Phoebe Tengdin wins NSF graduate research fellowship

Submitted by kdcadmin on Fri, 05/16/2014 - 10:21 am

Phoebe Tengdin ‘13 likes things cold … very cold.

That’s because she conducts experiments in a field known as atomic physics and quantum optics, developing systems to study the properties of atoms when they become extremely cold. If all goes according to plan, experimental apparatus that Tengdin is designing and building will be used miles above the Earth on the International Space Station.

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