From UVaToday:

 

“During Moran Chen’s time as a University of Virginia  physics doctoral student, she helped set a world record in an area of physics that could play a crucial role in giving rise to a prototype quantum computer.

 

Her paper detailing the achievement won her the 2014 Allan T. Gwathmey Memorial Award, an honor reserved for the most accomplished graduate students in the sciences at U.Va., recognizing a distinguished scholarly publication.”

 

For more, see:

 

http://www.news.virginia.edu/content/class-2015-phd-student-sets-physics-record-adopts-grandparent