Carl Edwin Wieman | |
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 Wieman in 2024 | |
| Born | March 26, 1951 Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. |
| Alma mater | MIT Stanford University |
| Known for | Bose–Einstein condensate |
| Awards | E. O. Lawrence Award (1993) Fritz London Memorial Prize (1996) 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 |
| Thesis | Polarization Spectroscopy and the Measurement of the Lamb Shift in the Ground State of Hydrogen (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Theodor W. Hänsch |
| Doctoral students | Wendy Adams Christopher Monroe |
Carl Edwin Wieman (born March 26, 1951) is an American physicist and educationist at Stanford University, and currently the A. D. White Professor at Large at Cornell University.[1] In 1995, while at the University of Colorado Boulder, he and Eric Allin Cornell produced the first true Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) and, in 2001, they and Wolfgang Ketterle (for further BEC studies) were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Wieman currently holds a joint appointment as Professor of Physics and Professor in the Stanford Graduate School of Education, as well as the DRC Professor in the Stanford University School of Engineering. In 2020, Wieman was awarded the Yidan Prize in Education Research for "his contribution in developing new techniques and tools in STEM education".[2]
- ^ Mervis, Jeffrey (28 August 2013). "Carl Wieman Takes Physics, Education Jobs at Stanford". sciencemag.org. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ "Yidan Prize Laureates 2020. Professor Carl Wieman, Ms Lucy Lake and Ms Angeline Murimirwa were awarded for their contribution to STEM and women's education". Yidan Prize. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-02.