Barry Clark Barish
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Barry Clark Barish is an American experimental physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his leadership in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project that first detected gravitational waves.
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| Barry Clark Barish canonical | 1 |
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American physicist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ experimental physicist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Enrico Fermi Award
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Fundamental Physics Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Gruber Prize in Cosmology NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Draper Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-01-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| familyName | Barish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental physics
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gravitational-wave astronomy ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| fullName | Barry Clark Barish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
gravitational waves
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high-energy physics ⓘ neutrino physics ⓘ |
| helpedEstablish | LIGO Scientific Collaboration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to gravitational-wave detection
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detection of gravitational waves ⓘ leadership of the LIGO project ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Physical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Pontifical Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor | decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| notableProject | Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Omaha, Nebraska, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Kellogg Professor of Physics at Caltech
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Linde Professor of Physics at Caltech ⓘ director of the LIGO Laboratory ⓘ principal investigator of LIGO ⓘ |
| roleInLIGO |
principal investigator
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project leader ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Kip Stephen Thorne
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Rainer Weiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workplace | California Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Barry Barish