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Brown studied [[physics]] at the [[University of Minnesota, Twin Cities]], receiving a Bachelor of Science in 2013.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Commentary: Disentangling anti-Blackness from physics|url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.3.20200720a/full/|language=en|doi=10.1063/pt.6.3.20200720a/full/}}</ref> During his undergraduate studies, he carried out a 10-week research placement at the [[University of Chicago]] supported by the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-24|title=The physics community needs to include, listen to and hire Black scientists|url=https://blogs.berkeley.edu/2020/08/24/the-physics-community-needs-to-include-listen-to-and-hire-black-scientists/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=The Berkeley Blog|language=en-US}}</ref>
Brown studied [[physics]] at the [[University of Minnesota, Twin Cities]], receiving a Bachelor of Science in 2013.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Commentary: Disentangling anti-Blackness from physics|url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.3.20200720a/full/|language=en|doi=10.1063/pt.6.3.20200720a/full/}}</ref> During his undergraduate studies, he carried out a 10-week research placement at the [[University of Chicago]] supported by the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-24|title=The physics community needs to include, listen to and hire Black scientists|url=https://blogs.berkeley.edu/2020/08/24/the-physics-community-needs-to-include-listen-to-and-hire-black-scientists/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=The Berkeley Blog|language=en-US}}</ref>


He obtained a PhD in physics from the [[Yale University]] in 2019, focusing on [[Quantum fluid|quantum fluid dynamics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles Brown {{!}} Department of Physics|url=https://physics.yale.edu/people/charles-brown|access-date=2021-02-26|website=physics.yale.edu|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shkarin|first=A. B.|last2=Kashkanova|first2=A. D.|last3=Brown|first3=C. D.|last4=Garcia|first4=S.|last5=Ott|first5=K.|last6=Reichel|first6=J.|last7=Harris|first7=J. G. E.|date=2019-04-15|title=Quantum Optomechanics in a Liquid|url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.153601|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume=122|issue=15|pages=153601|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.153601}}</ref> His thesis investigated the [[Optomechanics|optomechanical]] properties of [[Superfluidity|superfluid]] [[liquid helium]] drops.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Misenti|first=Victoria|date=2019-09-19|title=Charles Brown defends graduate thesis: “Optical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Superfluid Liquid Helium Drops Magnetically-Levitated in Vacuum”|url=https://wlab.yale.edu/news/charles-brown-defends-graduate-thesis-optical-mechanical-and-thermal-properties-superfluid|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Wright Laboratory|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Childress|first=L.|last2=Schmidt|first2=M. P.|last3=Kashkanova|first3=A. D.|last4=Brown|first4=C. D.|last5=Harris|first5=G. I.|last6=Aiello|first6=A.|last7=Marquardt|first7=F.|last8=Harris|first8=J. G. E.|date=2017-12-29|title=Cavity optomechanics in a levitated helium drop|url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.063842|journal=Physical Review A|volume=96|issue=6|pages=063842|doi=10.1103/PhysRevA.96.063842}}</ref> Specifically, he studied the interaction between [[Optics|optical]] modes and [[Surface physics|surface vibrations]] of [[Magnetic levitation|magnetically levitated]] superfluid drops.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brown II|first=Charles Darly|url=https://harrislab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Entire_Ph_D__Thesis%20(31).pdf|title=Optical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Superfluid Liquid Helium Drops Magnetically-Levitated in Vacuum|publisher=Yale University|year=2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kashkanova|first=A. D.|last2=Shkarin|first2=A. B.|last3=Brown|first3=C. D.|last4=Flowers-Jacobs|first4=N. E.|last5=Childress|first5=L.|last6=Hoch|first6=S. W.|last7=Hohmann|first7=L.|last8=Ott|first8=K.|last9=Reichel|first9=J.|last10=Harris|first10=J. G. E.|date=2017-01|title=Superfluid Brillouin optomechanics|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys3900|journal=Nature Physics|language=en|volume=13|issue=1|pages=74–79|doi=10.1038/nphys3900|issn=1745-2481}}</ref>
He obtained a PhD in physics from the [[Yale University]] in 2019, focusing on [[Quantum fluid|quantum fluid dynamics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles Brown {{!}} Department of Physics|url=https://physics.yale.edu/people/charles-brown|access-date=2021-02-26|website=physics.yale.edu|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shkarin|first=A. B.|last2=Kashkanova|first2=A. D.|last3=Brown|first3=C. D.|last4=Garcia|first4=S.|last5=Ott|first5=K.|last6=Reichel|first6=J.|last7=Harris|first7=J. G. E.|date=2019-04-15|title=Quantum Optomechanics in a Liquid|url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.153601|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume=122|issue=15|pages=153601|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.153601}}</ref> His thesis investigated the [[Optomechanics|optomechanical]] properties of [[Superfluidity|superfluid]] [[liquid helium]] drops.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Misenti|first=Victoria|date=2019-09-19|title=Charles Brown defends graduate thesis: “Optical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Superfluid Liquid Helium Drops Magnetically-Levitated in Vacuum”|url=https://wlab.yale.edu/news/charles-brown-defends-graduate-thesis-optical-mechanical-and-thermal-properties-superfluid|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Wright Laboratory|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Childress|first=L.|last2=Schmidt|first2=M. P.|last3=Kashkanova|first3=A. D.|last4=Brown|first4=C. D.|last5=Harris|first5=G. I.|last6=Aiello|first6=A.|last7=Marquardt|first7=F.|last8=Harris|first8=J. G. E.|date=2017-12-29|title=Cavity optomechanics in a levitated helium drop|url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.063842|journal=Physical Review A|volume=96|issue=6|pages=063842|doi=10.1103/PhysRevA.96.063842}}</ref> Specifically, he studied the interaction between [[Optics|optical]] modes and [[Surface physics|surface vibrations]] of [[Magnetic levitation|magnetically levitated]] superfluid drops.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brown II|first=Charles Darly|url=https://harrislab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Entire_Ph_D__Thesis%20(31).pdf|title=Optical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Superfluid Liquid Helium Drops Magnetically-Levitated in Vacuum|publisher=Yale University|year=2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kashkanova|first=A. D.|last2=Shkarin|first2=A. B.|last3=Brown|first3=C. D.|last4=Flowers-Jacobs|first4=N. E.|last5=Childress|first5=L.|last6=Hoch|first6=S. W.|last7=Hohmann|first7=L.|last8=Ott|first8=K.|last9=Reichel|first9=J.|last10=Harris|first10=J. G. E.|date=2017-01|title=Superfluid Brillouin optomechanics|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys3900|journal=Nature Physics|language=en|volume=13|issue=1|pages=74–79|doi=10.1038/nphys3900|issn=1745-2481}}</ref> During his graduate studies, he was a student representative on the Board of the [[National Society of Black Physicists]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles Brown (Graduate Student) is Student Representative for the National Society of Black Physicists {{!}} Department of Physics|url=https://physics.yale.edu/news/charles-brown-graduate-student-student-representative-national-society-black-physicists|access-date=2021-02-26|website=physics.yale.edu}}</ref>


