Theses

Hiromitsu Sawaoka (2025). Laser cooling, optical trapping and Zeeman-Sisyphus deceleration of heavy polyatomic molecules for probing physics beyond the Standard Model. Thesis.

Nathaniel Vilas (2025). Laser Cooling, Optical Trapping, and Quantum Control of Polyatomic Molecules. Thesis.

Alex Frenett (2024). Motional Control of Polyatomic Molecules for Precision Measurement. Thesis.

Yicheng Bao (2024). Ultracold molecules in an optical tweezer array: From dipolar interaction to ground state cooling. Thesis.

Sean Burchesky (2023). Engineered Collisions, Molecular Qubits, and Laser Cooling of Asymmetric Top Molecules. Thesis.

Maryam Hirafdar (2021). A Fast and Dense Magneto-Optical Trap of Potassium Atoms Loaded From a Cold Buffer-Gas Beam. Thesis.

Ben Augenbraun (2021). Methods for Direct Laser Cooling of Polyatomic Molecules. Thesis.

Louis Baum (2020). Laser cooling and 1D magneto-optical trapping of calcium monohydroxide. Thesis.

Loïc Anderegg (2019). Ultracold molecules in optical arrays: from laser cooling to molecular collisions. Thesis.

Cris Panda - ACME, Gabrielse Group. (2018). Order of magnitude improved limit on the electric dipole moment of the electron. Thesis.

Zack Lasner - ACME, DeMille Group. (2018). Order-of-magnitude-tighter bound on the electron electric dipole moment. Thesis.

Elizabeth Petrik West (2017). A Thermochemical Cryogenic Buffer Gas Beam Source of ThO for Measuring the Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron. Thesis.

Ivan Kozyryev (2017). Laser Cooling and Inelastic Collisions of the Polyatomic Radical SrOH. Thesis.

Brendon O'Leary - ACME, DeMille Group. (2016). In search of the electron's electric dipole moment in thorium monoxide: an improved upper limit, systematic error models, and apparatus upgrades. Thesis.

Vitaly Andreev - ACME, Gabrielse Group. (2016). Polarimetry on the Advanced Cold Molecule Electron Electric Dipole Moment Experiment. Thesis.

Garrett Drayna (2016). Novel Applications of Buffer-gas Cooling to Cold Atoms, Diatomic Molecules, and Large Molecules. Thesis.

Eunmi Chae (2015). Laser Slowing of CaF Molecules and Progress towards a Dual-MOT for Li and CaF. Thesis.

Julia Rasmussen (2014). Cooling, Collisions and non-Sticking of Polyatomic Molecules in a Cryogenic Buffer Gas Cell. Thesis.

Ben Spaun - ACME, Gabrielse Group. (2014). A Ten-Fold Improvement to the Limit of the Electron Electric Dipole Moment. Thesis.

Paul Hess - ACME, Gabrielse Group. (2014). Improving the Limit on the Electron EDM. Harvard University, Gabrielse Group, ACME Collaboration. Thesis.

Nick Hutzler (2014). A New Limit on the Electron Electric Dipole Moment. Thesis.

Hsin-I Lu (2013). Magnetic trapping of molecules via optical loading and magnetic slowing. Thesis.

Yat Shan Au (2013). Inelastic Collisions of Atomic Thorium and Molecular Thorium Monoxide with Cold Helium-3. Thesis.

Colin Connolly (2012). Inelastic collisions of atomic antimony, aluminum, erbium and thulium below 1 K. Thesis.

Yulia Gurevich - ACME, Gabrielse Group. (2012). Preliminary Measurements for an Electron EDM Experiment in ThO. Thesis.

Amar Vutha - ACME, DeMille Group. (2011). A search for the electric dipole moment of the electron using thorium monoxide. Thesis.

David Patterson (2010). Buffer Gas Cooled Beams and Cold Molecular Collisions. Thesis.

Matthew Hummon (2010). Magnetic trapping of atomic nitrogen and cotrapping of NH. Thesis.

Edem Tsikata (2009). Magnetic Trapping and Thermal Isolation of NH Molecules Using the Buffer Gas Technique. Thesis.

Stephen Charles Doret (2009). A buffer-gas cooled Bose-Einstein condensate. Thesis.

Nathaniel Charles Brahms (2008). Trapping of 1 u_B atoms using bu er gas loading. Thesis.

Cort Nolan Johnson - MIT, Kleppner, Greytak groups. (2008). Zeeman Relaxation of Cold Iron and Nickel in Collisions with 3He. Thesis.

Wesley C. Campbell (2008). Magnetic Trapping of Imidogen Molecules. Thesis.

Bonna Newman - MIT, Kleppner, Greytak groups. (2008). Trapped Atom Collisions and Evaporative Cooling of non-S State Atoms. Thesis.

Stephen Maxwell (2007). Buffer gas cooled atoms and molecules: production, collisional studies, and applications. Thesis.

Scott Vinh Nguyen (2006). Buffer gas loading and evaporative cooling in the multi-partial-wave regime. Thesis.

Liang Yang (2006). Towards Precision Measurement of the Neutron Lifetime using Magnetically Trapped Neutrons. Thesis.

Cindy Irene Hancox (2005). Magnetic trapping of transition-metal and rare-earth atoms using buffer-gas loading. Thesis.

Dmitri Egorov (2004). Buffer-Gas Cooling of Diatomic Molecules. Thesis.

Robert Michniak (2004). Enhanced Buffer Gas Loading: Cooling and Trapping of Atoms with Low Effective Magnetic Moments. Thesis.

Sergei Dzhosyuk (2004). Magnetic Trapping of Neutrons for Measurement of the Neutron Lifetime. Thesis.

Robert DeCarvalho (2003). Inelastic Scattering of Magnetically Trapped Atomic Chromium. Thesis.

Carlo Mattoni (2002). Magnetic Trapping of Ultracold Neutrons Produced Using a Monochromatic Cold Neutron Beam. Thesis.

Daniel McKinsey (2002). Detection of Magnetically Trapped Neutrons:Liquid Helium as a Scintillator. Thesis.

Jonathan David Weinstein (2001). Magnetic Trapping of Atomic Chromium and Molecular Calcium Monohydride. Thesis.

Klaus Habicht - Hahn-Meitner Institut, Golub group. (1998). Szintillationen in flüssigem Helium - ein Detektor für ultrakalte Neutronen. Thesis.

Jinha Kim (1997). Buffer-gas Loading and Magnetic Trapping of Atomic Europium. Thesis.

Clinton Brome (1997). Magnetic Trapping of Ultracold Neutrons. Thesis.

Irfan Siddiqi (1997). Absolute Quantum Efficiency Measurements of a Prototype Ultra-Cold Neutron in Liquid Helium Detection System. Thesis.

Hayn Park (1996). Thermal Neutron Detection Using Boron-10 and Sodium Salicylate Doped Epoxy Films. Thesis.

Carlo Mattoni (1995). The Precision Measurement of the Neutron Lifetime Using Magnetically Trapped Neutrons: Marginally Trapped Neutrons and Fluorescent Time Constants. Thesis.