Arthur Ashkin was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Labs. Ashkin has been considered by many as the father of optical tweezers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 at age 96, becoming the oldest Nobel laureate until 2019 when John B. Goodenough was awarded at 97. He resided in Rumson, New Jersey. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018, announced October 2, 2018. Arthur Ashkin (1/2), “for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems”. Gérard Mourou (1/4), “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses”. Donna Strickland (1/4), “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses”. Arthur Ashkin: born 1922, New York, NY, USA. Gérard Mourou: born 1944, Albertville, France. Donna Strickland: born 1959, Guelph, Canada. Wiki link Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).