FQxI's Nicole Yunger Halpern, a quantum physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland (UMD), in College Park, has been honored with an Early Career Scientist Award, presented every three years by the C3 Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics. The award recognises her achievements bridging statistical physics, thermodynamics, and quantum information theory, as described by UMD's news site.
From UMD:
"In awarding her this honor, the selection committee specifically highlighted her fundamental contributions to non-Abelian thermodynamics and her exploration of the relationship between quantum chaos and the work fluctuation theorem in non-equilibrium thermodynamics."
Congratulations to all of this year's recipients.
Explore more:
- Yunger Halpern talks to Zeeya Merali about her book, Quantum Steampunk on the "FQxI Podcast;"
- Buy Yunger Halpern's book, Quantum Steampunk from the FQxI Bookstore (FQxI will receive a small donation if purchased through this link).