lu, D. Mandal and C. Jarzynski, “Engineering Maxwell’s demon”, Physics Today 67 (8), 60 (August, 2014)
- S. Deffner, C. Jarzynski and A. del Campo, “Classical and Quantum Shortcuts to Adiabaticity for Scale-Invariant Driving, Phys. Rev. X 4, 021013 (2014)
Research Areas:
AI and Physical Sciences
Nonlinear Dynamics
Biophysics
Quantum Science and Technology
Centers & Institutes: Institute for Physical Sciences & Technology
Upadhyaya, Arpita
Biography
Arpita Upadhyaya received her Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, and then worked at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT before being awarded an MIT Pappalardo Fellowship in the Department of Physics. She spent a year in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at UNC Chapel Hill before joining the UMD faculty in 2006. She received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2008, and was promoted to associate professor in 2014. Her research uses quantitative imaging, biophysical measurements and computational analysis to study cellular mechanics and the physical forces that enable a cell to sense and respond to its physical environment, in particular cells of the immune system and cancer cells.
Research
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Centers & Institutes: Institute for Physical Science & Technology; Maryland Biophysics Program;Maryland NanoCenter
Seo, Eun-Suk
Biography
Eun-Suk Seo earned her Ph.D. in 1991 from Louisiana State University. She joined UMD in 1991 and became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010. Her research focuses on cosmic ray origin, acceleration, and propagation including searches for exotic matter, such as antimatter and dark matter using direct measurements of galactic cosmic rays by flying instruments on balloons or spacecraft. Professor Seo has worked on numerous projects for the detection and characterization of cosmic rays, including four major international collaborations: ATIC (the Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter), AMS (the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, intended for deployment on the International Space Station), BESS (the Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting magnet Spectrometer) and CREAM (the Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass program). She is the Principal Investigator for CREAM and Co-Investigator for the others.
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Research Projects:
- Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter ( ATIC )
- Alpha Magnet Spectrometer ( AMS )
- Balloon -borne Experiment with a Superconducting magnet Spectrometer ( BESS )
- Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass ( CREAM )
Centers & Institutes: Center for Experimental Fundamental Physics, Institute for Physical Science & Technology, Joint Space-Science Institute
Teaching
- Physics 107: Light, Perception, Photography & Visual Phenomena Laboratory
- Physics 121: Fundamentals of Physics I
- Physics 122: Fundamentals of Physics II
- Physics 141:Principles of Physics I
- Physics 260: Vibrations, Waves, Heat, Electricity & Magnetism
- Physics 270: Electrodynamics, Light, Relativity & Modern Physics
- Physics 272 & 272H: Introductory Physics: Fields
- Physics 276: Experimental Physics II
Roy, Rajarshi
Biography
Raj Roy is a professor of physics and Director of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Rochester. He is a Fellow of American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. His research interests include the study of nonlinear dynamics and noise in optical devices and systems relevant to very practical technological applications such as compact disk players, fiber optic communications, and the development of optical switching devices and laser arrays.
Research
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Notable Publication:
- VanWiggeren, G.D. and R. Roy. Communication with Chaotic Lasers. Science 279:1198, 1998
Centers & Institutes: Institute for Physical Science & Technology; Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
Rolston, Steven
Biography
Steve Rolston received his B.S. in 1980 from Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. in 1986 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is currently Chair of the Department of Physics and a Fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America.
Research
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Research Projects:
- Ultracold Plasmas
- Quantum Information
- Optical Lattices
- Quantum Computation
Centers & Institutes: Joint Quantum Institute; Quantum Technology Center
News
- Rolston Reappointed Department Chair
- UMD Leads New $25M NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation
- Steve Rolston Named Chair of UMD Department of Physics
- Steve Rolston Comments on the Computers of our Wildest Dreams
- Steve Rolston Named Recipient of Kirwan Undergraduate Education Award