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Wolfgang Ketterle — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 21 October 1957 · Age: 69

How old is Wolfgang Ketterle?

Wolfgang Ketterle is 69 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 21 October 1957.

Physicist who shared a Nobel Prize for creating Bose-Einstein condensates

Did you know?His research involved cooling atoms to temperatures just a fraction above absolute zero.

Wolfgang Ketterle (German pronunciation:; born 21 October 1957) is a German physicist and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Age: 69
Status: Living

Born: October 21, 1957 · Heidelberg, Germany
Nationality: German
Known for: Science

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