These originally shot interviews of Nobel Prize winning physics and chemistry Laureates provide a rare opportunity to hear from the greatest scientific minds of our time. 

His distinguished career in laboratory research began as a postdoctoral fellow in physics at the University of California’s Berkeley campus from 1976-78, during which time he also utilized the facilities of Berkeley Lab (which he now directs). His first career appointment was as a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where from 1978-87, his achievements with laser spectroscopy and quantum physics became widely recognized. During the last four years there he was Head of the Quantum Electronics Research Department, during which time he began his groundbreaking work in cooling and trapping atoms by using laser light. In 1987, he became a professor in the Physics and Applied Physics Departments at Stanford University, where he continued his laser cooling and trapping work.

A cornerstone of the Honeywell-Nobel Initiative is the Honeywell-Nobel Laureate Lecture Series. The program brings Nobel Science Laureates to prominent Universities worldwide.

Ivar Giaever is presently an Institute Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute and is also concurrently a Professor at the University of Oslo, Norway. His current work is in the field of biophysics, where he applies approaches and methods of physics to solving biological problems. He is also the President of Applied BioPhysics, Inc. a company focused on applying the results of biophysical research to provide practical tools for cell research and drug discovery.

Previously, he worked in the fields of thin films, electron tunneling and superconductivity. He was awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Prize for pioneering work combining tunneling and superconductivity and received the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the tunneling phenomenon in solids.