Carl Wieman PhD
Office of Science and Technology


Ph.D. in Physics, Stanford University
B.S. in Physics, MIT
Founder and Chairman, PhET
The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director of Science.

Dr. Carl Wieman earned his B.S. in physics in 1973 from MIT and his Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University in 1977. In 2001, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Eric Allin Cornell and Wolfgang Ketterle. In 2004, he was named United States Professor of the Year among all doctoral and research universities. Dr. Wieman is the founder and chairman of PhET, a web-based directive of University of Colorado which provides an extensive suite of simulations to improve the way that physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math are taught and learned. On September 2010, Dr. Wieman was confirmed by unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate as The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director of Science.

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