Kenneth G. Libbrecht

Kenneth G. Libbrecht
BornJune 1958 (age 67)
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Alma materCaltech (BS,1980), Princeton (PhD,1984)
AwardsNewton Lacy Pierce Prize (1991)
National Outdoor Book Award (2004)
IBPA Book Award (2004)
Lennart Nilsson Award (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsCrystal Growth, Solar Astronomy, Helioseismology, LIGO, AMO Physics, Undergraduate physics laboratory teaching
InstitutionsCaltech, 1984-present
Doctoral advisorRobert Dicke

Kenneth G. Libbrecht is an American physicist whose research has focused on crystal growth, gravitational wave detection, laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms, helioseismology, and physics laboratory teaching. He has been a Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology (a.k.a. Caltech) since 1984, and he was the physics department chair from 1997-2013.

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