Stephen Shenker | |
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Born | 1953 |
Nationality | American |
Fields | theoretical physics |
Institutions |
Stanford University Rutgers University University of Chicago |
Alma mater |
Harvard University (B.A.) Cornell University (Ph.D.) |
Doctoral advisor | John Kogut |
Doctoral students |
Zongan Qiu Joanne Cohn Jaume Gomis Matthew Kleban Lukasz Fidkowski Sho Yaida Djordje Radicevic |
Known for |
string theory phase transitions |
Notable awards |
MacArthur Fellowship American Academy of Arts and Sciences Lars Onsager Prize (2010) National Academy of Sciences |
Stephen Hart Shenker (born 1953) is an American theoretical physicist who works on string theory. He is a professor at Stanford University and former director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. His brother Scott Shenker is a computer scientist. His contributions to physics include: