Martin Zwierlein

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Martin Zwierlein
NationalityGerman
Alma mater University of Bonn
École Normale Supérieure
MIT (Ph.D.)
Known for ultracold atoms
Scientific career
Fields Physics
Atomic Physics
Ultracold Atoms
Thesis High-temperature superfluidity in an ultracold Fermi gas  (2007)
Doctoral advisor Wolfgang Ketterle
Website web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/zwierlein_martin.html

Martin Zwierlein is a professor of physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society. [1] [2]

Zwierlein was educated at the University of Bonn and the École Normale Supérieure. [2] He obtained his Ph.D. at MIT under Wolfgang Ketterle. Afterwards, he was briefly a postdoctoral research associate in the group of Immanuel Bloch at Mainz University. [3]

Zwierlein joined the MIT department of physics in 2007 and was promoted to full professor in 2013. [3]

He is a pioneer in the study of ultracold atomic Fermi gases and molecules.

He was won numerous awards for his work, including the I. I. Rabi Prize of the American Physical Society in 2017 [4] , and the TOPTICA BEC Junior Award in 2021 [5]

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References

  1. "Martin Zwierlein". aps.org. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Martin Zwierlein". mit.edu. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Martin Zwierlein" . Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  4. "2017 I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Recipient" . Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  5. "TOPTICA BEC Junior Award 2021" . Retrieved September 17, 2021.