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Benjamin Lev is a full professor in the Applied Physics and Physics Departments at Stanford University. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree Magna Cum Laude from Princeton University in 1999 and earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the California Institute of Technology in 2005. Prior to joining Stanford in 2011, he held an assistant professorship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was a postdoctoral researcher with the National Research Council at JILA. Professor Lev's research focuses on quantum many-body physics and quantum neural networks, utilizing techniques from ultracold atomic physics and quantum optics. His contributions to the field have been recognized through numerous awards, including the Packard Foundation Fellowship and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society and serves on the editorial board of Physical Review X. Professor Lev has secured funding for his research from institutions such as the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. His lab, the LevLab, is known for exploring new classes of quantum matter created far from equilibrium and is involved in innovative research utilizing confocal cavity quantum electrodynamics. He actively supervises graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in his lab, fostering a collaborative environment for both experimental and theoretical physics.
Stanford University • Stanford, California
Full professor in the Applied Physics and Physics Departments.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Held an assistant professorship in the Physics Department.
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