Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (original) (raw)
Dates
1962 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
Additional Forms of Names
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (Boulder)
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (Boulder, Colo.)
JILA
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.). Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
United States. National Bureau of Standards Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
University of Colorado Boulder. Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
Institutional History
Abstract
Founded in 1962 as a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and National Bureau of Standards (now National Institute of Standards and Technology). It is located on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. The Laboratory's research quickly expanded beyond astrophysics to include topics such as atomic, molecular and optical physics, biophysics, quantum information, precision measurement, and others.
Important Dates
1962Founded as a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and National Bureau of Standards, Boulder (Colo.).
1962 – 1969Lewis Branscomb was on staff.
1962 – 2002Gordon Dunn was on staff.
1963 – 1970Edward Condon was on staff.
1964 – presentJohn L. Hall has been on staff.
1976Decision was made to allow the purpose and role of the institute to expand beyond its original scope.
1985 – 2013Carl Wieman was on staff.
1989 – 2011Chris Greene was on staff.
1990 – presentEric Cornell has been on staff.
1995Name was officially changed to JILA to include all the various topics researched, Boulder (Colo.).
1995 – presentDeborah Jin has been on staff.
1999 – presentMargaret Murnane has been on staff.
1999 – presentJun Ye has been on staff.
Places
Headquarters
Subjects
Citations
From JILA: The First 50 Years (http://jila.colorado.edu/publications/jila/history)
Relationships
People
Employees & Officers
Visiting Fellow.
Biondi, Manfred Anthony, 1924-
Visiting Fellow.
Fellow and Chair.
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
Fellow.
Postdoctoral Fellow and Fellow.
Dunn, G. H. (Gordon H.), 1932-
Physicist; Chief, Quantum Physics Division; Senior Scientist; and Fellow.
Fellow; Director, Center for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics; and Chair.
Fellow.
National Research Council (NRC) Research Associate; Physicist; and Fellow.
Visiting Fellow and Adjunct Fellow.
Fellow.
Visiting Professor.
Fellow and Chair.
Associate Fellow and Fellow.
Associates & Members
Bender, P. L. (Peter Leopold), 1930-
Birmingham, B. W., 1925-
Jeffries, John T.
Visiting Fellow.
Phelps, Arthur V. (Arthur Van Rensselaer), 1923-
Visiting Fellow.
Visiting Fellow.
Institutions
Institutional Hierarchy
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Runs the Institute with the University of Colorado Boulder.
Collaborators
United States. National Bureau of Standards
Worked with the University of Colorado Boulder to establish the institute in 1962.
University of Colorado Boulder. Department of Physics
Worked with the National Bureau of Standards to establish the institute in 1962.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Fragments of a history of the early years of the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii [manuscript], 2006.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Arthur V. Phelps, 2008 October 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Bascomb Birmingham, 1987 May 11.
NIST Research Library and NIST Archives
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Information Services Division. 100 Bureau Drive, MS 2500, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John T. Jefferies, 1977 July 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Lewis Branscomb, 1988 July 11-13.
NIST Research Library and NIST Archives
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Information Services Division. 100 Bureau Drive, MS 2500, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
Oral history interviews with Lewis McAdory Branscomb, 2009-2010.
Archives. Pusey Library
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Oral history inteview with Peter L. Bender, 1987 May 12.
NIST Research Library and NIST Archives
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Information Services Division. 100 Bureau Drive, MS 2500, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA