Eric Mazur

Dutch physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1954 · age 71

Eric Mazur is a Dutch-born American physicist and educator at Harvard University, and an entrepreneur in technology start-ups for the educational and technology markets. Mazur's research is in experimental ultrafast optics, condensed matter physics and peer instruction.

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A life in dates

2020Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2008Esther Hoffman Beller MedalAwardRobert A. Millikan MedalAward1989Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAward1954Born14 November 1954

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A light-conducting silica nanowire wraps a beam of light around a strand of human hair. The nanowire is about one-thousandth the width of the hair. Credit: Limin Tong, Harvard University

Awards

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2020

Robert A. Millikan Medal2008

Esther Hoffman Beller Medal2008

Fellow of the American Physical Society1989

Presidential Young Investigator Award

About this person

Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Leiden University. He served as the President of Optica in 2017.

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United States

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Websiteericmazur.com

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