William E. Moerner
Nobel prize winning American chemical physicist (born 1953)
Who was William E. Moerner?
William E. Moerner was born on June 24, 1953. Moerner, (born June 24, 1953) is an American physical chemist and chemical physicist with current work in the biophysics and imaging of single molecules. Moerner was born in Pleasanton, California on June 24, 1953, the son of Bertha Frances (Robinson) and William Alfred Moerner. He attended Washington University in St. He then pursued graduate study, partially supported by a National Science Foundation, at Cornell University in the group of Albert J.
Career and public life
William Esco Moerner, also known as W. Optical study of single molecules has subsequently become a widely used single-molecule experiment in chemistry, physics and biology. Louis for undergraduate studies as an Alexander S. degree in physics in 1978 and 1982, respectively. Moerner, is an American physical chemist and chemical physicist with current work in the biophysics and imaging of single molecules.
Historical significance
He is credited with achieving the first optical detection and spectroscopy of a single molecule in condensed phases, along with his postdoc, Lothar Kador. In 2014, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.