William Phillips

Born: November 5, 1948 (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)

Education

1970: BS, Juniata College (Physics)
1976: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Physics)

Major Positions

1976–1978: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chaim Weizmann Fellow
1978–1988: National Bureau of Standards, Physicist
1988–1996: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Physicist
1996–present: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Fellow
2001–present: University of Maryland, Distinguished University Professor

Other Positions

1989–1990: École Normale Supérieure, Visiting Professor
1990–1996: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Leader, Laser Cooled and Trapped Atoms Group, Atomic Physics Division
1998–present: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Leader, Laser Cooling and Trapping Group, Atomic Physics Division
2002–2003: Oxford University, George Eastman Visiting Professor

Selected Part-Time Positions

1992–2001: Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Maryland

Selected Awards and Honors

1997: National Academy of Sciences, Member
1997: Nobel Prize in Physics
1998: American Physical Society, Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science

Resources on the Web

Nobel Prize Autobiography

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