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Dr. Jason Williams specializes in developing light pulse atom interferometers and optical atomic clocks, and their applications to both fundamental and applied physics in space. He has been awarded both the prestigious Lew Allen Award for Excellence and the NASA Honor Award - Early Career Public Achievement Medal for significant early-career contributions to this field Dr. Williams received his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University studying ultracold Fermi gases and held a NIST NRC Postdoctoral RA at JILA and the University of Colorado developing high-precision optical lattice clocks.

Roles

  • Cold Atom Lab Project Scientist
  • Cold Atom Lab Principal Investigator for Atom Interferometry
  • Cold Atom Lab Flight Instrument Lead

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