Assistant Professor of Physics
- Email:
- zzyan@uchicago.edu
- Website:
- http://sites.google.com/view/yan-lab
Background
Zoe Yan is an assistant professor at the James Franck Institute and the Dept. of Physics. She studies experimental quantum many-body physics, using the platforms of ultracold atoms and molecules. Her experiments combine cutting-edge technologies in trapping and imaging quantum particles and tailoring their interactions to realize custom Hamiltonians.
Prior to joining UChicago, Zoe was a Dicke Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University. She earned her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her B.S. with honors in physics from Stanford University
Selected Publications
- Christakis et al, "Probing site-resolved correlations in a spin system of ultracold molecules," Nature 614, 64 (2023)
- Yan et al, "Two-Dimensional Programmable Tweezer Arrays of Fermions," Physical Review Letters, 129, 123201 (2022)
- Yan et al, "Resonant Dipolar Collisions of Ultracold Molecules Induced by Microwave Dressing," Physical Review Letters, 125, 063401 (2020)
- Yan et al, "Bose polarons near quantum criticality," Science 368, 190 (2020)