Jonathan Paul Wrubel, BS, PhD

Associate Professor

Physics

J Wrubel

Contact

JonathanWrubel@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate School
Medical Physics (Master of Science)
Physics (Master of Science)
Physics
HLSB - Hixson Lied Science Building - G68

Jonathan Paul Wrubel, BS, PhD

Associate Professor

Physics

Dr. Jonathan Wrubel joined the faculty in 2012. His research is in the field of ultracold atomic physics and Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs). Besides his research, he is also keenly interested in issues of science and faith. Prior to joining the faculty at Creighton, Dr. Wrubel was a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow with the Joint Quantum Institute at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland. From 2006-2009 he was a postdoctoral fellow with Harvard University as part of a collaboration seeking to produce, trap and study anti-hydrogen (the anti-matter opposite of the hydrogen atom).

Research Focus

I study the magnetic interactions between potassium-41 atoms at temperatures approaching absolute zero. I am primarily interested in studying how magnetism manifests itself when these ultracold atoms behave quantum-mechanically (i.e. like waves instead of particles).

Department

Physics

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Physical review. A
    DalFavero Benjamin, Wrubel Jonathan P., Wong Thomas G., Meyer David A., Meill Alexander, Constant-time quantum search with a many-body quantum system
    110:5 2024
  • Review of scientific instruments
    Aboyewa O. B., Akinleye H. B., Wrubel J. P., Nichols M. G., Design of a simple radio frequency circuit for implementing the open-ended coaxial probe method for permittivity measurement
    93:11, p. 114705 - 114705 2022
  • Physical Review A
    Wrubel J. P., Glassman Z., Schwettmann A., Fahey D. P., Tiesinga E., Pechkis H. K., Griffin P. F., Barnett R., Lett P. D., Spinor Bose-Einstein-condensate phase-sensitive amplifier for SU(1,1) interferometry
    98:2 2018
  • Physical Review Letters
    Pechkis H. K., Griffin P. F., Barnett R., Wrubel Jonathan P., Schwettmann A., Tiesinga E., Lett P. D., Spinor Dynamics in an Antiferromagnetic Spin-1 Thermal Bose Gas
    111:2, p. 025301 - 1 2013
  • Nano Letters
    Hyun Byung Ryool, Sievers A. J., Bartnik A. C., Koh Weon Kyu, Agladze N. I., Wrubel J. P., Murray Christopher B., Wise Frank W., Far-infrared absorption of PbSe nanorods
    11:7, p. 2786 - 2790 2011
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
    Wrubel J., Mcconnell R., Borbely J. S., George M. C., Hessels E. A., Storry C. H., Weel M., Müllers A., Walz J., Speck A., Zielinski M., Gabrielse G., Kolthammer W. S., Larochelle P., Richerme P., Grzonka D., Oelert W., Sefzick T., Pumped helium system for cooling positron and electron traps to 1.2 K
    640:1, p. 232 - 240 2011
  • Physical Review Letters
    Gabrielse G., Novitski E., Richerme P., Wrubel J., Kalra R., Grzonka D., Borbely J. S., Oelert W., Sefzick T., Zielinski M., Fitzakerley D., George M. C., Hessels E. A., Storry C. H., Kolthammer W. S., McConnell R., Weel M., Müllers A., Walz J., Speck A., Centrifugal separation of antiprotons and electrons
    105:21 2010
  • Physical Review Letters
    Gabrielse G., McConnell R., Larochelle P., Le Sage D., Levitt B., Kolthammer W. S., Richerme P., Wrubel J., Speck A., George M. C., Grzonka D., Carew A., Oelert W., Sefzick T., Zhang Z., Comeau D., Hessels E. A., Storry C. H., Weel M., Walz J., Antihydrogen production within a penning-ioffe trap
    100:11 2008
  • AIP Conference Proceedings
    Storry C. H., Carew A., Comeau D., LeSage D., Levitt B., Kolthammer W. S., Gabrielse G., Larochelle P., McConnell R., Grzonka D., Oelert W., Sefzick T., Zhang Z., Speck A., Hessels E. A., Weel M., George M. C., Richerme P., Wrubel J., Walz J., Markert F., Nillius F., Scheid M., Cryogenic particle accumulation in ATRAP and the first antihydrogen production within a magnetic gradient trap for neutral antimatter
    1037, p. 254 - 265 2008
  • Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
    Levitt B., Comeau D., George M. C., Kolthammer W. S., Gabrielse G., Oelert W., Sefzick T., Zhang Z., Larochelle P., Le Sage D., McConnell R., Wrubel J., Speck A., Grzonka D., Walz J., Hessels E. A., Storry C. H., Weel M., Single-component plasma of photoelectrons
    656:1-3, p. 25 - 29 2007
  • Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
    Speck A., Kolthammer W. S., Gabrielse G., Larochelle P., Le Sage D., Levitt B., McConnell R., Wrubel J., Grzonka D., Oelert W., Sefzick T., Hessels E. A., Zhang Z., Comeau D., George M. C., Storry C. H., Weel M., Walz J., Density and geometry of single component plasmas
    650:2-3, p. 119 - 123 2007
  • Physical Review Letters
    Gabrielse G., Levitt B., Larochelle P., Le Sage D., Kolthammer W. S., Kuljanishvili I., McConnell R., Wrubel J., Hansen G., Esser F. M., Glückler H., Grzonka D., Martin S., Oelert W., Schillings J., Schmitt M., Comeau D., Sefzick T., Soltner H., Zhang Z., George M. C., Hessels E. A., Storry C. H., Weel M., Hänsch T. W., Speck A., Nillius F., Walz J., Antiproton confinement in a penning-ioffe trap for antihydrogen
    98:11 2007
  • Physical Review Letters
    Wrubel J. P., Sievers A. J., Hubbard B. E., Agladze N. I., Fedorov P. P., Klimenchenko D. I., Ryskin A. I., Campbell J. A., Glasslike two-level systems in minimally disordered mixed crystals
    96:23 2006
  • Physical Review Letters
    Wrubel J. P., Sato M., Sievers A. J., Controlled switching of intrinsic localized modes in a one-dimensional antiferromagnet
    95:26 2005

Grants

  • Laser-Safety Curtain for a High-Power Infrared Laser/Sponsor: CURAS Faculty Research Fund

  • RII Track-1: Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies (EQUATE)/Sponsor: University of Nebraska, Lincoln/UNL

  • Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies (EQUATE) Cost Share/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692

  • Federal award match/Sponsor: State of Nebraska - LB692