# Eric Allin Cornell

_American physicist, professor (born 1961)_

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> Eric Allin Cornell is an American physicist who, along with Carl E. Wieman, synthesized the first Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995. Cornell, Wieman and Wolfgang Ketterle shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics “for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates”.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 19 December 1961 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205954#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Palo Alto ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205954#P19))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205954#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205954#P106))
- **Education:** Stanford University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge Rindge and Latin School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205954#P69))
- **Official website:** experts.colorado.edu/display/fisid_100112 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205954#P856))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physics; Benjamin Franklin Medal; Lorentz Medal; King Faisal Prize in Science; Fritz London Award; Zeiss Research Award; Alan T. Waterman Award; I. I. Rabi Prize; R. W. Wood Prize; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers; Honorary doctorate from university of Florence; Newcomb Cleveland Prize; Samuel Wesley Stratton Award ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205954#P166))

## Questions

**When was Eric Allin Cornell born?**  
Eric Allin Cornell was born on 19 December 1961 in Palo Alto.

**Where did Eric Allin Cornell study?**  
Eric Allin Cornell was educated at Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.

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