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Wolfgang Ketterle

German physicist.

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Wolfgang Ketterle is a German physicist. Born on 21 October 1957 in Heidelberg, Ketterle is 69.

Ketterle studied at Heidelberg University and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Honours include Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, I. I. Rabi Prize and Fritz London Award, among 11 recorded.

With a Wikipedia article in 68 languages, Wolfgang Ketterle is No. 29,331 in the People and Position Index.

Born: 21 October 1957, Heidelberg (age 69)
Country: Germany
Known as: Physicist, university teacher, physics teacher
Field: Science
Education: Heidelberg University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Languages: German
Wikipedia editions: 68

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21 Oct

Shares a birthday with Alfred Nobel and Benjamin Netanyahu.

One of 46 people in the Index born in Heidelberg, with Friedrich Ebert.

Has a Wikipedia article in 68 languages.

Computed from the Index and Wikidata.

Honours and works

Awards

Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering1996
I. I. Rabi Prize1997
Fritz London Award1999
Dannie Heineman Prize1999
Benjamin Franklin Medal2000
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2001
Nobel Prize in Physics2001
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg2002
Wolfgang Paul Lecture2009
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2016
Fellow of the American Physical Society