David Gross

David Jonathan Gross is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with Frank Wilczek and Hugh David Politzer "for the discovery... Wikipedia

• Born:  David Jonathan Gross, February 19, 1941, Washington, D.C, U.S.
• Age:  85 years
• Fields:  Theoretical physics
• Institutions:  University of California, Santa Barbara, Harvard University, Princeton University
• Education:  Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BSc, MSc), University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
• Thesis:  Investigation of the many-body, multichannel partial-wave scattering amplitude (1966)
• Doctoral students:  Natan Andrei, Frank Wilczek, Edward Witten, William E. Caswell, Eric D'Hoker, Rajesh Gopakumar, Nikita Nekrasov, Stephen Bernard Libby
• Known for:  Asymptotic freedom, Heterotic string, Gross–Neveu model
• Notable awards:  Dirac Medal (1988), Harvey Prize (2000), Nobel Prize in Physics (2004), Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2026)
• Spouse:  Shulamith Toaff Gross (divorced), Jacquelyn Savani
• Children:  2
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