• American physicist and educationist at Stanford University
• Stanford University, University of Chicago, MIT, University of Colorado Boulder
• Nobel Laureate in Physics in 2011 with Eric Cornell and Wolfgang Ketterle
• Chair of the Board on Science Education of the National  Academy of Sciences (2005-2009)
• Oersted Medal by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
• Member of USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board
• The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director of Science on March 24, 2010. 

Carl Wieman, PhD., is an American physicist and educationist at Stanford  University. In 1995, while at the University of Colorado Boulder, he and Eric  Cornell produced the first true Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) and, in 2001, they and Wolfgang Ketterle (for further BEC studies) were awarded the Nobel  Prize in Physics. Wieman earned his B.S. in 1973 from MIT and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1977; he was also awarded a Doctor of Science, honoris causa from the University of Chicago in 1997. He was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1998. In 2004, he was named United States  Professor of the Year among all doctoral and research universities.
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Carl has served as Chair of the Board on Science Education of the National Academy of Sciences from 2005 to 2009. In 2007, Wieman was awarded the  Oersted Medal, which recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics, by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Wieman is a  member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival’s Advisory Board. Wieman was nominated to be The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director of Science on March 24, 2010. His hearing in front of the Commerce committee occurred on May 20, 2010 and he was passed by unanimous consent. On September 16, 2010 Dr. Wieman was confirmed by unanimous consent.