Awards

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John Kitching receiving NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal

2023 NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal - John Kitching

For outstanding technical leadership in conducting a critical NASA quantum sensing capability assessment to enable the success of NASA

Photo of John Bollinger, Distinguished Career awardee

2023 - Dr. Willie E. May Award for Distinguished Career at NIST---John Bollinger

For a career of research in trapped-ion metrology applied to atomic clocks and quantum manipulation, computation, and simulation.

2023 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Jeff Sherman, Ladan Arissian, Roger Brown , Bijunath Patla

For exceptional performance and dedication in the realization and dissemination of the national standard of frequency, time, and time interval.

Photomicrograph of the linear ion trap with integrated SNSPD

2023 APL Rising Stars Collection - Benedikt Hampel, Daniel Slichter, Dietrich Leibfried, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Varun Verma

The Rising Stars Collection features notable APL papers by emerging investigators. These papers were identified by the editors and Rising

2022 Distinguished Associate Award - Vladislav Gerginov

For long-term and extraordinary contributions in support of NIST’s atomic clock and sensing programs.

2023 SPIE Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed Optics - Tara Fortier

In recognition of pioneering contributions to the development of frequency combs based on mode-locked lasers and their applications in

2022 - Dean of Staff Award---Judah Levine

The Dean of Staff award honors the current employee with the longest tenure at NIST. The honoree receives a framed copy of an antique print of pioneering scientist Michael Faraday. A rare carbon print of this photo, now in NIST’s historical artifact collection, hung in the office of the first three NIST directors for four decades.

2022 - Silver Medal Award---Michael Bartock, Jonathan Hardis, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, James McCarthy, Suzanne Lightman, Karen K. Reczek, Jeffrey Sherman, Roger Brown, Michael Lombardi, Judah Levine

For strengthening the resilience of position, navigation, and timing infrastructure and services on which global commerce and national security rely.

2022 - Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award---Dietrich Leibfried, Daniel Slichter, Andrew Wilson

For providing critical expertise in trapped-ion quantum information processing to industry stakeholders in support of the emerging quantum economy.

2022 - Distinguished Career Award---Michael Lombardi

For a career of sustained excellence in the leadership of NIST’s mission-essential time and frequency distribution services.

2022 IEEE Fellow - John Kitching

For contributions to Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks and Atomic Magnetometers

2022 IFCS Sawyer Award - Elizabeth Donley

For selfless and sustained leadership in the frequency control community.

2022 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors - John Kitching

For the Invention and Development of the Chip-Scale Atomic Clock and Chip-Scale Atomic Magnetometer.

2022 UFFC Distinguished Service Award - Elizabeth Donley

For leadership in the revision of two important IEEE standards in Frequency and Time Metrology.

2022 APS Fellow - Andrew Ludlow

For outstanding scientific leadership in the development of a state-of-the-art optical lattice clock to achieve one of the lowest atomic

2022 APS Fellow - Tara Fortier

For pioneering contributions to phase stabilized mode-locked lasers and optical combs, fundamental tests of physics with precision optical

2021 Distinguished Associate Award - Marco Pomponio

For outstanding support of the Time and Frequency Division through the development of analog and digital metrology tools.

2021 - Diversity, Inclusivity and Equal Employment Opportunity Award---Amy Mensch, Brandi Toliver, Jeanita Pritchett, Jenise Reyes-Rodriguez, Ashley Beasley Green, Diana Ortiz-Montalvo, Kelley Rogers, Kelly Telu, Ileana Pazos, Tara Fortier

For fostering an accessible, inclusive work environment and professional development opportunities through a volunteer effort spanning NIST campuses.

2021 - Edward Uhler Condon Award---Scott Diddams

For outstanding communication of complex research and measurements in a comprehensive and clearly illustrated review of optical frequency combs.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Chin-wen Chou, David Hume, David Leibrandt, Dietrich Leibfried, Tara Fortier, Scott Diddams, Alejandra Collopy

For breakthrough metrology to control and entangle atomic and molecular ions, providing powerful new approaches to quantum computing and networking.

2021 - Gold Medal Award---Matthew Hummon, John Kitching, Scott Papp, Scott Diddams, Kartik Srinivasan, Daron Westly, B. Robert Ilic

For their landmark development of the first chip-scale optical clock, supporting the most exacting needs of timing applications in the field.

Time and Frequency Division