What is Charles K. Kao's middle name?
K.
Charles K. Kao date of birth:
November 4, 1933
How old is Charles K. Kao?
92
Where was Charles K. Kao born?
Shanghai, China
Charles K. Kao body shape:
Slim
What color are Charles K. Kao's eyes?
Brown - Dark
What color is Charles K. Kao's hair?
Brown - Dark
Is Charles K. Kao gay or straight?
Straight
What is Charles K. Kao's ethnicity?
Asian
What is Charles K. Kao nationality?
American
What is Charles K. Kao's occupation?
Educator
Short Biography
Charles Kuen Kao, (born 4 November 1933) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong, American and British electrical engineer and physicist who pioneered in the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications. Kao, known as the "Godfather of Broadband", "Father of Fiber Optics" or "Father of Fiber Optic Communications", was jointly awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication". Kao holds multiple citizenship of Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States.