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Register for DAMOP Meeting 2024

By Ericka Donielle Stansbury posted 30 days ago
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Early bird registration is open through April 28, 2024. Secure your spot today! #FeaturedNews
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APS Task Force on Site Selection: Survey Participation Requested

By Ericka Donielle Stansbury posted 07-07-2023
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APS is seeking members’ anonymous and confidential survey feedback as we determine Society-wide criteria for evaluating attendee safety as part of the meeting location selection process. The purpose of the Task Force is to ensure APS delivers a safe and consistent experience for our community that aligns with APS values. Please complete this important survey . We need every APS member to raise their voice and provide their unique perspective. You may have received this survey via email and Engage. Please only submit one survey.
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DAMOP Annual Meeting 2023 Videos Available On-Demand

By Madison Mincevich posted 07-06-2023
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All DAMOP Annual Meeting registrants have access to on-demand videos and posters from the meeting until September 7. #FeaturedNews
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Information about the 2023 DAMOP Meeting

By Charles W S Conover posted 03-26-2023
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We look forward to seeing you at DAMOP 2023! Registration for the meeting will open soon. Early Bird registration rates are available until May 5. Housing registration and information about travel to Spokane is available here . General Information The 54th Annual Meeting of the of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics will take place at the Spokane Convention Center in Spokane, Washington USA from June 5-9, 2023. Details can be found on the DAMOP Meeting Page . The meeting will have a hybrid format similar, but not identical, to last year. Please take time to familiarize yourself with the structure and requirements of ...
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DAMOP 2022 Online Content

By Ericka Donielle Stansbury posted 08-10-2022
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The DAMOP 2022 videos, posters and exhibits are available on the virtual meeting platform until Saturday, September 3, 2022 . All fully registered attendees can access the online content with their APS credentials. Click on the button below, then click on “Login” in the upper right corner. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact virtual-events-help@aps.org . https://www.morressier.com/o/event/6275368a16b2ff0012b758e4 #FeaturedNews
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25th European Few-Body Conference EFB25: 30 July - 4 Aug 2023, Mainz, Germany

By Charles W S Conover posted 06-23-2022
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Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the next European Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics (EFB25) will be held in Mainz, Germany from July 30th to August 4th next year. This will be the 25th edition of this conference series and will be hosted by the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Technical University Darmstadt. Following tradition, EFB25 will be an interdisciplinary conference covering a very wide range of aspects of few-body problems in diverse fields of physics – both from the theoretical and experimental points of views, including: Nuclei and hypernuclei Electroweak processes Nuclear astrophysics Cold atoms and quantum ...
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Congratulations to the 2022 Deborah Jin Thesis Award Finalists and Winner

By Charles W S Conover posted 06-09-2022
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Congratulations to Harry Levine , recipient of the 2022 Deborah Jin Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular, or Optical Physics. Harry was given the award for pioneering work quantum information processing and quantum simulation with programmable Rydberg atom arrays. If you missed their talks during DAMOP, meeting participants can still watch the excellent presentations given by all four finalists: Annabelle Bohrdt, Luke Caldwell, Harry Levine, and Ofer Neufeld.
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Congratulations to the 2022 GPMFC Student Poster Competition Winners

By Charles W S Conover posted 06-09-2022
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Congratulations to the two winners of the 2022 GPMFC Student Poster Competition. Kon Leung, Columbia University , “Molecular vibrational spectroscopy with 13-digit accuracy” Nia Burrell, Northwestern University , “Ultrasensitive Force Sensing with Optically Levitating Nanoparticles” I f you missed their posters at the DAMOP meeting, participants can still check out their posters along with their explanatory videos.
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Tribute to Prof. Don Madison from Klaus Bartschat and Timothy Gay

By Charles W S Conover posted 05-26-2022
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With deep sadness, we inform the scientific community that Don Madison, Curator’s Professor at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, passed away on May 14, 2022. Don Harvey Madison was born in Pierre, South Dakota, on January 4, 1945. He married Lina Engel in 1966. The couple has two children, Lisa and Kristina, as well as six grandchildren. After graduating summa cum laude with a B.S. degree in mathematics from Sioux Falls College in 1967, Don was advised to study physics instead of mathematics and obtained his M.S. degree in 1970 and his Ph.D. degree in 1972, both from Florida State University under the supervision of W.N. Shelton. ...
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The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Nominations for Early-Career and Senior Scientist Awards

By Charles W S Conover posted 03-30-2022
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DAMOP Members: The The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) C2 Commission just posted calls for nominations for 2 awards : 1. C2 Early Career 2. SUNAMCO Senior Scientist Please see this link for more information and consider making a nomination.
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Additional Opportunities at the DAMOP Meeting

By Charles W S Conover posted 03-28-2022
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Also at the DAMOP meeting are two additional one-day meetings scheduled for Monday May 30: Graduate Student Symposium. The theme of this year’s Graduate Student Symposium is Textbook AMO Systems for Fundamental Science and Applications . The symposium will take place all day on Monday May 30 and may be attended either in-person or remotely. GPMFC Workshop. The biennial workshop arranged by the APS Group on Precision Measurements and Fundamental Constants takes place on Monday May 30. This year the topic is Exploring Physics with Quantum-Enabled Precision Measurement . The Workshop is only available to in-person participants. You need to register ...
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DAMOP 2022 Support Opportunities:

