Carl Wieman
Nobel prize winning US physicist
Carl Edwin Wieman (born March 26, 1951) is an American physicist. He works at Stanford University.[1]
Carl Edwin Wieman | |
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 Wieman in 2011 | |
| Born | March 26, 1951 Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | MIT Stanford University |
| Known for | Bose–Einstein condensate |
| Awards | E. O. Lawrence Award (1993) King Faisal International Prize in Science (1997) Lorentz Medal (1998) The Benjamin Franklin Medal (2000) Nobel Prize in Physics (2001) Oersted Medal (2007) Yidan Prize (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia University of Colorado Boulder University of Michigan Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Theodor W. Hänsch |
| Doctoral students | Wendy Adams |
In 1995, while at the University of Colorado Boulder, he and Eric Allin Cornell created the first true Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC). In 2001, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
References change
- ↑ Mervis, Jeffrey (28 August 2013). "Carl Wieman Takes Physics, Education Jobs at Stanford". sciencemag.org. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
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