== Research career ==
== Research career ==
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== Advocacy ==
== Advocacy ==
Brown was one of the organisers of the first [[#BlackInPhysics]] Week, held between 25-31 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hershberger|first=Scott|title=#BlackInPhysics week to build community, increase visibility|url=https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/blackinphysics-week-to-build-community-increase-visibility|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Symmetry Magazine|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2020-10-26|title=Meet the organizers of #BlackInPhysics Week|url=https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.6.4.20201026b|journal=Physics Today|language=en|volume=2020|issue=4|pages=1026b|doi=10.1063/pt.6.4.20201026b|issn=1945-0699}}</ref> The campaign was inspired by the success of [[Black Birders Week]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=LanginDec. 21|first=Katie|last2=2020|last3=Pm|first3=4:55|date=2020-12-21|title=‘A time of reckoning.’ How scientists confronted anti-Black racism and built community in 2020|url=https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2020/12/time-reckoning-how-scientists-confronted-anti-black-racism-and-built-community-2020|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Science {{!}} AAAS|language=en}}</ref> and set out to increase the visibility and recognition of Black physicists and their contributions to physics, as well as providing a community of collaboration and support for Black physicists worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-29|title=Celebrating Black physicists|url=https://physicsworld.com/a/celebrating-black-physicists/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Physics World|language=en-GB}}</ref> The initiative gained widespread media coverage and support from organisations such as [[Nature Physics]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brown|first=Charles D.|last2=Gonzales|first2=Eileen|date=2021-01|title=Excellence and power in the Black physics community|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-01140-9|journal=Nature Physics|language=en|volume=17|issue=1|pages=3–4|doi=10.1038/s41567-020-01140-9|issn=1745-2481}}</ref> [[Physics World]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=#BlackInPhysics|url=https://physicsworld.com/p/collections/blackinphysics/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Physics World|language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Physics Today]],<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Part of the revolution: Black representation in AI and quantum information|url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20201030b/full/|language=en|doi=10.1063/pt.6.4.20201030b/full/}}</ref> [[American Institute of Physics|the American Institute of Physics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIP Showcases #BlackinPhysics Week with Essays, Oral Histories, Social Media Outreach|url=https://www.newswise.com/articles/aip-showcases-blackinphysics-week-with-essays-oral-histories-social-media-outreach|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.newswise.com|language=en}}</ref>
Brown was one of the organisers of the first [[#BlackInPhysics]] Week, held between 25-31 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hershberger|first=Scott|title=#BlackInPhysics week to build community, increase visibility|url=https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/blackinphysics-week-to-build-community-increase-visibility|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Symmetry Magazine|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2020-10-26|title=Meet the organizers of #BlackInPhysics Week|url=https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.6.4.20201026b|journal=Physics Today|language=en|volume=2020|issue=4|pages=1026b|doi=10.1063/pt.6.4.20201026b|issn=1945-0699}}</ref> The campaign was inspired by the success of [[Black Birders Week]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=LanginDec. 21|first=Katie|last2=2020|last3=Pm|first3=4:55|date=2020-12-21|title=‘A time of reckoning.’ How scientists confronted anti-Black racism and built community in 2020|url=https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2020/12/time-reckoning-how-scientists-confronted-anti-black-racism-and-built-community-2020|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Science {{!}} AAAS|language=en}}</ref> and set out to increase the visibility and recognition of Black physicists and their contributions to physics, as well as providing a community of collaboration and support for Black physicists worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-29|title=Celebrating Black physicists|url=https://physicsworld.com/a/celebrating-black-physicists/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Physics World|language=en-GB}}</ref> The initiative gained widespread media coverage and support from organisations such as [[Nature Physics]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brown|first=Charles D.|last2=Gonzales|first2=Eileen|date=2021-01|title=Excellence and power in the Black physics community|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-01140-9|journal=Nature Physics|language=en|volume=17|issue=1|pages=3–4|doi=10.1038/s41567-020-01140-9|issn=1745-2481}}</ref> [[Physics World]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=#BlackInPhysics|url=https://physicsworld.com/p/collections/blackinphysics/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Physics World|language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Physics Today]],<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Part of the revolution: Black representation in AI and quantum information|url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20201030b/full/|language=en|doi=10.1063/pt.6.4.20201030b/full/}}</ref> [[American Institute of Physics|the American Institute of Physics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIP Showcases #BlackinPhysics Week with Essays, Oral Histories, Social Media Outreach|url=https://www.newswise.com/articles/aip-showcases-blackinphysics-week-with-essays-oral-histories-social-media-outreach|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.newswise.com|language=en}}</ref>