By Charles W S Conover posted 03-28-2022
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DAMOP is happy to provide support for student and caregiver participation in the 2022 meeting. DAMOP Meeting Caregiver Grants. Grants of up to $500 are available for DAMOP meeting attendees who incur extra expenses for child or elder care during the meeting. A link to the application for a caregiver grant is available at the DAMOP 2022 Meeting page or directly at this site. Student Participation Awards. DAMOP can provide awards of up to $600 for students attending the in-person meeting in Orlando. These awards can be used to support travel, food, and lodging for the meeting. A limited number of awards that support registration fees for remote participants ...
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DAMOP 2022 will be a hybrid meeting

By Charles W S Conover posted 03-28-2022
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Registration for the 2022 DAMOP meeting is open! You may choose to register as either an in-person or a remote participant. The 2022 DAMOP meeting in Orlando, Florida from May 30 through June 4, 2022 will take on a hybrid format – different in structure from either a fully in-person meeting or the remote meetings of the past two years. Our hope is that the hybrid format will expand the reach of the DAMOP meeting while bringing back the strengths of the in-person meeting. Please take time to familiarize yourself with the structure of the hybrid meeting as you register and plan for your presentations. Invited & Focus Sessions will be live-streamed ...
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DAMOP 2022 Information

By Charles W S Conover posted 01-06-2022
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Below please find important information about the 2022 DAMOP meeting from May 30 – June 3, 2022. Updated information about the meeting will be posted to the DAMOP 2022 Meeting page , which is also linked at the top of the DAMOP homepage, and as future News items on the DAMOP homepage. We are planning on an in-person meeting in Orlando. For those that cannot attend in person, we are committed to providing presentation and viewing options for remote attendees. The information below represents our current plans for the meeting, but continuous changes to the pandemic mean that the exact details of the meeting remain to be finalized and our plans ...
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Propose an Invited or Focus session for DAMOP 2022 -- Deadline Monday November 1

By Charles W S Conover posted 10-04-2021
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We continue to plan for DAMOP 2022 (May 30 – June 3, 2022). No matter what format (in person, virtual, or hybrid) the 2022 meeting takes, an essential component is an exceptional set of invited and focus sessions. We need your input to create a great meeting. Please propose invited or focus sessions using the online form . Nominations are due by Monday, November 1, 2021, after which the program committee will start its deliberations. The success of our meeting depends on the quality of these nominations. Thank you!
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The next Virtual AMO Seminar -- Friday September 24th

By Charles W S Conover posted 09-21-2021
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The next Virtual AMO Seminar will take place on Friday, September 24th at the usual time of 3:00 PM Eastern, 2:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Mountain, and Noon Pacific, and will be given by Tim Taminiau of TU Delft. The title and abstract are included below. Up-to-date schedule information for all of the seminars in the series as well as a link to register for the Zoom webinar is available at the VAMOS website . Once registered you will receive an individualized link that allows you to attend the seminars live on Zoom. You can also watch live or asynchronously later on the VAMOS YouTube channel . September 24 Seminar: Tim Taminiau, TU Delft ...
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The Virtual AMO Seminar (VAMOS) is Back!

By Charles W S Conover posted 09-06-2021
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Friends and colleagues, We are happy to inform you that after a refreshing summer break, VAMOS is coming back! The first seminar of the new season will take place on Friday, September 10th at the usual time of 3:00 PM Eastern, 2:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Mountain, and Noon Pacific, and will be given by Bill Phillips of NIST/University of Maryland. While the format of the past year and a half will mostly remain unchanged, VAMOS will move to a schedule of seminars every two weeks. As before up-to-date schedule information as well as a link to register for the Zoom webinar and get the link is available at the VAMOS website . You can attend the seminars ...
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Congratulations to DAMOP and GPMFC Student Award Winners - 2021

By Charles W S Conover posted 07-28-2021
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1. Congratulations to Loic Anderegg, Harvard University recipient of the 2021 Deborah Jin Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular, or Optical Physics . Loic was given the award for pioneering work in laser cooling and the creation of an optical tweeter array of ultracold molecules. If you missed their talks at DAMOP, Virtual Meeting participants can watch the remarkable presentations given by all four finalists: Loic Anderegg, Alexey Grinin, Emily Davis, and Cristian Panda. 2. Congratulations to William Milner, University of Colorado, the winner of the 2021 GPMFC Student Poster Competition for his poster “Exploring ...
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The Future of High Energy Density Science -- The National Academies

By Charles W S Conover posted 07-28-2021
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The Future of High Energy Density Science What are the most critical scientific challenges in high energy density science? The National Academies is undertaking a study to explore recent discoveries in high energy density science, identify important scientific questions for the next decade, and make recommendations related to workforce and funding. The study committee is seeking input from the research community on key areas of scientific interest, potential new directions, and workforce/funding issues. Learn more about the study, ask questions, and submit comments to the committee by attending a virtual town hall meeting on August 11 from ...
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NSF Director Explains Vision for Science Agency in APS News

By Stephan Addo posted 05-19-2021
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NSF Director Explains Vision for Science Agency in APS News In the June edition of APS News, National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan discusses his vision for the science agency, including its role in supporting research and training the future STEM workforce. Panchanathan is a computer scientist and engineer, and NSF’s 15 th director, after being confirmed by the US Senate on June 18, 2020. Additionally, he is a leader in science, engineering, and education with more than three decades of experience. Read about his vision for NSF here . ​ ​ #FeaturedNews ​
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