# David DeMille > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_DeMille > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_DeMille.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_DeMille > Source revision: 1341434600 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American physicist and professor}} {{Infobox scientist | birth_name = David DeMille | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | ethnicity = | fields = [Physics](/source/Physics) ([atomic physics](/source/atomic_physics)) | workplaces = [Amherst College](/source/Amherst_College) (1997–1998)
[Yale University](/source/Yale_University) (1998–2020)
[University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) (2020 – 2025)
[Argonne National Laboratory](/source/Argonne_National_Laboratory) (2020 – ){{cite web|url=https://www.anl.gov/phy/medium-energy-physics-mep|title=Medium Energy Physics (MEP) Argonne National Laboratory|access-date=2012-11-19}}
[Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University) (2025 – ) | alma_mater = [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) ([B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts)),
[University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) ([Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy)) | doctoral_advisor = [Eugene Commins](/source/Eugene_Commins) | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = [Francis M. Pipkin Award](/source/Francis_M._Pipkin_Award) (2007)
[Norman F. Ramsey Prize](/source/Norman_F._Ramsey_Prize) (2024) }} '''David P. DeMille''' is an American physicist and [Bloomberg Distinguished Professor](/source/Bloomberg_Distinguished_Professorships) of [atomic/molecular physics](/source/Atomic%2C_molecular%2C_and_optical_physics) and precision measurement at [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University). He holds appointments in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the [Krieger School of Arts and Sciences](/source/Krieger_School_of_Arts_and_Sciences) and in the Research and Exploratory Development Department at the [Applied Physics Laboratory](/source/Applied_Physics_Laboratory).{{Cite web |last=Published |first=Annika Weder / |date=2025-03-03 |title=Leading experimental physicist David DeMille joins Johns Hopkins |url=https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/03/david-demille-physicist-johns-hopkins-bdp/ |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=The Hub |language=en}} He is best known for his use of [polar](/source/Chemical_polarity) [diatomic molecules](/source/diatomic_molecules) to search for [symmetry-violating](/source/symmetry_breaking) effects within the molecules and as a means for manipulating the external properties of the molecules.{{cite web|url=http://physics.yale.edu/demille|title=David DeMille|year=2012|work=Yale University Department of Physics|access-date=2012-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807005542/http://physics.yale.edu/demille|archive-date=2012-08-07|url-status=dead}} His group was the first to accomplish [laser cooling](/source/laser_cooling) of a diatomic molecule, achieved in 2010 using [strontium](/source/strontium) [monofluoride](/source/monofluoride) (SrF).{{Cite journal|title = Laser cooling of a diatomic molecule|journal = Nature|pages = 820–823|volume = 467|issue = 7317|doi = 10.1038/nature09443|first1 = E. S.|last1 = Shuman|first2 = J. F.|last2 = Barry|first3 = D.|last3 = DeMille|pmid=20852614|date=Oct 2010|arxiv = 1103.6004|bibcode = 2010Natur.467..820S|s2cid = 4430586}}{{Cite web|title = Direct laser cooling of molecules|url = https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101020195313.htm|website = www.sciencedaily.com|access-date = 2015-11-14}} He is also known for his precise measurements in the ACME EDM Experiment{{cite web|url=http://doylegroup.harvard.edu/edm/index.html|title=The ACME EDM Experiment|access-date=2020-11-22}} which constrain the upper limit of the [electron electric dipole moment](/source/electron_electric_dipole_moment) using a beam of [thorium monoxide](/source/thorium_monoxide), conducted in collaboration with the groups of [Gerald Gabrielse](/source/Gerald_Gabrielse) and John Doyle at Harvard.{{Cite journal|title = Order of Magnitude Smaller Limit on the Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron|journal = Science|date = 2014-01-17|issn = 0036-8075|pmid = 24356114|pages = 269–272|volume = 343|issue = 6168|doi = 10.1126/science.1248213|language = en|first1 = The ACME|last1 = Collaboration|first2 = J.|last2 = Baron|first3 = W. C.|last3 = Campbell|first4 = D.|last4 = DeMille|first5 = J. M.|last5 = Doyle|first6 = G.|last6 = Gabrielse|first7 = Y. V.|last7 = Gurevich|first8 = P. W.|last8 = Hess|first9 = N. R.|last9 = Hutzler|arxiv = 1310.7534|bibcode = 2014Sci...343..269B|s2cid = 564518}} DeMille is currently also leading the CeNTREX collaboration, an experiment to measure the nuclear Schiff moment of the [thallium](/source/thallium) nucleus inside a [thallium fluoride](/source/thallium_fluoride) molecule.{{cite web | url=http://news.yale.edu/2016/07/27/yale-leads-research-collaboration-explore-origins-universe | title=Yale leads research collaboration to explore origins of the universe | date=27 July 2016 }} He was elected a fellow of the [American Physical Society](/source/American_Physical_Society) in 2005,{{cite web|url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?first_nm=David&last_nm=DeMille&year=2007|title=2007 Francis M. Pipkin Award Recipient|year=2012|access-date=2012-10-10}} and was awarded the 2024 [Norman F. Ramsey Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, and in Precision Tests of Fundamental Laws and Symmetries](/source/Norman_F._Ramsey_Prize_in_Atomic%2C_Molecular_and_Optical_Physics%2C_and_in_Precision_Tests_of_Fundamental_Laws_and_Symmetries) of the APS.{{Cite web |title=Prize Recipient: Olga Kocharovskaya |url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Kocharovskaya&first_nm=Olga&year=2023 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}} In 2024, DeMille was elected to the [National Academy of Sciences](/source/National_Academy_of_Sciences), one of the highest honors in the scientific field in the United States.{{cite web |title=Five UChicago faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences in 2024 |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/five-uchicago-faculty-elected-national-academy-sciences-2024 |website=UChicago News |publisher=UChicago |access-date=27 February 2025}} == Selected bibliography == * D DeMille (2015). [https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.3020 "Diatomic molecules, a window onto fundamental physics"]. Physics Today. 68 (12). * D DeMille (2002). "Quantum computation with trapped polar molecules". Physical Review Letters. 88 (6). * LD Carr, D DeMille, RV Krems, J Ye (2009). "Cold and ultracold molecules: science, technology and applications". New Journal of Physics. 11 (5). * BC Regan, ED Commins, CJ Schmidt, D DeMille (2002). "New limit on the electron electric dipole moment". Physical review letters. 88 (7). == References == == External links == * [https://bdp.jhu.edu/bd-professors/david-demille/ DeMille Faculty Profile] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:DeMille, David}} Category:21st-century American physicists Category:Yale University faculty Category:Living people Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society Category:Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-physicist-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David DeMille](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_DeMille) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_DeMille?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.