!!!Alain Aspect \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='File-Alain_Aspect_in_Tel_Aviv_University.jpg' caption='' height='170' alt='Alain Aspect'}]%% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ *1992 - present CNRS distinguished scientist (directeur de recherche CNRS de classe exceptionnelle), at Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, Palaiseau: head of the Atom Optics group Augustin Fresnel Professor at Institut d‟Optique, Professor at Ecole Polytechnique *1985 - 1992 Collège de France scientist (sous-directeur de laboratoire), associated with the chair of atomic physics held by C. Cohen-Tannoudji *1974 - 1985 Lecturer at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan *1971 - 1974 Teacher as voluntary service overseas in Yaoundé (Cameroon) *1969 - 1971 Assistant lecturer, Orsay University \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *2022 Nobel Prize in Physics (jointly with John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger) "''for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell's inequalities and pioneering quantum information science''" *Asteroid 33163 Alainaspect, discovered by astronomers at Caussols in 1998, was named after him *2014 Named Officer of the Legion of Honour *2013 Balzan Prize *2013 Niels Bohr International Gold Medal *2013 UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal *2012 Einstein medal of the Albert Einstein Society CV AA 6 / 6 17/03/2012 *2011 Médaille grand vermeil de la Ville de Paris *2011 Honorary doctor of Technion (Haifa) *2011 Herbert Walther award (OSA and DPG) *2010 Wolf prize in Physics *2010 Honorary doctor of the University of Glasgow *2010 ERC Advanced grant *2009 European Physical Society Quantum Electronics Prize *2008 Honorary doctor of the Herriot-Watt University, Edimburgh *2008 Honorary doctor of the Australian National University, Canberra *2007 iXcore research foundation laureate *2006 Honorary doctor of the Ecole Polytechnique and University of Montreal *2005 [CNRS Gold Metal|http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/394.htm], France http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/394.htm *2000 Carnegie trust centenary professor, U. of Strathclyde, Scotland *1999 Max Born Award of the Optical Society of America, USA *1999 Humboldt-Gay Lussac Prize, Germany *1991 Holweck Prize (Société Française de Physique and Institute of Physics), UK *1987 International Commission for Optics Award *1985 Commonwealth Award for Science and Invention, USA *1983 Prix Servan de l‟Académie des Sciences, France *Distinguished Membership or Fellowship **2015 Foreign Member of the Royal Society **2009 Austrian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member abroad **2008 National Academy of Sciences (USA) Foreign Associate **2006 European Optical Society Fellow **2005 American Physical Society Fellow **2002 Optical Society of America Fellow **2002 Académie des Sciences (France) member **2000 Académie des Technologies (France) member **1995 Académie des Sciences (France) corresponding member *Distinguished Lectureship **2010 Elliott W. Montroll lecturer, U of Rochester **2009 University of Toronto distinguished lecturer **2009 Invited lecturer at the “Troisième cycle de la physique en Suisse romande” **2009 Asher Peres memorial lecturer, Technion, Israel **2006 Yale University distinguished lecturer in quantum information physics **2006 Wenner-Gren distinguished lecturer, Sweden **2006 Norman Hascoe distinguished lecturer, UConn, USA **2002 Klosk lecturer, New York University, USA **2000 Carnegie centennial professor, University of Strathclyde, Scotland **1992 Loebb lecturer, Harvard University, USA \\ \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Aspect_Alain/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Aspect_Alain/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Aspect_Alain/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] -->[Other information|User/Aspect_Alain/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit aaspect}] [{ALLOW upload aaspect}] [{ALLOW comment All}]