Elizabeth Donley
Elizabeth Donley | |
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.jpg) NIST physicist Elizabeth Donley with a compact atomic clock design that could help improve precision in ultraportable clocks. | |
| Born | April 5, 1970 |
| Alma mater | University of Nevada, Las Vegas (BS) University of Colorado Boulder (MS) ETH Zurich (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Thesis | Single-molecule spectroscopy at subkelvin temperatures (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | Urs Wild |
| Other academic advisors | Frédéric Merkt David P. Shelton Carl Wieman Eric Allin Cornell |
Elizabeth Ann Donley (born April 5, 1970) is an American physicist. She is a researcher in the time and frequency division at the Physical Measurement Laboratory. Donley's research areas include the operation and development of atomic fountain clocks and chip scale atomic devices and instruments.
Education
Donley was born on April 5, 1970.[1] She completed a B.S. in physics from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1994. Donley earned a M.S. in physics at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1996. Donley completed her doctoral studies in Switzerland, earning a Ph.D. in natural sciences from ETH Zurich in 2000.[1][2] Her thesis was titled Single-molecule spectroscopy at subkelvin temperatures. Donley's doctoral advisor was Urs Wild.[1] Her postdoctoral research at the University of Colorado Boulder was on ultracold atomic physics with 2001 Nobel Laureates Carl Wieman and Eric Cornell.[2][3]
Career
She joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 2002 as a research physicist in the Time and Frequency Division at the Physical Measurement Laboratory; in 2018 she became its Division Chief.[2][3] She has served in a number of leadership positions for the IEEE professional society.[3] Donley's research areas include the operation and development of atomic fountain clocks and chip scale atomic devices and instruments, for which she has won the Department of Commerce Gold Medal in 2004 and 2014.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Donley, Elizabeth Ann (2000). Single-molecule spectroscopy at subkelvin temperatures (Doctoral Thesis thesis). ETH Zurich. doi:10.3929/ethz-a-003929922. hdl:20.500.11850/144708.
- ^ a b c d ieeexplore.ieee.org https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37265100500. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b c Donley, Elizabeth (2019-07-30). "Elizabeth Donley". NIST. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
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External links
- Elizabeth Donley publications indexed by Google Scholar
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- Living people
- National Institute of Standards and Technology people
- American women physicists
- 20th-century American physicists
- 21st-century American physicists
- 20th-century American women scientists
- 21st-century American women scientists
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni
- University of Colorado Boulder alumni
- ETH Zurich alumni
- 1970 births