Ole Rømer Medal George Ledlie Prize MacArthur Fellowship Rigmor and Carl Holst-Knudsen Award for Scientific Research
Scientific career
Fields
Physics and Nanotechnology
Institutions
Harvard University Rowland Institute for Science
Doctoral students
Naomi Ginsberg, Christopher Slowe, Zachary Dutton
Lene Vestergaard Hau (Danish:[ˈle̝ːnəˈvestɐˌkɒˀˈhɑw]; born November 13, 1959) is a Danish physicist and educator. She is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University.[1]
In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who, by use of a Bose–Einstein condensate, succeeded in slowing a beam of light to about 17 metres per second, and, in 2001, was able to stop a beam completely.[2] Later work based on these experiments led to the transfer of light to matter, then from matter back into light,[3] a process with important implications for quantum encryption and quantum computing. More recent work has involved research into novel interactions between ultracold atoms and nanoscopic-scale systems. In addition to teaching physics and applied physics, she has taught Energy Science at Harvard,[4] involving photovoltaic cells, nuclear power, batteries, and photosynthesis. In addition to her own experiments and research, she is often invited to speak at international conferences, and is involved in structuring the science policies of various institutions. She was keynote speaker[5] at EliteForsk-konferencen 2013 ("Elite Research Conference") in Copenhagen, which was attended by government ministers, as well as senior science policy and research developers in Denmark.[6]
In acknowledgment of her many achievements, Discover Magazine recognized her in 2002 as one of the 50 most important women in science.[7]
Lene Vestergaard Hau (Danish: [ˈle̝ːnə ˈvestɐˌkɒˀ ˈhɑw]; born November 13, 1959) is a Danish physicist and educator. She is the Mallinckrodt Professor...
trapping of a high flux rubidium beam". His thesis advisor was Professor LeneHau. During his time as a research assistant at Harvard, he also began to devise...
İmamoğlu, and Harris at Stanford University in 1991 in strontium. In 1999 LeneHau reported slowing light in a medium of ultracold sodium atoms, achieving...
(1947–) Steven Chu (1948–) Wolfgang Ketterle (1957–) Andre Geim (1958–) LeneHau (1959–) See the timelines below for listings of physics experiments. Timeline...
condensation was observed experimentally in 1995. It was later used by LeneHau to slow, and then completely stop, light in 1999 and 2001. The modern view...
bioengineer Rosanne Haggerty, housing and community development leader LeneHau, physicist Dave Hickey, art critic Stephen Hough, pianist and composer...
scientists on a very broad range of experimental research. In 1994, work with LeneHau and team produced a device called "the candlestick", designed to produce...
Prof.LeneHau for his thesis entitled "Ultra-slow, stopped, and compressed light in Bose–Einstein condensates" He worked on a number of papers with Hau and...
physicist noted for his work on materials for whole genome sequencing LeneHau - physicist noted for her work on Bose–Einstein condensate, and ultracold...
significantly by passing it through a medium (as in the experiments of LeneHau where light was passed through a superfluid and slowed to about 17 metres...
atomic nucleus, for which she won the Nobel Prize in 1963. Slow light LeneHau led a Harvard University team who used a Bose–Einstein condensate to slow...
" (selected with Gordon Tullock) Johns Hopkins University 2012 Physics LeneHau (born 1959) Denmark "for the experimental demonstration of electromagnetically...
Schmidt (born 1953 in Vejle) a philosopher, developed Social Analytics LeneHau (born 1959 in Vejle) a Danish physicist in Boston US Lars Løkke Rasmussen...
Neutrino Observatory (Canada) confirm the existence of neutrino oscillations. LeneHau stops a beam of light completely in a Bose–Einstein condensate. 2005 –...
research indicating the existence of dark matter in the universe." 2012 LeneHau "for the experimental demonstration of electromagnetically induced transparency...
induced transparency (Harris) and of 'slow light' (Harris and Hau)." Stanford University LeneHau (born 1959) Denmark Harvard University 2013 2013 François...
(1795–1874) David Heinemeier Hansson, Ruby on Rails (lives in the US) LeneHau (1959–), physicist and professor at Harvard University Piet Hein (1905–1996)...
Danish politician, Minister of Defence and Member of the Danish Parliament. LeneHau, (MSc 1986, PhD 1991 in physics) Danish physicist. Bertel Haarder, (MSc...
Harvard, and while working in the research group of physics professor LeneHau, Ginsberg studied Bose–Einstein condensates, ultracold clouds of atoms...
2015: Subir Sachdev 2016: Kenneth Freeman 2017: Boris Altshuler 2019: LeneHau 2020: Susan Scott David Booth Gordon Chapman Robert Crompton John Robert...
Copenhagen Birgit H. Satir - Yeshiva University Klaus Bock - Carlsberg A/S LeneHau - Harvard University Jens Norskov - Stanford University "Samuel Friedman...
a factor of 165 was reported in 1995. In 1998, Danish physicist Lene Vestergaard Hau led a combined team from Harvard University and the Rowland Institute...
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