Michael N. Bishof

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Michael Bishof is a Physicist in Argonne’s Physics Division working in the Fundamental Symmetries group and Argonne’s Trace Radioisotope Analysis CEnterR (TRACER).  Within the Fundamental Symmetries group, Michael leads an experiment to measure the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the radium-225 atom.  He also leads an effort to use optical tweezer arrays of single ytterbium atoms to perform quantum simulations of nuclear physics and explore applications in quantum communication, networking, and sensing.  As a member of TRACER, Michael works to improve the atom trap trace analysis (ATTA) technique and expand its scientific impact. 

Michael earned his PhD in physics from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2014.  He worked under the supervision of Prof. Jun Ye at JILA, a joint institute between the University of Colorado and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.  His thesis research centered on using ultracold, optical-lattice-trapped strontium atoms to develop the most stable and accurate clock and to study many-body physics.   Michael joined Argonne’s Physics Division in 2014 as a Director’s Fellow.