Michael Chapman, professor in the School of Physics, has been awarded the 2025 Jesse W. Beams Award from the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society. The award recognizes his significant contributions to the field of physics.

“It is a great honor to receive this recognition, which I share with the students and postdocs who have contributed to our research at Georgia Tech,” says Chapman. “I am also deeply grateful for the Institute’s outstanding research environment. It has been a privilege to advance the frontiers of quantum science and technology together.”

“We are delighted by this honor for Professor Chapman,” says Feryal Özel, chair and professor in the School of Physics. “The award highlights Mike’s decades-long contributions to atomic physics and the pioneering techniques he has introduced to the field throughout his career. We are especially proud that most of these contributions happened during his time at Georgia Tech.”

Chapman is a leading experimental quantum physicist whose research centers on developing and applying novel experimental methods in the areas of ultracold atoms, quantum optics, and quantum information. Before joining Georgia Tech in 1997, Chapman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the California Institute of Technology.