Ana Maria Rey


Ana Maria Rey is a Colombian theoretical physicist, professor at University of Colorado at Boulder, a JILA fellow, and a fellow at National Institute of Standards and Technology. Rey was the first Hispanic woman to win the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in 2019.

Education

Rey earned a bachelor's degree in physics at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá in 1999. On July 29, 2000, Rey got married. Two days later, she immigrated to the United States. She got her Ph.D. in physics at University of Maryland in 2004. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2004 to 2005 in the group of Charles W. Clark. She went on to work as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.

Research and career

Rey is a theoretical quantum physicist who works on ultra-cold atoms.

Awards and honours

The most cited publications by Rey to the date are::