Charles Tahan

I’m a physicist at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS), located at the University of Maryland-College Park. My research group‘s interests include condensed matter/solid-state physics and quantum information science and technology (QuIST). The merger of these two fields creates opportunities for new physics and technology, such as quantum computers. I work to advance these goals in various roles. I also have a long-term interest in exploring the impact of science and technology on society.

I’m currently on detail to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

This site serves as a repository for academic work and in no way represents the views or opinions of anyone but myself. Following tradition, most of this site will be very out-of-date.

Career

Science & Society

Nostalgia

Legacy (meaning really old) content from previous versions of this site.

  • People and Places

  • Kung Physics - My experiences as a travelling postdoc.

  • The Tahan Archive through history. Ie, when this site was da HTML bomb.

  • Old science on earth systems science, atmospheric physics, crystal growth, and other stuff including physics notes.

Contact

  • charlie at tahan dot com

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