Deborah S. Jin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Jin.
Deborah S. Jin
金秀兰
Born(1968-11-15)November 15, 1968
Stanford, California, U.S.
DiedSeptember 15, 2016(2016-09-15) (aged 47)
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Alma materPrinceton University (BA)
University of Chicago (PhD)
Known forfermionic condensate
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship (2003)
Benjamin Franklin Medal (2008)
Isaac Newton Medal (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
University of Colorado at Boulder
ThesisExperimental study of the phase diagrams of heavy fermion superconductors with multiple transitions (1995)
Doctoral advisorThomas F. Rosenbaum
Doctoral studentsBrian L. DeMarco
Cindy Regal
WebsiteJin Group at Colorado

Deborah Shiu-lan Jin (simplified Chinese: 金秀兰; traditional Chinese: 金秀蘭; pinyin: Jīn Xiùlán; November 15, 1968 – September 15, 2016) was an American physicist and fellow with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Professor Adjunct, Department of Physics at the University of Colorado; and a fellow of the JILA, a NIST joint laboratory with the University of Colorado.[1][2]

She was considered a pioneer in polar molecular quantum chemistry.[3][4] From 1995 to 1997 she worked with Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman at JILA, where she was involved in some of the earliest studies of dilute gas Bose-Einstein condensates.[5] In 2003, Dr. Jin's team at JILA made the first fermionic condensate, a new form of matter.[6] She used magnetic traps and lasers to cool fermionic atomic gases to less than 100 billionths of a degree above zero, successfully demonstrating quantum degeneracy and the formation of a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate.[7][8] Jin was frequently mentioned as a strong candidate for the Nobel Prize in Physics.[9][10] In 2002, Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science.[11]

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  2. ^ "Interview with Deborah S. Jin". Annenberg Learner. Annenberg Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. ^ DeMarco, Brian; Bohn, John; Cornell, Eric (October 2016). "Deborah S. Jin 1968–2016". Nature. 538 (7625): 318. Bibcode:2016Natur.538..318D. doi:10.1038/538318a. PMID 27762370. S2CID 205091045.
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  8. ^ Regal, C. A.; Greiner, M.; Jin, D. S. (28 January 2004). "Observation of Resonance Condensation of Fermionic Atom Pairs". Physical Review Letters. 92 (4): 040403. arXiv:cond-mat/0401554. Bibcode:2004PhRvL..92d0403R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.040403. PMID 14995356. S2CID 10799388.
  9. ^ Chang, Kenneth (22 September 2016). "Deborah S. Jin Dies at 47; Physicist Studied Matter in Extreme Cold". The New York Times.
  10. ^ Orzel, Chad. "Predicting The Nobel Prize In Physics". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  11. ^ Svitil, Kathy (13 November 2002). "The 50 Most Important Women in Science". Discover. Retrieved 21 December 2014.