Gérard Mourou
French scientist
Gérard Albert Mourou is a French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, along with Donna Strickland, for the invention of chirped pulse amplification, a technique... Wikipedia
Place of birth: Albertville, France
Education: Sorbonne University Pierre and Marie Curie Campus (1973), Sorbonne University Pierre and Marie Curie Campus (1970), and Université Grenoble Alpes
Notable student: Donna Strickland
Awards: R. W. Wood Prize (1995) and Nobel Prize in Physics (2018)
Affiliation: Ecole Polytechnique
Research interests: Laser
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