David Gross
American particle physicist and string theorist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Jonathan Gross (/ɡroʊs/; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics[1] for their discovery of asymptotic freedom. Gross is the Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB),[2] and was formerly the KITP director and holder of their Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics.[3] He is also a faculty member in the UCSB Physics Department[4] and is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies[5] at Chapman University in California. He is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[6]
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Born | David Jonathan Gross (1941-02-19) February 19, 1941 (age 83) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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) Jacquelyn Savani |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Dirac Medal (1988) Harvey Prize (2000) Nobel Prize in Physics (2004) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara Harvard University Princeton University |
Thesis | Investigation of the Many-Body, Multichannel Partial-Wave Scattering Amplitude (1966) |
Doctoral advisor | Geoffrey Chew |
Doctoral students | Natan Andrei Frank Wilczek Edward Witten William E. Caswell Eric D'Hoker Rajesh Gopakumar Nikita Nekrasov Stephen Bernard Libby |
Website | www |
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