Portrait of Steven Chu
Date
2014
Sitter
Steven Chu (1948) , Physicist
Creator
Debbie Rowe (British) , Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Subject
Physics
> Atomic and Molecular physics
Earth Sciences
> Geology
Royal Society history & activity
> Events
> Admission Day
> Atomic and Molecular physics
Earth Sciences
> Geology
Royal Society history & activity
> Events
> Admission Day
Description
Half-length portrait of Steven Chu, arms by his sides, looking directly out at the camera. Against a grey background. He wears a blue shirt, a yellow tie with a paisley pattern, and a black suit jacket with a pin on his left lapel.
Professor Steven Chu (b.1948), American physicist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2014. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillips in 1997 for their development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.
Professor Steven Chu (b.1948), American physicist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2014. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillips in 1997 for their development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.
Object history
Taken at the Royal Society Admissions Day Ceremony, July 2014.
Associated place