David Gross

David Jonathan Gross (/ɡroʊs/; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of asymptotic freedom. Gross is the Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).^[1]

David Gross
Gross in October 2007
Born	David Jonathan Gross (1941-02-19) February 19, 1941 (age 84) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BSc, MSc) University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known for	Asymptotic freedom Heterotic string Gross–Neveu model
Spouse(s)	Shulamith Toaff Gross (divorced; 2 children) Jacquelyn Savani
Awards	Dirac Medal (1988) Harvey Prize (2000) Nobel Prize in Physics (2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Quantum field theory, string theory
Institutions	University of California, Santa Barbara Harvard University Princeton University
Doctoral advisor	Geoffrey Chew
Doctoral students	Natan Andrei Frank Wilczek Edward Witten William E. Caswell Eric D'Hoker Rajesh Gopakumar Nikita Nekrasov
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He is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.^[2]