Ronald L. Walsworth

American physicist
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Summary

Ronald L. Walsworth was born on 1962[1]. He has worked as a physicist[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[4]
  • Field of work: physics[5], instrumentation[6], quantum sensor[7], astronomy[8], maser[9], quantum technology[10]
  • Employer: Smithsonian Institution[11], Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory[12], Harvard University[13], Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics[14], University of Maryland[15]
  • Educated at: Duke University[16], Harvard University[17]
  • Award received: Fellow of the American Physical Society[18], Francis M. Pipkin Award[19]
  • Sex or gender: male[20]
  • Family name: Walsworth[21]
  • Given name: Ronald[22]
  • Official website: http://walsworth.physics.harvard.edu/index.html[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names[24]

Why It Matters

Ronald L. Walsworth is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

FAQs

What did Ronald L. Walsworth do for work?

Ronald L. Walsworth worked as a physicist[2].

Where did Ronald L. Walsworth go to school?

Ronald L. Walsworth was educated at Duke University[16] and Harvard University[17].

What awards did Ronald L. Walsworth receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Physical Society[18] and Francis M. Pipkin Award[19].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . walsworth.physics.harvard.edu. Retrieved . walsworth.physics.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . walsworth.physics.harvard.edu. Retrieved . walsworth.physics.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . profiles.si.edu. Retrieved . profiles.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . profiles.si.edu. Retrieved . profiles.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . profiles.si.edu. Retrieved . profiles.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . profiles.si.edu. Retrieved . profiles.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . aps.org. Retrieved . aps.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . eng.umd.edu. Retrieved . eng.umd.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . profiles.si.edu. Retrieved . profiles.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . profiles.si.edu. Retrieved . profiles.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . profiles.si.edu. Retrieved . profiles.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . profiles.si.edu. Retrieved . profiles.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . walsworth.physics.harvard.edu. Retrieved . walsworth.physics.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . eng.umd.edu. Retrieved . eng.umd.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . aps.org. Retrieved . aps.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . aps.org. Retrieved . aps.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Smithsonian Names
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en']
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  2. 16w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Academic tree id → 76697
    Award received → Fellow of the American Physical Society, Francis M. Pipkin Award
    Family name → Walsworth
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