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Watt W. Webb

Watt Wetmore Webb

American physicist (1927–2020).

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Occupation

Physicist
University Teacher
Biophysicist

Instance Of

Human

Sex or Gender

Male

Award Received

Guggenheim Fellowship
Rosenstiel Award
(2013)
Point in Time
: 2013
Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics
(2010)
Award Rationale
: For pioneering the applications of rigorous physical principles to the development of optical tools that have broadly impacted our ability to examine biological systems.
Point in Time
: 2010
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics
(1991)
Point in Time
: 1991
Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Date of Birth

8/27/1927

Country of Citizenship

United States

Member Of

National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Place of Birth

Kansas City

Employer

Cornell University

Family Name

Webb

Academic Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctoral Advisor

John T. Norton
Carl Wagner

Date of Death

10/29/2020

Place of Death

New York City

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Name in Native Language

Watt Wetmore Webb

Educated At

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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