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University of Chicago
Professor, Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute

Research Areas:
Our research investigates the fundamental inter- and intramolecular forces that drive the course of chemical reactions. To experimentally probe the detailed molecular dynamics, both nuclear and electronic, during a chemical reaction we use a combination of molecular beam reactive scattering and laser spectroscopic techniques. The studies test the predictions of emerging quantum theories and develop an intuitive framework for understanding chemical reaction dynamics in more complex organic and inorganic reactions.

Selected Career Highlights:
Fellow of the American Physical Society, Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar, National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator. Served on advisory boards for the Journal of Chemical Physics and the Journal of Physical Chemistry. Research funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.

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Northwestern University
Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Research Areas:
Random Lasers, Mesoscopic Transport of Photons, Semiconductor Microcavity Lasers, Ultraviolet Photonic Crystals.

Selected Career Highlights:
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1997. Fellow of American Physical Society (2007), Fellow of Optical Society of America (2007), Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award from American Physical Society (2006), Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2005), Outstanding Young Researcher Award from Overseas Chinese Physics Association (2004), National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2001), Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (2000), David and Lucile Packard Fellow (1999).

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Senior Scientist, National Institute for Standards and Technology
Professor Adjoint, Department of Physics at University of Colorado

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University of Wisconsin
John E. Willard and Hilldale Professor of Chemistry

Research Areas:
Molecular reaction dynamics in gases and liquids using molecular beams, high resolution lasers, and ultrafast lasers. The control of chemical reactions using vibrational excitation.

Selected Career Highlights:
B.S. Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas (1969) and Ph.D. Cornell University (1974) . Centenary Lecturer and Silver Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, London; Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics, ACS; Member, National Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Earl K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, APS; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Wisconsin, Fellow, American Physical Society.

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Spectra-Physics, a division of Newport
Advanced R & D Director

Research Areas:
Laser designing and engineering.

Selected Career Highlights:
B.S. and Ph.D. Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Authored numerous journal articles, conference presentations and seminars, co-authored a book chapter on Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics and holds more than 35 patents. Principal designer on the Tsunami, the Opal and the Millennia X, which have won technology achievement awards. Served as the Ultrafast Phenomena topical editor for JOSA B, the chair of the Lasers Technical Group and the co-chair for CLEO. Fellow of the Optical Society of America.

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University of Michigan
Associate Professor, Department of Physics

Research Areas:
Atom and Ion trapping; quantum computing; quantum measurement and decoherence.

Research Highlights:
Ph.D University of Colorado, Boulder in 1992. Work in his group centers on the use of trapped atomic ions, currently one of the most attractive candidates for a future quantum computer. In his group's laboratory, individual atomic ions are trapped in free space with electromagnetic fields and laser-cooled nearly to rest, involving advanced optical and radiofrequency techniques. Long-term goals include the development of complex quantum logic gate structures and large-scale quantum computers.

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State University of New York, Stony Brook
Associate Professor, Department of Physics

Research Areas:
Quantum Optics and Francium Spectroscopy

Career & Research Highlights:
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1987. Quantum Optics studies the coherence and statistical properties of light and how they change as it interacts with atoms. His experimental work is in Quantum Optics and Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (QED). Francium Spectroscopy probes the structure of the heaviest alkali metal atom using laser light.

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University of Rochester
Professor, Department of Physics
Professor, Institute of Optics

Research Areas:
Quantum optics: quantum information theory, atomic physics, and nonlinear optics. Rydberg atomic electron wave packets; multilevel quantum logic; generation of quantum states of light via electromagnetically induced transparency; and entanglement and teleportation of macroscopic states of matter.

Selected Career Highlights:
A.B. degree in Physics and Mathematics from Centre College, Ph.D. in Physics from Washington University, 1969. He is currently Professor of Optics and Professor of Physics, and Director of the Center for Quantum Information, fellow of Optical Society of America and the American Physical Society, lectured in more than 75 different universities.

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Harvard University
Lecturer, Department of Astronomy
Physicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Research Areas:
Application of atomic physics techniques.

Selected Career Highlights:
B.S. in Physics, Duke University,1984, Ph.D. in Physics, Harvard University, 1991, Authored over 40 papers. First to independently confirm Hau's light trapping experiment. Precise tests of physical laws and symmetries; the development of atomic clocks; biomedical and materials science investigations using laser-polarized noble gas nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); laser spectroscopy of coherently-prepared atomic media, with applications to quantum information; low-energy atomic collisions; and theoretical investigations of Bose-Einstein Condensates.

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Argonne National Laboratory
Distinguished Argonne Fellow, Chemistry Division
Group Leader - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Research Areas:
Ultrafast x-ray probes of atoms and molecules in strong-laser fields; strong-field control of x-ray processes; applications of x-ray free electron lasers.

Selected Career Highlights:
S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1991. Fellow American Physical Society, Associate Editor, Applied Physics Letters. The response of atoms and molecules to strong-laser fields is observed with ultrafast x-rays from accelerator-based facilities. This provides an atomic scale visualization of the motion of electrons and the response of the molecular framework to controlled laser fields. Applications include x-ray imaging of non-crystalline objects.