Robert Laughlin
- Born: November 1, 1950 (Visalia, California)
Education
- 1972: AB, University of California, Berkeley
- 1979: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1972–1974: United States Army, Soldier
- 1979–1981: Bell Laboratories, Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff
- 1982–2004: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Research Physicist
- 1985–1989: Stanford University, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1989–1993: Stanford University, Professor of Physics
- 1992–present: Stanford University, Anne Bass and Robert M. Bass Professor of Physics
- 2004–2006: Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, President
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1986: American Physical Society, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
- 1990: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- 1994: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1998: Nobel Prize in Physics
