# Markus Greiner

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{{short description|German physicist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Markus Greiner
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| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1973|08|20}}
| birth_place       = [Hannover](/source/Hannover), Germany
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| field             = [Physics](/source/Physics)<br>[Atomic Physics](/source/Atomic_Physics)<br>[Ultracold Atoms](/source/ultracold_atom)
| work_institution  = [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University)
| alma_mater        = [LMU Munich](/source/LMU_Munich) <br>[Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics](/source/Max_Planck_Institute_of_Quantum_Optics)
| doctoral_advisor  = [Theodor Hänsch](/source/Theodor_H%C3%A4nsch)
| academic_advisors = [Deborah S. Jin](/source/Deborah_S._Jin) (postdoc)
| known_for         = [optical lattice](/source/optical_lattice)s, [Mott insulator](/source/Mott_insulator)
| prizes            = Otto-Klung-Weberbank-Preis (2005) <br>William L. McMillan Award (2005) <br> [MacArthur Fellow](/source/MacArthur_Fellow) (2011)<br>[I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular or Optical Physics](/source/I._I._Rabi_Prize) (2013)
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'''Markus Greiner''' is a German [physicist](/source/physicist) and Professor of [Physics](/source/Physics) at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University).

Greiner studied under the [Nobel Laureate](/source/Nobel_Laureate) [Theodor Hänsch](/source/Theodor_H%C3%A4nsch) at [LMU Munich](/source/LMU_Munich) and at the [Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics](/source/Max-Planck-Institute_of_Quantum_Optics), where he received his diploma and PhD in [physics](/source/physics) for experimental work on [Bose-Einstein condensates](/source/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate) and bosons in [optical lattice](/source/optical_lattice)s. He was involved in the first realization of the [quantum phase transition](/source/quantum_phase_transition) from a [superfluid](/source/Superfluidity) to [Mott insulator](/source/Mott_insulator) in a [Bose-Hubbard system](/source/Bose-Hubbard_model).<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator in a gas of ultracold atoms|journal = Nature|pages = 39–44|volume = 415|issue = 6867|doi = 10.1038/415039a|first1 = Markus|last1 = Greiner|first2 = Olaf|last2 = Mandel|first3 = Tilman|last3 = Esslinger|first4 = Theodor W.|last4 = Hänsch|first5 = Immanuel|last5 = Bloch|pmid=11780110|date=January 2002|bibcode = 2002Natur.415...39G|s2cid = 4411344|arxiv = 2506.21303}}</ref>

He then moved to the United States and conducted postdoctoral research at [JILA](/source/JILA) under [Deborah Jin](/source/Deborah_S._Jin), working on the creation of a [fermionic condensate](/source/fermionic_condensate) of [ultracold atom](/source/ultracold_atom)s. Since 2005 Greiner has been a professor at Harvard University, continuing research on BECs and ultracold Fermi gases.

He was recipient of the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in [AMO](/source/Atomic%2C_molecular%2C_and_optical_physics) award of the [American Physical Society](/source/American_Physical_Society) in 2004<ref>{{Cite web|title = Prize Recipient|url = http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Greiner&first_nm=Markus&year=2004|website = www.aps.org|accessdate = November 16, 2015}}</ref> and the William L. McMillan award in 2005 for outstanding contributions in condensed matter physics.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Winners of the McMillan Award {{!}} Department of Physics at the U of I|url = http://physics.illinois.edu/about/mcmillan/winners.asp|website = physics.illinois.edu|accessdate = November 16, 2015}}</ref> In 2011, he was named a [MacArthur Fellow](/source/MacArthur_Fellow).<ref name="2011macarthur">{{cite web|title=MacArthur Fellows Program: Meet the 2011 Fellows|url=http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.7728991/k.12E8/Meet_the_2011_Fellows.htm|work=September 20, 2011|publisher=John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation|accessdate=September 20, 2011}}</ref> He was awarded the [I. I. Rabi Prize](/source/I._I._Rabi_Prize) in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics by the APS in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Prize Recipient|url = http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Greiner&first_nm=Markus&year=2013|website = www.aps.org|accessdate = November 16, 2015}}</ref> In 2017 he was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greiner, Yelin are 2017 APS Fellows |url=https://www.physics.harvard.edu/node/793 |publisher=Harvard University |accessdate=July 22, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://greiner.physics.harvard.edu/ Greiner Group website at Harvard University]
* [http://greiner.physics.harvard.edu/PersonalInfo.html Personal Homepage of Markus Greiner]

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