David Gross
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| Born | David Jonathan Gross February 19, 1941 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Physics, String Theory |
| Institutions |
University of California, Santa Barbara Harvard University Princeton University |
| Alma mater |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Geoffrey Chew |
| Doctoral students |
Frank Wilczek Edward Witten William E. Caswell Rajesh Gopakumar Nikita Nekrasov |
| Known for |
Asymptotic freedom Heterotic string |
| Notable awards |
Dirac Medal (1988) Harvey Prize (2000) Nobel Prize in Physics (2004) |
| Spouse | Shulamith Toaff Gross (divorced; 2 children) Jacquelyn Savani |
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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 for their discovery of asymptotic freedom. He is the former director and current holder of the Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also a faculty member in the UC Santa Barbara Physics Department and is currently affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California. He is the Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Gross was born to a Jewish family in Washington, D.C., in February 19, 1941. His parents were Nora (Faine) and Bertram Myron Gross (1912–1997). Gross received his bachelor's degree and master's degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, in 1962. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1966 under the supervision of Geoffrey Chew.
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