Chu was professor of physics and applied physics at Stanford, where he developed “optical tweezers,” a laboratory technique in which lasers are used to trap one end of a molecule and hold it suspended so that an individual molecule's properties can be studied. In 2004 he became director of...
Reports on the selection of Steven Chu, physics professor at Stanford University and a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, as sixth director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory by the University of California (UC) Board of Regents. Recommendation for Chu by UC President Robert C. ...
Chu was formerly Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley, professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University and a program head at AT&T Bell Laboratories. His work in laser cooling and trapping was honored as co-recipient of the Nobel Prize ...
I also want to point out the irony of speaking to graduates of an institution that would have rejected me, had I the chutzpah to apply. I am married to “Dean Jean,” the former dean of admissions at Stanford. She assures me that she would have rejected me, if given the chance. Wh...
Nuclear has to be a necessary part of the portfolio," Chu, the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, said during the annual economic summit organized by Stanford University. "The fear of radiation shouldn't even enter into this, he said. "Coal is very, very bad." A very good...
he then went onto become the US Secretary of Energy—after serving asdirector of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.After finishing his term as secretary, Chu went back tothe lab bench at Stanford University, where he has beenexploring batteries and renewable energy technology,among other lin...