Birth Name:

Lene Hau

Female

Birth Date:

Fri, Nov 13, 1959

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Vejle, South Denmark, Denmark

Age:

64

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

20°

Sco

19'

About Lene Hau

Lene Vestergaard Hau (born November 13, 1959 in Vejle, Denmark) is a Danish physicist who is currently the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University. She received a PhD from Aarhus University. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who, by use of a Bose–Einstein condensate, succeeded in slowing a beam of light to about 17 metres per second, and, in 2001, was able to stop a beam completely. Later work based on these experiments led to the transfer of light to matter, then from matter back into light, a process with important implications for quantum encryption and quantum computing. More recent work has involved research into novel interactions between ultracold atoms and nanoscopic-scale systems. In addition to teaching physics and applied physics, she has taught Energy Science at Harvard, involving photovoltaic cells, nuclear power, batteries, and photosynthesis. As well as her own experiments and research, she is often invited to speak at international conferences, and is involved in structuring the science policies of various institutions. She was keynote speaker at EliteForsk-konferencen 2013 ("Elite Research Conference") in Copenhagen, which was attended by government ministers, as well as senior science policy and research developers in Denmark. In acknowledgment of her many achievements, Discover Magazine recognized her in 2002 as one of the 50 most important women in science.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• "Light and matter united". Harvard University Gazette. February 7, 2007.

• "Hau Lab at Harvard". Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Harvard University. Retrieved 2008-08-03.

• "Trapping Light and Saving It for Later" (audio). Talk of the Nation. National Public Radio. 2007-02-09. Retrieved 2008-08-03. Scientists manage to stop light, hold it trapped in a cloud of chilled atoms known as a Bose Einstein condensate, and then release it in a second cloud a short distance away. We'll talk about the work and its potential applications in information processing.

• "What Visions in the Dark of Light". Scientific American. 297 (3). Scientific American. September 2007. pp. 50–53. Bibcode:2007SciAm.297c..50H. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0907-50. Retrieved 2008-08-03.Article subtitle: "Lene Vestergaard Hau made headlines by slowing light to below highway speed. Now the ringmaster of light can stop it, extinguish it and revive it - and thereby give quantum information a new look."

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Lene Hau: Sun 20 Scorpio, Moon 28 Aries, Mercury 9 Sagittarius, Venus 3 Libra, Mars 15 Scorpio, Jupiter 7 Sagittarius, Saturn 4 Capricorn, Uranus 20 Leo, Neptune 7 Scorpio, Pluto 5 Virgo, Sun Conjunct Mars, Sun Square Uranus, Mercury Square Pluto, Mercury Conjunct Jupiter, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Semi Square Saturn, Venus Semi Square Mars, Venus Square Saturn, Venus Semi Square Uranus, Jupiter Semi Sextile Neptune, Jupiter Square Pluto, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Saturn Sextile Neptune, Saturn Trine Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

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