Jean Dalibard

{{Short description|French physicist (born 1958)}}

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| name = Jean Dalibard

| image = Jean Dalibard.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|12|08|df=yes}}

| birth_place = France

| nationality = French

| alma_mater = École normale supérieure
Sorbonne University

| occupation = Physicist

| known_for = Magneto-optical trap

| awards = CNRS Gold Medal {{small|(2021)}}
Max Born Award {{small|(2012)}}
Davisson–Germer Prize {{small|(2012)}}
Three Physicists Prize {{small|(2010)}}
Prix Jean Ricard {{small|(2000)}}

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Jean Dalibard (born 8 December 1958) is a French physicist, Professor at the École Polytechnique, member of the French Academy of Sciences and a researcher at the École Normale Supérieure. In 2009, Dalibard received the Blaise Pascal medal of the European Academy of Sciences for "his outstanding and influential works in atomic physics and quantum optics".{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasc.org/medals/pb_medals_09.asp|title=European Academy of Sciences - Blaise Pascal Medals 2009|publisher=European Academy of Sciences|accessdate=27 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627044029/http://www.eurasc.org/medals/pb_medals_09.asp|archive-date=27 June 2012|url-status=dead}} In 2012, he received the Max Born Award and Davisson–Germer Prize. He was elected an international member of the American Philosophical Society in 2018.{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Jean+Dalibard&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-02-05|website=search.amphilsoc.org}} In 2020, he was honoured to be an international member of the National Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2020-nas-election.html|title=2020 NAS Election}}