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Steven Chu is a Nobel laureate in Physics (1997), Chair of the Department of Physics at Stanford University and the Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University. Chu's research is primarily in the areas of atomic physics, quantum electronics, polymer and bio-physics. Prior to joining Stanford, Chu was with AT&T Bell Laboratories as head of its Quantum Electronics Research Department where he did the first laser spectroscopy of positronium. Among the dozens of awards Chu has earned are the Science for Art Prize, the Herbert Broida Prize for Spectroscopy, Richtmyer Memorial Prize Lecturer, co-winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Science, the Arthur Schawlow Prize for Laser Science, the William Meggers Award for Laser Spectroscopy and the Science for Art Prize. Chu was a Humboldt Senior Scientist and a Guggenheim Fellow, as well. Chu is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Academica Sinica. He has published well over 100 articles and professional papers. Chu earned his Ph.D. in physics at the University of California, Berkeley.