Emily E. Edwards

Emily E. Edwards is an American physicist specializing in physics education and outreach concerning quantum mechanics. She is executive director of the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center (IQUIST) at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, and co-leader of the National Q-12 Education Partnership, a joint project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation.[1]

Education and career

Edwards is a 2002 graduate of Appalachian State University. She became a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she earned a master's degree in chemical physics in 2008 and completed her Ph.D. in physics in 2009.[1]

After postdoctoral research at the University of Maryland Joint Quantum Institute, working there on quantum storage using ion traps,[1] she became director of communications and outreach for the institute before moving to the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center as its managing director.[2]

Recognition

Edwards was named as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2022, after a nomination from the APS Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public, "for creating innovative communication and outreach programs in quantum physics that broaden participation and for leadership in advancing informal quantum information science education for early learners".[1][3]

References
  1. Gudeman, Kim; Schwink, Siv, Emily Edwards, Prashant Jain, Nico Yunes elected APS Fellows, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign Physics, retrieved 2023-08-29
  2. "Workshop organizer biographies" (PDF), Workshop on Effecting Systemic Change in QIS Education, Quantum for All, 2021, retrieved 2023-08-29
  3. "Fellows nominated in 2022 by the Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public", APS Fellows archive, American Physical Society, retrieved 2023-08-29
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