Interview with Nobel Laureate, Carl Wieman. Dr. Wieman was keynote speaker for Corvallis' da Vinci Days Festival 2007.

Carl Edwin Wieman (born March 26, 1951) is a Nobel-prize winning American physicist at the University of British Columbia who (with Eric Allin Cornell), in 1995, produced the first true Bose-Einstein condensate. Wieman joined the University of British Columbia physics faculty on January 1st, 2007 and is heading a well-endowed science education program there; he retains a 20% appointment at University of Colorado, Boulder to head the science education project he founded in Colorado.

Wieman was born in Corvallis, Oregon and graduated from Corvallis High School. Wieman earned his B.S. in 1973 from MIT and his PhD. from Stanford University in 1977; he was also given a Doctorate of Science (Honorary) from the University of Chicago in 1997. He was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1998. In 2001, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with , Eric Cornell and Wolfgang Ketterle. In 2004, he was named United States Professor of the Year among all doctoral and research universities.

Wieman currently serves as Chair of the Board on Science Education of the National Academy of Sciences. You can learn more about his current efforts at Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative. In 2007, Wieman was awarded the Oersted Medal, which recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics, by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Source: Wikipedia

Dr. Wieman and Chester Bateman discuss Nobel Prize and thoughts about returning home to Corvallis.

Listen to Dr. Wieman's da Vinci Days keynote speech here.

Podcaster: Chester Bateman