Английская Википедия:Beth Nordholt

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Шаблон:Short descriptionШаблон:Infobox scientist Jane Elizabeth (Beth) Nordholt is an American physicist known for her work in space science on mass spectrometry of the solar wind and rings of SaturnШаблон:R and the flow of water vapor in the Earth's polar wind,Шаблон:R and for her work in digital security on devices for quantum key distributionШаблон:R and random number generation.Шаблон:R Until her retirement, she worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, which in 2006 named her as a Laboratory Fellow.Шаблон:R

Early life and education

Nordholt is the daughter of John B. (Jack) Nordholt Jr., a former Marine and owner of Webster Manufacturing, and of Joanne Pedigo Nordholt.Шаблон:R She is a 1976 graduate of Columbian High School in Tiffin, Ohio.Шаблон:R She earned a bachelor's degree in 1980 from Rutgers University, and a master's degree in physics in 1983 from the California Institute of Technology.Шаблон:R

Career and research

She helped to design the ion mass spectrometer (IMS) for the spacecraft Cassini to gather information on Saturn's environment.Шаблон:R She also contributed to instrumentation for NASA Deep Space 1 and Genesis missions.Шаблон:R[1]

Nordholt has many patents in the area of quantum communication including quantum key distribution, random number generation, and implementations for optical fiber or free space optical communication.[2] She was a co-team leader for the Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum communications project.Шаблон:R

Awards and honours

In 2001, she received an R&D 100 Award as part of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Free-Space Quantum Cryptography project.[3][4]

She became a laboratory fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2006.Шаблон:R

Personal life

As of 2013, she was married to Richard Hughes, a physicist and collaborator at Los Alamos National Laboratory.Шаблон:R

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