Ana Maria Rey
{{Short description|Colombian physicist (born c. 1976)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|36|2013|09|25}}
| birth_place = Bogotá, Colombia
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| workplaces = University of Colorado Boulder, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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| alma_mater = Universidad de los Andes, University of Maryland
| thesis_title = Ultracold bosonic atoms loaded in optical lattices
| thesis_url = http://jilawww.colorado.edu/~arey/papers/thesis.pdf
| thesis_year = 2004
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| awards = MacArthur Fellowship, Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award, Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists
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| children = 1{{cite web|language=es |access-date=April 16, 2014 |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-13323156 |title='No soy una genio, solo soy muy dedicada': física premiada en EE. UU. |last=Larraz |first=Irene |date=December 29, 2013 |work=El Tiempo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417083037/http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-13323156 |archive-date=April 17, 2014 |url-status=live }}
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Ana Maria Rey is a Colombian theoretical physicist and professor at University of Colorado Boulder. She is also a JILA fellow, a fellow at National Institute of Standards and Technology, and a fellow of the American Physical Society.{{Cite web|last=pamela.corey@nist.gov|date=2017-09-11|title=2014 APS Fellow - Ana Maria Rey|url=https://www.nist.gov/about-us/nist-awards/2014-aps-fellow-ana-maria-rey|access-date=2020-11-05|website=NIST|language=en}} Rey was the first Hispanic woman to win the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-boulder-researcher-is-first-hispanic-woman-to-win-early-career-award|title=CU Boulder researcher is first Hispanic woman to win early-career award|date=2019-06-26|website=Boulder Daily Camera|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-27}}
In 2023, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.{{cite web | url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2023-nas-election.html | title=2023 NAS Election }} She is currently the chair of DAMOP, the American Physical Society's division in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (AMO).{{Cite web |title=Governance - Unit - DAMOP |url=https://engage.aps.org/damop/governance/executive-committee/committee-members?Execute=1 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=engage.aps.org}}
Education
Rey earned a bachelor's degree in physics at Universidad de los Andes{{Cite web|title=Rey {{!}} Rey Theory Group|url=https://jila.colorado.edu/arey/people/rey|website=jila.colorado.edu|access-date=2020-05-10}} in Bogotá in 1999 with a magna cum laude distinction. She got her Ph.D. in physics at University of Maryland in 2004. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2004 to 2005 in the group of Charles W. Clark. She went on to work as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (ITAMP) at Harvard University{{cite web|last=Bouza|first=Teresa|date=December 26, 2013|title=La física Ana María Rey recibió galardón de la Casa Blanca por, Nación|url=http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/la-fisica-ana-maria-rey-recibio-galardon-de-la-casa-blanca-por-trabajo-con-atomos/369465-3|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416230702/http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/la-fisica-ana-maria-rey-recibio-galardon-de-la-casa-blanca-por-trabajo-con-atomos/369465-3|archive-date=April 16, 2014|access-date=April 16, 2014|work=Semana|language=es}} from 2005 to 2008.
Research and career
After her postdoctoral position at ITAMP, she joined the University of Colorado Boulder Physics Department as an assistant research professor and JILA as an associate fellow in 2008. She was promoted to JILA Fellow in 2012 and shifted her position in the Department of Physics to adjoint professor in 2017.{{Cite web|title=Rey {{!}} Rey Theory Group|url=https://jila.colorado.edu/arey/people/rey|access-date=2020-11-05|website=jila.colorado.edu}}
Rey is a theoretical quantum physicist who studies new techniques for controlling quantum systems and their applications ranging from quantum simulations and quantum information to time and frequency standards. Her research is often directly applicable to state-of-the-art experiments, particularly to atomic clocks,{{Cite web|title=Tying Quantum Knots with an Optical Clock {{!}} Rey Theory Group|url=https://jila.colorado.edu/arey/research-highlight/2019/tying-quantum-knots-optical-clock|access-date=2020-11-05|website=jila.colorado.edu}} quantum computing,{{Cite web|title=Phases on the Move: A Quantum Game of Catch {{!}} Rey Theory Group|url=https://jila.colorado.edu/arey/research-highlight/2020/phases-move-quantum-game-catch|access-date=2020-11-05|website=jila.colorado.edu}} and precision measurements. Her contribution to the understanding of out-of-equilibrium quantum phenomena have led to pioneer measurements of quantum information scrambling, and the synthesis of magnetic and topological quantum materials. Her publications have been cited more than 11,000 times as of 2020.{{Cite web|title=Ana Maria Rey|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xkS-DO0AAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2020-11-05|website=scholar.google.com}}
Rey is the principal investigator for the Rey Theory Group,{{Cite web |title=Rey Theory Group >> People |url=https://jila.colorado.edu/~arey/people.html |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=jila.colorado.edu}} which focuses on orbital quantum magnetism, quantum metrology, topological quantum matter, open quantum systems, and quantum state engineering.{{Cite web |title=About the Rey Theory Group {{!}} JILA - Exploring the Frontiers of Physics |url=https://jila.colorado.edu/arey |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=jila.colorado.edu}}
= Awards and honours =
- 2013 MacArthur Fellowship{{cite web|url=http://nbclatino.com/2013/09/25/latina-physicist-chosen-for-macarthur-foundation-genius-award/ |title=Latina physicist chosen for MacArthur Foundation "genius" award |last=Suarez |first=Monica |date=September 25, 2013 |work=NBC Latino |access-date=April 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417011121/http://nbclatino.com/2013/09/25/latina-physicist-chosen-for-macarthur-foundation-genius-award/ |archive-date=April 17, 2014 |url-status=live }}
