ALBERT FERT

Albert Fert is a French Physicist and one of the discoverers of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks. He is currently professor at Université Paris-Sud in Orsay and scientific director of a joint laboratory between the Centre National de la recherche scientifique and Thales Group. Also, he is an Adjunct professor of physics at Michigan State University. He was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Peter Grünberg.

Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg were awarded for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR). To Discover the GMR in 1988 they worked separately. The GMR is very inportant for icts (information and comunication technologies). The University of Zaragoza invested Albert Fert an honorary doctor on October 17, 2009. The physics prize is worth 10 million Swedish crowns (1.1 million euros).

This person attracted us due to what he has done: The discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR). And because his work is very important for icts(Information and comunication technologies).

We are doing this work because in the school we have seen the Nobel Prize Winners throughout the last decade.