Event: Carleton University will formally congratulate Dr. Peter Grünberg for winning the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics by unveiling a plaque to honour his outstanding achievement. Carleton University’s Dr. Samy Mahmoud, President and Vice-Chancellor pro tempore, Dr. J. Arnold Koningstein, retired Professor of Physical Chemistry, and Dr. Robert Burk, Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Chemistry, will reveal the plaque and speak to Grünberg’s research and success. The unveiling will coincide with the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony and Banquet in Stockholm, Sweden, where Dr. Grünberg will receive his award.
When: Monday, December 10, 2007 at 3:30 p.m.
Where: Second floor foyer of the Steacie Building, Carleton University
Background: Dr. Grünberg was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the National Research Council of Canada at Carleton University from 1969-72 in the Department of Chemistry. He was hired by Dr. Koningstein to work in his Carleton lab. Dr. Grünberg shared the Nobel Prize with French scientist Albert Fert for the discovery of giant magnetoresistance. Dr. Grünberg’s discovery has made it possible to miniaturize hard disks and has enabled computer users to store vast amounts of data on computer devices
Dr. Grünberg has won many other prestigious prizes. He was awarded the Future Prize of the German Federal President in 1998; the prize for European Inventor of the Year by the European Commission in 2006; and the Stern-Gerlach Medal of the German Physics Society, the prestigious Japan Prize, and Israel’s world-famous‚ ‘Wolf Prize’ in 2007.
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For more information:
Mandy Sinclair
Marketing and Communications
Faculty of Science, Carleton University
613-520-2600 ext. 1035
mandy_sinclair@carleton.ca
Thursday, December 6, 2007 in Media Advisories
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