Bryce Gadway

Bryce Gadway is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), affiliated with the Grainger College of Engineering. He is also a Professor of Physics at The Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on experimental atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, particularly quantum simulation using ultracold atoms and molecules to study topological phases, disorder, and quantum transport phenomena.

Education: B.A. in Astronomy-Physics (Colgate University, 2007); Ph.D. in Physics (Stony Brook University, 2012). Postdoctoral work at JILA (2012–2014) under Deborah Jin and Jun Ye. Joined UIUC faculty in 2014.

Research interests include synthetic momentum-space lattices, polar molecules for quantum information, and Floquet engineering. Key achievements: NSF CAREER Award (2020), AFOSR Young Investigator Award (2018), and pioneering work on nonreciprocal quantum transport and topological Anderson insulators.

Awards also include the Arnold O. Beckman Research Award (2018) and recognition for doctoral excellence (2013). His lab explores quantum simulation, mechanical metamaterials, and neutral atom arrays in optical tweezers.