Jun Ye

The native form of this personal name is Ye Jun. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Jun Ye
叶军
Jun Ye in 2015
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Shanghai, China
Alma materShanghai Jiao Tong University (BS)
University of New Mexico (MS)
University of Colorado at Boulder (PhD)
Known forAtomic clocks, ultracold molecules, precision spectroscopy, frequency combs
AwardsDepartment of Commerce Gold Medal (2001, 2011, 2014)
Arthur S. Flemming Award (2005)
Carl Zeiss Research Award (2007)
William F. Meggers Award (2007)
I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular or Optical Physics (2007)
Elected to the National Academy of Sciences (2011)
Presidential Rank Award (2015)
Norman F. Ramsey Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, and in Precision Tests of Fundamental Laws and Symmetries (2019)
Micius Quantum Prize (2020)
Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour (2021)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2022)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
JILA
University of Colorado at Boulder
Doctoral advisorJohn L. Hall
NIST physicist Jun Ye adjusts the laser setup for a strontium atomic clock in his laboratory at JILA in 2009.

Jun Ye (Chinese: 叶军; pinyin: Yè Jūn; born 1967) is a Chinese-American physicist at JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the University of Colorado Boulder, working primarily in the field of atomic, molecular, and optical physics.