Gerd Binnig

Gerd Binnig
Binnig in 2013
Born (1947-07-20) 20 July 1947 (age 77)
Alma materGoethe University Frankfurt
Known forScanning tunneling microscope
Scanning probe microscopy
Atomic force microscope
AwardsKlung Wilhelmy Science Award (1983)
EPS Europhysics Prize (1984)
King Faisal Prize (1984)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1986)
The Elliott Cresson Medal (1987)

Kavli Prize (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsIBM Zurich Research Laboratory
Doctoral advisorWerner Martienssen
Eckhardt Hoenig
Doctoral studentsFranz Josef Giessibl

Gerd Binnig (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁt ˈbɪnɪç] ; born 20 July 1947[1]) is a German physicist. He is most famous for having won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Heinrich Rohrer in 1986 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope.[2]

  1. ^ "Gerd Binnig – Biographical". Nobel Media AB. 1986. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 – Press Release". Nobel Media AB. 15 October 1986. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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