Wolfgang Ketterle
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Academic Background: Wolfgang Ketterle holds a master’s degree from the Technical University of Munich and a PhD in physics from the University of Munich. He conducted postdoctoral research at the Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, the University of Heidelberg, and MIT.
Research Interests: Atomic physics, laser spectroscopy, laser cooling, Bose-Einstein condensation, and ultracold atomic matter.
Appointments: John D. MacArthur Professor of Physics at MIT.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (2001) for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms.
Publications: Published extensively on Bose-Einstein condensation and atomic physics in top-tier journals.
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