TAMOP PI in North America

William G. and Elizabeth R. Simeral Professor of Physics, Franklin & Marshall College

P.O. BOX 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003

Contact: greg.adkins@fandm.edu  |  717-358-4772

Associate Professor at the Physics Department and CREOL,  University of Central Florida

Contact: luca.argenti@ucf.edu  |  (407) 259-9917  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Theoretical description of the electronic continuum of atoms and molecules, with particular reference to autoionizing states and to the reconstruction and control of the coherent electron and nuclear dynamics triggered in atoms and molecules by attosecond light pulses.

University Professor Emeritus and Provost Emeritus at the University of Southern California

Contact: hlloydarm AT gmail.com  |   Webpage

Assistant Professor, Columbia University, NY

Contact: ana.asenjo@columbia.edu  |  (212) 853-0302  |   Webpage

Research Interests: In our theory group we investigate problems at the intersection of quantum optics, atomic physics, open quantum systems, and condensed-matter physics. In particular, a significant part of our research focuses on emergent phenomena that arises from photon-mediated atomic interactions. We are interested not only in understanding fundamental physics associated with strongly-interacting atoms and photons but also in how to exploit these phenomena to develop novel applications in quantum information science, sensing, and metrology.

ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA. 

Contact: jbabb AT cfa.harvard.edu  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Measurements and calculations aid in the explanation of astronomical observations, especially when they hinge upon spectroscopy and photometry. In addition, theoretical work is valuable for predicting and modeling phenomena seen in the interstellar medium, high energy astrophysics, cosmology, stellar and solar astrophysics, and in atmospheres of solar system and extrasolar planets. In addition, in support of ground-based and space-based astronomical instrumentation, atomic and molecular collisional and spectroscopic information is often needed to maximize the scientific yield of observational efforts.

Professor Emeritus, Computational Chemistry & Molecular Photonics, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Contact: Andre.Bandrauk AT USherbrooke.ca  |  819-821-7098  |   Webpage

Research Interests:  Theory of dressed molecular states: Predissociation; light-induced molecular potential and conical intersections. High-harmonic generation, attosecond pulse synthesis, control, and measurement. Numerical methods for the time-dependent Schrödinger and Diract equations. Macroscopic effects in laser-pulse propagation in molecular media. Attosecond photoelectron spectroscopies.  Laser-induced electron diffraction. Coulomb explosion imaging. Attosecond charge migration in molecules.

Professor of Physics, Division Head, Science, Penn State Berks

Contact: pkb10@psu.edu  |  610-396-6034  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Laser Assisted Cancer Therapy;  Radiation Damage in Solids.

Ellis & Nelle Levitt Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Drake University

2804 Forest Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50311, USA

Contact: klaus.bartschat AT drake.edu  |  +1-515-271-3750  |   Webpage

Research Interests: My group is working on the theoretical treatment of atomic collision processes, concentrating on the interaction of lasers (intense, short-pulse) and charged-particles (electrons, protons, and their anti-particles) with atoms and small molecules (H_2+, H_2).  We develop algorithms and the corresponding computer programs for these processes (e.g., elastic scattering, excitation, ionization), using highly efficient finite-element methods (B-splines, discrete-variable representations) with the goal of generating benchmark results for comparison with experiment and other theoretical predictions.  We involve several undergraduates in our research, and we also collaborate a lot with experimental groups.  The work is funded by the NSF in Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1068140), as well as in Computational Physics (http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1212450).  

Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and JILA fellow

Contact: andreas.becker AT colorado.edu  |  (303) 492-7825  |   Webpage

Research Interests: I am interested in the analysis and simulation of ultrafast phenomena in atoms, molecules and clusters, in particular attosecond electron dynamics, coherent control and molecular imaging. My research interests are related to the theoretical analysis and numerical simulation of ultrafast phenomena in atoms, molecules and clusters interacting with intense laser pulses. Laser systems currently generate light pulses with field strengths exceeding that of the Coulomb field within an atom or molecule. Pulse durations are as short as a few femtoseconds (10^{-15} sec) or even less in the attosecond regime, which correspond to the time scales of electron and nuclear dynamics in materials. My group pursues theoretical studies on the coherent control of chemical reactions, the observation of correlated electron dynamics in atoms and molecules, the imaging of molecular dynamics, and the propagation of ultrashort intense laser pulses. We often work in close collaboration with experimental groups.

Code 671, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Contact: Anand.K.Bhatia AT nasa.gov

Professor, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Oklahoma

Contact: doerte.blume-1 at ou.edu  |   Webpage

Research interests: theoretical atomic and molecular physics, including quantum liquids and gases, bound and scattering properties of few-body physics, non-equilibrium dynamics

Research Proferssor at the University of Colorado at Boulder (Physics), and Jila Fellow 

Contact: bohn AT murphy.colorado.edu  |  303) 492-5426  |   Webpage

Reseaerch Interests: Dr. Bohn's primary research centers on the theory of collisions between trapped atoms and molecules in a dilute gas at milliKelvin temperatures and below. In this novel energy regime, tiny energy splittings (due, for instance, to magnetic interactions or molecular rotations) dominate the collision dynamics. Dr. Bohn's goal is to unravel these delicate energy exchanges and assess their response to external electromagnetic fields. More broadly, he is looking for novel approaches to understanding collective motions of many-body quantum-mechanical systems such as electrons in an atom or semiconductor device or atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate.

Professor, A&S Physics, University of Cincinnati

Contact: bolechcs@ucmail.uc.edu  |  513-556-0529  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Strongly Correlated Quantum Systems (SCQS): This includes many-body and quantum-field theories, quantum fluids, integrable systems, quantum information and tensor networks, non-equilibrium transport, mesoscopic systems, ultracold atomic gases and optical lattices, unconventional superconductivity, strongly correlated electrons (e.g., quantum impurities and heavy fermions).

Professor,  Quantum Engineering Program and Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA

Contact: lcarr AT mines.edu  |  +1 303 273 3759(office)  |  +1 303 273 3323(lab)  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Science Policy and Science Diplomacy; Complexity Sciences; Quantum Physics and Technology; Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Applied Mathematics and Computational Science; Bridging the Sciences and the Humanities.

Professor, Department of Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-7720

Contact: rcarretero@sdsu.edu   |  (619) 594-7252  |   Webpage

Research Interests: My main research interests lie in Dynamical Systems and Computation applied to spatio-temporal systems. These include spatio-temporal nonlinear time series reconstruction, discrete breathers, solitons, nonlinear wave propagation, blowup and metastability in reaction-diffusion systems, adaptive mesh methods for solving Partial Differential Equations. I am particularly interested in the dynamics of chains of optical (fiber optics) or quantum matter (Bose-Einstein condensates) solitons. Of particular interest is the construction of extended and localized vibrational states. I also study the effects of introducing impurities leading to erratic motion of these localized vibrations. 

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Chair, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA

Contact: mike AT pa.uky.edu  |  +1 859 257 6733  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Dr. Cavagnero has been a professor at the University of Kentucky since 1990 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society since 2000. He has spent most of his academic career as a faculty member, teacher, and researcher focused on fostering better understanding of how the strange rules of quantum mechanics determine properties of gases and plasmas, and govern experiments, measurements and observations involving atomic and molecular spectra and collisions.

Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico

MSC07 4220, 1, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA

Contact: ccaves AT unm.edu  |  (505) 277-1850  |   Webpage

Research interests: physics of information; information, entropy, and complexity; quantum information theory; quantum metrology; quantum chaos; quantum optics; theory of nonclassical light; theory of quantum noise; quantum theory of measurement

Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Boston University

Contact: anushyac@bu.edu  |   Webpage

Research Interests: I am a condensed matter theorist with a strong interest in quantum many-body theory and non-equilibrium systems. My research interests include; strongly correlated phases of matter, topological order, entanglement in many-body systems, critical dynamics, Floquet dynamics, many-body localization and ultra-fast spectroscopic probes of dynamics. Most recently, I have been working on the description of thermalization and localization in interacting quantum systems and on the dynamics of periodically driven systems.

Professor of Physics, Department of Natural Science, Northwest Missouri State University

1428 Dean L. Hubbard Center for Innovation, 800 University Drive, Maryville, Missouri 64468-6001, USA 

Contact: himadri AT nwmissouri.edu  |  1-660-562-1715  |   Webpage

Research interests: Our current research interests borderline Computational AMO Physics, Nanophysics, and Materials Physics. The four ongoing programs are: 1) Photoemission intensity and time delay of fullerenes, endofullerenes, metal clusters and atoms. 2) Time-resolved femtosecond nonadiabatic relaxation of phtoexcited hot electrons in fullerene materials. 3) Positronium formation from

fullerenes and large atoms. 4) Ion impact spectroscopy of nanostructured surfaces.

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Caltech

1200 E. California Blvd., MC 149-33 , Pasadena, CA 91125 

Contact:   xiechen@caltech.edu  |  (626) 395-3793  |   Webpage

Research Interests: I am a condensed matter theorist at the California Institute of Technology. I am interested in studying quantum mechanical systems with a large number of degrees of freedom and how the constituent degrees of freedom cooperate with each other to realize amazing emergent phenomena. 

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University

138 Remsen Hall, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218

Contact: lcheng24@jhu.edu  |  410-516-5611  |   Webpage

Research Interests: The Cheng group develops new electronic-structure methods and applies them in chemical and spectroscopic studies. In our method-development work, we (1) derive and play with equations to describe electron-electron correlation and relativistic effects, (2) do computer implementation using old-schooled fortran language and also in modern C++ framework (we are co-authors of the CFOUR program, see www.cfour.de) We also have fun computing molecular spectroscopy working in close collaboration with experimental colleagues (1) Actinide spectroscopy; (2) x-ray spectroscopy and dynamics; (3) spectroscopies of heavy-element small molecules of interest to search of fundamental physics through precision spectroscopy and deep laser cooling of molecules.

Associate Professor, Physics Department, University of California Merced

Contact: cchien5@ucmerced.edu  |  (209) 228-2224  |   Website

Research Interests: Superfluids and superconductors, quantum-field theoretical studies of condensed matter systems, non-equilibrium physics of ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices, energy transport in atomic and molecular systems, emergent physics at mesoscopic scale, novel hybrid quantum systems using ultra-cold atoms, ions, photons, and molecules.

Associate professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA

Contact: xi.chu AT mso.umt.edu  |  +1-406-243-4407  |   Webpage

Research interests: Our research is directed towards understanding the electronic structure, geometry, and dynamics of molecules of technological or fundamental interests. Ab initio or semi-empirical quantum mechanics and numerical approaches are developed to obtain desired results. Ultra-fast intense laser fields. Dispersion interactions. Macroscopic quantum devices. TDDFT/MM approach for the study of photoreactions of macromolecules.

NIST Fellow, Quantum Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8410, USA. 

Contact: charles.clark AT nist.gov  |   Webpage

Research interests: My research interests are in the areas of ultracold gases, quantum information and telecommunications, and atomic and molecular phenomena on surfaces, in condensed matter, and in nuclear reactions.

Department of Physics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. 

Contact: dennis.clougherty AT uvm.edu  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Dr. Clougherty's research is concerned with several topics at the interface of AMO and condensed matter physics, including the quantum dynamics of cold atom systems, the properties of fullerenes and nanotubes, and Berry-phase effects in molecular and condensed matter systems.

Group Leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico

Contact: jcolgan@lanl.gov |   Webpage

Research interests: Development and application of theory and techniques for calculating the electronic properties of molecules, solids, and liquids, atomistic simulations of materials, the dynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions. Equation of state and thermodynamics; mechanical properties’ reactive burn and flow, atomic structure and collision theory, catalysis, opacities and the physics of hot and warm dense matter

Deputy Group Leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico

Contact:  lac@lanl.gov

Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut

196A Auditorium Road, Unit 3046, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3046

Contact: robin.cote@uconn.edu  |  (860)486-4912  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Our group explores theoretically atomic. molecular, and optical physics in a variety of systems, including their application to quantum information science. We are especially interested in their behavior under extreme conditions, such as in ultracold atomic and molecular gases. Our goal is to investigate interactions among atoms, molecules, and ions, and to use this knowledge to gain a better understanding of fundamental processes, notably entanglement and many-body aspects of mesoscopic systems. We also study the interaction of electromagnetic fields, such as laser light, with such systems.

Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University 

2031 Ward Beecher Science Hall, 1 University Plaza, Youngstown, OH, 44555, USA, 

Contact: dcphtn AT gmail.com  |   Webpage

Research interests: Crescimanno's research publications cover aspects of quantum optics, cold atoms, dynamical systems, physical optics, mathematical physics, laser theory, quantum field theory and semiclassical quantum gravity.

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250

Contact: deffner@umbc.edu  |  410-455-1972  |   Website

Research Interests: we employ tools from Statistical Physics, Open Quantum Dynamics, Quantum Information Theory, Quantum Optics, Quantum Field Theory, Condensed Matter Theory, and Optimal Control Theory to investigate the nonequilibrium properties of nanosystems operating far from thermal equilibrium and thereby process information.

Professor of Physics, William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795, USA 

Contact: jbdelo AT wm.edu  |   Webpage

Research interests: Our research involves nonlinear dynamics applied to atomic and molecular physics, and to problems in medical physics.  Classical and semiclassical descriptions of quantum phenomena not only give great insight, they also sometimes provide the easiest method for calculation of the behavior of atomic and molecular systems.

Professor, Physics Department, University of Nevada-Reno, Nevada 89557, USA

Contact: andrei AT unr.edu  |  +1-775-784-6039  |   Webpage

Research interests: Current research interests: searches for new physics beyond the standard model with atoms and molecules, atomic and nuclear clocks, quantum computing with Rydberg atoms, quantum control of atoms and molecules with frequency combs, relativistic atomic many-body theory.

Regents’ Professor &  Director of the Center for Quantum Information and Control, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131

Contact: ideutsch@unm.edu  |  505-277-8602  |   Webpage

Research Interets:  Our Research Group specializes in theoretical quantum information science (QIS), quantum optics, and atomic-molecular-optical (AMO) physics. We study the foundations of quantum information processing (QIP) and its implementation in AMO systems. Key questions we seek to address include: (i) How much complexity can we harness for QIP in noisy quantum systems without error correction (NISQ devices)? (ii) How does dynamical complexity (quantum chaos) relate to computational complexity for QIP? (iii) How do we achieve high fidelity control of complex quantum systems? (iv) How do we best characterize, verify, and validate the performance of quantum information processors?

Assistant Research Professor, Department of Physics, JILA, and NIST, University of Colorado, Boulder, CB 440, Boulder, Colorado, 80903

Contact:  jpdincao@jila.colorado.edu  |   Webpage

Research Interests: study of correlations in few-body atomic systems, i.e., systems with three or more atoms, at ultracold temperatures. Such systems are of fundamental importance for ultracold quantum gases, e.g., Bose-Einstein condensates and Degenerate Fermi gases.

Active areas of research include: (i) Efimov Physics & Universality; (ii) Few-body Scattering & Losses; (iii) Dipolar Few-body Systems; (iv) Universal Ultracold Chemistry; (v) Few-body Physics in Reduced Dimensions.

