Albert Fert

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Nationality France Role Physicist Fields Physics Residence Paris, France		Doctoral advisor I. A. Campbell Name Albert Fert

Born 7 March 1938 (age 86) Carcassonne, Aude, France ( 1938-03-07 ) Institutions Universite Paris-Sud, Michigan State University Alma mater Ecole normale superieure Notable awards CNRS Gold medal (2003) Wolf Prize in Physics (2006) Japan Prize (2007) Nobel Prize in Physics (2007) Education Ecole Normale Superieure, University of Paris-Sud, University of Paris Awards Nobel Prize in Physics, Japan Prize, Wolf Prize in Physics
Known for Giant magnetoresistance

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Albert Fert (born 7 March 1938) 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.

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Biography

Albert Fert 2007 Physics Nobel Prize awarded to French physicist

Fert graduated in 1962 from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He received his Ph.D. (doctorat de troisième cycle) in 1963 and his Sc.D. (doctorat des sciences), both from the Orsay Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris.

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In 1988 Fert discovered the Giant magnetoresistance effect (GMR) in multilayers of iron and chromium. Peter Grünberg from the Jülich Research Centre simultaneously and independently discovered GMR. These two discoveries are recognized as the birth of spintronics. Since 1988, Albert Fert has made contributions to the field of spintronics. He is a member of the Fondation Ecologie d'Avenir since 2011.