Eric Allin Cornell

Eric Allin Cornell (born December 19, 1961) is a physicist who, along with Carl E. Wieman, was able to synthesize Bose-Einstein condensate in 1995. For their efforts, Cornell, Weiman, and Wolfgang Ketterle shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001.

Cornell was born in Palo Alto, California. He is currently a professor at the University of Colorado.

External Links

• University of Colorado page for Eric Cornell