Personal:
Born March 26, 1951, Corvallis, Oregon

Degrees:

• B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973
• Ph.D., Stanford University, 1977
  
• Doctorate of Science (Honorary) University of Chicago, 1997

• Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 1977-1979
  
• Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Michigan, 1979-1984
  
• Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado, 1984-1987
  
• Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), 1985-present
  
• Professor of Physics, University of Colorado, 1987-present
  
• Chairman, JILA, 1993-1995
  
• Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado, 1997-present
• Presidential Teaching Scholar, University of Colorado, 2004-

Teaching:

• Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award, American Association of Physics Teachers, 1996
• Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar 1999-2000
• NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars, 2001
• University of Colorado Presidential Teaching Scholar, 2004
• U.S. Professor of the Year, 2004, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education

Research:

• Hertz Foundation Fellow, 1973-1977
  
• Sloan Research Fellowship, 1984
  
• University of Colorado Faculty Fellowship, 1990-1991
  
• Guggenheim Fellowship, 1990-1991
  
• Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1990
  
• Loeb Lecturer (Harvard University), 1990-1991
  
• E. O. Lawrence Award in Physics, 1993
  
• Davisson-Germer Prize of the American Physical Society, 1994
  
• National Academy of Sciences, elected 1995
  
• Einstein Medal for Laser Science, Society for Optical and Quantum Electronics, 1995
  
• Fritz London Award in Low Temperature Physics, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, 1996
  
• Newcomb Cleveland Prize (AAAS), 1996
  
• Distinguished Research Lectureship, University of Colorado, 1996-1997
  
• King Faisal International Prize for Science, 1997
  
• Award for Science, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, 1997
  
• American Academy of Arts & Sciences, elected 1998
  
• Frew Fellowship, Austrailian Academy of Science, 1998
  
• Lorentz Medal (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) 1998
  
• Cherwell-Simon Lecturer, (Oxford University) 1999
  
• R. W. Wood Prize (Optical Society of America) 1999
  
• Schawlow Prize for Laser Science (American Physical Society) 1999
  
• Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (Franklin Institute) 2000
• Nobel Prize in Physics 2001
  

Professional Associations:

• Optical Society of America
• American Physical Society
• American Association of Physics Teachers