David Gross

American particle physicist and string theorist

David Jonathan Gross (/ɡrs/; 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]

David Gross
Gross in October 2007
Born
David Jonathan Gross

(1941-02-19) February 19, 1941 (age 83)
NationalityAmerican
EducationHebrew University of Jerusalem (BSc, MSc)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known forAsymptotic freedom
Heterotic string
Gross–Neveu model
Spouse(s)Shulamith Toaff Gross (divorced; 2 children)
Jacquelyn Savani
AwardsDirac Medal (1988)
Harvey Prize (2000)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum field theory, string theory
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Harvard University
Princeton University
Doctoral advisorGeoffrey Chew
Doctoral studentsNatan Andrei
Frank Wilczek
Edward Witten
William E. Caswell
Eric D'Hoker
Rajesh Gopakumar
Nikita Nekrasov
Signature

He is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2]

References change

  1. "In Depth: David Gross | The Kavli Foundation". www.kavlifoundation.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.[permanent dead link]
  2. "Foreign Members---Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences". english.casad.cas.cn. Retrieved 2016-02-09.