Ronald Drever
British physicist (1931-2017) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 85
Ronald William Prest Drever was a Scottish experimental physicist. He was a professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology, co-founded the LIGO project, and was a co-inventor of the Pound-Drever-Hall technique for laser stabilisation, as well as the Hughes-Drever experiment.
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2017Died7 March 20172016Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental PhysicsAwardClarivate Citation LaureatesAwardGruber Prize in CosmologyAwardHarvey PrizeAwardKavli Prize in AstrophysicsAwardThe Shaw Prize in AstronomyAward2007Einstein PrizeAward1931Born26 October 1931
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This work was instrumental in the first detection of gravitational waves in September 2015.
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Lived 1931 to 2017 · aged 85
The same award as Ronald
Robert M. WaldBoth received Einstein PrizeAlexander ZamolodchikovBoth received Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Conny AertsBoth received Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
Simon WhiteBoth received Gruber Prize in CosmologyJános KollárBoth received Shaw Prize
William J. BoruckiBoth received The Shaw Prize in Astronomy