Short CV

Paul S. Julienne

A select set of relevant publications from a total of over 270 publications in peer-reviewed journals with more than 700 citations per year since 2009 and an h-index of 72 through 2024. This work involves collaborations with more than 380 co-authors from 138 different institutions or universities in 20 different countries from North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

• Shinsuke Haze, Jinglun Li, Dominik Dorer, José D’Incao, Paul Julienne, Eberhard Tiemann, Markus Deiß, Johannes Hecker Denschlag, “Controlling few-body reaction pathways using a Feshbach resonance,” Nature Physics, online Jan. 9 (2025). (arxiv:2408.14922); see Nature Physics News and Views, Jan. 2025.
• Xin Xie, Michael J. Van de Graaff, Roman Chapurin, Matthew D. Frye, Jeremy M. Hutson, Jose P. D’Incao, Paul S. Julienne, Jun Ye, and Eric A. Cornell,  “Observation of Efimov Universality across a Non-Universal Feshbach Resonance in ³⁹K,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 243401 (2020). (arXiv:2008.00396)
• M. Tomza, K. Jachymski, R. Gerritsma, A. Negretti, T. Calarco, Z. Idziaszek, and P. S. Julienne, “Cold hybrid ion-atom systems,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 91, 035001 (2019). (arXiv:1708.078323)
• A. Goban, R. B.. Hutson, G. E. Marti. S. L. Campbell, M. A. Perlin, P. S. Julienne, J. P. D’Incao, A. M. Rey, J. Ye, “Emergence of multi-body interactions in few-atom sites of a fermionic lattice clock,”  Nature, 563, 369–373 (2018). (arXiv:1803.11282)
• J. Wolf, M. Deiß, A. Krükow, E. Tiemann, B. P. Ruzic, Y. Wang, J. P. D’Incao, P. S. Julienne, J. Hecker Denschlag, “State-to-state chemistry at ultra-low temperature,” Science 358, 921-924 (2017). (arXiv:1705.02892v2)
• Yujun Wang and P. S. Julienne, “Universal van der Waals Physics for Three Ultracold Atoms,” Nature Physics 10, 768-773 (2014). (arXiv:1404.0483v1).
• G. Quéméner and P. S. Julienne, “Ultracold molecules under control,” Chem. Reviews 112, 4949-5011 (2012). (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cr300092g)
• S. Ospelkaus, K.-K. Ni, D. Wang, M. H. G. de Miranda, B. Neyenhuis, G. Quéméner, P. S. Julienne, J. L. Bohn, D. S. Jin and J. Ye, “Quantum-State Controlled Reactions of Ultracold KRb Molecules,” Science 327, 853-857(2010). (arXiv:0912.3854v1)
• C. Chin, R. Grimm, P. S. Julienne, and E. Tiesinga, “Feshbach Resonances in Ultracold Gases,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 82, 1225-1286 (2010). (arXiv:0812.1496v2)
• P. S. Julienne, “Ultracold molecules from ultracold atoms: a case study with the KRb molecule,” Faraday Discuss. 142, 361-388 (2009). (arXiv:0812.1233v23)
• K.-K. Ni, S. Ospelkaus, M. H. G. de Miranda, A. Pe’er, B. Neyenhuis, J. J. Zirbel, S. Kotochigova, P. S. Julienne, D. S. Jin, J. Ye, “A High Phase-Space-Density Gas of Polar Molecules,” Science 322, 231-235 (2008). (arXiv:0808.2963v2)
• A full publication list is available at this link.

Honors and Awards

• 1992, Department of Commerce Silver Medal
• 1998, Department of Commerce Gold Medal
• 2004, Davisson-Germer Prize of the American Physical Society. Citation: For his pioneering studies of the theory of ultracold atomic collisions, and its applications to precision metrology and quantum gas dynamics.
• 2004, NIST Samuel Wesley Stratton Award for outstanding scientific or engineering achievements in support of NIST objectives. Citation: For world leading theoretical physics research in collisions fundamental to the laser cooling of atoms and Bose-Einstein condensation
• 2005, Washington Academy of Sciences Annual Award for Work of Merit and Distinction in the Physical Sciences. Citation: For pioneering studies of the theory of ultracold atomic collisions and its numerous applications that continue to impact forefront research from Bose-Einstein condensation to atomic clocks.
• 2007, Meritorious Presidential Rank Award. This award recognizes exceptional long-term accomplishments in public service by career senior government executives or scientists. Award winners are nominated by their agency heads, evaluated by boards of private citizens, and approved by the President.
• 2014, added to NIST Gallery of Distinguished Scientists, Engineers, and Administrators.
• 2015, William F. Meggers Award, Optical Society of America. Citation: For seminal contributions to precision photoassociation and magnetic-Feshbach spectroscopy of ultracold atoms, and the application of these techniques to the formation of cold polar molecules.
• 2023, elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences

Committees

• 1994-1998, National Research Council Committee on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science (CAMOS)
• 2005-2007, Advisory Board for the Harvard-Smithsonian Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (ITAMP).
• 2007-2010, American Physical Society Divisional Councilor, representing the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP).

Research interests

My research involves theoretical atomic, molecular, and optical physics applied to a variety of research areas, focusing on numerical methods to calculate the full quantum dynamics of atomic and molecular systems with additional analysis through approximate or analytic models.  Work in the 1970s involved atmospheric and astrophysical problems. Work in the 1980s centered on issues relating to high-energy lasers and collisions in light fields. Since the development of laser cooling at NIST in the mid-1980s, I have concentrated on quantum phenomena associated with cold atoms, molecules, and ions.   This includes the quantum dynamics of cold collisions: their precise characterization; their control by magnetic, electric, or electromagnetic fields; their role in quantum gases and in lattice structures with tight confinement; and the production and properties of ultra-cold molecules and their chemical dynamics.  I have co-authored 6 review articles that discuss these topics.  This work has continued since retirement from NIST in 2013, with 40 papers published during 2014-2025 since retiring.