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Eric Allin Cornell

American physicist, professor · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1961 · age 64

Eric Allin Cornell is an American physicist who, along with Carl E. Wieman, was able to synthesize the first Bose-Einstein condensate in 1995. For their efforts, Cornell, Wieman, and Wolfgang Ketterle shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001.

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2001Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward2000Benjamin Franklin MedalAward1999R. W. Wood PrizeAward1998Lorentz MedalAward1997Alan T. Waterman AwardAwardI. I. Rabi PrizeAwardKing Faisal International Prize in ScienceAward1996Fritz London AwardAwardZeiss Research AwardAward1995Samuel Wesley Stratton AwardAward1961Born19 December 1961

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Nobel Prize in Physics2001
Benjamin Franklin Medal2000
R. W. Wood Prize1999
Lorentz Medal1998
King Faisal International Prize in Science1997
Alan T. Waterman Award1997
I. I. Rabi Prize1997
Fritz London Award1996
Zeiss Research Award1996
Samuel Wesley Stratton Award1995
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Honorary doctorate from university of Florence
Newcomb Cleveland Prize

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
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Dates
Born 1961 · age 64

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