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Albert Fert

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 2007
for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance
Together with: Peter Grünberg
Citizenship
France France
Languages
French
date of birth
3/7/1938
place of birth
Carcassonne
Age
88 years
educated at
  • Science Faculty of Paris
    • academic degree: doctorate in France
    • end time: 1/1/1963
  • École Normale Supérieure
member of
  • French Academy of Technologies
    • start time: 1/1/2008
  • Academia Europaea
    • start time: 1/1/2009
  • French Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 11/30/2004
  • Académie des arts et des sciences de Carcassonne
employer
  • Délégation Ile-de-France Gif-sur-Yvette (DR4)
    • start time: 1/1/2020
  • University of Paris-Sud
doctoral student
  • Julie Grollier
    • end time: 1/1/2003
  • Vincent Cros
  • Frédéric Petroff
  • Agnès Barthélémy
  • Martin Bowen
  • Anne Bernand-Mantel
  • Olivier Boulle
  • Nadine de Courtenay
field of work
  • physics
occupation
  • physicist
  • researcher
  • university teacher
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