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Monika Schleier-Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Stanford University. She received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2011 and completed her undergraduate studies at Harvard University, earning degrees in Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics. After her doctoral studies, she pursued postdoctoral research at LMU Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. Her research focuses on advancing optical control over interactions in laser-cooled atoms, with applications in quantum simulation, metrology, and computation. Professor Schleier-Smith has pioneered notable techniques for simulating phenomena within condensed-matter physics and quantum gravity. She has developed protocols for quantum control and entanglement-enhanced sensing, contributing to the understanding of many-particle quantum systems. Her academic appointment also includes significant roles in committee memberships and editorial positions within prominent scientific organizations. She has received various honors, including the Fellow designation from the American Physical Society and several prestigious awards for her research and contributions to the field of optics and quantum physics.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Teaching, research in quantum optics, and mentoring graduate students.
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