John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Theoretical Physics
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Michael Green FRS |
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| Born | Michael Boris Green 22 May 1946 London |
| Residence | Cambridge |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions |
University of Cambridge Queen Mary College, University of London Princeton University University of Oxford |
| Alma mater | Churchill College, Cambridge |
| Thesis | Crossing Symmetry And Duality in Strong Interactions (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard J. Eden |
| Doctoral students | Wafic Sabra Michael Gutperle Ling-Yan Hung Miguel Paulos Aninda Sinha David Richards Marco Barrozo Bogdan Stefanski Tathagata Dasgupta Linda Uruchurtu |
| Known for |
Lorentz-covariant description of superstrings Classification of the consistent ten-dimensional superstring theories Green–Schwarz mechanism GS formalism |
| Notable awards |
Maxwell Medal and Prize (1987) Dirac Prize (1989) Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2002) Naylor Prize and Lectureship (2007) Fundamental Physics Prize (2013) |
| Spouse | Joanna Chataway |
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Michael Boris Green FRS (born 22 May 1946) is a British physicist and one of the pioneers of string theory. Currently a professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and a Fellow in Clare Hall, Cambridge in England, he was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 2009 to 2015.
Green was born the son of Genia Green and Absalom Green. He attended William Ellis School in London and Churchill College, Cambridge where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with first class honours in theoretical physics (1967) and a PhD in elementary particle theory (1970).
Following his PhD, Green did postdoctoral research at Princeton University (1970–72), Cambridge and the University of Oxford. Between 1978 and 1993 he was a Lecturer and Professor at Queen Mary College, University of London, and in July 1993 he was appointed John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. On 19 October 2009 he was confirmed as the next Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, to succeed Stephen Hawking on 1 November 2009,. In 2015 was succeeded in that chair by Michael Cates, a specialist in colloids, gels, and particulate materials.
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