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Wolfgang Ketterle
| Full Name of the recipient | Wolfgang Ketterle |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 2001 |
| Share in Award | 33.3% |
| Award Shared with | Eric A. Cornell (33.3%) Carl E. Wieman (33.3%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Place of Birth | Heidelberg, West Germany (now known as Germany DEU) |
| Date of Birth | 21 October 1957 |
| Age at the time of Award | 43 years |
