(1/3) Eric A. Cornell - He was born on December 19, 1961 in Palo Alto, California. He currently is associated with the JILA and National Institude of Standards & Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. Awarded the Nobel Physics Prize for finding Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms. (1/3) Wolfgang Ketterle - He was born Recieved a Masters degree from the Technical University of Munich in 1982 and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Munich in 1986. He joined the Physics faculty at MIT in 1993. While he was at MIT he was a part of the team that Found Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms. (1/3) Carl E. Wieman - He was born on March 26, 1951 in Corvallis, Oregon. Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University in 1977 and a Doctorate of Science (Honorary) from the University of Chicago in 1997. He currently is associated with the JILA and National Institude of Standards & Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. Awarded the Nobel Physics Prize for finding Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms.