David J. Wineland

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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.