Eric Cornell
- Born: December 19, 1961 (Palo Alto, California)
Education
- 1985: BS, Stanford University
- 1990: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1990–1992: University of Colorado, Boulder, Postdoctoral Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA)
- 1992–1995: University of Colorado, Boulder, Adjoint Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1992–present: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Senior Scientist
- 1994–present: University of Colorado, Boulder, JILA Fellow and Adjoint Professor
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1997: American Physical Society, I. I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- 2000: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 2001: Nobel Prize in Physics
