William Daniel Phillips - Nobel Prize in Physics — 1997
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William Daniel Phillips

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 1997
for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
11/5/1948
place of birth
Wilkes-Barre
Age
77 years
educated at
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • academic major: physics
    • academic degree: Doctor
    • end time: 1976
  • Juniata College
    • academic major: physics
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Science
    • end time: 1970
  • Camp Hill High School
    • end time: 1966
employer
  • Washington University School of Medicine
    • end time: 10/31/1992
    • start time: 3/1/1989
  • University of Queensland
    • start time: 2/9/2021
  • University of Maryland
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • The Catholic University of America
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1997
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2004
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Physical Society
  • International Society for Science and Religion
doctoral student
  • Poul S. Jessen
field of work
  • physics
occupation
  • physicist
  • university teacher
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