- 2013 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
- 2013 [https://web.archive.org/web/20150920144717/https://jila.colorado.edu/arey/news/2013/ana-maria-rey-wins-%E2%80%9Cgreat-minds-stem%E2%80%9D-most-promising-scientist-award “Great Minds in STEM” Most Promising Scientist Award]
- 2014 Early Career National Hispanic Scientist of the Year{{Cite web|last=pamela.corey@nist.gov|date=2017-09-11|title=2014 Early Career National Hispanic Scientist of the Year - Ana Maria Rey|url=https://www.nist.gov/about-us/nist-awards/2014-early-career-national-hispanic-scientist-year-ana-maria-rey|access-date=2020-11-05|website=NIST|language=en}}
- 2014 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award of the American Physical Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Rey&first_nm=Ana&year=2014 |title=2014 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Recipient |access-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417134237/http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Rey&first_nm=Ana&year=2014 |url-status=live }}
- 2014 Fellow of the American Physical Society{{Cite web |title=APS Fellow Archive |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}
- 2019 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. Rey was the first Hispanic woman to win this award.{{Cite journal |date=2023-05-09 |title=NIST/JILA Physicist Ana Maria Rey Elected to National Academy of Sciences |url=https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/05/nistjila-physicist-ana-maria-rey-elected-national-academy-sciences |journal=NIST |language=en}}
- 2023 Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences{{Cite web |title=Ana Maria Rey Ayala |url=https://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20051619.html |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nasonline.org}}
- 2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship from the Department of Defense{{Cite web |title=JILA and NIST Fellow Ana Maria Rey Awarded a 2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship from the Department of Defense {{!}} JILA - Exploring the Frontiers of Physics |url=https://jila.colorado.edu/news-events/news/jila-and-nist-fellow-ana-maria-rey-awarded-2023-vannevar-bush-faculty-fellowship |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=jila.colorado.edu}}
- 2023 Presidential Rank Award. Rey was recognized as a Distinguished Senior Professional (SP) recipient within the Department of Commerce.{{Cite web |title=2023 Presidential Rank Awards Winners |url=https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/presidential-rank-awards/2023/2023-presidential-rank-awards-winners/#main-main-content |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=U.S. Office of Personnel Management |language=en}}
Personal life
Growing up in the early 1990s, Rey's childhood was spent around the terrorist conflicts of Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, drug cartels, and the state's government. Car bombs were a common method of terrorism where she lived, causing her family's vehicle to be searched for bombs by the police whenever they drove around.{{Cite web |title=The (Atomic) Clockmaker {{!}} Optica |url=https://www.optica.org/about/optica_community/the_(atomic)_clockmaker/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=www.optica.org}}
On July 29, 2000, Rey got married. Two days later, she immigrated to the United States.
Selected publications
The most cited publications by Rey to the date are:{{Cite web|title=Ana Maria Rey - Google Scholar|url=https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=xkS-DO0AAAAJ|access-date=2020-07-16|website=scholar.google.co.uk}}
- S Trotzky, P Cheinet, S Fölling, M Feld, U Schnorrberger, AM Rey, A. Polkovnikov, E. A. Demler, M. D. Lukin, I. Bloch. Time-resolved observation and control of superexchange interactions with ultracold atoms in optical lattices. (2008) Science 319 (5861), 295-299
- AV Gorshkov, M Hermele, V Gurarie, C Xu, PS Julienne, J Ye, P Zoller. Two-orbital SU (N) magnetism with ultracold alkaline-earth atoms. (2010) Nature physics 6 (4), 289-295
- B Yan, SA Moses, B Gadway, JP Covey, KRA Hazzard, AM Rey, DS Jin. Observation of dipolar spin-exchange interactions with lattice-confined polar molecules. (2013) Nature 501 (7468), 521-525
- JG Bohnet, BC Sawyer, JW Britton, ML Wall, AM Rey, M Foss-Feig. Quantum spin dynamics and entanglement generation with hundreds of trapped ions. (2016) Science 352 (6291), 1297-1301
- M Gärttner, JG Bohnet, A Safavi-Naini, ML Wall, JJ Bollinger, AM Rey. Measuring out-of-time-order correlations and multiple quantum spectra in a trapped-ion quantum magnet. (2017) Nature Physics 13 (8), 781-786
- X Zhang, M Bishof, SL Bromley, CV Kraus, MS Safronova, P Zoller, A. M. Rey, J. Ye. Spectroscopic observation of SU (N)-symmetric interactions in Sr orbital magnetism. (2014) Science 345 (6203), 1467-1473
References
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External links
- [http://www.wradio.com.co/escucha/archivo_de_audio/ana-maria-rey-colombiana-experta-en-atomos-ultrafrios-hablo-con-la-w/20130926/oir/1980067.aspx Interview with Ana Maria Rey on La W Radio] {{in lang|es}}
- Interview of Ana Maria Rey by David Zierler on April 6, 2021, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, [https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/47007 www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/47007]
- [https://jila.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/group-files/2023-09/CVRey091523.pdf Curriculum Vitae] at JILA
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Category:Colombian emigrants to the United States
Category:Theoretical physicists
Category:Colombian women physicists
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:21st-century physicists
Category:21st-century American scientists
Category:21st-century American women scientists
Category:University System of Maryland alumni
Category:Hispanic and Latino American physicists
Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Category:Hispanic and Latino American women scientists
Category:Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers