Ben Olsen

Ben Olsen

Assistant Professor of Physics

Olin 235, MSC: 15

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A Quantum Leap for Physics Students

Ben Olsen, assistant professor of physics, is establishing Lewis & Clark’s first Quantum Information Science and Engineering lab to probe how unusual types of matter behave at the subatomic level. But first he and his students have to build “The Apparatus.”

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Q&A with Ben Olsen, Assistant Professor of Physics

Assistant Professor of Physics Ben Olsen’s research examines exotic quantum phases using gasses of ultracold atomic lithium in order to study their dynamical behavior.