Eric Cornell

Eric Allin Cornell (born December 19, 1961) is an American physicist. Together with Carl E. Wieman he synthesized the first Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995. In 2001 Cornell, Wieman, and Wolfgang Ketterle shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work.

Eric Allin Cornell
Born	December 19, 1961(age 57) Palo Alto, California, USA
Residence	Boulder, Colorado, USA
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Stanford University
Known for	Bose–Einstein condensation
Awards	King Faisal International Prize in Science (1997) Lorentz Medal (1998) Nobel Prize in Physics(2001) Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics(2000)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Colorado Boulder National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) JILA

Eric Allin Cornell
Cornell in June 2015
Born	(1961-12-19) December 19, 1961 (age 63) Palo Alto, California, USA
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Stanford University MIT (Ph.D.)
Known for	Bose–Einstein condensation
Awards	King Faisal International Prize in Science (1997) Lorentz Medal (1998) Nobel Prize in Physics (2001) Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (2000)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Colorado Boulder National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) JILA
Thesis	Mass spectroscopy using single ion cyclotron resonance (1990)
Doctoral advisor	David E. Pritchard