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Cold Atom Lab

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Staff

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    Kamal Oudrhiri

    Project Manager

    Kamal Oudrhiri
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    Norman Lay

    Potassium Subsystem Lead

    Norman Lay
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    Jason Williams

    Project Scientist

    Jason Williams
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    Robert Thompson

    Program Scientist for Cold Atom Research

    Robert Thompson
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    Dana Anderson

    Collaborator

    Dana Anderson
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    David Aveline

    Co-Investigator

    David Aveline
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    Ethan Elliott

    Engineering Model Testbed Lead

    Ethan Elliott
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    James Kohel

    Flight Instrument Hardware Lead

    James Kohel
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    James Kellogg

    CAL Launch Vehicle & ISS Integration Lead

    James Kellogg
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    Roy Butler

    Mission Assurance Manager

    Roy Butler
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    Matteo Sbroscia

    Technologist

    Matteo Sbroscia
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    Sofia Botsi

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Sofia Botsi

Consortium for Ultracold Atoms in Space

Principal Investigators

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    Nicholas Bigelow

    University of Rochester

    Nicholas Bigelow
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    Wolfgang Ketterle

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Wolfgang Ketterle
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    Holger Mueller

    University of California, Berkeley

    Holger Mueller

Co-Investigators

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    William D. Phillips

    University of Maryland, College Park

    William D. Phillips
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    David Pritchard

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    David Pritchard
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    Ernst Rasel

    University of Hannover

    Ernst Rasel
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    Wolfgang Schleich

    University of Ulm and Texas A&M

    Wolfgang Schleich

Development of Atom Interferometry Experiments for the International Space Station's Cold Atom Laboratory

Principal Investigators

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    Cass Sackett

    University of Virginia

    Cass Sackett

Microgravity Dynamics of Bubble-Geometry Bose-Einstein Condensates

Principal Investigators

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    Nathan Lundblad

    None

    Nathan Lundblad

Co-Investigators

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    Smitha Vishveshwara

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Smitha Vishveshwara
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    David Aveline

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    David Aveline

Zero-G Studies of Few-Body and Many-Body Physics

Principal Investigators

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    Eric Cornell

    None

    Eric Cornell
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    Peter Engels

    None

    Peter Engels

Co-Investigators

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    Maren Mossman

    University of San Diego

    Maren Mossman
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    Jose D’Incao

    JILA, NIST, and UC Boulder

    Jose D’Incao

Fundamental Interactions for Atom Interferometry with Ultracold Quantum Gases in a Microgravity Environment

Principal Investigators

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    Jason Williams

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Jason Williams

Co-Investigators

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    Jose D’Incao

    JILA, NIST, and UC Boulder

    Jose D’Incao
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    Ethan Elliott

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Ethan Elliott

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