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Department of Physics University of Michigan

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Prof. Aaron E. Leanhardt

Academic Appointments

• 2007 –            Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Michigan.
• 2004 – 2007: Postdoctoral Research Associate, JILA/NIST/University of Colorado.
• Supervisor: Eric A. Cornell
• 2003 – 2004: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Supervisors: David E. Pritchard and Wolfgang Ketterle

Education

• 1999 – 2003: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D. – Physics.
• Supervisors: David E. Pritchard and Wolfgang Ketterle
• Thesis: Microtraps and Waveguides for Bose-Einstein Condensates
• Honors: 2003 Martin Deutsch Award (MIT – Physics)
• 1995 – 1999: University of Michigan, B.S.E. – Electrical Engineering.
• Supervisor: David W. Gidley
• Thesis: Temperature Dependence of Ortho-Positronium Decay in the Noble Gases
• Honors: 1999 Wiley Book Award (U. Michigan – Physics)
•                1997 Henry Ford II Prize (U. Michigan – Engineering)
•                1996 William J. Branstrom Freshman Prize (U. Michigan)

Honors

• 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
• 2010 American Physical Society Outstanding Referee
• 2004 National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
• 1999 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
• 1998 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

Outreach & Service

• 2008, 2010, 2012 Michigan Quantum Summer School (co-organizer)
• 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Michigan Physics Olympiad (Physics Bowl Demonstration Quiz organizer)
• 2010 Midwest Cold Atom Workshop (co-organizer)
• 2010 FiO/LS Conference (Precision Measurement Session organizer)

Publications

1. M. Grau, A.E. Leanhardt, H. Loh, L.C. Sinclair, R.P. Stutz, T.S. Yahn, and E.A. Cornell, Near-Infrared LIF spectroscopy of HfF, J. Mol. Spec. 272, 32 (2012).
2. A.E. Leanhardt, J.L. Bohn, H. Loh, P. Maletinsky, E.R. Meyer, L.C. Sinclair, R.P. Stutz, and E.A. Cornell, On Measuring the Electron Electric Dipole Moment in Trapped Molecular Ions, J. Mol. Spec. 270, 1 (2011).
3. A.E. Leanhardt, Precision Measurement: A Search for Electrons that Do The Twist, Nature 473, 459 (2011). Note: non-refereed, invited contribution.
4. E.R. Meyer, A.E. Leanhardt, E.A. Cornell, and J.L. Bohn, Berry-like Phases in Structured Atoms and Molecules, Phys. Rev. A 80, 062110 (2009).
5. J. Lee, E.R. Meyer, R. Paudel, J.L. Bohn, and A.E. Leanhardt, An Electron Electric Dipole Moment Search in the X³Δ₁ Ground State of Tungsten Carbide Molecules, J. Mod. Opt. 56, 2005 (2009).
6. G.K. Campbell, J. Mun, M. Boyd, P. Medley, A.E. Leanhardt, L.G. Marcassa, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle, Imaging the Mott Insulator Shells by Using Atomic Clock Shifts, Science 313, 649 (2006).
7. G.K. Campbell, A.E. Leanhardt, J. Mun, M. Boyd, E.W. Streed, W. Ketterle, and D.E. Pritchard, Photon Recoil Momentum in Dispersive Media, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 170403 (2005).
8. Y. Shin, M. Saba, M. Vengalattore, T.A. Pasquini, C. Sanner, A.E. Leanhardt, M. Prentiss, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle, Dynamical Instability of a Doubly Quantized Vortex in a Bose-Einstein Condensate, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 160406 (2004).
9. Y. Shin, M. Saba, A. Schirotzek, T.A. Pasquini, A.E. Leanhardt, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle, Distillation of Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Double-Well Potential, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 150401 (2004).
10. Y. Shin, M. Saba, T.A. Pasquini, W. Ketterle, D.E. Pritchard, and A.E. Leanhardt, Atom Interferometry with Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Double-Well Potential, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 050405 (2004).
11. A.E. Leanhardt, T.A. Pasquini, M. Saba, A. Schirotzek, Y. Shin, D. Kielpinski, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle, Cooling Bose-Einstein Condensates Below 500 Picokelvin, Science 301, 1513 (2003).
12. A.E. Leanhardt, Y. Shin, D. Kielpinski, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle, Coreless Vortex Formation in a Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 140403 (2003).
13. A.E. Leanhardt, Y. Shin, A.P. Chikkatur, D. Kielpinski, W. Ketterle, and D.E. Pritchard, Bose-Einstein Condensates near a Microfabricated Surface, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 100404 (2003).
14. A. Görlitz, T.L. Gustavson, A.E. Leanhardt, R. Löw, A.P. Chikkatur, S. Gupta, S. Inouye, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle, Sodium Bose-Einstein Condensates in the F=2 State in a Large-Volume Optical Trap, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 090401 (2003).
15. A.E. Leanhardt, A. Görlitz, A.P. Chikkatur, D. Kielpinski, Y. Shin, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle, Imprinting Vortices in a Bose-Einstein Condensate using Topological Phases, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 190403 (2002).
16. A.E. Leanhardt, A.P. Chikkatur, D. Kielpinski, Y. Shin, T.L. Gustavson, W. Ketterle, and D.E. Pritchard, Propagation of Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Magnetic Waveguide, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 040401 (2002).
17. A.P. Chikkatur, Y. Shin, A.E. Leanhardt, D. Kielpinski, E. Tsikata, T.L. Gustavson, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle, A Continuous Source of Bose-Einstein Condensed Atoms, Science 296, 2193 (2002).
18. T.L. Gustavson, A.P. Chikkatur, A.E. Leanhardt, A. Görlitz, S. Gupta, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle, Transport of Bose-Einstein Condensates with Optical Tweezers, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 020401 (2002).
19. A. Görlitz, J.M. Vogels, A.E. Leanhardt, C. Raman, T.L. Gustavson, J.R. Abo-Shaeer, A.P. Chikkatur, S. Gupta, S. Inouye, T. Rosenband, and W. Ketterle, Realization of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Lower Dimensions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 130402 (2001).
20. S. Inouye, S. Gupta, T. Rosenband, A.P. Chikkatur, A. Görlitz, T.L. Gustavson, A.E. Leanhardt, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle, Observation of Vortex Phase Singularities in Bose-Einstein Condensates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 080402 (2001).
21. S. Gupta, A.E. Leanhardt, A.D. Cronin, and D.E. Pritchard, Coherent Manipulation of Atoms with Standing Light Waves, C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 2, 479 (2001).
22. R.S. Vallery, A.E. Leanhardt, M. Skalsey, and D.W. Gidley, Temperature Dependence of Positronium Decay Rates in Gases, J. Phys. B 33, 1047 (2000).

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