Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Gérard Mourou across 6 places, from 1944 to 2024.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Gérard Albert Mourou (born 22 June 1944) is a French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Gérard Mourou was documented, and when
22 June 1944exact date
Albertvilleattested“Mourou was born on 22 June 1944 in Albertville, France.”source: Wikipedia: Gérard Mourou
1977year
University of Rochesterattested“He later became a professor at the University of Rochester in 1977, where he and his then student Donna Strickland produced their Nobel prize-winning work in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the university in the 1980s.”source: Wikipedia: Gérard Mourou
2005 to 2009period
École Polytechniqueattested“He subsequently returned to France as a professor at the École polytechnique to direct the Laboratoire d'optique appliquée at ENSTA from 2005 to 2009 and develop the Extreme Light Infrastructure project from 2007 on.”source: Wikipedia: Gérard Mourou
2005 to 2009period
ENSTAattested“He subsequently returned to France as a professor at the École polytechnique to direct the Laboratoire d'optique appliquée at ENSTA from 2005 to 2009 and develop the Extreme Light Infrastructure project from 2007 on.”source: Wikipedia: Gérard Mourou
2005 to 2009period
Franceattested“He subsequently returned to France as a professor at the École polytechnique to direct the Laboratoire d'optique appliquée at ENSTA from 2005 to 2009 and develop the Extreme Light Infrastructure project from 2007 on.”source: Wikipedia: Gérard Mourou
October 2024month
Peking Universityattested“In October 2024, he was appointed as a Chair Professor at Peking University.”source: Wikipedia: Gérard Mourou
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1973year
Pierre and Marie Curie Universitymentioned“Mourou obtained a PhD degree from Pierre and Marie Curie University in 1973.”source: Wikipedia: Gérard Mourou
1977year
Laboratory for Laser Energeticsmentioned“He later became a professor at the University of Rochester in 1977, where he and his then student Donna Strickland produced their Nobel prize-winning work in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the university in the 1980s.”source: Wikipedia: Gérard Mourou
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