| Wolfgang Ketterle Born: 21-Oct-1957
Birthplace: Heidelberg, Germany
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Bose-Einstein condensates Awarded 2001 Nobel prize for synthesizing Bose-Einstein condensates. Brother: Günter
Sister: Monika
Wife: Gabriele Sauer (m. 1986, separated 2001, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Jonas (b. 1986)
Daughter: Johanna (b. 1988)
Son: Holger (b. 1992)
University: University of Heidelberg (transferred)
University: Dipl. Physics, Technical University of Munich (1982)
University: PhD, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany (1986)
Scholar: Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (1982-88)
Scholar: Research Scientist, University of Heidelberg (1989-90)
Scholar: Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990-93)
Professor: Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1993-)
Nobel Prize for Physics 2001
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1999
American Physical Society 1997
Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
National Academy of Sciences 2002
Optical Society of America
Science Debate 2008
World Technology Network
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