Summary
About the JT Endowed Professorship in Physics
Dr. CS Chen '64 (physics) and Rufina Chen established the JT Endowed Professorship in Physics out of an appreciation for the mentorship Dr. Vernon Frazier provided CS while he was a student at the University. Established: 2017. (College of Science)
Professional Experience
- 2012-Present Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2006-2012 Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2005-2006 Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2005-2006 Postdoc, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
- 2002-2005 Postdoc, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MDL
- 1995-2001 Research Assistant, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- 1998 Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- 1994-1995 Teaching Assistant, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
- 1992-1994 Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Professional Awards
- JILA Visiting Fellow 2015
- University of Nevada Mousel-Feltner Award for Excellence in Research and/or Creative Activity 2010
- Los Alamos Director's Postdoctoral Fellow 2005-2006
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship 2002-2003
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 1995-1998
- Caltech Prize Scholarship 1993-1995
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship 1994-1995
- Caltech Haren Lee Fisher Memorial Award in Junior Physics 1994
- Caltech Jack E. Froehlich Memorial Award 1994
Research Interests
Professor Weinstein's research group studies atomic and molecular physics using cryogenic buffer-gas cooling and cryogenic matrix isolation experiments. The group is currently focusing on the properties of atoms and molecules in solid cryogenic matrices, with an emphasis on electron spin coherence for quantum sensing, and nuclear spin coherence for fundamental physics.
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2002
- M.S. in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1998
- B.S. in Physics, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, 1995
Selected Publications
- Ugne Dargyte, David M. Lancaster, and Jonathan D. Weinstein (2021). Optical and spin-coherence properties of rubidium atoms trapped in solid neon. Physical Review A 104, 032611.
- Ashok Bhandari, Alexandar P. Rollings, Levi Ratto, and Jonathan D. Weinstein (2021). High-purity solid parahydrogen. Review of Scientific Instruments 92, 073202.
- Sunil Upadhyay, Ugne Dargyte, David Patterson, and Jonathan D. Weinstein (2020). Ultralong spin-coherence times for rubidium atoms in solid parahydrogen via dynamical decoupling. Physical Review Letters 125, 043601.
- Sunil Upadhyay, Ugne Dargyte, Vsevolod D. Dergachev, Robert P. Prater, Sergey A. Varganov, Timur V. Tscherbul, David Patterson, and Jonathan D. Weinstein (2019). Spin coherence and optical properties of alkali-metal atoms in solid parahydrogen. Physical Review A 100, 063419.
- Sunil Upadhyay, Ugne Dargyte, Robert P. Prater, Vsevolod D. Dergachev, Sergey A. Varganov, Timur V. Tscherbul, David Patterson, Jonathan D. Weinstein (2019). Enhanced spin coherence of rubidium atoms in solid parahydrogen. Physical Review B 100, 024106.
- Andrew A. Geraci, Colin Bradley, Dongfeng Gao, Jonathan Weinstein, Andrei Derevianko (2019). Searching for ultralight dark matter with optical cavities. Physical Review Letters 123, 031304.
- Nancy Quiros, Naima Tariq, Timur V. Tscherbul, Jacek Kłos, and Jonathan D. Weinstein (2017). Cold Anisotropically Interacting van der Waals Molecule: TiHe. Physical Review Letters 118, 213401.
- Sunil Upadhyay, Andrew N. Kanagin, Chase Hartzell, Tim Christy, W. Patrick Arnott, Takamasa Momose, David Patterson, and Jonathan D. Weinstein (2016). Spin lifetime of optically pumped rubidium atoms in solid parahydrogen. Physical Review Letters 117, 175301.