Assistant Professor, Kennesaw University (GA)

Contact: ndouguet AT kennesaw.edu  |  470-578-5067  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics, Attosecond spectroscopy, Ultra-fast and Strong-field physics, Control and time-resolved electron dynamics in multi-electron systems, High harmonic generation, Charge migration and electronic coherence in biomolecules; Time-resolved X-ray scattering, Circular dichroism in chiral systems. 

Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics, Professor of Optics, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester

480 Intercampus Drive, River Campus, Rochester, NY 14627

Contact: eberly@pas.rochester.edu  |  (585) 275-4351  |   Webpage

Research Interests: cavity QED; quantum information and control of non-classical entanglement; response of atoms to high-intensity optical pulses; coherent control theory of optical interactions, including soliton and adiabaton propagation. Professor Eberly and his research group predicted spontaneous revival effects in the wave function of a single atom in a cavity, and first identified the efficient counter-intuitive excitation method.

Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Physics, Georgia Southern University, 332 Southern Drive Statesboro, GA 30458

Contact: edwards@GeorgiaSouthern.edu  |  (912) 478-0080  |   Website

Research Interests: My research program is devoted to the theoretical study of ultra-cold quantum atomic gases and is performed in close collaboration with researchers at the University of Maryland at College Park, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Some of my specific interests include ways in which ultra-cold atoms, manipulated by lasers and magnetic fields, can operate as a “quantum computer”; the dynamics of mixtures of Bose-Einstein condensates during the cooling process; and the design of new atom interferometers to increase their robustness, stability, and sensitivity for applications to precision navigation and to metrology.

Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky, 505 Rose Street, Lexington KY 40506-0055

Contact: meides@g.uky.edu  |  859-257-3997  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Quantum field theory, quantum electrodynamics, supersymmetry, Standard Model, and beyond. Bound state theory in QED and QCD: high order corrections to the Lamb shift and hyperfine splitting. Low energy QCD, spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking, effective chiral Lagrangians.

Chapin & University Distinguished Professor, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manahattan, Kansas

Contact:  esry AT phys.ksu.edu  |   Webpage

Research Interests: The main thrust of my work is understanding the dynamics of a molecule in an intense laser field. My group is working on ways to solve the time-dependent Schrödinger equation for this highly non-perturbative system. Even the simplest molecule H2+, however, requires the solution of a six-dimensional time-dependent equation --- a nontrivial job for even the biggest supercomputers. We have explored various approximation schemes on our way to a complete solution.

Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contacct: ifabrikant1 AT unl.edu  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Electron-Atom and Electron-Molecule Collisions,electron Attachment to molecules, clusters and physisorbed molecules, atomic Processes in external Fields; negative ion decay and strong-field ionization of atoms and molecules; Positronium collisions with atoms and molecules, processes leading to the antihydrogen formation

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789

Contact: sfonseca@Rollins.edu  |  407.646.1836  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Electron collision with molecules and molecular ions, cold and ultracold astrophysics, interaction of femtosecond and attosecond pulses with atoms and molecules, Physics Education research.

Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University

Contact: michael.forbes at wsu.edu  |  (509) 335-6125  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Research: nuclear many-body theory to answer outstanding questions about superfluids in nuclei, neutron stars, cold atoms; condensed matter and atomic physics; high energy physics (QCD) with applications to astrophysics and cosmology; computer science

Distinguished Professor of Physics, Penn State University, Tulpehocken Road, P.O. Box 7009, Reading, PA 19610

Contact: rcf6 AT psu.edu  |  610-396-6366  |   Webpage

NSF TAMOP Program Manager

Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor of Physics, Louisiana State University

Department of Physics & Astronomy, 215-B Nicholson Hall, Tower Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4001

Contact:   mgaarde1 AT lsu.edu  |  (225) 578-0889  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Ultrafast atomic, molecular and optical physics theory; High harmonic generation in atoms, molecules,

and solids; Ultrafast dynamics in transparent solids; Charge migration; Transient absorption and reshaping

of ultrafast pulses.

Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606

Contact: bo.gao@utoledo.edu  |  (419) 530-4628  |   Website

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, City University of New York (CUNY), 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 USA

Contact: li.ge@csi.cuny.edu  |  (718) 982-3342  |   Website

Research Interests: Research Interests: Strong interactions and new phenomena in non-Hermitian systems, including unconventional lasers, Parity-Time symmetric optics, optomechanics, nonequilibrium condensation, etc.

Professor, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, 825 West Dickson Street, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA

Contact:  jgeabana AT uark.edu  |   jgeabana AT uark.edu  |   Webpage

Research Interests: My current research interests are primarily on the applications of quantum optical systems to quantum information processing.  In particular, for the past few years I have been studying various schemes to engineer an effective nonlinear interaction between single-photon wavepackets that would be sufficiently strong to perform a conditional phase gate with high fidelity. Such a system could be extremely useful for quantum computing (or, more generally, quantum information processing) with photonic qubits. Besides this, my main contribution to this field has been a study of the minimum energy requirements for quantum information processing.  This started with the observation that the quantum mechanical nature of the fields used to manipulate the quantum information carriers (atoms, ions, spins…) might lead, through entanglement, to unpredictable errors in the performance of the quantum logical operations, and that the lower bound on the size of these errors is typically inversely proportional to the energy of the control system. Past research interests include the applications of (and departures from) semiclassical approximations in quantum optics, and quantum mechanics in general; electromagnetically-induced transparency in atomic vapors; and applications of squeezed states of the electromagnetic field to various systems of interest, including gravitational-wave detection.  

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Arizona

Contact: ngolubev@arizona.edu   |  520) 596-6554 |   Webpage

Research Interests: Our research focuses on developing and applying theory and simulation methods to investigate the ultrafast quantum dynamics in atoms, molecules, and solids. Our aim is to combine advanced theoretical approaches, efficient computational algorithms, and state-of-the-art high performance computing to study the fundamental physics behind the correlated motion of electrons and nuclei.

Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Penn State University

Contact: skg5716@psu.edu  |  814-863-3537  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Nonequilibrium dynamics, quantum phase transitions, open quantum systems, ultracold atomic gases, disordered systems, quantum information theory.

Albert Overhauser Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University

525 Northwestern Ave, West Lafayette, IN 47907

Contact: chgreene AT purdue.edu  |  (765) 496-1859  |   Webpage

Research Interests: universal low energy few-body collisions, correlation phenomena, photofragmentation processes, quantum degenerate gases.

Assistant Professor, Kansas State University

Contact: lgreenman AT phys.ksu.edu  |  Webpage

Research Interests:  Dr. Greenman's group is interested in describing the interactions of laser pulses with molecules. Laser pulses are getting shorter and more intense, allowing experimentalists to probe electronic and nuclear dynamics on their natural timescales. However, complex dynamics emerge at these timescales. Modern theories have difficulty describing non-adiabatic coupling, high-lying molecular excited states, and unbound electrons, especially for larger molecules. Dr. Greenman and his collaborators have recently developed adaptive grid techniques to address some of these complications. They also develop and use modern electronic structure methods to describe these systems. As the target molecules of laser experiments get larger, describing their complicated structure and dynamics becomes a greater challenge. Dr. Greenman's methods are at the interface of AMO physics, modern quantum chemistry, and high performance computing. Distributed parallel computation drives his group's work and enables it to consider larger and more complex systems. It is Dr. Greenman's ultimate goal to design and describe "molecular movies", dynamical laser experiments that record in real time the electron and nuclear motion and correlation in chemical processes. He hopes to use these techniques to learn more about photochemical reactions, efficient conversion between photon energy (including solar) and chemical energy, and photon-driven biological processes.

