Olsen Lab

2026 Nov 3

New paper in APS Open Science

Our newest paper estimating hyperfine shifts from various perturbations is out in the new journal APS Open Science!

2026 Oct 13

New paper in Review of Scientific Instruments

After a couple of long years of work, this project is finally complete! Check out our paper at RSI.

2026 Jun 8

APS Advocacy in Washington DC

Dr. Olsen traveled to Washington DC to help the APS advocate to congress to remove anti-DEI language in some bills. Among others, we met with Senator Ron Wyden's office, and Senator Jeff Merkley's office.

2026 Jun 25

Dr. Olsen featured on LC Youtube Channel

Lewis & Clark's youtube channel posted a video about Dr. Olsen. Lots of lab members make an appearance!

2026 Jun 25

Olsenlab featured on LC Youtube Channel

Lewis & Clark's youtube channel posted a video about research in the lab. Can you guess what was going on while they filmed this?

2026 Jun 8

Welcome to the Lab, Nova and Khyaan!

Welcome to our newest lab Members, Nova VonHeeder '28 and Khyaan Choksi '28. They will be working all summer in the Rogers Summer Research Program.

2026 May 25

Olsenlab featured on LC Youtube Channel

Lewis & Clark's youtube channel posted a video about the work we're doing in the lab. See who you can spot!

2026 May 21

Farewell, Zuzi & Jordan

Zuzi and Jordan presented the results of their research project at St. Mary's Academy to an audience of hundreds. Good job, team!

2026 Feb 28

OAS Meeting 2026

Morgan presented the team's work in the lab on a poster at the Oregon Academy of Sciences conference in Monmouth, OR (conference website).

2026 Jan 30

New Lab Interns!

Zuzi and Jordan from St. Mary's Academy in Portland are joining the lab for a semester-long internship. They will be measuring the performance of some optical shutters to be used in our laser systems.

2025 Nov 7

MCSR 2025

Morgan presented her work in the lab on a poster at the MCSR conference in Vancouver, WA. More than 400 people were at the conference (conference website).