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Steven Chu was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in 1997 for the "development of methods to [[laser cooling|cool]] and trap atoms with laser light", together with [[Claude Cohen-Tannoudji]] and [[William Daniel Phillips]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1997/press-release/ |work=Nobel Prize |title=Press Release: The 1997 Nobel Price in Physics}}</ref>
He is a member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|U.S. National Academy of Sciences]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steven Chu|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/62452.html|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steven Chu|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/steven-chu|access-date=2021-12-03|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en}}</ref> the [[American Philosophical Society]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Steven+Chu&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-12-03|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> the [[Pontifical Academy of Sciences]] and the [[Academia Sinica]] of [[Taiwan]], and is a foreign member of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]] and the [[Korean Academy of Science and Engineering]].<ref name="MITWorld">{{cite web|url=http://mitworld.mit.edu/speaker/view/857|title=MIT World Speakers: Steven Chu|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|access-date=2009-01-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227171636/http://mitworld.mit.edu/speaker/view/857|archive-date=2009-02-27}}</ref> In 1994, The Optical Society recognized Chu with the [[William F. Meggers Award in Spectroscopy|William F. Meggers Award]]. The Society later elected him an Honorary Member.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steven Chu's Profile {{!}} Stanford Profiles |url=https://profiles.stanford.edu/steve-chu |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=profiles.stanford.edu}}</ref> He was also awarded the [[Humboldt Prize]] by the [[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation]] in 1995. In 1998, Chu received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref>
[[File:Pontifical Academician Steven Chu.jpg|thumb|Chu with his medal as a Pontifical Academician, 2018]]
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