After her postdoctoral position atITAMP, she joined theUniversity of Colorado Boulder Physics Department as an assistant research professor andJILA as an associate fellow in 2008. She was promoted toJILA Fellow in 2012 and shifted her position in the Department of Physics to adjoint professor in 2017.[10]
Rey is a theoretical quantum physicist who studies new techniques for controllingquantum systems and their applications ranging from quantum simulations and quantum information to time and frequency standards. Her research is often directly applicable to state-of-the-art experiments, particularly toatomic clocks,[11] quantum computing,[12] and precision measurements. Her contribution to the understanding of out-of-equilibrium quantum phenomena have led to pioneer measurements of quantum information scrambling, and the synthesis of magnetic and topological quantum materials. Her publications have been cited more than 11,000 times as of 2020.[13]
Growing up in the early 1990s, Rey's childhood was spent around the terrorist conflicts of Colombia'sRevolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, drug cartels, and the state's government.Car bombs were a common method of terrorism where she lived, causing her family's vehicle to be searched for bombs by the police whenever they drove around.[23]
On July 29, 2000, Rey got married. Two days later, she immigrated to the United States.[2]
The most cited publications by Rey to the date are:[24]
S Trotzky, P Cheinet, S Fölling, M Feld, U Schnorrberger, AM Rey, A. Polkovnikov, E. A. Demler, M. D. Lukin, I. Bloch. Time-resolved observation and control of superexchange interactions with ultracold atoms in optical lattices. (2008)Science 319 (5861), 295-299
AV Gorshkov, M Hermele, V Gurarie, C Xu, PS Julienne, J Ye, P Zoller. Two-orbital SU (N) magnetism with ultracold alkaline-earth atoms. (2010)Nature physics 6 (4), 289-295
B Yan, SA Moses, B Gadway, JP Covey, KRA Hazzard, AM Rey, DS Jin. Observation of dipolar spin-exchange interactions with lattice-confined polar molecules. (2013)Nature 501 (7468), 521-525
JG Bohnet, BC Sawyer, JW Britton, ML Wall, AM Rey, M Foss-Feig. Quantum spin dynamics and entanglement generation with hundreds of trapped ions. (2016)Science 352 (6291), 1297-1301
M Gärttner, JG Bohnet, A Safavi-Naini, ML Wall, JJ Bollinger, AM Rey. Measuring out-of-time-order correlations and multiple quantum spectra in a trapped-ion quantum magnet. (2017)Nature Physics 13 (8), 781-786
X Zhang, M Bishof, SL Bromley, CV Kraus, MS Safronova, P Zoller, A. M. Rey, J. Ye. Spectroscopic observation of SU (N)-symmetric interactions in Sr orbital magnetism. (2014)Science 345 (6203), 1467-1473