Distinguished Professor, College of Arts and Sciences,  Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4100

Contact: grobe@ilstu.edu  |  (309) 438-5470  |   Website

Research Interests: My main research interest is the exploration of the nonlinear dynamics of quantum systems into those challenging domains, for which conventional analytical descriptions are unavailable. Rapid progress here is mainly accomplished by direct computations together with laboratory experiments. Strong-field-matter interactions are fascinating research grounds for me, as the equations are typically computationally feasible, but the dynamics display often a wide variety of quite unexpected features such that appropriate simplifying assumptions necessary for analytical modeling can be difficult to find a priori. 

Professor, Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5252, USA

Contact: gorczyca AT wmich.edu  |  269-387-4913  |   Webpage

Research Interests:  My research involves calculating the interaction properties of electrons, photons, atoms, and ions using close-coupling (R-matrix) and perturbative methods. Specific processes include atomic photoionization and negative-ion photodetachment, in collaboration with synchrotron facility experimental studies, inner-shell photoabsorption and fluorescence, for X-ray spectral diagnostics, and dielectronic recombination of atomic ions, in support of astrophysical and fusion-related plasma modeling.

Professor and Academic Dean for the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA 49546

Contact: haan AT calvin.edu  |   (616) 526-6339  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Photoionization and photorecombination processes in atoms.  Recent interests have dealt with quantum and classical modeling of double ionization by visible and infrared laser pulses.

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Denver

Contact:  kathryn.r.hamilton@ucdenver.edu |  (303) 315-7370  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Multielectron methods to treat photon and electron collisions with complex atoms. Examples include high-harmonic generation, photoelectron spectroscopy, and attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy of noble gas atoms, and electron-impact excitation and ionisation of transition metals. High-performance computing user.

Professor, Department of Physics, Illinois State University

Contact:  alharri@ilstu.edu  |  (309) 438-5246  |   Webpage

Research Interests: The primary focus of our group’s work is the study of atomic collisions and charged particle dynamics using state-of-the-art theoretical and computational methods. We are currently working in two directions. The first is the study of atomic collisions using sculpted electron projectiles and the second is the development of a time-dependent approach for the study of charged particle dynamics using our PIQTr model. Atomic collisions provide key insights into one of the most fundamental forces of nature – the Coulomb force. The study of atomic collisions is primarily used to understand the dynamics of charged particle interactions, but is vital to other areas of physics, such as plasma physics, astrophysics, and biophysics. 

Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University

Contact: kaden@rice.edu |  713-348-2861  |   Webpage 

Research Interests: Our group explores the creation, measurement, and understanding of new, strongly correlated phases of ultracold matter and their analogies to real materials novel far-from-equilibrium behavior resources for quantum metrology, communication, and computation. We work with a unique fusion of atomic, molecular, and optical physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum information, united by quantum many-body physics. Usually, we are experimentally motivated, and enjoy working with experimental groups to propose and develop new experimental capabilities, to confront experimental puzzles, and to test and create new theoretical methods.

Professor of Physics and Fellow of JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, 440 UCB JILA, Boulder, CO 80309-0440, USA

Contact: murray.holland AT colorado.edu  |  (303) 492-4172  |   Webpage

Research interests: The Holland theory group's research is on properties of quantum gases with a focus on transport in optical lattices and on strongly interacting superfluids. The group is also working on superradiant cavity QED with group-II elements to develop a millihertz linewidth laser that would have a coherence length stretching from the earth to the sun. In addition, the group collaborates with experimentalists at JILA to develop optomechanical systems for transducing signals between optical and microwave frequencies.

Center for Computational Materials Science, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C. 20375

Contact: verne.jacobs AT nrl.navy.mil  |  (202) 404-7147  |   Webpage

Associate Research Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder, JILA fellow

Contact: jaron AT jila.colorado.edu  |  (303) 492-0448  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Agnieszka Jaron-Becker serves as co-director of JILA’s Ultrafast Theory Group, which specializes in theoretical studies of ultrafast processes in atoms, molecules, and nanostructures. These ultrafast processes are induced, observed, and controlled by ultrashort intense laser pulses. The laser frequencies studied range from the far infrared through the optical to the soft x-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Professor of Physics, Missouri S&T, Department of Physics, 1315 North Pine Street, Rolla Missouri 65409, USA

Contact: ulj AT mst.edu  |   +1-573-341-6221  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Quantum Field Theory and Atomic Systems; Relativistic Quantum Dynamic Processes in High-Power Laser Fields; Novel States of the Light Field (Twisted Photons); Computational Physics and Related Algorithms; Path-Integral Analysis of Instantons for Quantum-Mechanical Problems; Renormalization-Group and Critical Phenomena

Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 409C Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556

Contact: johnson@nd.edu  |  +1 574-631-6651  |  Webpage

Research Interests: Professor Johnson investigates relativistic and correlation effects in heavy atoms using relativistic many-body methods derived from Quantum Electrodynamics. These methods include many-body perturbation theory, the all-order coupled-cluster method, and configuration interaction. Applications are made to determine energies, transition rates, hyperfine constants, polarizabilities, and other properties of atoms. Particular attention is given to heavy atoms, such as cesium, thallium, and francium used in experimental studies of fundamental symmetry (P) and (T) violation.

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9305

Contact:  kevrekid <at> math.umass.edu  |  (413) 577-1977  |   Webpage

Research Interests: mathematical physics of optical systems (waveguide arrays and optical fibers) and of  the soft-condensed matter setting of Bose-Einstein Condensates. The research mainly revolves around the existence, stability and dynamics of localized (solitary wave) structures in such one-, two- and three-dimensional setups, often described by equations of Nonlinear Schrodinger or Klein-Gordon type. Other areas: mathematical biology, simple cosmological models, the nucleation of liquid droplets in the atmosphere, gelation and related phase transition phenomena in polymers, aerosol dynamics in the atmosphere and in the human body, catalytic chemistry and reaction-diffusion models, and dynamics and energy landscapes of glassy materials.

Associate Professor of Physics, San José State University, San José, CA 95192

Contact:  ehsan.khatami@sjsu.edu  |  408-924-5235  |   Website

Research Interests: Strongly correlated electronic systems; Quantum machine learning; Ultracold atoms in optical lattices; Numerical methods in condensed matter physics

Associate Director for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, heading the Atomic and Molecular Physics Division from 1989 until 2001. Director of the National-Science-Foundation-funded [8] Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (ITAMP) at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics from 2001 to 2007. Executive Officer of the American Physical Society (APS) from July 2009. From February 2015 to December 2020, Kirby was the chief executive officer of the American Physical Society (APS).

Distinguished Professor, Physics and Astronomy Department,  Texas A&M University, 578 University Drive, College Station, TX 77843

Contact: kochar AT physics.tamu.edu  |  Webpage

Research Interests: Quantum Fundamentals, Quantum Optics, Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics

Professor, Physics Department, University of Central Florida, 4111 Libra Drive, Orlando, FL 32816

Contactl: vyacheslav.kokoulin@ucf.edu  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Electron-molecule collisions, quantum defect theory, ultracold atoms and molecules, quantum control of reactions at low energies, elementary AMO processes in the interstellar medium and cold plasma, three-body AMO processes at low energies

Professor, Physics Department, Temple University, 1900 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 199122, USA

Contact: skotoch AT temple.edu  |  +1-215-204-7421  |   Webpage

Research Interests: My research interests lie in the physics of quantum gases of ultracold atoms and molecules. This includes ab initio calculation of the atomic and molecular electronic properties for ultracold collisions; magnetic control of collisions between ultracold highly magnetic atoms and molecules, cold chemical reactions, and control of ultracold molecules with external electric and magnetic fields.

