{{Short description|American physicist}} {{Infobox scientist | image = | image_size = | name = Carl Haber | birth_place = Queens, New York, United States | birth_date = | nationality = | citizenship = United States | fields = Physics | workplaces = | alma_mater = Columbia University B.A. (1980), M.Phil. (1982), and Ph.D. (1985) | known_for = | children = | awards = MacArthur Fellowship (2013) Guggenheim Fellowship (2006) | website = }} '''Carl Haber''' is an American physicist. He is best known for his work in audio preservation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/892/|title=Carl Haber|date=25 September 2013|publisher=MacArthur Foundation|accessdate=22 October 2014}}</ref> In 2013 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/892/|title=MacArthur Foundation|website=www.macfound.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-21}}</ref>
==Career== Haber attended Columbia University for his B.A., M.Phil, and Ph.D. Since 1986, he has worked for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Haber's work on the IRENE system has involved collaboration with the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/09/130925-genius-macarthur-carl-haber-sound-bell/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926204557/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/09/130925-genius-macarthur-carl-haber-sound-bell/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 26, 2013|title=How Genius Carl Haber Restores Long-Lost Sounds|last=Basu|first=Tanya|date=25 September 2013|publisher=National Geographic|accessdate=22 October 2014}}</ref> Methods invented by Haber have been credited with restoring the earliest known recording of a human voice, as well as early recordings of Alexander Graham Bell's voice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/892/|title=Carl Haber|date=25 September 2013|publisher=MacArthur Foundation|accessdate=22 October 2014}}</ref>
He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2001&unit_id=&institution=|title=APS Fellow Archive|publisher=APS|accessdate=18 September 2020}}</ref>
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