Deborah Jin passed away Sept. 15, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 47. Jin was an internationally renowned physicist and Fellow with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an Adjoint Professor听in the Department of Physics at 欧美口爆视频听Boulder, and a Fellow of JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of 欧美口爆视频.
Considered a pioneer in atomic physics, Jin explored the properties of gases at ultracold temperatures and developed innovative technical systems to study their behavior.
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Deborah S. Jin. Photo: Glenn Asakawa / University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder