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Ohio State University

Contact: landsman.7 AT osu.edu  |  Webpage

Research interests: Our group studies the ensuing dynamics when ultrashort light shines on atoms, molecules and condensed matter systems.  These ultra-short flashes of light are on a time scale of attoseconds (10^(-18) seconds) to femtoseconds (10^(-15) seconds), which is fast enough to capture the motion of bound electrons inside matter.  To quote the 2018 Nobel Prize Physics website:  “Extremely small objects and incredibly fast processes now appear in a new light.”  The ultimate goal is accurate imaging and control of electron dynamics on the attosecond time-scale.  We use variety of numerical and analytic methods, ranging from the solution of the Schrodinger equation to classical and semiclassical approaches to techniques from nonlinear dynamical systems.

Senior Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, Professor Emeritus, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

Contact: neal AT rice.edu  |  (713) 348-2925  |   Webpage

Research Interest: The Science and Technology Policy Program is focused on the relationships between scientists and the public. Specifically, we are interested in the regulation and funding of scientific research and development, and how science is used in public policy. Programs include the Civic Scientist Initiative, which analyzes the public understanding of science, and the International Stem Cell Policy Initiative. Additional program topics focus on the federal funding of science, environmental policy and science diplomacy.

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut

Contact: thu.le AT uconn.edu  |  860-486-4899  |   Webpage

Research Interest: Attosecond and Strong-Field Physics

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, 440 W. Brooks St. Norman, OK 73019

Contact: robert.j.lewisswan-1@ou.edu  |  Webpage

Research Interests: My research is centered on the study of non-equilibrium many-body physics in atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) systems. A core focus is to understand how we can generate, characterize, manipulate and use quantum phenomena such as entanglement and coherence for basic quantum science applications and next generation technologies. Entanglement and coherence in quantum systems is typically generated by interactions between constituent particles or degrees of freedom. Harnessing and controlling interactions is thus important if we want to be able to design and control complex quantum many-body states to be used in quantum-enhanced devices and technologies. To this end, I am interested in a diverse range of AMO systems as they a natural playground to explore a range of diverse interactions in a controllable setting: from contact interactions in neutral atoms, to dipolar interactions in polar molecules, long-range interactions in Rydberg systems and atom-light interactions in high-finesse cavities. To study these complex experimental systems I use an interplay of analytical tools and numerical techniques. These scale between simple "toy models" which capture the essential physics while remaining within reach of exact solutions, all the way to complex numerical simulations of experiments which include relevant sources of technical noise and decoherence.

University Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manahattan, Kansas

Contact:    cdlin AT phys.ksu.edu  |  785-532-1617  |   Webpage

Research Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061

Contact: hans.lischka AT ttu.edu  |  +1-806-742-3023  |   Webpage

Research Interest: I am working on quantum chemical multireference theory to describe molecular radical systems, electronically excited states and nonadiabatic interactions. Program packages with major co-authoring are COLUMBUS (http://www.univie.ac.at/columbus) and NEWTON-X (http://www.univie.ac.at/newtonx). Current research interests are: the multiradical structure of graphene nanoflakes, photovoltaics based on organic semiconductors and the photostability of DNA.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 742 Choppin Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Contact: klopata AT lsu.edu  |   +1 (225) 578 - 2063  |  Webpage

Research Interests: Plasmonic dynamics, electron spectroscopy, strong-field processes, attosecond dynamics.

CSD Senior Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Contact: rlucchese AT lbl.gov  |  (510) 486-4949  |   Webpage

Research Interests: We study various processes which involve electrons being scattered by or ejected from molecules. These processes include ectron-molecule collision, electron impact ionization, and photoionization. Recently we have worked closely with experimental groups around the world to study molecular frame photoelectron angular distributions. In these studies we can make detailed comparisons of experimental data and theoretical predictions of the probability of the emission of the photoelectron in specific directions relative to the orientation of the molecule.

George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Contact: lukin@physics.harvard.edu  |  (617) 495-2862  |  Webpage

Research Interests: Our group’s research focuses on both the theoretical and experimental studies in quantum optics, atomic physics, and quantum information science. The emphasis is on studies of quantum systems consisting of strongly interacting photons, atoms, molecules and electrons. We are developing new techniques for controlling the quantum dynamics of such systems, and studying fundamental physical phenomena associated with them. These techniques are used to explore new physics, as well as to facilitate implementation of unique applications in fields ranging from optics, condensed matter physics, and information science to sensing, metrology, imaging, and life science. In the course of this work, we are also exploring the emerging interfaces between quantum optics, condensed matter physics and nanoscience.

Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford,  California  94305-4090 

Contact:  hmabuchi@stanford.edu  |  Website

Research Interests: Quantum Feedback Networks; Optical and Coherent Control; Nonlinear and Multimode Optics; Biophysics with Feedback Control; Information Theory and Distributed Computing.

Professor, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07013

Contact: smalinov AT stevens.edu  |  +1-201-216-8094  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Research areas are ultrafast Raman spectroscopy, dynamics of ultracold gases, x-ray emission spectroscopy, quantum gates and quantum control using chirped pulses and optical frequency combs. We are particularly interested in the design of nonequilibrium states, studies of coherence and various aspects of decoherence. Applications include enhanced bioimaging, quantum computation and control of photoinduced reactions.

Regents' Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, 25 Park Place, #605, Atlanta, GA 30302

Contact: smanson AT gsu.edu  |   +1 (404) 413 - 6046  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Over the years, Dr. Manson's primary research focus has been photoabsorption of ionizing radiation by atomic systems, and in particular attosecond phenomena in atoms and molecules, and the study of atoms confined in fullerenes. In addition, a hallmark of the research program has been collaboration with experimentalists and theorists in the US and many countries, including France, Ireland, U. K., Germany, Italy Serbia, Israel, Uzbekistan, India, Turkey, Qatar Brazil and Australia.

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

Contact: fmauger@lsu.edu   |  225-578-2261  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Ultrafast AMO theory with connections to computational physical chemistry and nonlinear dynamics; Electron dynamics in atoms and molecules with a few to many degrees of freedom and their interaction with short and intense laser pulses; Molecular charge migration and the experimental techniques to observe it using advanced light sources, including high-harmonic and ionization spectroscopies.

Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Davis, 141 Physical Sciences Mall, Davis, CA 95616

Contact: cwmccurdy AT ucdavis.edu  |  +1 (530) 754-9736  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Professor McCurdy's group develops and applies ab initio computational methods to the interaction of femtosecond and attosecond pulses of UV and X-ray radiation with atoms and molecules. This type of experiment can probe molecular and electronic dynamics on their intrinsic time scales but require accurate first-principles theory to guide and interpret them. Pulses from lasers at these wavelengths can both excite and ionize molecules, and the theoretical methods developed in this group treat the ionization continuum simultaneously with other kinds of excitation.

Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250

Contact: menyuk AT umbc.edu  |  410-455-3501  |   Webpage

Research Interest: My area of research is nonlinear and guided-wave optics with a strong focus on short pulses (solitons) and optical fibers. Applications include optical communications and modelocked lasers.

Professor, Department of Physics, University of Arizona, 845 N. Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721

Contact:  pierre AT optics.arizona.edu  |  Webpage

Research Interest: Quantum optics: Cavity quantum electrodynamics, laser and maser theory, statistical properties of radiation. Atomic physics: Ultracold atoms, matter-wave optics, degenerate quantum gases, Bose-Einstein condensation, nonlinear atom optics of Bose and Fermi systems. Quantum acoustics: Quantum optomechanics, hybrid systems, quantum metrology. Sustainable energy: Solar energy production and storage, smart grid management modeling and applications at the Biosphere 2 "model city."

