Ronald Walsworth is an American physicist, engineer, and professor at the University of Maryland.
In 2005, he received the Francis M. Pipkin Award in Precision Measurements from the American Physical Society.
Since 2020, Walsworth has served as the Founding Director of the Quantum Technology Center at the University of Maryland;[5] and also as a Minta Martin Professor in the Department of Physics[6] and in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering[7] at the University of Maryland.
[9] In 2014, he co-founded Hyperfine with Matthew Rosen and Jonathan Rothberg to develop the world's first portable human MRI instrument able to move to a patient's bedside at the point of care.
His role involves shaping strategies for investment in quantum technologies and fostering collaborations between research institutions and industry to accelerate advancements in the field.