Dr. Vladan Vuletić

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Biography

Professor Vladan Vuletić was born in Pec, Serbia, in Yugoslavia and educated in Germany. He earned his Physics Diploma with highest honors from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1992 and proceeded to obtain a PhD in Physics summa cum laude in 1997. He worked with Professor Steven Chu at Stanford University as a Lynen Fellow of the Humboldt Foundation. In 2000, he joined the Department of Physics at Stanford as an Assistant Professor and in June 2003, he accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Physics at MIT. He was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2004 and became a Full Professor in July 2011. Vuletić has published over 150 refereed articles in areas such as atomic physics, laser cooling, trapping, and precision measurements in quantum physics. His research interests include ultracold atoms, laser cooling, many-body entanglement, quantum metrology, and precision tests of the Standard Model. His notable awards include the Sloan Research Fellowship and the Marko Jarić Prize from Serbia.

Research Interests

Experience

Lester Wolfe Professor

2003-06-01 — Present

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

Professor of Physics with a focus on quantum optics and quantum simulation computing.

Awards

#2023

AAAS Fellow

2023-01-01
#2023

Tesla Spirit Award

2023-01-01
#2022

Highly-Cited Researcher

2022-01-01
#2013

Marko Jaric Prize

2013-01-01
#2013

Outstanding Referee

2013-01-01
#2012

Fellow

2012-01-01
#2004

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Opportunities Faculty Mentor

2004-01-01
#2003

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

2003-01-01