Ronald Walsworth
Dr. Ronald Walsworth is a Minta Martin Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is also the Founding Director of the Quantum Technology Center (QTC), a cross-disciplinary center at the University of Maryland focusing on the translational applications of research in quantum science. Prior to joining the University of Maryland in 2019, he held appointments as a faculty member at Harvard University in the Department of Physics, and as a Senior Physicist with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Walsworth leads an active interdisciplinary research group focused on developing precision measurement tools for applications in physical and life-sciences based in quantum science. He has advised over 100 students and postdoctoral researchers and has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers. He is an inventor on 14 allowed U.S. Patents, has co-founded four technology companies, and served on the Scientific Advisory Board of four companies.
Walsworth holds a PhD in Physics from Harvard University (1991) and a B.S. in Physics from Duke University (1984). He currently serves on the NASA Fundamental Physical Science Standing Review Board; and has previously been a member of the NAS/NRC Committee on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences (2010-2013), the NAS/NRC Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space (2009-2011); and served as Chair of the DOE Quantum Sensor Roundtable (2016). Walsworth received the Francis M. Pipkin Award from the American Physical Society (2005) and the Exceptional Service Award from the Smithsonian Institution (1993). He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2001) and currently serves as a Distinguished Traveling Lecturer for the American Physical Society.