Historically, when we have better clocks, we have better navigation.

His doctoral dissertation is entitled "The Atomic Deuterium Maser". He then performed Postdoctoral Research in Hans Dehmelt's group at the University of Washington where he investigated electron and ion traps. His work has included advances in optics specifically laser cooling of ions in Paul traps and use of trapped ions to implement quantum computing operations.

". David Jeffrey Wineland (born February 24 1944) is an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physics laboratory. His work has included advances in optics specifically laser cooling of ions in Paul traps and use of trapped ions to implement quantum computing operations.