Cheng Chin

Professor
Horace B. Horton Professor in the Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, Enrico Fermi institute, and the College

Cheng Chin
Address:
GCIS E107
Phone:
(773)702-7192
Email:
cchin@uchicago.edu
Website:
https://ultracold.uchicago.edu/
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Background

Cheng Chin received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2001, where he worked with Nobel Laureate Steven Chu. After conducting postdoctoral research at Stanford and the University of Innsbruck, he joined the University of Chicago in 2005. He is currently the Horace B. Horton Professor of Physics, the James Franck Institute and the Enrico Fermi Institute.

His research explores some of the most fascinating questions in quantum physics: How can we cool atoms and molecules toward absolute zero temperature? What new forms of matter emerge when quantum particles interact strongly? And how can we use the strange rules of quantum mechanics to process and transmit information?

In his laboratory, students and researchers use lasers and other advanced tools to trap and control atoms and molecules. Their work spans quantum simulation, ultracold gases, molecular reactions, quantum information and networking, and novel methods of levitating particles using heat.

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