William Daniel Phillips
Phillips at the 2012 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Born	( 1948-11-05 ) November 5, 1948 (age 75) Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	MIT Juniata College
Known for	Laser cooling
Awards	Nobel Prize in physics (1997)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	NIST University of Maryland, College Park
Doctoral advisor	Daniel Kleppner

William Daniel Phillips (born November 5, 1948) is an American physicist . He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics , in 1997, with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji .

In 1996, he received the Albert A. Michelson Medal from The Franklin Institute . ^[1]

Phillips is also a professor of physics, which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at University of Maryland, College Park .

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