What is Carl Wieman?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Carl Edwin Wieman | image = Carl Wieman.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Wieman in 2011 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|3|26}} | birth_place = [[Corvallis, Oregon]], U.S. | nationality = [[United States]] | field = [[Physics]] | work_institutions = [[University of British Columbia]]<br>[[University of Colorado Boulder]]<br>[[University of Michigan]]<br>[[Stanford University]] | alma_mater = [[MIT]]<br>[[Stanford University]] | known_for = [[Bose&ndash;Einstein condensate]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Theodor W. Hänsch]] | doctoral_students = [[Wendy Adams]] | prizes = {{no wrap|[[Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award|E. O. Lawrence Award]] (1993)<br>[[King Faisal International Prize|King Faisal International Prize in Science]] (1997)<br>[[Lorentz Medal]] (1998)<br>[[The Franklin Institute Awards|The Benjamin Franklin Medal]] (2000)<br>[[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (2001)<br>[[Oersted Medal]] (2007)<br>[[Yidan Prize]] (2020)}} }} {{nobelprize|Physics}} '''Carl Edwin Wieman''' (born March 26, 1951) is an American [[physicist]]. He works at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://news.sciencemag.org/education/2013/08/carl-wieman-takes-physics-education-jobs-stanford |title = Carl Wieman Takes Physics, Education Jobs at Stanford |last = Mervis |first = Jeffrey |date = 28 August 2013 |website = sciencemag.org |access-date = 23 November 2013 |archive-date = 3 December 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010728/http://news.sciencemag.org/education/2013/08/carl-wieman-takes-physics-education-jobs-stanford |url-status = dead }}</ref> In 1995, while at the [[University of Colorado Boulder]], he and [[Eric Allin Cornell]] created the first true [[Bose&ndash;Einstein condensate]] (BEC). In 2001, he won the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wieman, Carl}} [[Category:1951