Steven chu

Steven Chu

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  • Birth

    Steven Chu was born in St. Louis, Missouri on this date.

  • Ph.D

    Ph.D
    citation Steven Chu earned his Ph.D in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.

  • Began Working at Bell Labs

    Began Working at Bell Labs
    citation In 1978, Chu began working at Bell Laboratories.

  • Professor at Stanford

    Dr. Chu left Bell Labs and became a professor of physics at Stanford on this year.

  • Won Nobel Prize

    Won Nobel Prize
    citation Steven Chu jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize with Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillips in 1997 for the cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light.

  • Sworn in as Secretary of Energy

    Sworn in as Secretary of Energy
    Under the Barack Obama Administration, Steven Chu was voted and sworn in as Secretary of Energy.

  • Resigned

    On this date of this year, Secretary Chu resigned as the longest serving Secretary of Energy.