Randy A. Bartels, a doctoral researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder, was selected by the Department of Energy to attend the 51st convention of Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany, from June 25 to June 29.
An electrical engineering doctoral student from the University of Michigan, Bartels is pursuing his doctoral dissertation research at JILA in the field of ultrafast optics. JILA is a joint institute of CU-Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology based on the CU-Boulder campus.
Bartels is one of 31 outstanding research participants selected from researchers at universities, national laboratories and other federal facilities funded by the DOE. His work at CU-Boulder, which has produced significant advances in the ability to control atoms and molecules with shaped optical pulses, has been published in the prestigious weekly science journal Nature.
Bartels holds a fellowship from the Department of Defense and his work at JILA has earned him other notable awards, including a graduate student fellowship from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and a JILA Scientific Achievement award.
The annual convention was established in 1951 by Swedish patron Count Linnart Bernadotte. Nobel laureates in chemistry, physics, physiology and medicine convene on an annual, rotating basis in Lindau for open, informal meetings with more than 200 students and young researchers from around the world. This year's event will focus on physics.
Bartels and other DOE-sponsored participants will travel to Washington, D.C., on June 22 for orientation meetings, then depart for Zurich, Switzerland, before taking buses to Lindau. Welcoming ceremonies begin on June 25, followed by three days of lectures and discussions.
Bartels will have the opportunity to benefit from informal roundtable sessions and small-group interaction with the laureates before closing ceremonies on Friday, June 29. For more information on the convention visit the Web site at .