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Wolfgang Ketterle

German physicist

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Wolfgang Ketterle is a German physicist and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research has focused on experiments that trap and cool atoms to temperatures close to absolute zero, and he led one of the first groups to realize Bose–Einstein condensation in these systems in 1995. For this achievement, as well as early fundamental studies of condensates, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001, together with Eric Allin Cornell and Carl Wieman.

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Born
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Place of birth
Heidelberg wd
Citizenship
Germany wd
Occupation
physicist, university teacher, physics teacher wd
Education
Heidelberg University, LMU Munich, Technical University of Munich wd

Awards wd

  • Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (2002)
  • Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2001)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2001)
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal (2000)
  • Fritz London Award (1999)
  • Dannie Heineman Prize (1999)
  • Wolfgang Paul Lecture (2009)
  • I. I. Rabi Prize (1997)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (1996)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2016)

Questions

When was Wolfgang Ketterle born?
Wolfgang Ketterle was born on 21 October 1957 in Heidelberg.
Where did Wolfgang Ketterle study?
Wolfgang Ketterle was educated at Heidelberg University, LMU Munich, Technical University of Munich.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Wolfgang Ketterle · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q76462 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Ketterle.jpg by Kzirkel (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 6 November 2026

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