Eric Allin Cornell

Eric Allin Cornell
Cornell in June 2015
Born (1961-12-19) December 19, 1961 (age 62)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
MIT (Ph.D.)
Known forBose–Einstein condensation
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado Boulder
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
JILA
ThesisMass spectroscopy using single ion cyclotron resonance (1990)
Doctoral advisorDavid E. Pritchard

Eric Allin Cornell (born December 19, 1961) is an American physicist who, along with Carl E. Wieman, was able to synthesize the first Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995. For their efforts, Cornell, Wieman, and Wolfgang Ketterle shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001.


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