Ana Maria Rey

Ana Maria Rey is a Colombian theoretical physicist, professor at University of Colorado at Boulder, a JILA fellow, and a fellow at National Institute of Standards and Technology. Rey was the first Hispanic woman to win the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in 2019.[3]

Ana Maria Rey
Born1976/1977 (age 42–43)
Bogotá, Colombia
NationalityColombian
Alma materUniversidad de los Andes,University of Maryland
ChildrenNicolás[1]
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship, Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award, Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado Boulder, National Institute of Standards and Technology
ThesisUltracold bosonic atoms loaded in optical lattices (2004)
Doctoral advisorCharles Clark[2]

Education

Rey earned a bachelor's degree in physics at Universidad de los Andes[4] in Bogotá in 1999. On July 29, 2000, Rey got married. Two days later, she immigrated to the United States.[1] She got her Ph.D. in physics at University of Maryland in 2004.[5] She was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2004 to 2005 in the group of Charles W. Clark[6]. She went on to work as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.[7]

Research and career

Rey is a theoretical quantum physicist who works on ultra-cold atoms.

Awards and honours

Selected publications

The most cited publications by Rey to the date are:[9]:

  • S Trotzky, P Cheinet, S Fölling, M Feld, U Schnorrberger, AM Rey. 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. Spectroscopic observation of SU (N)-symmetric interactions in Sr orbital magnetism. (2014) Science 345 (6203), 1467-1473
gollark: You can probably do this via awful importlib hacks.
gollark: I'm sure you'd like to think so.
gollark: This is not very convincing, we all know you're using C.
gollark: Or the default value mutability thing?
gollark: Or is it the empty list falsiness thing?

References
  1. Larraz, Irene (December 29, 2013). "'No soy una genio, solo soy muy dedicada': física premiada en EE. UU". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  2. "UMD alumna Ana Maria Rey wins MacArthur Foundation "genius grant"". University of Maryland. September 25, 2013. Archived from the original on April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  3. "CU Boulder researcher is first Hispanic woman to win early-career award". Boulder Daily Camera. 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  4. "Rey | Rey Theory Group". jila.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  5. Suarez, Monica (September 25, 2013). "Latina physicist chosen for MacArthur Foundation "genius" award". NBC Latino. Archived from the original on April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  6. "Rey | Rey Theory Group". jila.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  7. Bouza, Teresa (December 26, 2013). "La física Ana María Rey recibió galardón de la Casa Blanca por, Nación". Semana (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  8. "2014 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Recipient". Archived from the original on April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  9. "Ana Maria Rey - Google Scholar". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-16.


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