William Daniel Phillips
William Daniel Phillips | |
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Phillips at the 2012 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting | |
| Born | November 5, 1948 |
| Alma mater | Juniata College Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Laser cooling |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | NIST University of Maryland, College Park |
| Doctoral advisor | Daniel Kleppner |
William Daniel Phillips (born November 5, 1948) is an American physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji.