朱棣文是继 1957 年的 杨振宁 、 李政道 , 1976 年的 丁肇中 和 11 年前的 李远哲 之后,第五位获诺贝尔奖的华裔科学家。 他荣获诺贝尔奖的科研项目的主要工作是 1987 年到 1992 年期间在斯坦福大学完成的。 朱棣文研究的领域包括基础原子物理、激光、生物物理等。 1997 年因“发明了用激光冷却和俘获原子的方法”荣获诺贝尔物理学奖 Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Steven Chu Is Obama's Choice For Energy Secretary Posted by JoulesBurn on December 11, 2008 - 10:02am Topic: Policy/Politics It will be announced today that Dr. Steven Chu, Director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for Secretary of Energy. Dr. Chu shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on laser cooling and trapping of atoms. Prior to becoming director of LBL, he was a professor at Stanford University and also worked at the former Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. For a more complete overview of his work, there is this autobiography or a rapidly-updated Wikipedia entry. Reaching deep into The Oil Drum archives, commenter Step Back pointed to an audio presentation of a talk and interview with Dr. Chu in July 2005 at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA.: 参阅: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4861
Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy As United States Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu, is charged with helping implement President Obama’s ambitious agenda to invest in clean and renewable energy, end our addiction to foreign oil, address the global climate crisis and create millions of new jobs. Dr. Chu, a distinguished scientist and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics (1997), has devoted his recent scientific career to the search for new solutions to our energy challenges and stopping global climate change – a mission he continues with even greater urgency as Secretary of Energy. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Chu was director of DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and professor of Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California. He successfully applied the techniques he developed in atomic physics to molecular biology, and since 2004, motivated by his deep interest in climate change, he has recently led the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in pursuit of new alternative and renewable energies. Previously, he held positions at Stanford University and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Professor Chu’s research in atomic physics, quantum electronics, polymer and biophysics includes tests of fundamental theories in physics, the development of methods to laser cool and trap atoms, atom interferometry, and the manipulation and study of polymers and biological systems at the single molecule level. While at Stanford, he helped start Bio-X, a multi-disciplinary initiative that brings together the physical and biological sciences with engineering and medicine. Secretary Chu is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academica Sinica, the Korean Academy of Sciences and Technology and numerous other civic and professional organizations. He received an A.B. degree in mathematics, a B.S. degree in physics from the University of Rochester, a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley as well as honorary degrees from 10 universities. Chu was born in Saint Louis, Missouri on February 28, 1948. He is married to Dr. Jean Chu, who holds a D.Phil. in Physics from Oxford and has served as chief of staff to two Stanford University presidents as well as Dean of Admissions. Secretary Chu has two grown sons, Geoffrey and Michael, by a previous marriage. In announcing Dr. Chu’s selection on December 15, 2008, President Obama said, “the future of our economy and national security is inextricably linked to one challenge: energy… Steven has blazed new trails as a scientist, teacher, and administrator, and has recently led the Berkeley National Laboratory in pursuit of new alternative and renewable energies. He is uniquely suited to be our next Secretary of Energy as we make this pursuit a guiding purpose of the Department of Energy, as well as a national mission.” Dr. Chu was sworn into office as the 12th Secretary of Energy on January 21, 2009.
Steven Chu (born February 28, 1948) [3] is an American physicist and currently the 12th United States Secretary of Energy . Working at Bell Labs and Stanford University , Chu is known for his research in cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light , which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997. [3] At the time of his appointment as Energy Secretary, he was a professor of physics and molecular and cellular biology at the University of California, Berkeley and the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , where his research was concerned primarily with the study of biological systems at the single molecule level . [1] He is a vocal advocate for more research into alternative energy and nuclear power , arguing that a shift away from fossil fuels is essential to combating global warming . [4] [5] [6] For example, he has conceived of a global "glucose economy", a form of a low-carbon economy , in which glucose from tropical plants is shipped around like oil is today . [7]