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Steven Chu
American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate.
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Statements about
Steven Chu
Sex or Gender
Male
Occupation
Physicist
Politician
University Teacher
Climate Activist
Country of Citizenship
United States
Member of Political Party
Democratic Party
Educated At
University of Rochester
University of California, Berkeley
Garden City High School
Instance Of
Human
Date of Birth
2/28/1948
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Award Received
19 items
Guggenheim Fellowship
(1996)
Point in Time
:
1996
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1997)
Together With
:
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Together With
:
William Daniel Phillips
Award Rationale
:
for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light
Award Rationale
:
för utveckling av metoder att kyla och infånga atomer med laserljus
Point in Time
:
1997
Prize Money
:
2,500,000 Swedish krona
King Faisal International Prize in Science
(1993)
Together With
:
Herbert Walther
Point in Time
:
1993
Humboldt Research Fellowship
Wolfgang Paul Lecture
(1998)
Point in Time
:
1998
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(2014)
Point in Time
:
2014
Announcement Date
:
4/30/2014
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
(1990)
Point in Time
:
1990
Fellow of the American Physical Society
(1986)
Point in Time
:
1986
Herbert P. Broida Prize
(1987)
Point in Time
:
1987
Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science
(1994)
Point in Time
:
1994
Humboldt Prize
(1995)
Point in Time
:
1995
Fellow of the Optical Society
(1991)
Point in Time
:
1991
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Honorary Doctor of the Peking University
(2008)
Point in Time
:
2008
Honorary Doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
(1998)
Point in Time
:
1998
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University
(2009)
Point in Time
:
2009
William F. Meggers Award
(1994)
Point in Time
:
1994
Honorary Doctor of Yale University
(5/23/2010)
Point in Time
:
5/23/2010
Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics
Place of Birth
St. Louis
Described by Source
Lentapedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q17317757
Title
:
Чу, Стивен
Employer
University of California, Berkeley
Stanford University
Bell Labs
Given Name
Steven
Member Of
Royal Society
(2014)
Point in Time
:
2014
National Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academia Sinica
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
American Physical Society
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Father
Ju-Chin Chu
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Official Website
http://www.energy.gov/
https://profiles.stanford.edu/steve-chu
Position Held
United States Secretary of Energy
(1/21/2009 - 4/22/2013)
Replaces
:
Samuel Bodman
Replaced By
:
Ernest Moniz
Appointed By
:
Barack Obama
Start Time
:
1/21/2009
End Time
:
4/22/2013
Field of Work
Atomic Physics
Family Name
Zhu
Relative
Sibling
Morgan Chu
Kinship to Subject
:
Younger Brother
Work Location
Stanford
Professorship
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professorship
Doctoral Advisor
Eugene Commins
Participant In
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015
Subject Named As
:
Steven Chu
Represents
:
Stanford University
Affiliation
Stanford University
Stanford University Physics Department
Mother
Q134082138
Interested In
Physics
Gilbert Chu
Kinship to Subject
:
Elder Brother
Shu-Tian Li
Kinship to Subject
:
Maternal Grandfather
Li Shu-Hua
Kinship to Subject
:
Granduncle
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