Emeritus Professor, Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orelans, LA 70118

Contact: mcguire AT tulane.edu  |  Webpage

Research Interest: Interaction of twisted photons with atoms.  Applications include quantum information, quantum control, and dynamics of electron correlation in optical interactions with atomic matter.

Professor of Chemistry and Physics (Adj, Emr), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611

Contact: micha AT qtp.ufl.edu  |  352-392-6977  |   Webpage

Research Interest: Our research group works presently on optical and conductivity properties of clusters and semiconductor surfaces,  combining methods of ab initio electronic structure and of density matrix theory for dissipative systems.

Kim Milton, George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Physics, Emeritus, University of Oklahoma

Contact: kmilton@ou.edu  |  Webpage

Research Interests: Most of my current work involves vacuum fluctuation phenomena (the Casimir effect), which have been studied in contexts ranging from cosmological through hadronic to condensed matter systems. Particularly of interest are questions of divergences encountered in such calculations, and of thermal corrections and other effects in real materials. Gravitational implications of quantum vacuum energy are particularly important. Techniques for extracting exact Casimir interactions between distinct bodies are being developed. Repulsive Casimir forces, and related negative entropy phenomena are being investigated. Recent studies involved examining the effects of inhomogeneous media, and systematics of quantum vacuum and Casimir friction of particles moving through nontrivial backgrounds.

Physicist - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Contact: mohr AT nist.gov  |  (301) 975-3217

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Cornell University

Contact: em256@cornell.edu  |   607-255-1568 |   Webpage

Research Interests: Theory of atoms cooled to nK temperatures. At these temperatures, the classical image of atoms as small billiard balls must be replaced by a quantum mechanical picture of wave-packets.  Although I am focused on basic science questions, this research may impact applications in quantum computing, precision measurement, and navigation. I am particularly interested in how simple inter-atomic interactions lead to complex collective behavior.  I am driven by a belief that studying these atomic systems can help refine our understanding of fundamental physics. Much of my recent efforts have been dedicated to finding ways of taking important physics from other fields (solid state physics, nuclear physics, and high energy physics) and asking how one can design cold atom experiments to elucidate the phenomena.

Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, 1120 Natural Sciences II, Irvine, CA 92697

Contact: smukamel AT uci.edu  |  949-824-7600  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Professor Mukamel's interests focus on theoretical studies of ultrafast dynamics and relaxation processes of large molecules, biological complexes and semiconductors. Optical spectroscopic techniques provide a sensitive probe for molecular motions with rapidly improving temporal, spectral, and spatial resolution. Professor Mukamel's group develops and applies many-body Green function techniques for calculating dynamical processes, and explores the ways they can be probed using linear and nonlinear optical techniques. Recent applications include the studies of nonlinear response of conjugated polymers, biological light harvesting complexes, proteins, and optical nonlinearities in semiconductors, cooperative spontaneous emission (superradiance) in molecular aggregates, long-range biological electron transfer, collective nonlinear response and fluorescence of molecular nanostructures, and effects of chaos in quantum and classical optical response.

Professor of Chemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Pkwy, NV 89154

Contact: naduvala AT unlv.nevada.edu  |  +1-702-895-2907  |   Webpage

Research interests: Quantum dynamics of atomic and molecular interactions, and theoretical investigations of chemical reactions in diverse environments, including ultracold gases.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

208 Jorgensen Hall, 855 North 16th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588-0299, USA

Contact: marcelngoko AT unl.edu  |   (402) 472-5094  |  Webpage 

Research Interests: Professor Ngoko Djiokap is carrying out research in the fields of theoretical atomic and molecular physics with a focus on intense laser interactions with atoms and molecules, attosecond physics, and ultrafast highly-correlated processes involving attosecond laser pulses and electron impact. Professor Ngoko Djiokap's expertise is on developing both ab initio numerical and analytical tools to uncover and predict new phenomena, and to analyze experimental results.

Professor of Physics, College of Science and Mathematics, University of Boston

Contact: Maxim.Olchanyi@umb.edu  |  617.287.6039  |   Webpage 

Research Interests: Integrable Systems and Their Applications. Solitons & Quantum Macroscopic Coherence; Bethe Ansatz & Entanglement Amplification; Scale Invariance & Quantum Anomalies; Scattering without Reflection, QM-SUSY, and the IST; Triangular billiards.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA

Contact: pindzola AT physics.auburn.edu  |  (334) 844-4127  |   Webpage

Research interests: My various research interests involve large scale computational atomic and molecular collision calculations. The theoretical work supports free electron laser experiments at FLASH, low energy antiproton collision experiments at CERN, controlled fusion experiments at ITER, and astrophysical observations using HUBBLE and XMM-Newton. My research is supported in part by grants from the US Department of Energy, the US National Science Foundation, and the UN International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as computational time awards at NERSC and NICS.

Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251, USA

Contact:  hpu AT rice.edu  |   713-348-3570  |   Webpage

Research interests: My research covers various aspects of theoretical ultracold atomic physics. Current interests include: spin-orbit coupled quantum gases, dipolar quantum gases, ultracold atoms inside optical cavity, dynamics of bosonic and fermionic superfluids.

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Contact:  hamidreza.ramezani@utrgv.edu  |  956-882-6648  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Our scientific interest covers a broad range of topics, from condensed matter to optics and acoustics. We use highly developed computational, analytical and experimental methods to study complex quantum and classical systems with the ultimate goal of guiding waves and proposing novel devices.  Our research is at the interface between the waves and particles. Our lab is interested in exotic transport in classical and quantum systems. Among the classical systems, from a theoretical point of view, we are interested in photonic systems with special symmetries or topological properties (e.g., coupled waveguides, coupled cavities and laser systems).

Alumni Professor of Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA

Contact: arau AT phys.lsu.edu  |  225-578-6841  |   Webpage

Research interests: My primary area of interest in theoretical atomic physics is the study of strongly correlated motion and of phenomena that are far from being perturbative. Examples include the high excitation of two electrons either into quasi-bound autoionizing states or into the neighboring continuum wherein the two electrons move slowly to infinity from the residual ion core, and an atom in a high Rydberg state in laboratory electric or magnetic fields, the Coulomb and external forces on the electron being comparable so that neither interaction can be considered a perturbation. My interests lie in developing new analytical insights and techniques for such situations in physics. I have also explored a general analytical technique for solving time-dependent operator equations through a succession of unitary integrations with applications in quantum information. A complete geometrical treatment of two qubits, analogous to the “Bloch sphere” picture for a single spin, has been developed. Larger SU(N) groups and associated geometries for multiple qubits and qudits, and many connections to finite projective geometries, quaternions, and other elements of geometric algebra and The Erlangen Program have been established. Other areas of research include a unified treatment of collisions and spectroscopy as exemplified by quantum defect theory, study of Efimov three-body states in atoms and nuclei, and of variational principles for very general problems in mathematical physics.

Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd. MS 2-100, Berkeley, California 94720

Contact: TNRescigno AT lbl.gov  |  +1-510-486-8652  |   Webpage

Research interests: Our group works on the development of theoretical and computational methods in atomic, molecular and optical physics. Current research interests are focused on electron-driven chemistry, electron- and photon-interactions with atoms and molecules, resonant electron-molecule collision processes, electron-impact ionization, single- and double-photoionization of molecules and ultrafast physics with XUV and x-ray light sources. Our group interacts closely with experimentalists in the AMOP program and the Ultrafast X-Ray Science Laboratory at LBNL.

Fellow of JILA and Professor, Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309

Contact: arey AT jilau1.colorado.edu  |  +1-303-492-8089  |   Webpage

Research interests: My research interests are in the scientific interface between atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and quantum information science. Specifically, on ways of developing new techniques for controlling quantum systems and then using them in various applications ranging from quantum simulations/information to time and frequency standards. My group wants to engineer fully controllable quantum systems capable to mimic desired real materials as well as to develop advanced and novel measurement techniques capable of probing atomic quantum systems at the fundamental level.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington

Contact: rein@chem.washington.edu  |  Webpage

Research Interests: research in the Reinhardt group has been focused on issues relating to the dynamics of the newest state of matter, the gaseous Bose-Einstein condensate. These highly unusual macroscopic, but fully quantum, systems consist to millions to billions of Bosonic atoms, and more recently molecules, which behave as a single and fully coherent quantum object. They are of interest in their own right, and also as the precursors of quantum technologies of the future, including quantum encryption and quantum information processing.

Senior Research Scientist, Army Research Office

Contact: pjr3001 AT gmail.com  |  +1-919-549-4345  |  Webpage

Research interests: Research areas are in quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods applied to atomic and molecular systems, the development of QMC and other MC approaches, and statistical mechanics.  The latter has focus on lattice spin models and disorder, with an emphasis on real space renormalization approaches. I am broadly interested in ultra-cold atomic and molecular physics, with a special interest in quantum information, quantum simulation, quantum phase transitions, and emergent phenomena.

Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, 201 Old Main, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Contact: mar56@psu.edu  |  (814) 865-6460  |   Webpage

Research Interests: periodically driven many-body systems and quantum phases of ultracold atoms in optical lattice.

Professor, Department of Physics, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Contactl: robichf AT purdue.edu  |  +1-765-494-3029  |  Webpage

Research interests: Our research mainly focuses on coherence and decoherence in quantum systems, application of basic atomic processes to quantum simulators and quantum computer platforms, many body processes when photons interact with many atoms, highly excited (Rydberg) atoms, strong fields, and ultracold plasmas. Robicheaux is a member of the ALPHA collaboration which was the first group to trap the antimatter version of the hydrogen atom and is the only group to perform experiments on anti-hydrogen. This has led to substantial simulations of the physics underlying the ALPHA experiment.

Research Professor in Physics, Department of Physics, Temple University, 1925 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122

Contact:  daroman@temple.edu  |  215-204-7652  |  Webpage

Research Interests: Physical mechanisms of strong-field quantum control in complex systems; Light scattering in turbid media as applied to noninvasive blood characterization; Dispersion law engineering and dynamics of quasiparticles with engineered dispersion; Electronic and optical properties of nanostructures based on novel materials.

Professor Emeritus, Physics and Chemistry Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611

Contact: sabin AT qtp.ufl.edu  |  +1-352-392-1597  |   Webpage

Research interests: My research focuses on quantum mechanics based  theoretical and computational studies of various aspects of the interaction of swift  ions with molecules: stopping, charge exchange, fragmentation, etc. cross sections. Most recently, we have been studying the interaction of multiply charged ions with biomolecules such as amino acids.

Director of the Institute for Theoretical Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, SAO Senior Scientist, Harvard Senior Research Fellow

Harvard Astronomy Department, 60 Garden Street, MS 46 Cambridge, MA 02138

Contact: hsadeghpour AT cfa.harvard.edu  |  +1 (617) 495-7022  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Theoretical investigations of atomic recombination in the early Universe, formation of large carbon molecules in the interstellar space, cold and ultracold atomic and molecular collisions, Rydberg physics and ion traps. 

Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, 217 Sharp Lab, Newark, DE 19716

Contact: msafrono AT udel.edu  |  (302) 831-8767  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Our research involves both the study of the fundamental physics problems (fundamental symmetries) and applications of atomic physics to future technological developments (such as quantum computing and optical atomic clocks). With the advancement of the experimental techniques and technologies the development of the high-precision methodologies to study atomic physics quantities leads not only to our better understanding of atoms but also to remarkable opportunities for applications in many areas of physics. New generation of the atomic clocks, based on optical rather than microwave frequency standards will allow to increase the accuracy and stability of the atomic clocks by orders of magnitude. More precise frequency standards will open ways to more sensitive quantum-based standards for applications such as inertial navigation, magnetometry, gravity gradiometry, measurements of the fundamental constants and testing of physics postulates. The topics of our present research include study of weak interactions in heavy atoms, atomic clock research, study of ultracold atoms, development of high-precision methodologies for the calculation of the atomic properties, and various applications of such calculations.

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109

contact: salama AT wfu.edu or akbar.qed AT gmail.com  |  (336) 758 3713  |   Webpage

Research interests: Research interests include the development and application of semi-classical and quantum electrodynamical theories of laser-molecule and molecule-molecule interactions. Phenomena and processes investigated include single- and multi-photon effects, nonlinear and quantum optics, optical activity, coherent control of chiral molecules, discriminatory interactions, resonance energy transfer, van der Waals dispersion energy shifts, and optical binding forces.

Director, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada

Contact: sandersb AT ucalgary.ca  |  +1-403-2108462  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Advancing knowledge and implementations of phenomena, processes, and protocols that exploit quantum effects and includes quantum algorithms for quantum simulation, machine learning for quantum control, multi-photon multi-channel interferometry, scalable quantum computing and long-distance quantum communication.

Associate Professor of Physics, University of Maryland

Contact:  jaydsau (at) umd (dot) edu  |  +1 301-405-6116  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Theoretical quantum many-body physics relevant to experiments. At present, I am predominantly interested in applying topological principles to create protected solid-state and cold-atomic systems for quantum information processing. Such topological phenomena might provide the basis for quantum information processing.

Ball Family Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics, Louisiana State Universit, Tower Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Contact: schafer AT phys.lsu.edu  |  (225) 578-0466  |    Website

Research Interests: My current research centers on the theory of intense laser-matter interactions with an emphasis on the

application of attosecond pulses to ultrafast science. Our ultrafast AMO theory group at LSU investigates all phases of the attosecond pulse generation process, as well as applications such as attosecond charge migration in molecules. The research is interdisciplinary,

combining atomic and optical physics, and centered around high performance computing. We have active collaborations with experimental groups pursuing attosecond science and this is an important component of our work. 

Staff Physicist, DLMF General Editor, NIST Headquarters, Gaithersburg, MD

Prior to joining NIST, Dr. Schneider had a long career at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the National Science Foundation. 

Contact: barry.schneider@nist.gov  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Schneider's current research interests span a broad number of areas of theoretical chemistry, atomic and molecular physics, numerical methods and high performance computing. His current principal focus is developing novel methods for the solution of the time dependent Schroedinger equation in ultra-short, and intense laser fields. 

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware

Contact:  swatis@udel.edu  |  302-831-3295  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Dr. Singh works on a broad range of problems in theoretical quantum optics: investigating novel quantum systems as detectors for gravitational waves and dark matter, using hybrid quantum systems as sensors, understanding spin bath dynamics in solid-state qubits, and quantum thermodynamics.

Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA

Contact: szalewic AT udel.edu  |  (302) 831 6579  |   Webpage

JQI Fellow, QuICS Fellow, QuICS co-director, Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), University of Maryland, College Park

Contact: jmtaylor AT umd.edu  |  (301) 405-7905  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Our group works towards a deeper understanding of the classical-quantum divide, hoping to determine a constructive approach towards larger and larger quantum systems.  We focus on three main research areas: hybrid quantum systems, applications of quantum information science, and fundamental questions about the limits of quantum and classical behavior.

University Distinguished Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

Contact: thumm AT phys.ksu.edu  |  (785) 532-1613  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Uwe Thumm's research group are developing theoretical models in the general research areas of theoretical Atomic, Molecular, Optical (AMO), and Surface Physics, including light-matter interactions, atomic structure calculations, electron-atom scattering, ion-atom collisions, and particle interactions with clusters, nanoparticles, thin films, and solid surfaces. More recently, in close collaboration with experimental groups and motivated by available and emerging intense short-pulse laser, XUV, and X-ray light sources, Uwe’s research group started to develop conceptual, analytical, and numerical tools for the theoretical description of the electronic dynamics in atoms, the light-induced and -probed electronic and nuclear dynamics in molecules, and particle and light interactions with plasmonic nanostructures. The unifying theme behind these efforts is the study of electronic and nuclear dynamics at the natural time scales of the electronic motion (attoseconds, 1 attosecond=10-18seconds) or the nuclear motion (femtoseconds, 1 femtosecond=10-15seconds) in matter. The group’s basic research is of relevance for applications in (i) efficient solar energy conversion and ultrafast opto-electronics, (ii) thermionic energy conversion and improved light sources, (iii) ion-lithography and controlled thermonuclear fusion, and (iv) surface chemistry, photo-catalysis, and functional nanostructures.

Professor, Science and Mathematics Department, Cal Maritime University, 200 Maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo, CA 94590

Contact: ctrevisan AT csum.edu  |  (707)654-1119  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Currently, Dr. Trevisan is a Laboratory Affiliate at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she conducts collaborative research alongside scientists at the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Theory Group, in the Chemical Sciences Division. She is currently performing state-of-the-art quantum mechanical calculations in the theory of photon and electron collisions with greenhouse gases and other molecules relevant to energy applications, such as solar energy conversion.  She is currently studying the molecular-frame photoelectron angular distributions for polyatomic molecules that are produced after a core-level electron is removed due to the absorption of an X-ray photon, as well as other electron-driven chemistry processes.

Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521

Contact: shan-wen.tsai AT ucr.edu  |  (951) 827-1057  |   Webpage

Research interests: Theoretical atomic, molecular and optical physics, and condensed matter physics, particularly quantum many-body aspects. Recent research includes novel quantum phases of cold atom mixtures and of dipolar fermions on optical lattices.

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno

Contact:  ttscherbul@unr.edu  |   (775) 784-1079  |   Webpage

Research Interests:  We explore the fascinating world of quantum dynamics of complex atomic and molecular systems using the tools and techniques of quantum mechanics. The ultimate goal of our research is to understand and control complex quantum phenomena at the most fundamental level. To make it possible, we explore these phenomena theoretically by developing novel algorithms for solving the fundamental equation of quantum physics - the Schrodinger equation - for atomic and molecular systems of ever increasing complexity. We are also interested in how quantum dynamics in these systems are affected by an external environment, which causes relaxation and decoherence of quantum superposition states.

Professor. Quantum Information Processing Group, Computer Science Department, Tecnologico de Monterrey. 

Founding member and PI, The Unconventional Computing Lab.

Contact: salvador.venegas-andraca AT keble.oxon.org  |   Webpage

Research Interests: 1) Developing classical (both exact and approximate) and quantum algorithms for NP-hard and NP-complete problems. Our interests are on the theoretical algorithmic analysis of NP-hard/NP-complete problems (especially in the parlance of optimization theory) as well as on the application of such classical and quantum algorithms in science and industry. 2) The physical and algorithmic properties of quantum walks. 3) Developing distributed and stand-alone robust simulations of quantum algorithms on classical computers.

Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, 6127 Wilder Laboratory, Hanover, NH 03755

Contactl: lorenza.viola AT dartmouth.edu  |   +1-603-646-2528  |   Webpage

Research interests: quantum information physics, with emphasis on modeling and control of open quantum systems, methods for quantum fault tolerance, engineered dissipation, fundamentals and applications of entanglement; quantum statistical mechanics, with emphasis on quantum randomness and many-body quantum chaos, equilibrium and non-equilibrium quantum phase transitions, topological systems.

Professor, Emeritus, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma

Contact:  dwatson AT ou.edu  |  (405) 325-6300  |   Webpage

Research interests: Dr. Watson is engaged in the study of large N-particle systems under quantum confinement such as Bose-Einstein condensates. An exact solution of the N-body problem is considered to be an "intractable" problem, scaling exponentially with the number of particles, N. The resources required for a solution typically double with every particle added, resulting in a current limit of ~10 particles for an exact solution. Dr. Watson is  developing a method which circumvents this exponential scaling with N by rearranging the work so the problem now scales exponentially with order in a perturbation series. Exact solutions are possible at each order for any N. She and her collaborators have accomplished this by using group theoretic as well as graphical techniques. These powerful and elegant techniques "hold their own" as N increases resulting in minimum numerical effort.

Professor of Natural Science, Oregon Institute of Technology, 3201 Campus Drive, Klamath Falls, OR 97601

Contact: robyn.wilde AT oit.edu  |   541-885-1319  |   Webpage

Research Interests: theory of Positronium (Ps) scattering: Ps-atom, Ps-molecule and Ps-surface collisions.

Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of California at Berkeley, 366 Physics North MC 7300, Berkeley, CA, 94720-7300

Contact: norman.yao@berkeley.edu  |  (510) 664-4900  |   Webpage

Research Interests: My research interests lie at the interface between atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter, and quantum information science. In recent years, the synergy between these fields has been strengthened by a tremendous amount of experimental progress, which has made it possible to assemble complex, strongly interacting, quantum many-body systems from individual atoms, ions, molecules and photons. These advances have opened the door to realizing non-equilibrium phases of matter, to understanding the dynamics of quantum thermalization (and of its failure), and to measuring the intrinsic properties of topological phases. Dialogue between theory and experiment is especially crucial to addressing these questions and my group employs a variety of theoretical, numerical and experimental tools. 

Professor, Physics Department, University of Connecticut and Senior Research Scientist, Physics Department, Harvard University

Contact: susanne.yelin AT uconn.edu  |   Webpage

Research Interests:  Quantum information processing, cooling, and nonlinear optics with polar molecules; Quantum coherence effects, imaging, and nonlinear optics in atomic gases and ions; Correlation and cooperative effects in light matter interaction – superradiance; Absorptionless negative refraction and response in different media; Optical and spin physics for quantum optics in semiconductors and NV centers; Dynamic Casimir effect.

Associate Professor, Science and Mathematics Department, Cal Maritime University, 200 Maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo, CA 94590

Contact: fyip AT csum.edu  |  (707)654-1723  |   Webpage

Research Interests: electron correlation in atoms and molecules with few (two or more) electrons, treated from first-principles; theoretical studies describing how light can probe the structure of atoms and molecules; large-scale computing and numerical simulations in atomic and molecular physics, and other areas.

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080

Contact: chuanwei.zhang AT utdallas.edu  |  Webpage

Research interests: Ultra-cold atomic gases, topological condensed matter physics, quantum computation.

Professor, Physics & Astronomy Department, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr. Fairfax, VA 22030

Contact: ezhao2@gmu.edu  |  703-993-4571  |   Webpage

Research Interests: Many body physics of ultracold quantum gases. Quantum transport in superconducting heterostructures.

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University

525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2036

Contact:  zhou753@purdue.edu  |  (765) 494-5570   |   Webpage

Research Interests: We study a wide range of topics in quantum gases and related fields, such as synthetic gauge fields for ultracold atoms, strongly interacting bosons and fermions, quantum many-body dynamics, and connections between few-body and many-body physics, among many others.