{{Short description|Physician and scientist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox scientist | name = Michel Orrit | image = MichelOrrit2017.jpg | image_size = 206px | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|02|27|df=yes}} | caption = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | alma_mater = | website = {{Plainlist | * {{URL |https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/michel-orrit#tab-1}} }} | footnotes = | residence = | field = Nano-optics, Molecular biophysics | work_institution = Leiden University | prizes = }}
'''Michael Orrit''' (born 27 February 1956) is a French physicist who is noted for his work on single molecule physics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michel Orrit |url=https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/michel-orrit |access-date=5 May 2023 |website=Leiden University |language=en}}</ref> He is currently professor at Leiden University.
== Awards ==
* 1998 Hans Sigrist Prize<ref>{{cite web|access-date=14 October 2018|format=PDF|language=en|publisher=Hans-Sigrist-Stiftung der Universität Bern|title=1998 Hans Sigrist Prize|url=http://www.sigrist.unibe.ch/unibe/portal/microsites/micro_hsigrist/content/e190315/e193539/e435910/files435922/Orrit_Hans_Sigrist_Prize_1998_eng.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 1985 Humboldt scholarship for a research stay in Göttingen * 1985 Hughes Prize from the French Academy of Sciences * 2010 Harkins Lecturer, Chicago, USA * 2016 Edison Volta Prize<ref>{{cite web|access-date=14 October 2018|date=26 April 2016|language=en|publisher=EPS|title=Volta Prize|url=http://www.epsnews.eu/2016/04/eps-edison-volta-prize-2016-to-michel-orrit/}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2017 Spinoza Prize<ref>{{cite web|access-date=22 May 2021|language=en|publisher=NWO|title=Prof. M.A.G.J. (Michel) Orrit|url=https://www.nwo.nl/en/prof-dr-magj-michel-orrit|website=Spinoza Laureates}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * 2018 Honorary Professorof the Moscow State Pedagogical University<ref>{{cite web|access-date=11 June 2020|language=ru|publisher=MSPU|title=Honorarprofessor M.Orrit Profil auf der MSPU Website|url=http://mpgu.su/pochetnyie-professora-universiteta-2/mishel-orrit/}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=11 June 2020|language=ru|publisher=MSPU|title=Honorarprofessor MSPU Universitätszeremonie|url=http://mpgu.su/novosti/vyidayushhie-uchenyie-u-merner-i-m-orrit-stali-pochetnyimi-professorami-mpgu/}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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