David Gross
American particle physicist and string theorist
David Jonathan Gross (/ɡroʊs/; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of asymptotic freedom. Gross is the Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).[1]
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 Gross in October 2007 | |
| Born | David Jonathan Gross February 19, 1941 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BSc, MSc) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Asymptotic freedom Heterotic string Gross–Neveu model |
| Spouse(s) | Shulamith Toaff Gross (divorced; 2 children) Jacquelyn Savani |
| Awards | Dirac Medal (1988) Harvey Prize (2000) Nobel Prize in Physics (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quantum field theory, string theory |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara Harvard University Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Geoffrey Chew |
| Doctoral students | Natan Andrei Frank Wilczek Edward Witten William E. Caswell Eric D'Hoker Rajesh Gopakumar Nikita Nekrasov |
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He is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2]
References
change- ↑ "In Depth: David Gross | The Kavli Foundation". www.kavlifoundation.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Foreign Members---Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences". english.casad.cas.cn. Archived from the original on 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
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