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Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth of the chemical and biological engineering department and Professor Henry Kapteyn of the physics department at the University of Colorado Boulder have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Anseth is affiliated with [...]

Deborah S. Jin, a world-renowned physicist at CU-Boulder, recently was honored as the 2013 Laureate for North America by the L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science program. Jin, whose award was announced last fall, was one of five women scientists from around the world who were honored at a March 28 award ceremony at Sorbonne University [...]

Deborah Jin, an adjoint professor of physics at the University of Colorado Boulder and a fellow of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been awarded the L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science award. Jin also is a fellow of JILA, a joint institute of CU-Boulder and NIST. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate [...]

Four University of Colorado Boulder faculty members are among 96 U.S. researchers named by the White House as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE. The winners announced last week are assistant professor Erin Furtak of the School of Education, assistant professor Cindy Regal of the physics department, associate [...]

Since its formation 50 years ago, JILA, the joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards (NIST), has been the site of groundbreaking research and has produced three Nobel Prize winners, including its current chair.

Margaret Murnane, a University of Colorado Distinguished Professor, has been chosen by President Obama to be chairwoman of the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science. A CU-Boulder physics professor and fellow of JILA, Murnane’s work focuses on laser physics. She recently was honored with Ireland’s top scientific award, the 2011 Royal Dublin Society [...]

Margaret Murnane, a Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder who has spent decades developing faster and more powerful laser systems, recently was named the winner of the 2011 RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence from the Royal Dublin Society and The Irish Times. She will receive the honor and EUR 20,000 [...]

Cindy Regal, a University of Colorado Boulder assistant professor of physics and associate fellow of JILA, has been awarded a prestigious David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation established the fellowship “to allow the nation’s most promising professors to pursue science and engineering research early in their [...]

The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm University of Colorado Boulder Distinguished Professor Carl Lineberger as a member of the National Science Board. He was nominated for the position by President Obama in April. The National Science Board’s duties include establishing the policies of the National Science Foundation and serving as an advisory board to [...]