Ronald Walsworth is an American physicist, engineer, and professor at the University of Maryland.[1]
Ronald Walsworth | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Duke University (B.S.), Harvard University (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Quantum sensing |
| Awards | Francis M. Pipkin Award (2005) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics (atomic physics) |
| Institutions | Harvard University (1991–2019) University of Maryland (2019–) |
| Doctoral advisor | Isaac Silvera |
Career
editWalsworth earned a B.S. in physics from Duke University in 1984 and completed a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard in 1991.[2] He has been recognized for his contributions to science. In 2001, he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[3] He was a Distinguished Traveling Lecturer for the American Physical Society from 2002 to 2023. In 2005, he received the Francis M. Pipkin Award in Precision Measurements from the American Physical Society.[4] He also received the Smithsonian Institution Exceptional Service Award; the Duke University Faculty Scholar Award; and the NASA Group Achievement Award.
Since 2020, Walsworth has served as the Founding Director of the Quantum Technology Center at the University of Maryland;[5] and also as a Minta Martin Professor in the Department of Physics[6] and in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering[7] at the University of Maryland. He previously served as a Senior Physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics at Harvard University.
Walsworth has helped establish several startup companies.[8] In 2012, he co-founded Quantum Diamond Technologies with Mikhail Lukin and others to develop biomedical diagnostic technology using nitrogen-vacancy diamond magnetic imaging.[9] In 2014, he co-founded Hyperfine with Matthew Rosen and Jonathan Rothberg to develop the world's first portable human MRI instrument able to move to a patient's bedside at the point of care.[10][11] In 2020, he founded Quantum Catalyzer to perform quantum research and create new quantum technology startups;[12] one of these companies is QDM.IO, co-founded by Walsworth and geologist Roger Fu,[13] which builds and sells quantum diamond microscopes (QDMs) for research and education.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Ron Walsworth | Walsworth Group". walsworth.umd.edu.
- ^ https://sites.duke.edu/qdsworkshop/speakers/ronald-walsworth/
- ^ https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2001&unit_id=GPMFC&institution=
- ^ "Prize Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Quantum Technology Center". qtc.umd.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ Suplee, Anne. "Walsworth, Ronald - UMD Physics". umdphysics.umd.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Walsworth, Ronald | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering". ece.umd.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Ronald Walsworth LinkedIn".
- ^ https://qdti.com/
- ^ https://hyperfine.io/
- ^ https://www.science.org/content/article/mri-all-cheap-portable-scanners-aim-revolutionize-medical-imaging
- ^ https://www.q-cat.io/
- ^ "Roger Fu". eps.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Home". QDM Site. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
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