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Ian Spielman

Adjunct Professor

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Contact Information

UMD

Email:
ian.spielman@nist.gov
Office:

University of Maryland
2153 PSC Building
College Park, MD 20742

Office Phone:
(301) 975-8664

University of Maryland

Email:
spielman@umd.edu

Additional Info

CV:
Spielman%20Vita.pdf

Research Groups

Recent Publications

Recent News

  • A man wearing glasses and a black sweater adjusts optical equipment in front of a cluttered lab space.

    Conducting Quantum Experiments in the ‘Coolest’ Lab on Campus

    February 16, 2026

    Yanda Geng works with atoms that are cooled to 100 nanokelvin and has discovered interesting patterns that appear everywhere from cosmic scales to the quantum realm.

  • Four squares in a row with the top half blue and bottom half yellow. In the leftmost the interface is smooth. The next interface is two smooth curves. The next interface is two mushroom cloud shapes. The final has no clear interface and shows random swirls and islands of yellow in the blue.

    When Superfluids Collide, Physicists Find a Mix of Old and New

    November 18, 2025

    Superfluids are notable for their unique properties and behaviors arising from the quantum interactions of the particles that make them up. Despite their quantum quirks, superfluids sometimes still behave in mundane ways. A new experiment captured images of two superfluids coming together and revealed that despite their quantum nature, they can still behave in ways that resemble the ripples and mushroom clouds seen in normal fluids.

  • Brown ink on a tan background shows water flowing into a pool and forming swirling patterns.

    Mysteriously Mundane Turbulence Revealed in 2D Superfluid

    April 18, 2025

    A new experiment let JQI researchers get an unprecedented look at the currents hiding in a superfluid. The technique they developed allows them to measure the fluid velocity at specific locations in a superfluid, opening new opportunities to investigate the dynamics of superfluids, including how they experience turbulence.