John Kitching

Dr. John Kitching is the Leader of the Atomic Devices and Instrumentation Group in NIST’s Physical Measurements Laboratory and a NIST Fellow. He received his PhD in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1995 and since then has worked in the Time and Frequency Division at NIST. His research interests include miniaturized atomic clocks and sensors, and applications of semiconductor lasers and micromachining technology to problems in atomic physics and frequency control. He and his group pioneered the development of microfabricated “chip-scale” atomic devices for use as frequency references, magnetometers and other sensors. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the IEEE and the National Academy of Inventors and has received many awards for his work including the Department of Commerce Silver and Gold Medals, the 2015 IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award, the 2016 IEEE-UFFC Rabi Award and the 2014 Rank Prize. He has published over 100 papers in refereed journals, has given numerous invited and plenary talks and has been awarded seven patents.