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Eric Allin Cornell
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Cornell in June 2015
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| Born | December 19, 1961 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Stanford University MIT (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Bose–Einstein condensation |
| Awards | King Faisal International Prize in Science (1997) Lorentz Medal (1998) Nobel Prize in Physics (2001) Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (2000) |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Colorado Boulder National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) JILA |
| Thesis | Mass spectroscopy using single ion cyclotron resonance (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | David E. Pritchard |
Eric Allin Cornell (born December 19, 1961) is an American physicist. Together with Carl E. Wieman he synthesized the first Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995. In 2001 Cornell, Wieman, and Wolfgang Ketterle shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work.
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| Born | December 19, 1961(age 57)
Palo Alto, California, USA |
| Residence | Boulder, Colorado, USA |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Stanford University |
| Known for | Bose–Einstein condensation |
| Awards | King Faisal International Prize in Science (1997)
Lorentz Medal (1998) Nobel Prize in Physics(2001) Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics(2000) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Colorado Boulder
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) JILA |
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