Principal Investigator
 
 
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 Prof. Yingmei Liu 
 Appointments: 2020 - Present, Professor of Physics 2019 - Present, Noble Foundation Endowed Chair 2015 - 2020, Associate Professor of Physics 2009 - 2015, Assistant Professor of Physics 
 Professional Preparations: 2007 - 2009, Research Associate National Institute of Standards and Technology 
 2004 - 2007, Postdoctoral Researcher MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms 
 1999 - 2004, Ph.D. in Physics University of Pittsburgh 
 Selected Awards: Regents Distinguished Research Award (2020) NSF CAREER Award (2014) 
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Current Members
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Jared Austin-Harris (Sodium Lab) Postdoc Email:jared.o.austin AT okstate.edu  | 
              Cosmo Bineger (Sodium Lab) Ph.D. Student Email: cosmo.binegar AT okstate.edu 
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              Lucas Cartwright (Rubidium Lab) Student Email: lucas.cartwright AT okstate.edu 
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Ishwor Rana (Sodium Lab) Ph.D. Student Email: irana AT okstate.edu  | 
	          Nathan Ross (Rubidium Lab) Student Email: nathan.ross AT okstate.edu  | 
	          Pratiksha Sigdel (Sodium Lab) Ph.D. Student Email: psigdel AT okstate.edu  | 
            
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Former Students
Zachary Hardesty-Shaw (Ph.D.12/2023)
Jared Austin-Harris (Ph.D.12/2023)
Jerry Clark (Ph.D. 08/2022)
Zihe Chen (Ph.D. 12/2020)
Tao Tang (Ph.D. 12/2018)
Jie Jiang (Ph.D. 12/2015)
Lichao Zhao (Ph.D. 12/2015)
Micah Webb (Undergraduate Student, Niblack Scholar, 2012-2013, 2013-2014)
Jared Austin (Undergraduate Student, Niblack Scholar, 2011-2012)
Alex Behlen (Undergraduate Student)






