David J. Wineland

Wineland in Stockholm, 2012

David Jeffrey Wineland (born February 24, 1944)[1] is an American physicist. He works at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physics laboratory. He was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics with Serge Haroche for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems".[2][3] He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

References

  1. David WinelandArray of Contemporary American Physicists. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  2. Press release – Particle control in a quantum worldRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  3. Phillips, William Daniel. Profile of David Wineland and Serge Haroche, 2012 Nobel Laureates in Physics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (18) (2013). p. 7110–1. doi:10.1073/pnas.1221825110.