Robert B. Laughlin

Robert B. Laughlin, also known as Robert Betts Laughlin, is a physicist from the United States. He was born on November 1, 1950, in Visalia, California. Laughlin is the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Laughlin studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley. His doctoral advisor was John Joannopoulos, and one of his notable doctoral students is Deborah Berebichez.