# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-w-boyd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:30:58.785Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-w-boyd"
name: "Robert W. Boyd"
slug: "robert-w-boyd"
description: "Robert William Boyd is an American physicist noted for his work in optical physics and especially in nonlinear optics. He is currently the Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Quantum Nonlinear Optics based at the University of Ottawa, professor of physics cross-appointed to the school of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Ottawa, and professor of optics and professor of physics at the University of Rochester."
tagline: "American physicist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Boyd-portrait-2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1948-03-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump