Serge Haroche — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems."
Professor at the Collège de France, holding the chair of quantum physics since 2001.
Developed laser spectroscopy through his work.
Elected administrator of the Collège de France in September 2012.
Defended his doctoral thesis in physics at the University of Paris VI in 1971.

Biography

Serge Haroche is a French physicist who was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with David J. Wineland, for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems." His work also developed laser spectroscopy.

Since 2001, Haroche has been a professor at the Collège de France, where he holds the chair of quantum physics. In 2022, he held the Fermi Chair of Physics at the University of Rome La Sapienza.