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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2000s (123) 2007 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1930s (112) 1938 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Carcassonne (2) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) A (79) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) F (33) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) A (39) Albert (9) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) France (60) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) France (32) Orsay (1) Université Paris-Sud (1) 41. Worked for Project-funded Organization 41. Worked for Project-funded Organization Europe (15) Europe, western (12) France (4) Orsay (1) Joint CNRS / Thales Physics Unit (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) France (92) Paris (73) École Normale Supérieure (20) Alumni (13) University of Paris (50) Alumni (42) Long-term academic staff (21) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School Europe (60) Europe, western (50) France (23) Toulouse (1) Lycée Pierre de Fermat (1) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academia Europaea (55) E-P (571) F (89) French Academy of Sciences (89) complete name: Albert Fert nobel prize: physics award year: 2007 together with: Peter Grünberg prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 was awarded jointly to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg "for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Albert family name: Fert occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: physics work location: University of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France description: Albert Fert is a French physicist and one of the discoverers of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks. Currently, he is an emeritus professor at Université Paris-Sud in Orsay and scientific director of a joint laboratory ('Unité mixte de recherche') between the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (National Scientific Research Centre) and Thales Group. Also, he is an Adjunct professor of physics at Michigan State University. He was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Peter Grünberg.Currently he is emeritus proffesor at University of Paris-Sud. image copyright: © The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2007/summary/> date birth: 1938 usual name: Albert Fert
