- PhD 2011 Princeton University
- BS 2006 California Institute of Technology
- Inclusive Introductory Physics (Phys 151)
- Physics in Curved Spacetime (Phys 380)
- Experimental Methods in Physics (Phys 201)
- Science Skills Workshop (coming soon!)
- My research website
- Experimental atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics
- Ultracold atoms, quantum gases
- Quantum simulation and non-equilibrium dynamics
- Scientific equipment design engineering
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Lewis & Clark College
- Assistant Professor, Science Division, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
- Physicist, AOSense, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rice University, Houston, TX
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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.”
2023, faculty q & a, Q and A
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.
Physics is located in Olin Center on the Undergraduate Campus.
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