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Published as SubjectGerard Mourou
Dates
1944 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Mourou, Gerard
Additional Forms of Names
Mourou, G., Gerard
Mourou, G. A.
Mourou, Gerard, 1944-
Mourou, Gérard
Mourou, Gerard Albert
Biography
Abstract
Gerard Mourou is the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with Donna Strickland "for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses." Mourou is a founding Director of the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science at the University of Michigan and is currently also a professor at École polytechnique in Palaiseau, France.
Important Dates
June 22, 1944Birth, France.
1967Obtained undergraduate degree, University of Grenoble (Université de Grenoble), Grenoble (France).
circa 1973Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, San Diego.
1973Obtained PhD, University of Paris VI (Université Pierre et Marie Curie), Paris (France).
circa 1974 – circa 1977Staff, École polytechnique de Paris.
circa 1980sStaff, Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Professor, Optical Institute (1987), University of Rochester.
circa 1988 – presentFounding Director (1990), Center for Ultrafast Optical Science and A. D. Moore Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan.
1995Awarded R. W. Wood Prize, Optical Society of America (OSA).
1997Awarded Harold E. Edgerton Award, SPIE.
2004Awarded LEOS Quantum Electronics Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
2005Initiator, Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI).
2009Awarded Charles Hard Townes Medal, OSA.
2016Awarded Frederic Ives Medal / Jarus W. Quinn Prize, OSA.
2018Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with Donna Strickland "for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses".
2018Professor Haut-Collége, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France).
2018Awarded Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Electrical engineer and laser physicist.
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Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
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People
Advisors & Collaborators
Advised by Mourou at University of Rochester and shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses."
Additional
Both awarded 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for separate projects.
Institutions
Major Positions
Ecole polytechnique (France)
Staff and Professor Haut-Collége.
Extreme Light Infrastructure (Project)
Initiator.
University of Michigan. Department of Physics
Founding Director, Center for Ultrafast Optical Science and A. D. Moore Distinguished University Professor Emeritus.
University of Rochester. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Staff, Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Professor, Optical Institute.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Awarded 2018 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Awarded 2004 IEEE/LEOS Quantum Electronics Award.
Awarded 1995 R. W. Wood Prize; 2009 Charles Hard Townes Medal; 2016 Frederic Ives Medal / Jarus W. Quinn Prize; and Fellow.
SPIE
Awarded 1997 Harold E. Edgerton Award.
Université de Grenoble
Obtained undergraduate degree (1967).
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Obtained PhD (1973).