Complex sentence: He earned an S.M. degree in physics in 1970 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and based on data collected at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, in January 1978 he earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in physics at MIT.
Split into simpler sentences: He earned an S.M. degree in physics in 1970 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Based on data collected at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, in January 1978 he earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in physics at MIT.