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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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2009-01-01 |
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| Name | Steven Chu |
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Oakland, California , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 28, 1948
(76 years)
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Modifed | IndyGeorgia
May 10, 2010 09:19pm |
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| Info | Chu is currently Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cellular Biology of University of California, Berkeley and the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. As global warming warnings grow more dire, Chu is currently pushing his scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and industry to develop technologies to reverse climate change. Chief in Chu's campaign is an unprecedented research pact reached between UC Berkeley, oil industry giant BP, the Lawrence Berkeley Lab and the University of Illinois. He is known for his research in laser cooling and trapping of atoms, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997. His current research is concerned primarily with the study of biological systems at the single molecule level.
Chu graduated from Garden City High School. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1970 from the University of Rochester, and his doctorate degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1976. He remained at Berkeley as a Postdoc for two years before joining Bell Labs where he and his several co-workers carried out his Nobel-winning laser cooling work. None of his co-workers, however, were recognized with the Nobel Prize. He left Bell Labs and became a professor of Physics at Stanford University in 1987. Chu served as the chair of the Physics Department at Stanford University from 1990-1993 and 1999-2001. He was appointed as the director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2004.
Chu, with three other professors, was involved with the Bio-X program in Stanford that is intended to bring together scientists from physics, chemistry, biology and engineering backgrounds under one roof in the James H. Clark Center. He also played an important role in securing the funding of the Kavli Institute at Stanford.
Chu married his wife Jean, an Oxford-trained physicist who was previously married to Stanford physicist Alexander Fetter, shortly after Steven Chu received the Nobel Prize. His younger brother, Morgan Chu, is the former Co-Managing Partner at Irell & Manella LLP, a law firm. His older brother Gilbert Chu is a professor and researcher of Biochemistry and Medicine at Stanford University.
Chu was the keynote speaker for Boston University's 134th commencement ceremony which took place on May 20, 2007. Besides his scientific career, he also developed serious interest in various sports, including baseball, swimming and cycling.
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