Awards & Winners

David J. Wineland

Date of Birth 24-February-1944
Place of Birth Milwaukee
(Wisconsin, United States of America, Area code 414)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as David Wineland
David Jeffrey Wineland is an American Nobel Prize awarded physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology physics laboratory. His work has included advances in optics, specifically laser cooling of ions in Paul traps and use of trapped ions to implement quantum computing operations. He was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics, jointly with Serge Haroche, for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems."

Awards by David J. Wineland

Check all the awards nominated and won by David J. Wineland.

2012


Nobel Prize in Physics
(for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems.)

2007


National Medal of Science for Engineering
(For his leadership in developing the science of laser cooling and manipulation of ions, with applications in precise measurements and standards, quantum computing, and fundamental tests of quantum mechanics; his major impact on the international scientific community through the training of scientists; and his outstanding publications)