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Nicole Yunger Halpern

National Institute of Standards and Technology & University of Maryland

RQS Senior Investigator
QuICS Fellow - Nicole Yunger Halpern

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nicoleyh.11@gmail.com
nicoleyh@umd.edu

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Nicole Yunger Halpern is a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland. She is also a Fellow of the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science and an affiliate of the Joint Quantum Institute. Yunger Halpern re-envisions 19th-century thermodynamics for the 21st century, using the mathematical toolkit of quantum information theory. She received her doctorate in physics from Caltech in 2018.

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Recent News

  • Photo of an imagined quantum device.

    ‘Quantum Steampunk’ Creative Writing Course Explores the Science of Science Fiction

    February 14, 2025

    RQS senior investigator Nicole Yunger Halpern is collaborating with English lecturer Edward Daschle to co-teach a course that combines quantum energy and science fiction.

  • The new quantum refrigerator, seen here in an artist's conception, is based on superconducting circuits.

    Novel ‘Quantum Refrigerator’ is Great at Erasing Quantum Computer’s Chalkboard

    January 10, 2025

    RQS senior investigator Nicole Yunger Halpern is part of a team that’s developed a new technique that can reset qubits in quantum computers highly effectively, a critical task for successful quantum computing.

  • A headshot of Nicole Yunger Halpern.

    Yunger Halpern Makes Science News’s 10 Scientists to Watch List

    September 25, 2024

    She has been named one of Science News’s 10 “Scientists to Watch” for her pioneering work in quantum thermodynamics. Yunger Halpern blends historical concepts with modern technology to advance the understanding of small-scale systems like qubits.