Cindy Regal
Cindy A. Regal is an American experimental physicist
most noted for her work in quantum optics; atomic, Cindy A. Regal
molecular, and optical physics (AMO); and cavity Born 1979
optomechanics. Regal is an associate professor in the Alma mater Lawrence University[1]
Department of Physics at the University of Colorado University of Colorado
and JILA Fellow;[2] and a Fellow of the American
Physical Society (APS).[3] Known for BEC-BCS crossover in ultracold
fermi gas
Quantum systems of interacting
Biography atoms, photons and phonons
Hybrid quantum systems
Regal was raised in Duluth, Minnesota and attended
Awards Fellow, American Physical
Lawrence University.[1] On a graduate fellowship to
Society
CU Boulder from the Hertz Foundation,[4] Regal
pioneered experimental techniques for ultracold Fermi Presidential Early Career Award
for Scientists and Engineers
gases under the supervision of Deborah S. Jin.[5] Her
PhD thesis, which showed a crossover between Bose- Packard Fellowship in Science
Einstein condensation and superconductivity using an and Engineering
ultracold gas of atomic fermions, was awarded the APS Hertz Foundation Fellowship
Division of AMO Physics (DAMOP) thesis prize in Scientific career
2007.[6]
Fields Atomic, molecular, and optical
After, Regal worked with Dr. Konrad Lehnert at JILA physics
to establish a novel platform for studying the Cavity optomechanics
nanomechanics of a beam capacitively coupled a Condensed matter
superconducting transmission-line microwave cavity, Quantum optics
which achieved a displacement imprecision of 30 times
the standard quantum limit.[7] Her postdoc in the group Institutions University of Colorado
of Prof. H. Jeff Kimble at Caltech resulted in another JILA
novel experimental system for exploring cavity Doctoral Deborah S. Jin
optomechanics, this time using optically levitated advisor
nanoparticles.[8] Regal returned to CU Boulder as an
assistant professor in physics in January 2010 and became the university's first Clare Booth Luce
Professor.[9]
The Regal Laboratory ([Link] studies experimental quantum systems of
interacting atoms, photons and phonons. Regal has described this work as seeking “to engineer and
explore new quantum systems with controlled connections for quantum information and quantum
optics”.[9] This highly interdisciplinary research [10] has been recognized by the Packard Foundation in
2011 [11] and the Barack Obama Administration with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and
Engineers in 2012.[12]
Honors and awards
Fellow, American Physical Society, 2017 [3]
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2012 [12]
Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2011 [11]
Hertz Foundation doctoral thesis prize winner, 2007 [4]
APS Division of AMO Physics (DAMOP) thesis prize winner, 2007 [6]
Hertz Foundation Fellowship for graduate studies in the physical sciences, 2001-2006 [4]
External media
Prospects for a quantum electro-optic interface via micromechanical motion, IQOQI
Colloquium Sept, 2017 ([Link]
References
1. "Duluth News Tribune" ([Link] Duluth
News Tribune. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
2. "Cindy Regal" ([Link] JILA, University of Colorado.
2016-04-04. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
3. "APS Fellows, 2016" ([Link]
American Physical Society. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
4. "Hertz Fellow Profile" ([Link]
Hertz Foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
5. Regal, C.; Jin, D. S. (2006). Experimental realization of BCS-BEC crossover physics with a
Fermi gas of atoms (PhD thesis). arXiv:cond-mat/0601054 ([Link]
601054).
6. "APS Honors and Prizes" ([Link]
st_nm=Cindy&last_nm=Regal&year=2007). American Physical Society. Retrieved 3 March
2019.
7. Regal, C. A.; Teufel, J. D.; Lehnert, K. W. (2008). "Measuring nanomechanical motion with a
microwave cavity interferometer". Nature Physics. 4 (7): 555–560. arXiv:0801.1827 ([Link]
[Link]/abs/0801.1827). Bibcode:2008arXiv0801.1827R ([Link]
2008arXiv0801.1827R). doi:10.1038/nphys974 ([Link]
S2CID 118580283 ([Link]
8. "Caltech Physicists Propose Quantum Entanglement for Motion of Microscopic Objects" (htt
ps://[Link]/about/news/caltech-physicists-propose-quantum-entanglement-motion
-microscopic-objects-1587). Caltech. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
9. "Physicist wins CU's first-ever Clare Boothe Luce Professorship Award" ([Link]
[Link]/asmagazine/2010/10/01/physicist-wins-cus-first-ever-clare-boothe-luce-professorship-
award). CU Boulder. October 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
10. "Microscopic trampoline may help create networks of quantum computers" ([Link]
[Link]/today/2018/07/16/microscopic-trampoline-may-help-create-networks-quantum-co
mputers). CU Boulder. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
11. "Cindy Regal Wins Packard Fellowship" ([Link]
y-regal-wins-packard-fellowship). CU Boulder. 2011-10-13. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
12. "President Obama Honors Outstanding Early Career Scientists" ([Link]
[Link]/the-press-office/2012/07/23/president-obama-honors-outstanding-early-career-s
cientists). Obama White House Archives. 2012-07-23. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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