Albert Fert

Albert Fert
Fert in 2008
Born	(1937-03-07) 7 March 1937 (age 87) Carcassonne, Aude, France
Alma mater	École normale supérieure (Paris) University of Paris
Known for	Giant magnetoresistive effect, spintronics, skyrmions
Awards	CNRS Gold medal (2003) Wolf Prize in Physics (2006) Japan Prize (2007) Nobel Prize in Physics (2007)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Université Paris-Saclay, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales, Michigan State University[1]
Doctoral advisor	Ian Campbell

Albert Fert (French: [albɛʁ fɛʁ]; born 7 March 1938) is a French physicist and one of the discoverers of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks. Currently, he is an emeritus professor at Paris-Saclay University in Orsay, scientific director of a joint laboratory (Unité mixte de recherche) between the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (National Scientific Research Centre) and Thales Group, and adjunct professor at Michigan State University. He was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Peter Grünberg.^[2]