Jun Ye

Jun Ye is a Fellow of JILA and a Fellow of NIST.  He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of APS, and a Fellow of OSA.  Awards and honours include Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis (Future Prize), Herbert Walther Award, Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Micius Quantum Prize, N.F. Ramsey Prize, I.I. Rabi Award, US Presidential Rank Award (Distinguished, five Gold Medals from the U.S. Commerce Department, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Frew Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, I.I. Rabi Prize, European Frequency and Time Forum Award, Carl Zeiss Award, William F. Meggers Award, Adolph Lomb Medal, Arthur S. Flemming Award, Presidential Early Career Award, Friedrich Wilhem Bessel Award, Samuel Wesley Stratton Award, and Jacob Rabinow Award. He is one of the most highly cited researchers in experimental atomic physics in the world, having according to Google Scholar a h-index of 141 (As of 2025) and being regularly named as a Thomson-Reuters (ISI) Highly Cited Researcher.  

Ye's research focuses on the frontiers of light-matter interactions, including precision measurement, quantum science, ultracold matter, and frequency metrology.