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Carl E. Wieman

Carl E. WiemanAKA Carl Edwin Wieman

Born: 26-Mar-1951
Birthplace: Corvallis, OR

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Bose-Einstein Condensates

Brother: Howard
Wife: Sarah Gilbert (m. 1984)

    High School: Corvallis High School, Corvallis, OR
    University: SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1973)
    University: PhD, Stanford University (1977)
    Professor: Physics, University of Michigan (1979-87)
    Professor: Physics, University of Colorado (1987-)
    Professor: University of British Columbia (2007-)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 2001
    Guggenheim Fellowship 1990
    Lorentz Medal 1998 (shared)
    Oersted Medal 2007
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1998
    American Association of Physics Teachers
    American Physical Society 1990
    National Academy of Sciences 1995
    Optical Society of America


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