# Horst Ludwig Störmer

_German physicist_

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> Horst Ludwig Störmer is a German physicist, Nobel laureate and emeritus professor at Columbia University.
He was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Daniel Tsui and Robert Laughlin "for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations". He and Tsui were working at Bell Labs at the time of the experiment cited by the Nobel committee.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 6 April 1949 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71015#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Frankfurt ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71015#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Germany ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71015#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71015#P106))
- **Education:** University of Stuttgart; Goethe University Frankfurt ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71015#P69))
- **Positions held:** professor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71015#P39))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physics; Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize; Klung Wilhelmy Science Award; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics; honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71015#P166))

## Questions

**When was Horst Ludwig Störmer born?**  
Horst Ludwig Störmer was born on 6 April 1949 in Frankfurt.

**What positions has Horst Ludwig Störmer held?**  
Positions held by Horst Ludwig Störmer include: professor.

**Where did Horst Ludwig Störmer study?**  
Horst Ludwig Störmer was educated at University of Stuttgart, Goethe University Frankfurt.

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