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Also known as Betzig E, Robert Eric Betzig, R. Eric Betzig

American physicist

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Eric Betzig is an American physicist and chemist born in Ann Arbor on January 13, 1960. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and was educated at Cornell University, Cornell University College of Engineering, and the California Institute of Technology. Betzig works in the field of chemistry and is affiliated with the Janelia Research Campus and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Betzig has received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Newcomb Cleveland Prize. His academic work has been influenced by William E. Moerner. He speaks English and is recognized in the Nobel Laureates and Nobel Chemistry collections.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2014

    for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy

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Robert
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male
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United States
Place of birth
Ann Arbor
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chemist
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English language
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Doctor of Philosophy
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chemistry
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1960-01-13
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influenced by
William E. Moerner
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chemistry
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Encyclopedic overview

Robert Eric Betzig (born January 13, 1960) is an American physicist who works as a professor of physics and professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a senior fellow at the Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia.

Betzig has worked to develop the field of fluorescence microscopy and photoactivated localization microscopy. He was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy" along with Stefan Hell and fellow Cornell alumnus William E. Moerner.

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