Nathan Seiberg | |
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Nathan Seiberg at Harvard University
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Born |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
September 22, 1956
Nationality | Israeli American |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study |
Alma mater | Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel-Aviv University |
Doctoral advisor | Haim Harari |
Doctoral students | Shiraz Minwalla |
Known for |
Seiberg–Witten invariant Seiberg duality |
Notable awards |
MacArthur Fellow(1996) Heineman Prize (1998) Fundamental Physics Prize (2012) Dirac Medal (2016) |
Nathan "Nati" Seiberg (/ˈsaɪbərɡ/; born September 22, 1956) is an Israeli American theoretical physicist who works on string theory. He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
His contributions to mathematical physics include:
He was recipient of a 1996 MacArthur Fellowship and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics in 1998. In July 2012, he was an inaugural awardee of the Fundamental Physics Prize, the creation of physicist and internet entrepreneur, Yuri Milner. In 2016, he was awarded the Dirac Medal of the ICTP.