Brown is also a member of the [[National Society of Black Physicists]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Innovate Seminar Series: Charles Brown|url=https://nsbp.org/blogpost/1882533/362629/September-29-2020-Charles-Brown|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-26|website=[[National Society of Black Physicists]]}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 18:06, 26 February 2021

Charles D. Brown II
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Yale University
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics, many body physics, ultracold atoms, optical lattices, quantum fluid dynamics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkley
ThesisOptical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Superfluid Liquid Helium Drops Magnetically-Levitated in Vacuum (2019)
Doctoral advisorJack Harris

Charles D. Brown II is an American physicist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, studying many-body physics of ultracold atoms in optical lattices. Brown is also a lead organiser of #BlackInPhysics week, a campaign to recognise and amplify the scientific contributions of Black physicists.[1][2]

Early life and education

Brown studied physics at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, receiving a Bachelor of Science in 2013.[3] During his undergraduate studies, he carried out a 10-week research placement at the University of Chicago supported by the National Science Foundation.[4]

He obtained a PhD in physics from the Yale University in 2019, focusing on quantum fluid dynamics.[5][6] His thesis investigated the optomechanical properties of superfluid liquid helium drops.[7][8] Specifically, he studied the interaction between optical modes and surface vibrations of magnetically levitated superfluid drops.[9][10] During his graduate studies, he was a student representative on the Board of the National Society of Black Physicists.[11]

Research career

In 2019, Brown joined the Department of Physics at University of California, Berkeley, where he studies ultracold atoms trapped in two-dimensional optical lattices.[12][13] His research focuses on many-body physics phenomena of atoms in optical lattices with kagome geometries.[14]

Advocacy

Brown was one of the organisers of the first #BlackInPhysics Week, held between 25-31 October 2020.[15][16] The campaign was inspired by the success of Black Birders Week,[17] and set out to increase the visibility and recognition of Black physicists and their contributions to physics, as well as providing a community of collaboration and support for Black physicists worldwide.[18] The initiative gained widespread media coverage and support from organisations such as Nature Physics,[19] Physics World,[20] Physics Today,[21] the American Institute of Physics.[22]

Brown is also a member of the National Society of Black Physicists. [23]

References

  1. ^ "WE ARE BLACK IN PHYSICS". Black In Physics. 2020-10-07. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  2. ^ "#BlackInPhysics week set to celebrate Black physicists". Physics World. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  3. ^ "Commentary: Disentangling anti-Blackness from physics". doi:10.1063/pt.6.3.20200720a/full/. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "The physics community needs to include, listen to and hire Black scientists". The Berkeley Blog. 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  5. ^ "Charles Brown | Department of Physics". physics.yale.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  6. ^ Shkarin, A. B.; Kashkanova, A. D.; Brown, C. D.; Garcia, S.; Ott, K.; Reichel, J.; Harris, J. G. E. (2019-04-15). "Quantum Optomechanics in a Liquid". Physical Review Letters. 122 (15): 153601. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.153601.
  7. ^ Misenti, Victoria (2019-09-19). "Charles Brown defends graduate thesis: "Optical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Superfluid Liquid Helium Drops Magnetically-Levitated in Vacuum"". Wright Laboratory. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  8. ^ Childress, L.; Schmidt, M. P.; Kashkanova, A. D.; Brown, C. D.; Harris, G. I.; Aiello, A.; Marquardt, F.; Harris, J. G. E. (2017-12-29). "Cavity optomechanics in a levitated helium drop". Physical Review A. 96 (6): 063842. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.96.063842.
  9. ^ Brown II, Charles Darly (2019). Optical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Superfluid Liquid Helium Drops Magnetically-Levitated in Vacuum (PDF). Yale University.
  10. ^ Kashkanova, A. D.; Shkarin, A. B.; Brown, C. D.; Flowers-Jacobs, N. E.; Childress, L.; Hoch, S. W.; Hohmann, L.; Ott, K.; Reichel, J.; Harris, J. G. E. (2017-01). "Superfluid Brillouin optomechanics". Nature Physics. 13 (1): 74–79. doi:10.1038/nphys3900. ISSN 1745-2481. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Charles Brown (Graduate Student) is Student Representative for the National Society of Black Physicists | Department of Physics". physics.yale.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  12. ^ "Part of the revolution: Black representation in AI and quantum information". Physics World. 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  13. ^ "Charles Brown". UC Berkeley Ultracold Atomic Physics. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  14. ^ Stevens, Chester (2020-10-26). "Charles D. Brown II '19 Ph.D. on research and outreach". University News HQ. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  15. ^ Hershberger, Scott. "#BlackInPhysics week to build community, increase visibility". Symmetry Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Meet the organizers of #BlackInPhysics Week". Physics Today. 2020 (4): 1026b. 2020-10-26. doi:10.1063/pt.6.4.20201026b. ISSN 1945-0699.
  17. ^ LanginDec. 21, Katie; 2020; Pm, 4:55 (2020-12-21). "'A time of reckoning.' How scientists confronted anti-Black racism and built community in 2020". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 2021-02-26. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "Celebrating Black physicists". Physics World. 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  19. ^ Brown, Charles D.; Gonzales, Eileen (2021-01). "Excellence and power in the Black physics community". Nature Physics. 17 (1): 3–4. doi:10.1038/s41567-020-01140-9. ISSN 1745-2481. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  20. ^ "#BlackInPhysics". Physics World. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  21. ^ "Part of the revolution: Black representation in AI and quantum information". doi:10.1063/pt.6.4.20201030b/full/. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  22. ^ "AIP Showcases #BlackinPhysics Week with Essays, Oral Histories, Social Media Outreach". www.newswise.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  23. ^ "Innovate Seminar Series: Charles Brown". National Society of Black Physicists. Retrieved 2021-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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